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The maximum safe diving depth of the I-400-class submarine was only 82% of its overall length, which presented problems if the submarine dived at too steep an angle in an emergency. [19] Because of their large aircraft hangars and conning tower, all I-400 -class boats had significant visual and radar signatures on the surface, and could be ...
By 1 June 1945, all four submarines of Submarine Division 1—I-13, I-14, I-400, and I-401—had been fueled and equipped with snorkels. [3] I-400 got underway from Kure on 2 June 1945 for a voyage via the Shimonoseki Strait, the Tsushima Strait, and the Sea of Japan to Nanao Bay on the western coast of Honshu near Takaoka, Japan.
An I-400 class submarine, with its long plane hangar and forward catapult. The I-400-class submarines were the largest submarines of World War II and remained the largest ever built until the construction of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. It displaced 6,500 tons (5,900 tonnes) and was over 400 ft (120 m) long, three times ...
The I-400-class submarines had four 1,680 kW (2,250 hp) diesel engines and carried enough fuel to circumnavigate the world one-and-a-half times. Measuring 122 m (400 ft) long overall, they displaced 5,900 t (6,504 short tons), more than double their typical American contemporaries. [2]
The Type A Modified 1 or Junsen Type A Modified 1 type (甲型改一 or 巡潜甲型改一, (Cruiser submarine) Type A Modified 1) (I-12-class) submarine was similar to the Type A1, but with less powerful engines, giving the type slower surface speed but a longer range. I-12 – sunk November 13, 1944 by USS Ardent and USS Rockford.
The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that it had sunk a Russian submarine and damaged an S-400 anti-aircraft missile system in the illegally-occupied Crimean peninsula. The military said its ...
16,000 meters (17,000 yd) at +30° [1] The 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun was the standard surface battery for Japanese submarine cruisers of World War II . Most carried single guns, but Junsen type submarines carried two.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy's Collins class submarines.