RTV/MODELISMO MILITAR PRESENT:
MINI-SUBMARIN'S JAPANESE OF THE WORLD WAR II
Tipo "A" Midget
At the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
in December 1941. This submarine had been sunk by USS Monaghan (DD-354)
in Pearl Harbor during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack and was subsequently
recovered and buried in a landfill.
The submarine's hull shows the effects of depth charges and ramming. A hole
visible in the after part of the conning tower may be from a 5" shell.
The upper background had been overpainted for censorship purposes.
Tipo "A" Midget
Photographed
soon after its recovery near the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, circa late
July 1960. It had participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941,
but had apparently been unable to enter the harbor as its torpedoes had not been
fired.
Tipo "A" Midget
"Anthony
B. Lippincott, boatswain's mate first class and member of the disposal team,
lowers battle lamp into the interior of the sail. He found the interior to be
rusty and muddy" (quoted from the original caption).
This midget submarine, which took part in the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl
Harbor, was recovered outside the harbor entrance in 1960. Photograph is dated
28 July 1960.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center.
Tipo "HA-19"
On an
eastern Oahu beach, after it went aground following attempts to enter Pearl
Harbor during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack.
The photograph was taken on or shortly after 8 December 1941.
Tipo "HA-19"
Beached
in eastern Oahu after it grounded following attempts to enter Pearl Harbor
during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack.
The photograph was taken on or shortly after 8 December 1941.
Copied in 1980 from Commander Submarine Squadron Four report, Serial 0570, of 26
December 1941
Tipo "HA-19"
Annotated
photograph of the the submarine's interior, showing the motor meter board, taken
after salvage by U.S. forces, December 1941.
HA-19 had grounded on 7 December 1941, following unsuccessful attempts to
enter Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack.
Copied in 1980 from Commander Submarine Squadron Four report, Serial 0570, of 26
December 1941
Tipo "HA-19"
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
Tipo "HA-19"
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.