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Story by Bill Newcott

Aside from the wreckage of the battleship U.S.S. Arizona, now resting beneath the waters of Hawaii, it may well be the most striking surviving artifact from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

America’s first World War II trophy, the crippled and stranded midget submarine HA-19 awaits removal from an Oahu beach shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

America’s first World War II trophy, the crippled and stranded midget submarine HA-19 awaits removal from an Oahu beach shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. © Photograph via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
 
U.S. ships damaged or destroyed four Japanese midget submarines during the Pearl Harbor attack. American patrols were stunned to find HA-19 sitting in the Oahu surf the next morning. The surviving member of the two-man crew was found lying on the beach nearby.
U.S. ships damaged or destroyed four Japanese midget submarines during the Pearl Harbor attack. American patrols were stunned to find HA-19 sitting in the Oahu surf the next morning. The surviving member of the two-man crew was found lying on the beach nearby. © Photograph by U.S. Navy via Naval History and Heritage Command
 
On its 1943 nationwide War Bond tour, HA-19 rolled through the streets of Fredericksburg, Texas. The Nimitz Hotel—named for the grandfather of World War II Admiral W. Chester Nimitz—is now part of the National Museum of the Pacific War, permanent home of HA-19.
On its 1943 nationwide War Bond tour, HA-19 rolled through the streets of Fredericksburg, Texas. The Nimitz Hotel—named for the grandfather of World War II Admiral W. Chester Nimitz—is now part of the National Museum of the Pacific War, permanent home of HA-19. © Photograph via Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
 
It took some Texas-style wrangling, but HA-19 has found a permanent home in the George H.W. Bush gallery of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas.
It took some Texas-style wrangling, but HA-19 has found a permanent home in the George H.W. Bush gallery of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. © Photograph by Alpha Stock, Alamy
 
Mounted against a sea-blue wall in the National Museum of the Pacific War, HA-19 looks surprisingly imposing, considering it has always been referred to as a “midget” submarine. A streamlined hulk of steel with a single propeller, it resembles an oversized torpedo with a conning tower.

 

 
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The story of the two man subs is very interesting. One actually got in the harbor. The Oklahoma capsizing is now thought by some to be the result of the much larger sub based torpedoes striking the Oklahoma amid ships. Several aerial pics of the raid may point to a sub broaching the surface after releasing it's torpedoes. 

https://breakonthru.org/i-16-midget-sub-discovered

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2004/december/pearl-harbor-midget-sub-picture

http://westernamericana2.blogspot.com/2010/04/did-japanese-midget-submarine-sink-uss.html

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/television/2009/12/08/nova-show-features-uss-oklahoma/61317112007/

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r/WarshipPorn - Torpedo damage to port side of USS Oklahoma, taken once in the drydock, January 1944 (740x615)

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