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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 ...
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.
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.
A submarine aircraft carrier is a submarine equipped with aircraft for observation or attack missions. ... Three of the Sen Toku were built, I-400, I-401, and I-402.
In 100 years, naval aviator John Bradley hasn't slowed down, but he still remembers that fateful day flying over a German U-boat.
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.
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