I-400: Japan's Secret Aircraft-carrying Strike Submarine : Objective Panama Canal

"The I-400 'super submarine' was one of the most monstrous creations to emerge from the Second World War and, in its time, was considered to have been one of Japan's most secret weapons. At more than 400 feet long, weighing 5,223 tons submerged, carrying a crew of 200 and possessing a range of over 30,000 miles, the I-400 featured state-of-the-art Japanese radar and 'stealth' submarine technology and carried three Aichi M6A Seiran attack floatplanes. This book is the result of many years of meticulous research. The authors have traced and interviewed three of the original air crew assigned to fly the Seirans on their hazardous missions." "This story is also told using the first-hand accounts of former officers and crew of the I-400 as well as those American naval personnel who 'crewed' the vessel on its dramatic last voyage. The book contains hundreds of remarkable and often previously unpublished photographs showing external and internal views of the I-400, as well as of its hangar, aircraft, armament, and equipment."--BOOK JACKET.