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TIL although submarines were only about 2% of the US Navy in WWII, the group destroyed over 30% of the Japanese Navy including 8 aircraft carriers & 11 cruisers. It also crippled over 60% of the Japanese merchant fleet greatly impairing Japan's ability to supply its military & war effort.

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