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After they arrived in Nanao Bay on 4 June 1945, six Aichi M6A1 Seiran ("Clear Sky Storm") aircraft of the Kure-based 631st Naval Air Group joined them, flying in after a stop at Fukuyama, Japan. [3] On 6 June 1945, the submarines and aircraft began training for night air operations in preparation for a surprise Japanese air strike against the ...
The IJN called this type of submarine Sentoku type submarine (潜特型潜水艦, Sen-Toku-gata sensuikan, Submarine Special), shortened from Toku-gata Sensuikan (特型潜水艦, Special Type Submarine). They were submarine aircraft carriers able to carry three Aichi M6A Seiran aircraft underwater to their destinations. They were designed to ...
The Japanese applied the concept of the submarine aircraft carrier extensively. Altogether 47 submarines were built with the capability to carry seaplanes. Most IJN submarine aircraft carriers could carry only one aircraft, though a few types could carry two, and the giant I-400 class submarines could carry three.
The Japanese applied the concept of the "submarine aircraft carrier" extensively, starting with the J3 type of 1937–38. Altogether 41 submarines were built with the capability to carry seaplanes. Most IJN submarine aircraft carriers could carry only one aircraft, but I-14 had hangar space for two, and the giant I-400 class, three.
Japanese submarine I-8 was the only submarine to complete a round-trip voyage between Japan and Europe during World War II. Type A1 headquarters submarines (three built, I-9, I-10, I-11) Carried one floatplane, two more cancelled 1942. Type A2 headquarters submarine (one built, I-12) Carried one floatplane, hangar and catapult fitted forward.
I-13, I-400, and I-401 soon rendezvoused with I-14 in Nanao Bay, and the submarines were joined by six Aichi M6A1 Seiran ("Clear Sky Storm") aircraft of the Kure-based 631st Naval Air Group, which flew in on 4 June after a stop at Fukuyama, Japan. [7] On 6 June 1945, the submarines and aircraft began training for night air operations in ...
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 [3] and much larger than the most common Japanese submarine of the era, the Type B1, which was 109 meters (356 ft ...
They were part of a group of four captured submarines, including the giant I-400 and I-401, which were sailed to Hawaii by US Navy technicians for further inspection. On 26 March 1946, the US Navy decided to scuttle these captured Japanese submarines to prevent the technology from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union.