HA. 19 (Japanese Midget Submarine)

HA. 19 (Japanese Midget Submarine)

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caption = HA-19 Japanese midget submarine grounded on an Oahu Beach, December 1941
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location = Fredericksburg, Texas, USA (formerly at NAS Key West, Key West, Florida)
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locmapin = Texas
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built =1941
architect= Kure Dockyard
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designated_nhl = June 30, 1989cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2071&ResourceType=Structure
title=HA. 19 (Midget Submarine) |accessdate=2008-05-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = June 30, 1989cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Privatefact|date=May 2008 (formerly DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY)
refnum=89001428The HA. 19 (Japanese Midget Submarine) (also known as Japanese Midget Submarine "C") is a historic I.J.N. Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine that was part of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Orders for this submarine were to enter Pearl Harbor. However, it did not enter the harbor, and it was grounded and captured. The submarine was put on display at NAS Key West, Key West, Florida, but is now in Fredericksburg, Texas.

On June 30, 1989, while still in Key West under the U.S. Navy, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and further was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark.cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/nhl/ha19nhl.htm
title=Japanese Midget Submarine HA-19 / National Historic Landmark Study | date=December 1988 | author=Delgado, James P. |accessdate=2008-05-03|work= |publisher=National Park Service] In 1991, it was moved to Fredericksburg, Texas to become part of the National Museum of the Pacific War at the Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site.

It is located at the National Museum of the Pacific War, the former Admiral Nimitz Museum, at 340 East Main Street in Fredericksburg.

References

* [http://www.hnsa.org/ships/ha19.htm HNSA Web Page: USS HA-19]
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/ha19.htm Japanese Navy Ships -- Ha-19 (Midget Submarine, 1938-1941)] at [http://www.history.navy.mil The Naval Historical Center]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Monroe/state.html Monroe County (Florida) listings] at [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places]


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