The Largest Submarines in World War II

Commander Wallace · 11-22-15, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

They actually just took them to sea and scuttled them not as gunnery targets.

I think they are very interesting concepts however they realistically could not do very much with just three aircraft and they where too large to be effective in the type of submarine warfare that was effective during WWII. Though they did give the US Navy the idea to design hangers for early post war cruise missiles. So the I-400s did have an influence upon the advancement of post war subs.

No. Actually as I said, they were destroyed in weapons exercises by the U.S Navy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400-class_submarine

under Artifacts in the wikipedia.org article is this .

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Artifacts

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 meters.[34][35][36] It was reported that the I-400 was later found by the same team off the southwest coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu in August 2013[37][38] at a depth of 700 m (2,300 ft).[39] Jim Delgado, a researcher working aboard the Pisces V, told the Chicago Tribune "It was torpedoed, partially collapsed and had sunk at a steep angle."[40]

I read an account where officers on board a Navy destroyer reported shelling the Submarine. At the very least, according to the article, I-400 had been hit by a torpedo and sunk.

You had said it had been scuttled at sea. I said this as well. The article however suggests I-400 had help being " scuttled " in the form of live fire exercises, specifically torpedoed. I should have specified torpedoed . This article however doesn't address the demise of the other 2 subs.

Aktungbby · 11-22-15, 10:29 PM

http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html

CaptainRamius · 11-23-15, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html

Great photos. The I-400 performs well, travels well, fights well, and looks great!
I think it's one of the best looking subs of WW2 (apart from the Gato and Type VII)

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