These plans, along with so many others, drastically changed when World War II begun, with fascist Italy ... it seems that four manned torpedoes/midget submarines, known as "Maiale," for special ...

In the last months of World War II, with its massive navy defeated ... The answer: building hundreds of kamikaze miniature submarines. Known as Kairyu, the sub carried two torpedoes each and ...

This is three years after the Japanese midget submarines penetrated harbour defences in 1942 during World War II. Allied midget XE3 submarine in Sydney Harbour, 1945. The image is of an Allied ...

The USS Silversides submarine sank 23 ships during World War II. It was also the site of a successful emergency appendectomy ...

You’ve heard of kamikaze pilots, but did you know Japan also used suicide submarines? In the final days of WWII, a fleet of mini subs packed with explosives was launched toward U.S. ships in a ...

A 600-horsepower electric motor propelled the midget subs swiftly under water at 19 knots, twice as fast as many other World War II submarines. The midget subs could not only take the enemy by ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Ocean waters are taking a toll on a sunken mini submarine 5 miles off ... of shots fired by U.S. forces in World War II — lies at 1,100 feet. The hull, a host for ...

A first glimpse inside a Japanese WW2 mega-sub so massive it had an aircraft hanger big enough for three planes has been revealed in a new film. At 400 foot, the Sen-Toku class vessel is much ...

Russia is reportedly bringing back a fleet of Cold War-era mini-submarines, a move that could ramp up tensions with the West. Moscow is set to bring back the Cold War-era Piranha-class midget subs ...