I-400 wreck

namvet

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first look. off the coast of Hawaii about 2300 feet down

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDc72nApiA"]The FIRST view of the Imperial Japanese I 400 submarine - YouTube[/ame]
 
Never realised there was one off Hawaii, I thought they were sunk off Japan after inspection to stop the Russians getting hold of them.
 
Never realised there was one off Hawaii, I thought they were sunk off Japan after inspection to stop the Russians getting hold of them.

it was brought back to pearl for inspection. i forgot the link

The U.S. Navy captured the I-400 and four other Japanese submarines at the end of the war and brought them to Pearl Harbor to inspect them. In 1946, the Soviet Union demanded access to the submarines under the terms of the treaty that ended the war.

fox news link
 
it was brought back to pearl for inspection. i forgot the link

The U.S. Navy captured the I-400 and four other Japanese submarines at the end of the war and brought them to Pearl Harbor to inspect them. In 1946, the Soviet Union demanded access to the submarines under the terms of the treaty that ended the war.

fox news link

Ah, I thought they were sunk off Japan to prevent the Russians getting them.
I remember seeing a documentary on the Japanese submarine graveyard which included the I400s but I was under the impression the location was around Japan.

I think it is this one that I am thinking of...
http://www.cronaca.com/archives/002517.html

Still I guess we are digressing from the point of the thread, the I-400s were an interesting class of submarine and it is a pity that so little is known about them.
 
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