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

Type A, B & C Midget Submarines--
Views taken in 1945


This page features photographs of Japanese Type A, B & C midget submarines taken during 1945.

For additional images of Japanese Type A, B & C midget submarines, see:

  • Japanese Type A, B & C Midget Submarines -- Views taken in 1942-44;
  • Japanese Type A Midget Submarines used in the attack on Pearl Harbor; and
  • Ha-19 (Type A midget submarine captured during the Pearl Harbor attack)


    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 #: 80-G-331273

    Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine


    Under attack by three PV-1 "Ventura" patrol bombers of the Seventh Fleet, in Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 27 May 1945.
    Note long float alongside the submarine's port side, camouflage on its conning tower and air bubbles rising from its bow.

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

    Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-331274

    Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine


    Under attack by three PV-1 "Ventura" patrol bombers of the Seventh Fleet, in Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 27 May 1945.
    The submarine, which has a long float alongside its port side, has just been struck by a rocket and is surrounded by bullet splashes from the planes' .50 caliber machine guns.

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

    Online Image: 150KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 89373

    Japanese Midget Submarine Base, Okinawa


    Under attack by U.S. Navy carrier planes prior to the Invasion of Okinawa, circa March 1945.
    Two m1dget submarines and several camouflaged motor torpedo boats are in the lower left center. Other midget submarines and a small "Sea Truck" cargo vessel are visible at the edge of the bomb explosion area.
    Photograph was released by Commander in Chief, Pacific, on 24 March 1945.

    Courtesy of Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-350054

    Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine


    Under salvage by USS Catclaw (AN-60) and USS Baretta (AN-41) at Untan Ro (Okinawa ?), in July-September 1945. The submarine had been sunk there by U.S. planes during the Okinawa campaign.
    USS LST-809 is in the right background.
    Photograph was released for publication on 21 January 1946.

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

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 560 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-350052

    Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine


    Under salvage by USS Catclaw (AN-60) and USS Baretta (AN-41) at Untan Ro (Okinawa ?), in July-September 1945. The submarine had been sunk there by U.S. planes during the Okinawa campaign.
    Photograph was released for publication on 21 January 1946.

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

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 550 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-350051

    Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine


    Under salvage by USS Catclaw (AN-60) and USS Baretta (AN-41) at Untan Ro (Okinawa ?), in July-September 1945. The submarine had been sunk there by U.S. planes during the Okinawa campaign.
    Note its counter-rotating propellers.
    Photograph was released for publication on 21 January 1946.

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

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 535 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-351875

    Japanese Type D ("Koryu") Midget Submarines


    In a drydock at Kure Naval Base, Japan, 19 October 1945.
    There are at least four different types of midget submarines in this group of about eighty-four boats, though the great majority are of the standard "Koryu" type. The two boats at right in the second row appear to have an enlarged conning tower and shortened hull superstructure. The two boats at left in that row are of the earlier Type A or Type C design, as are a few others further back in the group.

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

    Online Image: 157KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: 80-G-327882

    Japanese Midget Submarine


    On display at the Camp Dealey rest camp, Guam, in May 1945.
    This is a Type A or C midget submarine. Number "51" painted on its conning tower indicates that it may be Ha-51, which was a Type A. The submarine's hull is severed behind the conning tower, with a short gap remaining between the forward and after sections.
    Note tennis and volley ball players nearby.

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

    Online Image: 133KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 81008

    Japanese Type A or Type C Midget Submarine


    On display at Camp Dealey rest camp, Guam, circa 1944-45.
    The number "51" on its conning tower indicates that it may be Ha-51, which was a Type A midget sub.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Lieutenant O.E. Wightman.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     


    For additional images of Japanese Type A, B & C midget submarines, see:

  • Japanese Type A, B & C Midget Submarines -- Views taken in 1942-44;
  • Japanese Type A Midget Submarines used in the attack on Pearl Harbor; and
  • Ha-19 (Type A midget submarine captured during the Pearl Harbor attack)


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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


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    Page made 22 February 2000
    Coding updated 3 May 2009