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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
In 1984, Japanese soldiers' remains were repatriated from the Mariana Islands. Roughly 60 percent were missing their skulls. [26] Likewise it has been reported that many of the Japanese remains on Iwo Jima are missing their skulls. [26] It is possible that the souvenir collection of remains continued into the immediate post-war period. [26]
The USS Alaska (CB-1) was key in covering the carriers Yorktown, Intrepid, Independence, and Langley as they advanced toward Japan in March 1945. Over the first month of this operation, the ship ...
TOKYO (AP) - A former crewmember on a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II says he recognizes photos taken of wreckage discovered this week off the Philippines by a team led by ...
Japanese submarine I-48; Japanese submarine I-52 (1942) Japanese submarine I-54 (1943) Japanese submarine I-55 (1943) Japanese submarine I-56 (1943) Japanese submarine I-60; Japanese submarine I-64; Japanese submarine I-66; Japanese submarine I-69; Japanese submarine I-70; Japanese submarine I-71; Japanese submarine I-72; Japanese submarine I ...