Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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-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 ...
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 two SH-60K reconnaissance helicopters from the Maritime Self-Defense Force crashed in April during nighttime anti-submarine training near Torishima island, about 600 kilometers (370 miles ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Two Japanese navy helicopters crashed into the sea during a training exercise, killing at least one of the eight crew members on board, the defence minister said on Sunday.
Pages in category "Japanese submarine accidents" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Japanese submarine Ro-52; Japanese submarine Ro-60;