''I-53'' or Japanese submarine ''I-53'' may refer to more than one submarine:
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Japanese submarine ''I-53'' (1925), an Imperial Japanese Navy Type KD3 submarine launched in 1925 and decommissioned in 1945, renumbered ''I-153'' in 1942
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Japanese submarine ''I-53'' (1942), an Imperial Japanese Navy
Type C submarine
The was one of the first classes of submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) to serve during the Second World War. ''Type-C'' submarines were better armed than the ''Type-A'' and ''Type-B''. The ''Type-C''s were also utilized as '' Kō-h ...
launched in 1942 and decommissioned in 1945
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Japanese Navy ship names
Imperial Japanese Navy ship names