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Naval History and Heritage Command has an series of online images of the Pearl Harbor attack and the mini submarines. THE TYPE A KŌ-HYŌTEKI JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE. From: The Lost Submarines of Pearl Harbor: Much has been written about the construction, characteristics and equipment of the Type A kō-hyōteki.
The Type A Ko-hyoteki (甲標的甲型, Kō-hyōteki kō-gata, Target 'A', Type 'A') class was a class of Japanese midget submarines (Kō-hyōteki) used during World War II. They had hull numbers but no names. For simplicity, they are most often referred to by the hull number of the mother submarine.
The Japanese Navy included five Type A midget submarines in the Pearl Harbor raid of 7 December 1941. Transported on board large I type submarines, the midgets were launched near the...
Submarine Photo Index. Introduction and related photographs from the Naval History and Heritage Command. Ha-19, a 46-ton Type "A" midget submarine, was built at Kure, Japan, in 1938.
This page features photographs of some of these groups of Type D midget submarines, taken soon after the occupation began, and as the surviving Japanese Navy assets were being scrapped over the next few years.
This page features photographs of Japanese Type A, B & C midget submarines taken during 1942-44, and provides links to earlier and later views. For additional images of Japanese Type A, B & C midget submarines, see: Japanese Type A Midget Submarines used in the attack on Pearl Harbor;
10 gru 2016 · Callaghan kept depth charging until an oil slick and pieces of wood from the midget’s interior rewarded their efforts (Commanding Officer, USS Callaghan 1945). Another midget attacked the transport USS Catron (APA-71) on April 5, but the torpedo missed the ship and exploded on the reef.
