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MICROFILM PUBLICATION 2
REPORTS OF THE
U. S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN
1945 – 1946
Operational Archives
U.S. Naval History Division
Washington, D. C.
December 1974
ORDERING INFORMATION: This publication, consisting of 13 reels of 35-millimeter microfilm, is available for public sale at a cost of $5.00 per reel. These reels also circulate on inter-library loan. When purchasing these reels, please forward a check or
money order, made payable to the Department of the Navy, to:
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FOREWARD
The U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan was established on 14 August 1945. The purpose of this organization was:
“... to survey all Japanese scientific and technological developments of interest to the Navy and Marine Corps in the Japanese Islands of KYUSHU, SHIKOKU, HONSHU, HOKKAIDO; in China; and in Korea south of latitude 38ºN. This involved the seizure of intelligence material, its examination and study, the interrogation of personnel, and finally, the preparation of reports which would appraise the technological status of the Japanese Navy and Japanese industry. “1
Between September 1945 and November 1946, the Naval Technical Mission operated in Japan under the direction of the Chief of Mission, Captain Clifford G. Grimes, USN. During this period a total of 655 officers and men served with the organization. 185 separate reports were published on various aspects of Japanese naval equipment and other technical developments of naval interest.
Although it was reported that 500 copies of each report were prepared, these documents are now rare. In the light of the extensive interest in the series by students of World War II history, it was deemed desirable to prepare the following microfilm publication.
U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan, History of Mission.
REPORTS OF THE U.S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN
Reel Report No. Subject No of
Frames
JM-200-A; History of Mission 50Summary Report 458
SERIES A: AERONAUTICS TARGETS
A-11 Aircraft Arrangements and Handling Facilities on Japanese Naval Vessels 50
A-39 Japanese Naval Photography 65
SERIES D: DOCUMENTS AND INTELLIGENCE TARGETS
D-11(E-3) Japanese Navy League 23
D-11(E-8) Gakuto Kaiyo Kai Sea Students Association 11
SERIES E: ELECTRONICS TARGETS
JM-200-B E-01 Japanese Submarines 86
E-02 Japanese Airborne Radar 38
E-03 Japanese Land Based Radar 88
E-04 Japanese Centimeter Wave Techniques 14
E-05 Japanese Radio and Radar Direction Finders 22
E-06 Electronics Targets Japanese Anti-Radar Coverings 13
E-07 Japanese Radar Counter-measures and Visual Signal Display Equipment 22
E-08 Japanese Radio Equipment 14
E-09 Japanese Navigational Aids 17
E-10 Japanese Sonar and Asdic 70
E-11 Japanese Communication Systems 6
E-12 Japanese Experimental Radar 43
E-13 Japanese Electronic Tubes 39
E-14 Japanese Magnetic Airborne Detector 38
E-15 Power Supplies for Japanese Electronics 13
E-17 Japanese Radio, Radar, and Sonar Equipment 14
E-18 Japanese Radio Apparatus Construction Methods 12
E-19 Japanese Electronic Equipment Construction Materials 16
E-20 Japanese R. F. Transmission Lines, Wave Guides, Wave Guide Fittings, and 16
E-22 Japanese Radio Frequency Measuring Technique 25
E-23 Japanese Insulation Materials 11
E-26 Japanese Electronic Harbor Protection Equipment 35
E-28 Japanese Electronics-General 54
E-29 Japanese Electronics Training and Operating Techniques 28
E-30(N) Japanese Electronics, Miscellaneous 22
SERIES M: MEDICAL TARGETS
JM-200-C M-AA Organization, Administration, and Facilities of the IJN Medical Corps 95
M-AB References from the Committee for the Technical and Scientific Survey of 283
Japanese Activities in Medical Sciences
M-C Japanese Chemical Warfare 24
M-D Neuropsychiatry in the Japanese Armed Forces 26
M-E Rehabilitation in the Japanese Navy 22
M-I General Medical Statistics Japanese Army and Navy 15
M-01 Data Relative to Life in the Jungle and on Sea Islands and Data on 19
M-02 Dentistry in the Japanese Armed Forces 18
M-03 Podiatry in the Japanese Navy 12
M-04 Information Relative to Venereal Disease Control in Japan 18
M-05 Japanese Bacteriological Warefare 6
M-06 Aero, Surface, and Submarine Medicine and Research in the Japanese Navy 75
M-07 Opportunity for Infection of Navy Personnel with Tuberculosis in Japan 12
