This page features photographs of Japanese "Kairyu" type midget submarines afloat.
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Photo #: NH 78660 Japanese "Kaiyu" Type Midget Submarine Partially submerged, circa October-December 1945. Halftone photograph, copied from the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7: "Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels, Article 7: Submarines, Supplement II", January 1946, page 124, figure 134. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 78661 Japanese "Kaiyu" Type Midget Submarine Partially submerged, with a U.S. Navy technician kneeling by the conning tower hatch, circa October-December 1945. Halftone photograph, copied from the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan Report S-01-7: "Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels, Article 7: Submarines, Supplement II", January 1946, page 129, figure 144. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 585 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-339860 RO-58 (Japanese submarine, 1922) Tied up at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 September 1945. The submarine I-369 is behind her. Three "Kairyu" type midget submarines are moored alongside the RO-58, at right. They have numbers painted on their conning towers, and one wears camouflage paint. On the pier, in left background, is a senior officers' motor launch. Taken by Photographer's Mate Ehlers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 595 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-339845 I-369 (Japanese submarine, 1944), left, and RO-58 (Japanese submarine, 1922) Tied up at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 September 1945. Three "Kairyu" type midget submarines are moored alongside the RO-58. On the pier, at left, is a senior officers' motor launch, another boat and a crane. The submarine HA-101 is on the opposite side of the pier. Taken by Photographer's Mate Ehlers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-339846 HA-102, HA-104 and HA-101 (Japanese submarines, 1944), listed from left to right, Tied up at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, 7 September 1945. Five "Kairyu" type midget submarines are moored outboard of the HA-102, at left. Taken by Photographer's Mate Ehlers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For additional images of Japanese "Kairyu" type
midget submarines, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
19 April 2000