Kaiten Type 1 (Version 2)
- torpedo warheads. Kaiten proved largely unsuccessful as difficult controls and mechanical problems often caused failures before or during attacks; only two American ships were sunk by kaiten. In exchange, the Japanese suffered heavy losses: 80 kaiten…
Control Room Equipment from Nuclear-Powered Submersible NR-1
- NR-1 control room equipment in the collection of the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum. From left to right, the control panels shown are sonar, ballast and trim/auxiliary control/ship's status, ship's control display, heading and speed/obstacle avoidance…
Control Room Equipment and Consoles from Nuclear-Powered Submersible NR-1
- , ship control display, heading and speed display, camera status display, intercom and communications, and AN/UYK-44 computer. NR-1 was the U.S. Navy’s first and only nuclear-powered submersible, equipped with a miniature reactor that allowed her…