Posted 07 November 2008 - 08:53 AM





http://rmhh.co.uk/fi...ne_carriers.pdf



JAPANS SUBMERSIBLE I-400 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS



In many ways HIJMS I-400 was decades ahead of her time. She was the worlds largest

submarine with a length of 400-ft and a surface displacement of 3,530 tons. Above her main

deck rose a 115-ft. long, 12-ft diameter, hangar housing three torpedo-bombers. These float

planes were rolled out through a massive hydraulic

door onto an 85-ft pneumatic catapult, where they

were rigged for flight, fuelled, armed, launched,

and after landing alongside, lifted back aboard

with a powerful hydraulic crane. The I-400 was

equipped with a snorkel, radar, radar detectors,

and capacious fuel tanks that gave her a range of

37,500 miles: One and a half times around the

world. She was armed with eight torpedo tubes, a

5.5-in 50-cal deck gun, a bridge 25mm antiaircraft

gun, and three triple 25 mm A/A mounts atop her

hangar. The advent of guided missiles and atomic

bombs transformed her from dinosaur to an

overspecialised undersea menacing strategic

threat.







Airfield Under the sea‏. Down load this and read it. Very interesting.JAPANS SUBMERSIBLE I-400 AIRCRAFT CARRIERSIn many ways HIJMS I-400 was decades ahead of her time. She was the worlds largestsubmarine with a length of 400-ft and a surface displacement of 3,530 tons. Above her maindeck rose a 115-ft. long, 12-ft diameter, hangar housing three torpedo-bombers. These floatplanes were rolled out through a massive hydraulicdoor onto an 85-ft pneumatic catapult, where theywere rigged for flight, fuelled, armed, launched,and after landing alongside, lifted back aboardwith a powerful hydraulic crane. The I-400 wasequipped with a snorkel, radar, radar detectors,and capacious fuel tanks that gave her a range of37,500 miles: One and a half times around theworld. She was armed with eight torpedo tubes, a5.5-in 50-cal deck gun, a bridge 25mm antiaircraftgun, and three triple 25 mm A/A mounts atop herhangar. The advent of guided missiles and atomicbombs transformed her from dinosaur to anoverspecialised undersea menacing strategicthreat.

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