Kaiten-class human torpedo

Country of origin

Japan

Kaiten (回天; lit. 'Turning the Heaven', commonly rendered as 'turn of the Heaven's will' or 'the heaven shaker') were crewed torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.

Specifications

Length: 14.5 m
Number built: 420
Introduced: 1944
Entered service: 1944
Retired: 1945

Countries that use it (1)

Imperial Japanese Navy

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