Submarine Q and A

Japanese Midget Subs

by Harry Cooper


ANSWERS

ARTHUR JACOBSON (2154-1992) writes:

“I want to make a comment on the little piece in KTB #117 on page 10 about the Japanese midget submarine captured off Pearl Harbor. It was displayed at Times Square, not Rockefeller Center, when it was in New York City. If LEN PORTZLINE (1094-1989) would like to take another, closer look at this particular submarine, he still can! The sub is now part of the Admiral Nimitz Museum State Historical Park in Fredericksburg, Texas. You can also see a Japanese ‘long-lance’ torpedo at the museum.”

(HARRY’S NOTE - this midget submarine had been at the Lighthouse Museum in Key West for many years, but had been moved to the Nimitz Museum a few years ago.)

CHRIS WILLS (1935-A-1991) answers ROGER BESAW (4229-1995).

“Most of his questions about German U-Boat Bunkers will be found in the book ‘DIE DEUTSCHEN U-BOOTBUNKER UND BUNKERWERFTEN’. The book is in German, so ROGER will have to translate.”

GARY WALTERS (4503-1995) answers the question from JASON LOBO (4474-1995) by listing the books which have references to the TYPE II boats that were taken to the Black Sea.

    “THE LAST YEARS OF THE KRIEGSMARINE”
    “MEMOIRS - TEN YEARS AND TWENTY DAYS”
    “U-BOAT ACE - STORY OF LÜTH”
    “THE SEA WOLVES”
    “SUBMARINE WARRIORS”
    “THE DEATH OF THE U-BOATS”
    “UNDERSEA WARRIORS”
    “THE TWO-OCEAN WAR”

QUESTIONS

More questions from ROGER BESAW (4229-1995)

  • Where was the electrical connector located on a G7e torpedo, and where was the torpedo pre-heated?
  • What was the mix of ammunition (incendiary vs. high explosive) carried for the deck gun? How many rounds of each?

TONY FOSTER (4664-1995) would like to know:

  • Which Italian seaport did the U-Bootwaffe use to resupply the U-Boats in the Mediterranean during 1942-1943?
  • Which boats sailed or operated from those Italian ports prior to being sunk?
  • Did the Italian Navy provide the supplies and equipment such as torpedoes and ammunition to these U-Boats or were there German naval personnel and supplies shipped into Italy from Germany to resupply them?
  • Which of the Commanders based there had less than two tours of duty at sea?
  • What was the unit (or units) of the Wehrmacht (or Gestapo) Motor Transport Truck Units (Motor Pool) based in Naples and Rome from January to August 1943?

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