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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