Kaiten Group
"Shinmu"
Submarine I-58,
I-36
(Sortie 1-2 March, 1945)
Submarine I-58
Flight Petty Officer 2nd
Class Irie, Ensign Sonoda, Captain Hashimoto, Chief Officer Miwa,
Sub-lieutenant Ikebuchi and Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Yanagitani
(Front from the left)
Send-off ceremony (Sub-lieutenant Ikebuchi, receiving a short
sword)
Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Raita Irie, receiving a short sword
The Submarine I-58 headed
for the area of sea around Iwo-jima Island, but came back on 16 March
as the operation was changed.
Submarine I-36
Flight Petty Officer 1st Class Yamaguchi, Sub-lieutenant Maeda,
Captain Sugayoshi, Chief Officer Miwa, Sub-lieutenant Kakizaki and
Chief Petty Officer Furukawa (Front from the left)
(The only indoor Commemorative Picture for the Sortie)
The Submarine I-36 headed
for the area of sea around Iwo-jima Island, but came back on 9 March
as the operation was changed.
Next (Kaiten Group
"Hakuryu"