| NAVAL IMAGERY ARCHIVES |
| WORLD WAR II SUBMARINES THE SILENT SERVICE Click on the thumbnail to view the image. |
| USS TORSK SS 423 -Permanently berthed in Baltimore's Inner Harbor- |
| USS DRUM SS 228 -Fleet Class- Decommissioned in Feb. 1946 Opened as musuem in July 1969 |
| -COMING SOON- |
| Japanese Midget Submarine 51 -Type "C"- Captured on Guam in July 1944 after being run aground on the island's eastern side during the American invasion of 1944 that retook the island from Japanese control during WWII. This is the only Type-C left in the world. The other two in the American inventory are a Type A and a Type B. |
Japanese Type "C" Midget Sub
Forward view of both single-shot
"Long Lance" torpedo tubes.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Forward view of both single-shot
"Long Lance" torpedo tubes.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Japanese Type "C" Midget Sub
Detail of port side of conning tower.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Detail of port side of conning tower.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Japanese Type "C" Midget Sub
Starboard view.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Starboard view.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Japanese Type "C" Midget Sub
Note the counter-rotating screws
designed to compensate for shaft
torque. U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Note the counter-rotating screws
designed to compensate for shaft
torque. U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Japanese Type "C" Midget Sub
Forward starboard view.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
Forward starboard view.
U.S. Naval Station, Guam
Dec. 2003
