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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.
Japanese submarine I-2; Japanese submarine I-3; Japanese submarine I-4; Japanese submarine I-5; Japanese submarine I-6; Japanese submarine I-7; Japanese submarine I-8; Japanese submarine I-9; Japanese submarine I-10; Japanese submarine I-11; Japanese submarine I-12; Japanese submarine I-13; Japanese submarine I-15; Japanese submarine I-16 ...
Japanese submarine I-52 (1923) Japanese submarine I-52 (1942) Japanese submarine I-53 (1925) ... Category: World War II submarines of Japan. 11 languages ...
An Imperial Japanese Navy I-400-class submarine, the largest submarine type of World War II. Japan had by far the most varied fleet of submarines of World War II, including manned torpedoes , midget submarines (Ko-hyoteki, Kairyu), medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines (many for use by the Army), long-range fleet submarines ...
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
The U.S. had the largest and most powerful submarine force of all the Allied countries in the Pacific at the outbreak of war. [citation needed] Pre-war U.S. Navy doctrine—like that of all major navies—specified that the main role of submarines was to support the surface fleet by conducting reconnaissance and attacking large enemy warships.