A Japanese submarine found off the Hawaii coast is now answering a lot of questions surrounding the vessel. The I-400 was able to traverse the entire globe one and a half times before needing a refuel and could hole three folding-wing bombers.
The WWII Japanese submarine found in Hawaii is a 400-foot Sen-Toku class vessel, one of the largest pre-nuclear submarines ever built. It had been missing since 1946 after it was supposed to attack the Panama Canal.
U.S. forces claimed to have no information about its whereabouts even if they were responsible for sinking the submarine. The United States Navy at the time incapacitated five Japanese submarines and brought them to Pearl Harbor for inspection at the end of World War II. After learning all they can, the subs were sunk in an undisclosed location. They feigned ignorance of the vessels when they were asked to return the submarines. Apparently, it was all a ploy to prevent Japanese technology from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union. The I-400 was a technological marvel at the time and could have greatly impacted international relations in the years to come.
The Japanese submarine found in Oahu is only one of a number of other mega subs discovered in the depths of Hawaii's coast and the Sea of Japan. One other submarine of its class is still missing.
The wreckage was found by accident when the Pisces V deep-diving submersible was searching for other wrecks. The Japanese submarine found by scientists to be torpedoed and partially collapsed. It seemed that it was sunk at a steep angle. Researchers were stunned at the discovery having previously thought that the vessel was sunk further out to sea. Thought the wreckage was found in August, the news of the discovery was only released after scientists from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory conferred with the US State Department and the Japanese Government.
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