The submarines were a part of the Japanese Sen Toku I-400-class submarine, which could have easily been two of the most legendary submarines of WW2. Unlike Japan's dwarf submarines of World War II ...
Japan began construction of the 5,223-ton I-400 class of submarine aircraft carrier. Designed for attacks against the Panama Canal and the U.S. west coast, each carried three dive-bomber seaplanes.
Later the Americans learned the truth: The chamber was actually a hanger, and the two vessels were I-400-class submarine aircraft carriers — one of the Japanese Empire's greatest secret weapons.
At the height of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned a series of Sen Toku I-400 class submarines. These subs were large enough to carry three Aichi M6A Seiran aircraft underwater ...