A WW2 Japanese Mini Submarine
Photo on the Island of Guam.
Photo by Dan Collier.
A Japanese
Mini Submarine on the island of Guam. Submarine Photo by Dan Colier taken
in about 2000. Great photos and pictures.
This is one photo of the Japanese Mini subs used in the World War II in the
Pacific. This mini sub is on display on the base on Guam Island. The
photo of this Japanese sub
At the Yellow Airplane Online
Museum
A great photo
of a WW2 Japanese Mini Sub now on Display on Guam
Photo by Dan Collier
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Photo from Dan Collier
If anyone knows more
about this Japanese WW2 mini submarine or has any more pictures,
write me a letter at the bottom of this page.
10-5-2008
I remember this sub very well. As a young boy, in the early 1950's, a
Navy dependent living on
Orote Point, the whole island was an adventure for me. There were
wrecked American and Japanese airplanes in a lot of places. I remember the sub
when it was still on the beach , I thought it was Tumon beach , but it could
have been another one. We would take the man-haul north from Orote Naval base
north towards
Agana and get off within
walking distance to the beach. The sub was quite a ways out of the water
but I'm sure that with high surf the stern got wet. The hatch was open on top
and many a time we young boy went inside and just felt around....couldn't see
much as it was pretty dark inside. I remember how awful it smelled in there.
There were pipes and valves everywhere. I wish I had thought of getting a
flashlight and going back inside. The sub was hauled off of the beach and the
Navy took it to the base where they painted it all up, put the markings back on
it and put it on a stand by the base
swimming pool. The other pictures I've seen of the supposed 2 man sub,
washed ashore on Guam are not accurate. The one that was by the base pool is
the one that was washed ashore on the northwest side of the island. Wow, what
an adventure Guam was for me as
a kid.
Ken Thompson, Ret USAF
My grandfather was a Navy diver during WWII and was stationed in Pearl Harbor. There were (2) two man subs that were sunk in the Harbor.
grandfather was one of a few Navy divers that helped to bring up the
subs. As a matter of fact he has the Conning Tower Light off of the sub
in Guam. He has now passed on and I believe one of my cousins has the
light now but he did give me a piece of a Japanese airplane and a
Japanese coin that he got off one of the planes in Pearl Harbor.
I knew it wasn't likely that I would ever make it to Guam so I was
searching for pictures of the sub to show my daughter when I came across
your web site.
Hope this helps. If you have any more pictures or know where I can find
them please let me know.
Allison
A great
photo of a WW2 Japanese Mini Sub now on Guam Island. This submarine is a
reminder of the Jap's presence near the island.
Back in the 70's the Seabee's of NMCB 10 built a swimming pool on base but
couldn't use it once they were done. They put the sub in the swimming pool. They
were made to take it out and fill it with concrete.
Info thanks to William Sheehy
See the 34th Fighter
Squadron Exhibit at the Yellow Airplane Exhibit Hall.
The 34th Fighter Squadron fly's a WW2 P-47 Thunderbolt
Click on photo to see exhibit
