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Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine used in the Pearl Harbor Attack recovered from the Keehi Lagoon off Honolulu, Hawaii, 6 Jul 1960. A floating heavy-lift crane is lowering the submarine onto a lighter.

Caption     Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine used in the Pearl Harbor Attack recovered from the Keehi Lagoon off Honolulu, Hawaii, 6 Jul 1960. A floating heavy-lift crane is lowering the submarine onto a lighter. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Type A-class   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,200 x 615 pixels
Photos at Same Place Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
5 Sep 2020 07:10:35 PM

This crane appears very similar to YD-121 seen in another photo lifting this same submarine the following week, but it is a different crane.

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