Japanese submarine I-401
I-401 in 1945 | |
| History | |
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| Japan | |
| Name | I-401 |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan |
| Laid down | 26 April 1943 |
| Launched | 11 March 1944 |
| Completed | 8 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 8 January 1945 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1945 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | I-400-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 37,500 nmi (69,400 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement | 144 |
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| Aircraft carried | 3 × Aichi M6A1 Seiran sea-planes |
I-401 (伊号第四百一潜水艦, I-gō-dai yon-hyaku-ichi-sensuikan) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Sentoku-type (or I-400-class) submarine commissioned in 1945 for service in World War II. Capable of carrying three two-seat Aichi M6A1 "Seiran" (Mountain Haze) float-equipped torpedo bombers, the Sentoku-class submarines were built to launch a surprise air strike against the Panama Canal. Until 1965, the Sentaku-type submarines — I-401 and her sister ships I-400 and I-402 — were the largest submarines ever commissioned.