Submarine I-16 & 1-58 - Tamiya 31453  [31453]

A submarine element happen included between your escort group japan Navy's historic attack on Pearl Harbor in WWII. Naval modelers became capable replicate another some the Pearl Harbor attack force with this specific re-packaged model kit.

The Japanese Navy's bold demand a shock assault within the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor required the job of an enhanced Expeditionary Force is comprised of 20 fleet submarines. They certainly were primarily available a screen and minmise most of the any U.S. Navy force that tried reach japan carrier team. But 5 of these fleet submarines, I-16, I-18, I-20, I-22, and I-24, also carried 2-man Ko-hyoteki midget submarines tasked with penetrating the harbor defenses to make torpedo assaults. These midget submarines had been launched, but none ever came back from their missions.