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Perhaps their most daring attack at the Japanese Empire came toward the end of the war when the crew of this submarine attacked a train in Karafuto Prefecture—what we now call the southern end of the Russian island of Sakhalin.

On July 23, 1945, the Barb approached the coast, sank a frigate, then surfaced about 950 yards offshore. 8 volunteers paddled ashore in rubber boats and walked 400 yards to a set of railroad tracks. They rigged explosives to the tracks, then returned to the Barb. As they paddled back, a 16-car military train passed by, activated the explosives, and blew up.

Recreation

Perhaps their most daring attack at the Japanese Empire came toward the end of the war when the crew of this submarine attacked a train in Karafuto Prefecture—what we now call the southern end of the Russian island of Sakhalin. On July 23, 1945, the Barb approached the coast, sank a frigate, then surfaced about 950 yards offshore. 8 volunteers paddled ashore in rubber boats and walked 400 yards to a set of railroad tracks. They rigged explosives to the tracks, then returned to the Barb. As they paddled back, a 16-car military train passed by, activated the explosives, and blew up. [Recreation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Ed7EQiLXU)

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