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)
Crews
of Submarine I-53
Kaiten pilots, Sub-lieutenant Kuzumi, Sub-lieutenant Ito, Ensign Kuge
and Chief Petty Officer Arimori (From the left)
With other crews
Chief Officer's address on the vessel
Crews were greeting to send-off.
The Submarine I-53
attacked Kossol Passage, Palau on 12 January, 1945.
Sub-lieutenant Hiroshi Kuzumi (72nd Naval Academy graduate),
Sub-lieutenant Osamu Ito (54th Naval Engineering School graduate) and
Chief Petty Officer Bunkichi Arimori died in Kaiten mission. The
Kaiten that Ensign Kuge was assigned was not launched due to disorder
and came back on January.
Album left by Lieutenant Fujio
Kawai
Next (Kaiten Group
"Kongo", Submarine I-58, I-48)