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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- JAPANESE NAVY SHIPS --

"Kairyu" type Midget Submarines--
Views of Boats Afloat

This page features photographs of Japanese "Kairyu" type midget submarines afloat.

For additional images of Japanese "Kairyu" type midget submarines, see:

  • Japanese "Kairyu" type Midget Submarines -- Photographs taken on Shore & Drawings.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    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

     
    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

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     

    For additional images of Japanese "Kairyu" type midget submarines, see:

  • Japanese "Kairyu" type Midget Submarines -- Photographs taken on Shore & Drawings.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    19 April 2000