Japanese I-400 Series Super Submarine

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:49 am

I think there was a PBS special at one time about this massive Japanese sub and how close we came to another sneak attack by the Japanese.
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=767

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:15 pm

Ah yeah to bomb the Panama Canal, I remember reading about that. I don't know how much damage they could have caused but even minor damage in the right place could have shut down the locks for a while while repairs were done.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:01 pm

The attack would have had a psychological effect, however, such a move would have only strengthened our resolve and made life that much harder for the Japanese.

BTW, earlier in the war in 1942, a Japanese submarine did shell Goleta (Santa Barbara) in California

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:28 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:BTW, earlier in the war in 1942, a Japanese submarine did shell Goleta (Santa Barbara) in California

Oh yeah, thats right! And don't forget the ricepaper baloon bombs.

Fox Tare-28 · Post by **Fox Tare-28** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:14 pm

tmanthegreat wrote:The attack would have had a psychological effect, however, such a move would have only strengthened our resolve and made life that much harder for the Japanese.

BTW, earlier in the war in 1942, a Japanese submarine did shell Goleta (Santa Barbara) in California

They did the same thing off the coast of British Columbia. Although the only thing they hit was a lighthouse.