Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (died 2000)

Mochitsura Hashimoto

Japanese World War II submarine commander

Mochitsura Hashimoto was a Japanese officer and a submarine commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He was captain of the submarine I-58, which sank the American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis in 1945 after its delivery of parts and enriched uranium for the…