Pzkpfw-e Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Type A minisub On Kiska, Aleutian Islands. One of three such wrecks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Unusual photo, did you go there yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retriever Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 A replica of one of these was at Bletchley Park for about a year around about 1996. dont know where it went. I think it belonged to the submarine trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Rick W Unusual photo, I wonder how it ended up landlocked -tsunami:??? or did the commander take a wrong turn whilst the periscope was misted up:???:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 (edited) Unusual photo, did you go there yourself? Afraid not, found it on some guy's Flickr account. There are a few more of it around. Looks like it hasn't floated for a long time! Second sub. Other bits of hardware litter the island. As to how it got so far ashore, a tsunami wouldn't be out of the question in that area. There may also be some sort of launch cradle under it, no buried or rusted away. Edited May 27, 2011 by Pzkpfw-e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Pzkpfw-e........a tsunami wouldn't be out of the question in that area. It actually seems to be in some sort of cutting made by a tractor. The holes in the casing look like cannon -so possibly set up as target post war. Good stuff anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 The really BIG hole (blown outwards from the inside) beneath the conning tower is where the main 'self-demolition' charge was located. One of the three that attacked Sydney Harbour, Australia was blown open in the same position, but the blast effect was different. I'd say the one pictured had the charge go off in the position it is in now, ie out of the water. The one from Sydney Harbour was detonated under water (by the crew, who remained with the sub...) These are an incredibly cramped vessel with no 'reloads': the 2 x torpedo tubes are 'muzzle loaded' before entering the water. There is also a complete(ish) one on display at the Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg (sp?) Texas. The US captured one hours before Pearl harbour, and the USS Ward (I think) sank one, also just before Pearl Harbour. The technical report about the captured one is fascinating. See the book 'First Shot' for a really good analysis of the Minisub component of the attack on Pearl Harbour. Mike C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Doom Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Photo #: SC 189261 Three Japanese Type A Midget Submarines Wrecked by demolition charges, at a former Japanese base on Kiska Island, Aleutians, 7 September 1943. U.S. soldiers are examining the submarines and facilities. Note winch in the foreground. Photographed by Lt. James. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Thought you might like this. found it last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 There's one on display in Pearl Harbour. Few others there too, different sizes, brilliant place, need to go again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packhow75 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 A replica of one of these was at Bletchley Park for about a year around about 1996. dont know where it went. I think it belonged to the submarine trust. Thought that was an original British mini sub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Photo #: SC 189261 Three Japanese Type A Midget Submarines Wrecked by demolition charges, at a former Japanese base on Kiska Island, Aleutians, 7 September 1943. U.S. soldiers are examining the submarines and facilities. Note winch in the foreground. Photographed by Lt. James. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.[ATTACH=CONFIG]98386[/ATTACH] Thought you might like this. found it last year. now that's an amazing picture ....shame it's not from the other side so we could see if it's the same sub ? ..fantastic pic anyways I've always fancied visiting the Aleutian Islands ...........AFTB did a big feature on them many years ago and there's lots of abandoned wreckage and installations to see (there used to be even more until the US decided they'd better have a bit of a tidy up in the early '80s I think it was) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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