IJN
Type A midget submarine
Built
1938
Dimensions
78 | 6
Tons
46
Crew
2
Armament
Two torpedoes
Sunk December 7, 1941
Mission History
One of five midget subs attached to five I-class 'mother'
submarines (I-16, I-18, I-20, I-22 and I-24) to be launched 5-6 hours
before the aerial attack, within a few miles of Pearl Harbor, to penetrate
the harbor. They would then navigate submerged, counterclockwise around
Ford Island, escape and meet up with their mother subs 7 miles west
of Lanai Island. Four of the five original midget submarines
attacking Pearl Harbor have been found.
Discovery
Located off Pearl Harbor harbor's entrance in 1960, by USN divers
on a training excercise. It was salvaged in 1968. Dubbed "Midget D" by the USN, as the fourth sub discovered from the attack.
Display
Returned to Japan, where it is a memorial displayed at Eta
Jima.
