Takakazu Kinashi
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Takakazu Kinashi was a Japanese naval officer during World War II. As captain of submarine I-19, he sank the American aircraft carrier USS Wasp and destroyer USS O'Brien and severely damaged the battl
Commander Takakazu Kinashi
Japanese submarine I-29
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I-29, code-named Matsu, was a B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II on two secret Yanagai missions with Germany, sinking seven cargo ships. She was sunk while return
Takakazu Kinashi
…which was later towed to New Zealand and repaired, becoming the U.S. Navy cargo ship USS Venus. From October 1943, Kinashi was captain of the submarine I-29. On 17 December 1943, I-29 was dispatched on a secret Yanagi mission under the Axis powers' Tripartite Pact to provide for an exchange of personnel…
I-29 on sea trials, 15 February 1942
I-29 anchored in Kure naval arsenal behind the destroyer Hatsushimo, 2 September 1943
Sailors of the German submarine U-180 preparing to board I-29 during her first Yanagi mission, 27 April 1943
I-29 entering the port of Lorient, 19 April 1944