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-58


Chief Officer's address. Kaiten pilots, Sub-lieutenant Ishikawa, Sub-lieutenant Kudo, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Mori and Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Saegusa.


Crews were greeting to send-off from the vessel.

 

The Submarine I-48 attacked the Apra Harbor on 12 January, 1945.
Sub-lieutenant Makoto Ishikawa (72nd Naval Academy graduate), Sub-lieutenant Yoshihiko Kudo, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Nenji Mori and Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Makoto Saegusa died in Kaiten mission.

  Album left by Lieutenant Fujio Kawai


Submarine I-48


Commemorative Picture for the Sortie


Kaiten pilots, Sub-lieutenant Yoshimoto, Sub-lieutenant Toyozumi, Ensign Tsukamoto and Flight Petty Officer 1st Class Iseri (From the left)


Crews were greeting to send-off from the vessel.


Departing Submarine I-48

 

The Submarine I-48 headed toward the Ulithi but was missing in action. (It was estimated to be sunken.) Crews of 180 died with Kaiten pilots, Sub-lieutenant Kentaro Yoshimoto (72nd Naval Academy graduate), Sub-lieutenant Kazutoshi Toyozumi (53rd Naval Engineering School graduate), Ensign Taro Tsukamoto (Keio University) and Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Katsumi Iseri.


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