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 I have created a website called The Naval Data Base https://hush.web.fc2.com. I am a 66-year-old pensioner living in Japan; I have lived in the blue sky since 18 November 2024.  The Naval Data Base https://hush.web.fc2.com という艦艇の名前のサイトをやってます。
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#NavalHistory (2) of the 2nd attack by midget submarines (31 May - 1 June 1942). (2) together with (1) has been uploaded to my website. Please have a look if you like. hush.web.fc2.com/Diary/1942/0...

They had to be pulled up manually with ropes. However, it is not known what happened to the bow section left on the ground.

If Souya is written as Soya in the standard Japanese romanisation, the translation website renders it as Daizu. It is Soy!

The ship was an icebreaking freighter, which was built as the Soviet freighter Volochaevets in Nagasaki and completed as the Japanese ship Chiryou-maru during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and purchased by the Navy in 1939. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8D...

#NavalHistory 2nd attack by midget submarines (31 May - 1 June 1942) On 5 May 1942, British troops landed in northern Madagascar, then French territory. The Vichy French forces on the island continued fighting until 16 November before surrendering, but the real fighting lasted only the first 3 days.

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#NavalHistory Akiyama Saneyuki was a central figure in leading Japan to victory in the Battle of Tsushima as a staff officer of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War. And he learnt most of his tactics in the USA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiyama...