Kaiten Submarine Missions

Kaiten Submarine Missions

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Operation	Date	Submarines	Kaiten Group	Number of Kaiten Embarked	Number of Kaiten Launched
Gen 1	11 Nov 1944	I-36, I-37, I-47	Kikisui	12	8
Gen 2	19 Dec 1944	I-36, I-47, I-48, I-53, I-57, I-58	Kongo	24	19
Gen 3	20 Feb 1945	I-44, I-368, I-370	Chihaya	14	10
Gen 4	1-2 Mar 1945	I-36, I-58	Kamitake	8	0
Gen 5	29-31 Mar 1945	I-44, I-47, I-56, I-58	Tatara	20	10
Gen 6	20 Apr 1945	I-36, I-47	Amatake/Tembu	12	8
	5 May 1945	I-367		5	2
Gen 7	24 May-15 Jun 1945	I-36, I-165, I-361, I-363	Todoroki	18	10
Gen 8	14 Jul-8 Aug 1945	I-47, I-53, I-58, I-363, I-366, I-367	Tamon	32	12
	16 Aug 1945	I-159		2	0

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Source(s):
Steven Zaloga, Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45

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C. Peter Chen

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