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|Ship country=Japan
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|Ship name=''Submarine No. 5464''
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|Ship builder=[[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|Mitsubishi]], [[Kobe]], [[Japan]]
|Ship laid down=26 July 1943
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|Ship launched=15 February 1944
|Ship completed=14 June 1944
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|Ship fate=Sunk by {{USS|Sea Devil|SS-400|6}}, 16 September 1944
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|Ship struck=10 December 1944
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|Ship class=[[Type D submarine|Type D1 submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1440|LT|t|0}} surfaced
*{{convert|2215|LT|t|0}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|73.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam= {{convert|8.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|4.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 × [[Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department|Kampon]] Mk.23B Model 8 diesels
*1,850 bhp surfaced
*1,200 shp submerged
*2 shafts
|Ship speed=*{{convert|13.0|kn|km/h|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|6.5|kn|km/h}} submerged
|Ship range=*{{convert|15000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}} surfaced
*{{convert|120|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|3|kn|km/h}} submerged
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|Ship capacity=85 tons freight
|Ship boats=2 x [[Daihatsu-class landing craft|''Daihatsu''-class]] [[landing craft]]
|Ship complement=55
|Ship sensors=*1 × Type 22 surface search radar
*1 × Type 13 early warning radar
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*1 × [[14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun]]<ref name="campbell">Campbell, John ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'' {{ISBN|0-87021-459-4}} p.191</ref>
*2 × [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun|Type 96 25mm AA gun]]s
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'''''I-364''''' was an [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[Type D submarine|Type D1]] transport [[submarine]]. Completed and commissioned in July 1944, she served in [[World War II]] and was sunk during her first transport mission in September 1944.

==Construction and commissioning==

''I-364'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 26 July 1943 by [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|Mitsubishi]] at [[Kobe]], [[Japan]], with the name '''''Submarine No. 5464'''''.<ref name=combinedfleetI364>{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-364.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-364: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2014|access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref> She was renamed '''''I-364''''' on 20 October 1943 and provisionally attached to the [[Yokosuka Naval District]] that day.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 15 February 1944<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> and was completed and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 14&nbsp;June&nbsp;1944.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/>

==Service history==

Upon commissioning, ''I-364'' was attached formally to the Yokosuka Naval District and was assigned to Submarine [[Squadron (naval)|Squadron]] 11 for workups.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> With her workups complete, she was reassigned to Submarine Squadron 7 on 6&nbsp;September&nbsp;1944.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> On 14 September 1944, she departed [[Yokosuka]] bound for [[Wake Island]] on her first transport mission, expecting to reach Wake in late September.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/>

''I-364'' was on the surface in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|250|nmi}} east of [[Honshu]]′s [[Boso Peninsula]] on a base course of 90 degrees (i.e., due east) and making {{convert|9.5|kn}} when the [[United States Navy]] submarine {{USS|Sea Devil|SS-400}} detected her on [[radar]] at 04:32 on 16 September 1944.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> ''Sea Devil'' began to track ''I-364'', and ''Sea Devil''′s [[commanding officer]] observed a large [[Rising Sun Flag|Rising Sun]] insignia painted on ''I-364''′s [[conning tower]] and misidentified her as an "''I-58''-class" submarine.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> At dawn, {{nowrap|''I-364''}} began to [[zigzag]] and ''Sea Devil'' began an approach for an attack position.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> As ''I-364'' passed in front of ''Sea Devil'' at a range of {{convert|1,800|yd|m|sigfig=2}}, ''Sea Devil'' fired four [[Mark 18 torpedo|Mark 18 Mod 2]] electric [[torpedo]]es.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> Two of them hit, and ''I-364'' sank with the loss of her entire crew of 77 at {{coord|34|30|N|145|23|E|name=''I-364''}}, leaving behind a large pall of brown smoke.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/>

On 31 October 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy declared {{nowrap|''I-364''}} to be presumed lost with all hands.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/> She was stricken from the Navy list on 10&nbsp;December&nbsp;1944.<ref name=combinedfleetI364/>

==Notes==
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==Sources==
* Hackett, Bob & Kingsepp, Sander.  [http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-364.htm IJN Submarine I-364: Tabular Record of Movement].  Retrieved on September 17, 2020.

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