A new early summer release, of one of Japan's most interesting submarines, the I-400 Secret Aircraft carrying Submarine.

News in from Hikoki Publications of the release of their new title, "I-400 - Japan's Secret Aircraft Carrying Strike Submarine ", by Henry Sakaida, Gary Nila, and Koji Takaki.

This new title covers The I-400 "super submarine", one of the most monstrous creations to emerge from the Second World War and, in its time, they were the largest submarines ever built. It was considered to have been one of Japan's most secret weapons – indeed the Allies remained unaware of the 1-400s existence until it surrendered in late August 1945 (along with the I-401). At more than 400 feet long, weighing 5,223 tons submerged, carrying a crew of nearly 228 and possessing a range of over 37,500 nautical miles, the I-400 featured state-of-the-art Japanese radar and ‘stealth' submarine technology and carried three Aichi M6A Seiran attack floatplanes in a water-tight tube-like hangar built on to its deck forward of and under its massive conning tower.


Price: £29.95
Format: Hardback
Pages: 144 pages
ISBN: 1-902109-45-7

While much has been written about submarine warfare in World War Two, very little information in the English language has surfaced on the awesome Japanese ‘I-boats'.

More information about this highly interesting new release can be found at the Company Website!