Crew of the USS Ortolan ASR-5 standing on the hull of Japanese midget submarine Ha-8 which they raised just off the coast of Guadalcanal, May 1943
Midget submarine Type D (Kōryū class), engine room looking forward 1945
Wreckage of Japanese 2 man Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine which was rammed by destroyer USS Monaghan
Kairyū-class submarine midget submarine nr 2000 View inside the tail section 1945
Japanese midget submarine Ha-19 Oahu beach 4
Midget submarine Type D torpedo room 1945
Type A Kō-hyōteki class midget submarine at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in December 1941
Conning tower of Japanese 2 Man submarine raised at Pearl Harbor
Small transport submarines Ha-102 Ha-104 and Ha-101 Yokosuka Naval Base – 7 September 1945
Type D on the ways at the Yokosuka Naval Base- 8 September 1945 3
Type D in a drydock at Kure Naval Base – 19 October 1945
Salvaged Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki class midget submarine Guadalcanal
Type D in an assembly shed at the Mitsubishi shipyard Nagasaki September 1945 2
Kairyu class submarine at the Yokosuka Naval Base – 7 September 1945
113 submarines Type D in a bombed out dry dock in Kure Japan
Seabees raise midget submarine Type A Kai scuttled off Guadalcanal 1944
Japanese two man submarine (Type A Kō-hyōteki class) Ha-19 at Mare Island September 1942
Type A Kō-hyōteki class submarine Ha-19 Oahu beach
Kairyu Type outside its cave hideaway in a Japanese coastal hillside September 1945
Type D control room looking forward 1945
Type A midget submarine Ha-19 Oahu beach 2
Type D on the ways at the Yokosuka Naval Base September 1945
Japanese Type A midget submarines – Alaska August 1943
Japanese Type A midget submarine Ha-19 Oahu beach 3
Kairyu Type at the Yokosuka Naval Base September 1945
Type D midget submarine on the ways at the Yokosuka Naval Base 8 September 1945 2
Kairyu Type at the Yokosuka Naval Base September 1945 2
Japanese Type A midget submarine Ha-19 Oahu beach 5
Type D in an assembly shed at the Mitsubishi shipyard Nagasaki 1945
The Japanese midget submarines in World War II
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