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NR | Pocket Submarine May Be Powerful Jap Sea Threat According to reports reaching London from Tokyo, the Japanese navy finally has put an oft-reported three-man submarine into mass production. Dispatches say the boats are being turned out in mass production at a cost of $5,500 each. The craft, depicted here by an artist, measures 18 feet overall. The average modern submarine is 300 feet in length. Its displacement is 100 tons, compared to the usual 2,500 tons. It is reported that the new boat can submerge to an almost unbelievable depth of 1,800 feet. It carries only one torpedo. But one torpedo has a potential nuisance value of millions of dollars. |
Image and text provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE. Photo from the The Frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, 11 January 1940, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 48k | Watercolour and gouache on paper by the artist Viktor Stepansky entitled "First Japanese Prisoner Kazuo Sakamaki" depicting the scene the morning he was captured by Hawaiian soldier David Akui. | Photo & partial text courtesy of subart.net. & starbulletin.com. | |
 | 256k | Broadside view of the Japanese 2 man submarine Ha-19 captured at Pearl Harbor, 1941. | USN photo courtesy of Lois Mezek via Ric Hedman. | |
 | 260k | Starboard bow view of the Japanese 2 man submarine Ha-19 at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. | Official USN photo # 5474-9-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 139k | Broadside view of the Japanese 2 man submarine Ha-19 at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. | Official USN photo # 5475-9-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 73k | Bow view of the business end of Ha-19 at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. | Official USN photo # 6291-9-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 155k | Bow view of the Japanese 2 man submarine Ha-19 at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. | Official USN photo # 5477-9-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 114k | Torpedo tubes aboard the Japanese 2 man submarine Ha-19 at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. | Official USN photo # 5478-9-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 122k | Interior view of Ha-19 looking forward at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. | Official USN photo # 5481-9-42, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 123k | Inscription written on the bow of the Ha-19 while being prepared for its subsequent bond drive says; "TOJO CIGAR INC. The bonds you buy will liquadate this corporation. Buy more, Buy now;" at Mare Island on 10 September 1942. The photo lab had fun adding the art work to the bow. | Official USN photo # 5479-9-42 modified, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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NR | Two-Man Jap Submarine on War Bond Tour Navy turns over midget undersea craft (pictured above at left, as it was captured on fateful 7 December 1941, at Pearl Harbor) to Treasury Department to promote sale of War Bonds in hundreds of cities from coast-to-coast. Its visit to this state will be under the direction of our War Savings State Administrator instead of a Tokio war lord. These two photos tell their own story of how the sub’s stab-in-the-back venture back fired. |
Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Photo from the The Mississippi Enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 07 November 1942, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 241k | Mare Island auctioned fragments of Ha-19 captured at Pearl Harbor as part of the yard's War Bond drive during Navy Day on 27 October 1942. Pictured from left to right are auctioneer Hadley, Burton H. Landensohn, who purchased $200 worth of War Bonds for an engraved operating rod, and Fred Lutz; whose $750 bought a $1000 War Bond and a two-foot Japanese battery box cover. | Official USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 513k | Post card with inscription for War Bonds. | Photo courtesy of Arnold Putnam. | |
 | 521k | Ha-19 nicely landscaped. | Photo from LT Howard G Havens collection at the Vallejo Naval and Historical museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 455k | Multi blade propeller of the Ha-19. | Photo from LT Howard G Havens collection at the Vallejo Naval and Historical museum via Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 38k | Captured Japanese submarine. A Japanese vest-pocket sub, captured from the Japs after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, is being utilized in a plan to sell war bonds and stamps in various communities throughout the States. The sub, which requires only a two-man crew, is shown here as it appeared in Vallejo, California. The purchase of a war stamp or bond entitles the buyer to a peek at the inside of the vessel. The sub is towed from place to place by trailer. | Photo # 8b05750r & text courtesy of memory.loc.gov. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. | |
 | 38k | Captured Japanese submarine passes before the crowd in California. | Photo courtesy of Arnold A. Putnam via Gary Priolo. | |
 | 493k | The Ha-19 on its way to the National Museum of the Pacific War at Fredericksburg, Texas, 1943. | USNHC photo # NH 62816 photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 563k | Captured Japanese submarines in Kure, Japan, drydock. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 103k | Japanese midget submarines in Kure, Japan, drydock, 19 October 1945. | USNHC photo # 80-G-351875 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 493k | Current (ARS-22) salvaging a Japanese midget submarine in Keehi Lagoon, HI. | National Archives photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 597k | Japanese midget submarine recovered from Pearl Harbor area, 16 July 1960. | Photo from the Honolulu Star Bulletin, 16 July 1960, courtesy of Rick Connole. | |
 | 103k | Japanese midget submarine recovered from Pearl Harbor area, c1961. | USNHC photo # KN-2589 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 493k | Japanese midget submarine recovered from Pearl Harbor area, c1961. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 40k | Former 1969 President of the Brazilian subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp. Kazuo Sakamaki takes a turn around Ha-19, the submarine he piloted the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack. He is shown here in 1991 visiting the boat for the first time since the day the war ended for him and started for the U.S. | Photo & partial text courtesy of hnsa.org. (Historic Naval Ships Association). | |
 | 27k | The Ha-19 on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War at Fredericksburg, Texas. She is displayed in the museum's George Bush Gallery in a setting depicting her just prior to launching from the deck of the I-24 mother submarine off the coast of Oahu. | Photo & text courtesy of hnsa.org. (Historic Naval Ships Association). | |
 | 751k | The remains of a Japanese mini-submarine lie on the seafloor under 1,000 feet of water near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 22 March 2009. The Imperial Japanese Navy launched 5 mini-subs from "mother" submarines hours before the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor to torpedo ships ported in Pearl Harbor. | Photo # N-ZZ999-003 by Lone Wolf Productions courtesy of navy.mil. | |
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Japanese Midget Submarine HA-19@ Historic Naval Ships Association
Imperial Japanese Navy Page
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