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I-52 (伊号第五二潜水艦 (伊52), I Gō Dai Gojūni Sensuikan (I Gojūni), I-52 submarine (I-52)), code-named Momi (樅, "fir tree") was a Type C3 cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II for a secret mission to Lorient, France, then occupied by Germany, during which she was sunk.
The Japanese constructed only three of these during World War II, although twenty were planned. [1] I-52 was laid down on 18 March 1942, and she was commissioned on 28 December 1943 into the 11th Submarine Squadron. After training in Japan she was selected for a Yanagi (exchange) mission to Germany.
The Type C Modified or Junsen Type C Modified type (丙型改 or 巡潜丙型改, (Cruiser submarine) Type C Modified) submarines (I-52-class) were submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Mitsubishi Corporation, between 1943 and 1944, as cargo carriers. They were quite long and carried a crew of up to 94 officers and ...
Japanese submarine I-52 may refer to one of the following submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy: . Japanese submarine I-52 (1923), a Kaidai-type submarine; renamed I-152 in May 1942; stricken from active duty in August 1942; used as a stationary training vessel through end of World War II; scrapped in 1948
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Main armament: 5 x 14 in twin guns, 21 x 5 in single guns, 4 x 21 in torpedo tubes Number built: 2 First year launched: 1912 Crew: 1,042 The first New York-class battleship was built in 1912, and ...
Hashimoto's submarine then returned to Japan, one of the few Japanese submarines to survive the war. Hashimoto was called to testify on behalf of the prosecution at the court-martial of Charles B. McVay III, the commanding officer of Indianapolis, a move which was controversial at the time. He was later part of an effort to exonerate McVay ...
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