Chronology of World War II
Monday, November 20
Japanese '
Kaiten
' Type 1 Human Torpedo
Japanese '
Kaiten
' Type 1 Human Torpedo after recovery by US 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 after the warhead exploded. It is not known if this is the same '
Kaiten
' that destroyed USS
Mississinewa
. (Official US Navy photograph)