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Download World of Warships: Legends today and get a special starter bonus: https://wowsl.co/42kkQPN The submarine is in many ways a real world superweapon going from allowing stealthy strikes against ships to carrying world ending firepower. However, one class of sub built by Japan during WW2 sought to combine that stealth with the capabilities of the aircraft carrier. Join us as we discuss the story of the I-400 class, Admiral Yamamoto's Secret WWII Superweapon. Follow us here: Xwitter: x.com/SailsandSalvos Researched and written by Baron Von Teapot Narrated and directed by @ConeOfArc Edited by @alanspreitler Sources: Boyd, C. & Yoshida, A. (1995). The Japanese Submarine Force and World War II. Carpenter, D. & Polmar, N. (1986). Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Stille, M. (2012). Imperial Japanese Navy Submarines 1941–45. Sakaida, H., Nila, G. & Takaki, K. (2006). I-400: Japan’s Secret Aircraft Carrying Strike Submarine. https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-057/h-057-2.html https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/HURL/I-400.php http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_documents/gvt_reports/USNAVY/USNTMJ%20Reports/USNTMJ_toc.htm http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/primary_documents/gvt_reports/USNAVY/USNTMJ%20Reports/USNTMJ-200G-0695-0924%20Report%20S-01-7.pdf