Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine

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Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine
National Register of Historic Places
Ha.  62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine

Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine

Ha.  62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine (Guam)
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location Guam
Coordinates 13 ° 25 '40 "  N , 144 ° 38' 46"  E Coordinates: 13 ° 25 '40 "  N , 144 ° 38' 46"  E
Built 1944
NRHP number 99001706
The NRHP added February 3, 1999

The Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Submarine Attack is a Japanese midget submarine Type C , which is now in the Base Commander Naval Forces Marianas of the United States Navy on Guam is issued.

The smallest class C submarine was manufactured in the Kure shipyard in 1944 . It is almost 25 m long, has a maximum width of approximately 1.90 m and has two rudders . In 1944 ran the Ha. 62-76 aground off Guam , so that the crew surrendered three days later. After the Ha. 62-76 , the United States Navy earmarked them for a later exhibition, which took place at Camp Dealy from 1944 to 1952. After this military base was closed, the micro-submarine was moved to its current location.

The submarine has been listed as a construction on the United States' National Register of Historic Places since February 3, 1999 .

Individual evidence

  1. Jennings W. Bunn: Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine: Registration Form . In: National Register of Historic Places database . National Park Service , March 25, 1998, accessed June 18, 2016 (English, 708 kB).
  2. Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine on the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed June 18, 2016