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Both military and civilian midget submarines have been built and operated. Military types have worked using both surface ships and submarines as mother ships. Civilian and non-combatant military types are generally referred to as Submersible s, and normally work with surface ships. MILITARY — WORLD WAR II Japan Five was used operationally. One of the five midget submarines was shot and sunk by the USS Ward as when it was spotted trying to enter Pearl Harbor. That midget submarine was located by NOAA's Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) in August 2002. Another famous attack by midget submarines was launched by the Japanese Navy against es. Of three midget submarines launched on that occasion, two were destroyed by harbour defences and recovered by Australian defenders, the third (M24) remains buried at sea, however it is believed to have recently been uncovered, see {Link without Title} . A fourth intended to be part of the raid was damaged by an explosion soon after the mother ships left Truk and never launched; some accounts wrongly indicate it was launched and returned to rendezvous with the mother submarines. The term ''midget submarine'' has also been applied to the Japanese Kaiten and ''Kairyu''-class suicide weapons of the Second World War , which were both single-use munitions armed only with a fixed warhead. All five types of ''Kaiten'' were more accurately heavy Torpedo es modified by the rough addition of a one or two person pilot's cabin. The ''Kairyu'' had conventional gasoline and electric propulsion, and is normally regarded as a proper midget submarine. Only the type 1 ''Kaiten'' and the ''Kairyu'' were produced in significant numbers, and only the type 1 ''Kaiten'' was used. It achieved little operational success. The ''Kohyoteki''-class submarine carried two light torpedoes in muzzle-loaded 17.7 inch torpedo tubes one above the other, and was intended to return to the mother ship for rearming and battery charging after these were fired. Its 35 kg fixed explosive charge was intended only for its own demolition to avoid capture. It also achieved little operational success. |
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