This letter is interesting in that the Army apparently proposed salvaging I-52 almost two years after her sinking

 

     
                           In reply refer to Initials
                                   and No.
 
NAVY DEPARTMENT
 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
  OP-33X:sc  
  File no. (SC)S94/I52  
  Serial:  0331P33  
   
     
 
From: Chief of Naval Operations.
To    : The Adjutant General's Office
  War Department
  Washington 25, DC
   
Subject: Sinking of Japanese Submarine, I-52.
   
Reference: (a)  Adjutant General's conf. ltr. AG AC-S 410.2 (28 May 47)
        HJP/md 1A-872 Pentagon, dated 29 July 1947.
  (b)  US Naval Forces East. Atlantic and Mediterranean conf.
        ltr. File JJ Serial 0121 of 28 May 1947 to Com Gen.
        European Command, with enclosures (A) through (J) thereto.
   
Enclosure: (A)  Reference (b).
 
     
          1.        The Japanese Submarine, I-52, was sunk on 24 June 1944 in position 15°16'N-39°55'W, as described in enclosure (C) of reference (b).  
     
          2.        The depth of the water at this position in the Atlantic is over 2500 fathoms.  According to the Ship Salvage Division of the Bureau of Ships, it is not possible to raise any wreck from more than 100 fathoms.  Therefore, it is not considered practicable to pursue this matter further with the ultimate idea of salvaging the I-52.  
     
     
     
  cc:  U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean