Kaiten

In November 1944,the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor deep in the Pacific Oceanwhen the oiler USS Mississinewa exploded. JapanΓÇÖs secret weaponthe KaitenΓÇöa manned suicide submarineΓÇöhad succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didnΓÇÖt know of its existence. And the Americans kept it secret as well. Embarrassed by the attackthe U.S. Navy refused to salvage the sunken Mighty Miss. Not until 2001when a diving team located the wreckwould survivors learn what really happened. In KaitenMichael Mair and Joy Waldron tell the full storyfrom newly revealed secrets of the Kaiten development and training schools to gripping firsthand accounts of U.S. Navy survivors in the wake of the attackas well as the harrowing recovery efforts that came later. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS