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80-G-350027 Japanese "Kaiten" Type 1 Human Torpedo

Photo #: 80-G-350027 Japanese "Kaiten" Type 1 Human Torpedo
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Title: Japanese "Kaiten" Type 1 Human Torpedo
Description: Photo #: 80-G-350027 Japanese Kaiten Type 1 Human Torpedo After recovery by U.S. forces at Ulithi Atoll in 1945. This is the after half of the Kaiten. The forward portion, including warhead, forward oxygen & fuel tanks and the crew compartment, is missing, and may have been destroyed in an explosion of the warhead. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-350027
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