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Photo #: 80-G-276351

Japanese "Kaiten" human torpedo


On a launching carts at Dublon, Truk Atoll, 19 November 1945.
This appears to be a non-standard "Kaiten", and may be a locally-produced version. Note its very large conning station, apparently strapped atop a torpedo.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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25 May 2000