Kaiten

The Kaiten (Japanese: 回天, translated "Change the World" or "Reverse Destiny") was a torpedo that was changed to become a suicide weapon, and used by the Navy of the Empire of Japan in the last months of the Second World War. It was basically a torpedo with a pilot, and it could be thrown from a submarine or a ship.

The Kaiten was not very effective. Out of more or less 100 attacks made with them, only two enemy ships were sunk.

Related pages
 Submarine
 Kamikaze
 Ohka

Other websites
Kaiten Memorial Museum 
Kamikaze Submarine 
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park 
US Navy Historical Center 
Pictorial account of types 1 and 2 kaitens
The Kaiten Mark II at the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack, NJ 
 Humantorpedo 回天 Kaiten (Japanese)


Category:Weapons