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I-401 (伊号第四百一潜水艦, I-gō-dai yon-hyaku-ichi-sensuikan) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Sentoku-type (or I-400-class) submarine commissioned in 1945 for service in World War II.
The wreckage of I-401 was discovered by the Pisces deep-sea submarines of the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory in March 2005 at a depth of 820 metres (2,690 ft). [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] It was reported that I-400 was later found by the same team off the southwest coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu in August 2013 [ 42 ] [ 43 ] at a depth of ...
After the end of the conflict, several of Japan's most innovative and advanced submarines were sent to Hawaii for inspection in "Operation Road's End" (I-400, I-401, I-201, and I-203) before being scuttled by the U.S. Navy in 1946 when the Soviet Union demanded access to the IJN submarines.
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.
At 21:00 on 18 August 1945, Submarine Division 1′s commander, Captain Ariizumi, at sea aboard I-401 to conduct the Ulithi attack, received orders from the 6th Fleet to cancel it, and later that day the 6th Fleet ordered I-14, I-400, and I-401 to jettison all aircraft, torpedoes, other munitions, and documents, hoist the designated black flag ...
Until 12 January 1946, Euryale worked with Japanese submarines, maintaining them and preparing them for disposal. She crossed the Pacific to Pearl Harbor with a salvage ship and two Japanese submarines, one of which she towed for the last leg of the passage, then continued on alone to San Francisco , where she arrived 22 February.
Two submarines, I-201 and I-203, were seized and inspected by the US Navy at the end of the hostilities. 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.
Japan had prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor a diverse submarine fleet, some of which had unique distinctions: the only submarines in existence of over 5,000 tons submerged displacement, submarines over 400 feet in length (until the advent of nuclear power), the 41 submarines in its retinue (and of the world) that could carry specially designed aircraft, and submarines with the longest ranges ...