1941-42 Japanesse midget submarines. PICS....

stratege · 09-21-05, 02:23 AM

Some pictures from the scattered rest of one midget japanese submarine sunk off peral harbor.

This midget submarines is now consider to be the first casualty between US and Japan during ww2. It was sunk by the USS WARD, who first shell it with is four inch side gun, and depth charge it four times.

It seem the depth charges wre set to explode at 100 feets, when the submarine was (almost) at surface. The pressure wave created by the 4 depth charges was sufficient to fully lift the 46 ton, 78 foot midget out of the water, but did no visually apparent structural damage. The midget sub sank from flooding through the four inch shell hole.

09-21-05, 02:23 AM	#1
stratege Sparky Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: FRANCE - Grenoble Posts: 152 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	1941-42 Japanesse midget submarines. PICS.... Some pictures from the scattered rest of one midget japanese submarine sunk off peral harbor. This midget submarines is now consider to be the first casualty between US and Japan during ww2. It was sunk by the USS WARD, who first shell it with is four inch side gun, and depth charge it four times. It seem the depth charges wre set to explode at 100 feets, when the submarine was (almost) at surface. The pressure wave created by the 4 depth charges was sufficient to fully lift the 46 ton, 78 foot midget out of the water, but did no visually apparent structural damage. The midget sub sank from flooding through the four inch shell hole. __________________ Too many alias ... stratege=clarkfromrainbow