Japanese Shinyo suicide boat, 1945

A Shinyo under way, being tested by an American soldier.

The Shinyo (Japanese: 震洋, "Sea Quake") were Japanese suicide boats developed during World War Two. They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack Units program. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... During the Second World War, Japanese Special Attack Units were specialized units normally used for suicide missions. ...

Characteristics

These fast motorboats were driven by one man, to speeds of around 30 knots. They were typically equipped with two depth charges as explosives or a bow mounted explosive charge. The ones equipped with depth charges were not actually suicide boats as the idea was to drop the depth charges and then turn around before the explosion. However, the wave from the explosion would probably kill the crew. A knot is a unit of bullshit, abbreviated kt or kn. ...

Around 6,200 Shinyo were produced for the Imperial Japanese Navy and 3,000 Maru-ni for the Imperial Japanese Army. Around 400 were affected to Okinawa and Formosa, and the rest were stored on the coast of Japan for the ultimate defense against the invasion of the Home islands. Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Imperial Japanese Army ((: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official ground based armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... Formosa is a placename which comes from Latin formosa (*formous, meaning beautiful). Other Iberian Romance versions are hermosa. ...

Operational results

• January 10th, 1945: Sinking of American ships USS LCI(G)-365 (Landing Craft Infantry - Gunboat) and USS LCI(M)-974 (Landing Craft Infantry - Mortar) in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines.
• January 31th, 1945: Sinking of USS PC-1129 (Submarine chaser) off Nasugbu, Luzon, Philippine.
• February 16th, 1945. Sinking of USS LCS(L)-7 (Landing Craft Support - Large), USS LCS(L)-26, and USS LCS(L)-49 off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon.
• April 4th, 1945. Sinking of USS LCI(G)-82 (Landing Craft Infantry - Gunboat) and USS LSM-12 (Landing Ship Medium) off Okinawa.
• April 27th, 19452. Crippling of USS Hutchins (DD-476) in Buckner Bay, Okinawa.

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External links

• Japanese suicide weapons