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    The Shinyo (震洋, Shin'yō, "Sea Quake") were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack...
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  • LCI(G)-82 4 April 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands USS LCI(G)-365 10 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon...
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    Contrary to Japanese Shinyo-class motorboats, MT boats, though very dangerous to use in combat, were not designed as suicide weapons: Installed over...
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    she rescued survivors from LCI(G)-82, which had been hit by a shinyo suicide motorboat. Tracy herself came through this sustained and effective period...
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    were Japanese suicide boats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Special Attack Units program. These fast motorboats were piloted...
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  • were Japanese suicide boats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Special Attack Units program. These fast motorboats were driven by...
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    Kairyu midget submarines alongside Kaiten human torpedoes and Shinyo suicide motorboats expected to be used in the defense of the home islands in the...
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    constitutes the largest loss of US soldiers at sea. 1,138 Military 1944  Japan Shinyo – On 17 November the Japanese aircraft carrier, en route to Singapore, was...
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    Japanese Navy and in the final stages of the war, as a base for Shinyo-class suicide motorboats. Anti-aircraft batteries on Kakeromajima shot down 18 Allied...
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  • Lingayen Gulf where she was attacked in the dark by a Shinyo suicide boat. These boats were small motorboats laden with up to two tons of explosives in the bow...
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