There is evidence that at least one of the torpedoes fired by this mini sub hit a target.
Arnold Bauer, on the USS Vestal, said he saw one or more torpedo tracks coming in too deep for ones dropped by planes. Don Stratton remembers seeing a pair of torpedoes.
After the attack, an unexploded 1,000 pound torpedo was found. The Japanese planes dropped 500 pound torpedoes.
Divers have gone over the wreck of the Arizona and have found nothing to indicate a torpedo hit on the hull. The West Virginia was hit by 7 torpedoes and up to 9 hit the Oklahoma. One struck the West Virginia.
At the attack's conclusion, there was a big hunt for Japanese submarines. A US minesweeper reported firing on a submarine.
A picture taken from a Japanese plane during the attack shows some splashing in the waters off Battleship Row. This could be the backwash caused by the force of a torpedo being fired from a mini submarine.
More to Come. DaCoot
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