WWII Japanese submarine found near Hawaii (I-400 Sensuikan Toku class)

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 3/20/05 | AP

[spodefly]

BTTT

[Captain Peter Blood]

I have seen the shows of The History Channel talking about these subs and it is a fascinating story.

[joesnuffy]

Thank the Lord they were not able to complete their mission
and that even today He restrains the hands and plans of our enemies...

[maestro]

.................get the 'gold'..........and......'silver'....etc.

[NormsRevenge]

FRom FR archives, 12/21/2000 ,, good piece on I-400s

The H.I.J.M.S. I-400 Submarine-Aircraft Carrier

[wagglebee]

Their mission - which was never completed - reportedly was to use the aircraft to drop rats and insects infected with bubonic plague, cholera, typhus and other diseases on U.S. cities.

I'm glad Truman ended the war when and how he did.

[Calpernia]

ping

[Calpernia]

The wreckage of a large World War II-era Japanese submarine has been found by researchers in waters off Hawaii.

A research team from the University of Hawaii discovered the I-401 submarine Thursday during test dives off Oahu.

"We thought it was rocks at first, it was so huge," said Terry Kerby, pilot of the research craft that found the vessel. "But the sides of it kept going up and up and up, three and four stories tall. It's a leviathan down there, a monster."

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It's been stated that the discovery of the existence of these plans helped Truman make the decision to drop the bomb.

[Rakkasan1]

the crew that sank the mini-sub and fired the 1st retaliatory shot of WW2 was from St.Paul, MN. The gun from the USS Ward is now in front of our Capitol building.
http://www.specwarnet.com/USSWard/crew.htm

[Sooth2222]

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks!

[Ragnar54]

The people at HURL need a new name for their organization. NUMA is available.

[bobbyd]

ping

[Boundless]

> ... reportedly was to use the aircraft to drop rats
> and insects infected with bubonic plague, cholera,
> typhus and other diseases on U.S. cities.

I didn't see the whole History Channel show on these
subs, but they interviewed one pilot who claimed his
mission was to attack the locks at the Panama Canal.

Whatever the use, the planes sure look as if they are
configured for one-way use (no recovery at sub, other
than ditching).

[Daaave]

I-401

[Daaave]

3 I-400 class submarines being examined by the U.S Navy after the war.

[BenLurkin]

Ver-ry interesting.