M-09 Preventive Medicine and Public Health Organization and Facilities in the 23
M-10 Bacteriology and Chemistry in the Japanese Navy 17
M-11 General Medicine and Special Diseases in the Japanese Navy 18
M-12 Pharmacology and Marlariology in Japan Civilian and Naval 121
JM-200-D 0-01-1 Japanese Torpedoes and Tubes-Article 1, Ship and Kaiten Torpedoes 446
0-01-2 Japanese Torpedoes and Tubes-Article 2, Aircraft Torpedoes 61
0-01-3 Japanese Torpedoes and Tubes-Article 3, Above-Water Tubes 20
0-02 Japanese Guided Missiles 28
0-03 Countermeasures and Defensive Organization of Japanese Against U.S. Mines 85
0-05 Japanese Naval Mining Organization and Operational Techniques 35
0-06 Japanese Bomb Disposal Methods 18
0-07 Ship Signatures and Related Data 12
JM-200-E 0-08 Japanese Depth Charges 14
0-09 Japanese Naval Rockets 10
0-10-1 Japanese Propellants- Article 1, Use and Manufacture of Ortho Tolyl 17
Urethane for Stabilizing Rocket and Gun Propellants
0-10-2 Japanese Propellants- Article 2, Rocket and Gun Propellants-General 12
0-10-3 Japanese Propellants- Article 3, Research on Non-Volatile Solvent Powders 43
0-11 Japanese Illuminating and Colored Burst Projectiles 12
0-14 Japanese Navy Ammunition Cases for 5CM and Larger Caliber Guns 17
0-15 Japanese Steel Manufacturing Methods 21
0-17 Japanese Naval Projectile Fuzes 82
0-18 Japanese Ordance Fuzes 25
0-19 Japanese Projectiles General Types 70
0-20 Japanese Ammunition Primers 17
0-21 Japanese Interior Ballistics 17
0-24 Description and Operation of Japanese Type 3 Photoelectric Fuse 21
0-26 Japanese Navy Powder Bags 6
0-27 Japanese Indendiary Mixtures 13
0-30 Japanese Anti-Aircraft Fire Control 133
JM-200-F 0-31 Japanese Surface and General Fire Control 64
0-32 Japanese Torpedo Fire Control 41
0-35 Japanese Demolition Methods 30
0-36-1 Japanese Light Armor-Article 1 79
0-36-2 Japanese Light Armor-Article 2 12
0-38 Japanese Ordnance Research Testing, and Training 27
0-39-1 Japanese Ordnance Research-Article 1, Gun-fire Testing of Bombs at the 15
Kamegakubi Naval Proving Ground
0-39-2 Japanese Ordnance Research-Article 2, Experimental Research on Super 37
High Velocity Guns and Projectiles
0-39-3 Japanese Ordnance Research-Article 3-Torpedo Models 26
0-39-4 Japanese Ordnance Research-Article 4, Laboratory Procedures 13
0-41 Japanese Research in Airborne Acoustics and Earthwaves 16
0-42 Japanese Ordnance Equipment Internal Recorders, Wave and Tide Meters, 11
Torpedo Recovery Gear, Underwater Locators
0-44 Effectiveness of Japanese AA Fire 16
0-45(N) Japanese 18” Gun Mounts 62
0-47(N)-1 Japanese Naval Guns and Mounts-Article 1, Mounts Under 18” 77
0-47(N)-2 Japanese Naval Guns and Mounts-Article 2, AA Machine Guns and Mounts 97
0-48(N) Japanese Fuse-Setting Equipment 8
0-49(N) Japanese Muzzle Brakes and Flash Hiders 17
0-50(N) Japanese Shipboard Rocket Launchers 14
0-53(N) Hydraulic Pumps in Japanese Naval Ordnance 16
0-54(N) Japanese Naval Guns 49
0-55(N) Defense of Tsushima and Entrance to Sea of Japan 16
0-56(N) Japanese Field and Amphibious Equipment Kyushu Defense 79
SERIES S: SHIP AND RELATED TARGETS
JM-200-G S-01-1 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 1 – Submarines 36
S-01-2 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 2, Surface Warship 31
S-01-3 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 3, Surface Warship Hull 63
S-01-4 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 4, Surface Warship 84
S-01-5 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 5, Shipboard 392
S-01-6 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 6, Submarines, 25
S-01-7 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 7, Submarines, 229
JM-200-H S-01-8 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 8, Portable Gasoline 13
S-01-9 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 9, Underwater 318
S-01-10 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 10, Landing Craft 39
S-01-11 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 11, Main and 33
S-01-12 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 12, Boilers and 109
S-01-13 Characteristics of Japanese Naval Vessels-Article 13, Gas Turbines 32
S-02 Japanese Suicide Craft 48
S-03 Photographs of Important Japanese Naval Units Afloat 57
S-06-1 Reports of Damage to Japanese Warships-Article 1, NAGATO (BB), 79
S-06-2 Reports of Damage to Japanese Warships-Article 2, YAMATO(BB), 35
MUSASHI(BB), TAIHO(CV), SHINANO(CV)
