Back on January 5th, I posted about a Public Television special on new discoveries involving a midget submarine at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. I watched the show and it was an example of historical research at its best.
For years, we have known that there were actually five Japanese midget submarines that set out to participate in the attack that day. We had found four, but not the fifth.
Now, it is believed that not only did the fifth sub get in the harbor, but that it also fired its torpedoes.
Hundreds of mini subs were built by Japan during and before the war. One survives and is on display at the Japanese naval Academy.
Of the five subs are Pearl Harbor:
#1 was destroyed by the USS Ward.
#2 entered, but missed target and was sunk by two US ships.
#3 ran aground on the east shore of Oahu. It is now on display at a Naval Museum in Texas.
#4 lost at sea and found in 1960. This is the one on display at the Japan Naval Academy.
The big question was and remained, what happened to the fifth?
More to Come. --Cooter
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