Kaiten Group "Kongo"
Submarine I-56, I-47,
I-36, I-53, I-58 and I-48
(Sortie, 1 December, 1944 through 9
January, 1945)
Commemorative Picture for
the send-off ceremony, receiving short swords
(on the vessel "Chikushimaru", the Squadron Six Headquarters)
Crews of Submarine
I-56
Crews, greeting to send-off. (From the left, Sub-lieutenant Kakizaki,
Sub-lieutenant Maeda, Chief Petty Officer Furukawa, Chief Petty
Officer Yamaguchi)
Departing Submarine I-56
The Submarine I-56 headed
for Admiralty Islands, but couldn't make an attack due to the enemy's
close guard and came back on 3 February, 1945.
Submarine I-47
Kaiten pilots, Chief Petty Officer Muramatsu, Sub-lieutenant
Kawakubo, Sub-lieutenant Hara and Flight Petty Officer 1st Class Sato
(From the left)
The Submarine I-47
attacked the anchorage of "Hollandia" (current Jayapura) at the Gulf
of Numbai (then called the Gulf of Humboldt), New Guinea on 12
January, 1945.
Sub-lieutenant Teruo Kawakubo (72nd Naval Academy graduate),
Sub-lieutenant Atsuro Hara (Waseda University), Chief Petty Officer
Minoru Muramatsu and Flight Petty Officer 1st Class Katsumi Sato died
in Kaiten mission. The Submarine I-47 came back at the end of
January.
Album left by Lieutenant Fujio
Kawai
Commemorative Picture for
the Sortie, Submarine I-36, I-53, I-58
Crews of Submarine I-36
Chief Officer's address on the vessel.
The Submarine I-36
attacked the southern anchorage of enemy ships at the Ulithi Atoll on
12 January, 1945.
Kaiten pilots, Lieutenant Takeru Kagaya (71st Naval Academy
graduate), Sub-lieutenant Shizuyo Todokoro (53rd Naval Engineering
School graduate), Ensign Bunya Motoi (54th Naval Engineering School
graduate) and Chief Petty Officer Yurimitsu Fukumoto died in Kaiten
mission.
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