Japanese submarine I-61 salvaged according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 18 February 1942

An item reported that the Japanese submarine I-61 sunk on 2 October off Kyushu was now salvaged.(1)

Note

1. Kaidai-type submarine cruiser. Laid down by Mitsubishi Kobe Yard, Kobe, Japan on 15 November 1926, launched on 12 November 1927, )commissioned between 6 April 1929, several times re- and recommissioned, sunk in a collision south of Cape Ashizuki, Japan on 2 October 1941, refloated in 1942, stricken on 1 April 1942 and broken up.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 70 dated 18 February 1942