so Yamamoto devised the submarine aircraft carrier idea as a means to get close to American cities without being detected.
The Japanese were more serious about submarine aircraft carriers than any other navy: They built their first, the 2,243-ton, 320-foot I-5, in 1932. It was equipped with one floatplane. In the next ...
Submarines Have Their Day HMS Courageous was the first modern aircraft carrier to fall victim to a submarine.On September 17, 1939, while hunting German U-boats, Courageous was torpedoed and sunk ...
Over 70 years ago, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s prized Sen Toku I-400-class submarine aircraft carriers were captured and scuttled off the coast of Hawaii. Now a team from the University of ...
“This is yet another 'edge ball' played by the Japanese government... China can only respond to 'Izumo', this light aircraft carrier dressed as an 'escort vessel', by developing a real aircraft ...