S-06-3 Reports of Damage to Japanese Warships-Article 3, Japanese Records of 32 Major Warship Losses
S-11 Survey of Operable or Salvable Japanese Merchant Vessels 53
JM-200-I S-12 General Arrangement and Capacity Plans of Japanese Standard Type 12
S-17 Japanese Submarine Operations 196
S-19 Japanese Submarine Equipment 13
S-24 Japanese Anti-Submarine Warefare 57
S-28 Japanese Minesweeping Gear and Equipment 88
S-40 Japanese Ships, Miscellaneous Items 11
S-42 Japanese Navy Diesel Engines 52
S-43 Japanese Naval Vessels Own Ship’s Noise 17
S-81(N) Welding in Japanese naval Construction 54
S-82(N) Provisions for Military Conversion of Japanese Merchant Ships 28
S-83(N) Japanese Model Basins 46
S-84(N) Japanese Damage Control 17
S-91(N) The Fukuryu Special Harbor Defense and Underwater Attack Unit Tokyo Bay 19
S-92(N) Lead-Acid StorageBatteries used by the Japanese Navy 21
S-93(N) Tenth Military Experimental Station Murotsu, Honshu, Japan 33
S-94(N) Japanese Evaluation of U.S. Anti-Submarine Harbor Defenses 11
S-95(N) Woods, Textiles, Rubber, and Plastics used in Japanese Naval Vessels 16
S-96(N) Japanese Deck Coverings 11
S-97(N) Japanese Anchors and Anchor Chain 12
S-98(N) Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Allied Offensive Mining Operations Against 42
Japanese Shipping in Chinese and Southwest Pacific Waters
JM-200-J X-01 Physical Chemistry Research in Japan 12
X-02-1 Japanese Infra-Red Devices-Article 1, Control for Guided Missiles 36
X-02-2 Japanese Infra-Red Devices-Article 2, Heat Locator Equipment 47
X-02-3 Japanese Infra-Red Devices-Article 3, Research, Development, 117
and Manufacture of Infra-Red Equipment
X-03 Japanese Ultra-Violet Communication Equipment 24
X-06 Japanese Geophysical Research 27
X-11 Japanese Chemical Warfare 29
X-12 Earthquake Resistant Construction in Japan 31
X-13-1 Japanese Metallurgy-Article 1, High Temperature Alloys for Gas Turbines, 17
X-13-2 Japanese Metallurgy-Article 2, Recovery of Alumonum from Clay and 15
X-13-3 Japanese Metallurgy-Article 3, Atomic Structure Relative to Dynamic 19
X-14 Quality of Japanese Electric Wires and Cables 27
X-17 Japanese Meteorological Instruments 14
X-18-1 Japanese Hydrography-Article 1, Organization, Operation and Methods 101
X-18-2 Japanese Hydrography-Operation and Method Weather Data Including 11
X-18-3 Japanese Hydrography-Article 3, Wartime Activities of International Latitude 31
Observatory Mizusawa, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
X-20 Fungus, Moisture-Proofing and Anti-Fungus Data 5
X-21 Japanese Use of Balloons for Barrage, Bombing and Aerology 6
X-28-1 Atomic Bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki-Article 1, Medical Effects 77
X-28-2 Atomic Bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki-Article 2, Medical Effects, 21
X-29 Bombing Effects of Normal Bombs in Japan 5
X-31 Bombproof Construction in Japan 55
JM-200-K X-32 Camouflage of Japanese Ships and Naval Installations 67
X-33 Design of Japanese Structures 84
X-34(N) Magnetic Development in Japan during World War II 65
X-35(N) Japanese Metallurgical Specifications, Iron and Steel, Special Steels, 22
X-36(N) Japanese Welding Standards 15
X-37(N) Japanese methods of High Frequency Induction Heating and Melting 23
X-38(N)-1 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 1, Fuel and Lubricant Technology 96
X-38(N)-2 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 2, Naval Research on Aviation 452
JM-200-L X-38(N)-3 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 3, Naval Research on Alcohol Fuel 185
X-38(N)-4 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 4, Pine Root Oil Program 205
X-38(N)-5 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 5, Research on Rocket Fuels of the 115
Hydrogen Peroxide-Hydrazine Type
X-38(N)-6 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 6, Research on Diesel and Boiler 141
Fuels at the First Naval Depot, Ofuna
X-38(N)-7 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 7, Progress in the Synthesis of Liquid 340
JM-200-M X-38(N)-8 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 8, Naval research on Lubricants 463
X-38(N)-9 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 9, Fundamental Hydrocarbon Research 103
X-38(N)-10 Japanese Fuels and Lubricants-Article 10, Miscellaneous Oil Technology 89
X-39(N) Miscellaneous Reports of Various Japanese Naval Research Activities 115