Midget submarine
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A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons, typically operated by a crew of one or two but sometimes up to nine, with little or no on-board living accommodation. They normally work with mother
Some 80 Japanese Type D "Kōryū" Midget Submarines in a dry dock at Kure, 19 October 1945
Crew of a British X-class midget submarine, part of the British Pacific Submarine Fleet
German midget submarine Seehund, with a torpedo
An Italian CB-class submarine in the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Zagreb, Croatia
Kō-hyōteki-class submarine
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The Kō-hyōteki class was a class of Japanese midget submarines used during World War II. They had hull numbers but no names. For simplicity, they are most often referred to by the hull number of the m
Midget submarine
…although only two World War II boats, the British X-craft and the unsuccessful Welman submarine, were specifically designed with this in mind. Japan's Ko-hyoteki-class submarines were originally designed to take part in decisive fleet actions. However, as circumstances changed, they were given the task of harbor penetration…
Type A Ko-hyoteki-class submarine, No.19, grounded in the surf on Oʻahu after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 1941
Japanese Landing ship No.5 carried Type 'C' No.69.
Raising of midget submarine No.18 from Keʻehi Lagoon by USS Current (ARS-22) in 1960
Japanese Type A Midget Submarine recovered in 1960 off Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi.