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''Le Casabianca'' served in principal mission of intelligence gathering and supply of arms and delivering men, missions often perilous and at the profit of Corsican ''[[Maquis (World War II)|Maquisards]]''. The role of ''Le Casabianca'' was determinant in the liberation of île on September 1943.<ref>Plaquette concernant le 40<sup>e</sup>anniversaire de la libération de la Corse.</ref> The boat's elusiveness earned the nickname "Ghost Submarine" by the adversary.
The British conservative MP [[Keith Stainton|Keith Monin Stainton]] served as a liaison officer aboard the submarine in 1943, whilst a Royal Navy lieutenant.<ref>
In the boat's last mission, ''Casabianca'' landed a hundred and nine men of the elite forces (achieving a record for a submarine of such a displacement in the process). The men were landed on an isolated beach at Arone near the village of Piana in the North West of Corsica. A monument exists there now.
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After the ''Liberation of Corsica'' ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:Libération de la Corse|libération de l'île]]}}), the ''Casabianca'' was used for regular patrols. In 1944, the boat was hit in a [[friendly fire]] accident by a British plane, and had to refit in [[Philadelphia]] until March 1945. Alike with the couple of [[1500 tons-class submarine (1931)|1500 tons submarines]] which were modernized in the United States, the original conning tower was considerably modified. Two radars were installed as well as a platform on the front, while supporting the 20 mm anti-aerial cannon. The two raised periscopes and this cannon are visible on the monument ''Casabianca'', however, the conning tower was truncated from the rear where a second 20mm cannon was replaced by a 13.2 double machine gun of French origins.
The submarine was scrapped in 1956, but the conning tower survives — since 2004, it has been on display in [[Bastia]] near the harbour.<ref>
== Achievements ==
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* Les Sous-marins de 1 500 tonnes, Claude Picard, Rennes, Marines Editions, year 2006, total pages pages 119, ISBN 2-915-37955-6|ISBN 978-2-915-37955-6
* Pierre Vincent-Bréchignac, Flottes de combat 1940-1942, Flottes de combat, Paris, year 1942
== External links ==▼
{{Commons category|Casabianca (Q183)}}▼
* {{fr icon}} [http://perso.orange.fr/sous-marin.france/Q183.htm Q183]▼
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▲* {{fr icon}} [http://perso.orange.fr/sous-marin.france/Q183.htm Q183]
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