Pearl Harbor Attack

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BombTaxi said:
I suspect that no sub was ever located because none was ever used. 69 years after the event, we know what happened that day in near forensic detail, so do you really think that a few subs, albeit small ones, would be missed. they would have to be carried very close to Pearl by a large, cargo-type ship or a large submarine, launched, and then recovered the same way. Don't you think some record would have been made of this deployment, which essentially would have been a separate plan in itself? Or perhaps the Japanese might have discarded the idea due to the risk of giving the plan away?

And did the IJN have a midget sub or launch vehicle in service in 1941 anyway?
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You sure about that? It has been pretty well documented that they were used. ;)

There are also plenty of pics of the Subs from 1941 and even when they were found today.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Japanese_midget_submarine_h54302.jpg

Japanese Submarines

Here is a pic of one that is washed up on the shores of Oahu the day after the attack.

http://www.combinedfleet.com/Pearl.htm

There is also supposed to be a photo taken from a Japanese aircraft that shows the a Midget firing her torps at the Oklahoma. (As cptsmith here has pointed out) I have not seen this picture however and have not been able to find it online. Would be cool if someone could find it.
 
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I cannot find it on line but it was shown on a TV programme about the attack and the evidence plus the explanation was very impressive.

The small subs were carried by larger subs and the plan of attack was explained.
 
It was on Myths of Pearl Harbor on the Military Channel.
Here is the photo.
The theory is that the white marks in the left circle circle are caused by the midget sub rocking due to the weight difference of just firing a torpedo, and the prop coming out of the water as the sub rocks forward to back. The middle picture is of the torpedo prop flinging water up into air. They blew up this photo, and there does appear to be something sticking out of the water, in the middles of the white area in the left circle on the water, some believe it is the conning tower of a midget sub. In the right circle are two very faint, white lines you can see going off to the right towards the ships are what some believe to be torpedo trails (for lack of a better phrase) from the torpedoes fired from the midget sub.
 

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The sub must of circled Ford Island after firing the torpedos if they think the pieces were from the West Loch area. Also the harbor is larger on the west side. The Utah is still at it's mooring on the west side of Ford, almost directly across from the Arizona.
 
cptsmith said:
Although they did have a point. The cinematography was great....it was the script and acting that sucked!
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That had to rate Pearl Harbor [a war movie] "R" because of the sex scene in the hanger, to get
it to "sell". Pure trash....

Charles
 
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