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17 April 1945:
Sasebo Navy Yard. Laid down as the Sen-Taka Sho (High-speed Small Type) class Submarine No. 4915.

1 May 1945:
Renumbered HA-205 and provisionally attached to Sasebo Naval District.

14 May 1945:
Launched as HA-205.

15 May 1945:
Lt Muto Toshio (70)(former navigating officer of I-367) is appointed the Chief Equipping Officer (CEO).

3 July 1945:
Completed and commissioned in the IJN. Attached to Sasebo Naval District. Assigned to SubDiv 33. Lt Muto Toshio is the Commanding Officer.

20 July 1945:
Reassigned to SubDiv 52 under Captain Yokota Minoru (former staff operations officer at SubRon 11).

2 September 1945:
HA-205 is surrendered to the Allies at Sasebo.

2 November 1945:
Reassigned to Japanese Submarine Division Three under LtCdr (later Captain) Paul R. Schratz with HA-201, HA-202, HA-203 and HA-210.

30 November 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.

9 May 1946: British Operation "BOTTOM":
Iyo Nada, Inland Sea. Australian destroyer HMAS QUIBERON and Indian sloop HMIS SUTLEJ scuttle HA-205 and several other IJN submarines with gunfire.

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Authors' Notes:
Special thanks for help in preparing this TROM go to Dr. Higuchi Tatsuhiro of Japan and the fellow submarine enthusiast Steven Eckhardt of Australia.

– Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp.

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