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Kaiten, Japan's secret manned suicide submarine and the first American ship it sank in WWII, Michael Mair and Joy Waldron

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Kaiten, Japan's secret manned suicide submarine and the first American ship it sank in WWII, Michael Mair and Joy Waldron

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-346) and index

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kaiten

Responsibility statement

Michael Mair and Joy Waldron

Sub title

Japan's secret manned suicide submarine and the first American ship it sank in WWII

Summary

"In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the Kaiten--a manned suicide submarine--had succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn't know of its existence. And the Americans kept it secret as well. Embarrassed by the shocking surprise attack, the U.S. Navy refused to salvage or inspect the sunken Mighty Miss. Only decades later would the survivors understand what really happened at Ulithi, when a diving team located the wreck in 2001. In Kaiten, Michael Mair and Joy Waldron tell the full story from both sides, from the strategic importance of the USS Mississinewa to newly revealed secrets of the Kaiten development and training schools. U.S. Navy survivors recount their gripping experiences in the wake of the attack, as well as the harrowing recovery efforts that came later. Japanese pilots reveal their terrifying experiences training to die for their country and Emperor, never knowing when their moment of doom would come"--

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Heaven Shaker -- ch. Two Rising Sun -- ch. Three Midway -- ch. Four The Mighty Miss -- ch. Five Circle-Six Metal Fitting -- ch. Six Neptune's Ancient Order of the Deep -- ch. Seven Suicide Submarines -- ch. Eight Battle Stars -- ch. Nine Kamikaze War -- ch. Ten Killer Steam, Killer Planes -- ch. Eleven Blossoms on the Water -- ch. Twelve The Last Sortie -- ch. Thirteen The Kikusui Mission -- ch. Fourteen Death at Ulithi -- ch. Fifteen Escape -- ch. Sixteen Rescue -- ch. Seventeen The Shadow of Death -- ch. Eighteen Mission Failure -- ch. Nineteen December 1944 -- ch. Twenty Setting Sun

Target audience

adult

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