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Bob Hackett of CombinedFleet.com and Discovery of Two Japanese Subs

13 Nov 2009

In 1946, two high-tech Japanese submarines were scuttled by the US Navy off Hawaii Islands to prevent the technology from falling in to the hands of the Soviet Union. I-14, one of the submarines sunk, was 400 feet long, had capacity to carry two aircraft, and was capable of circling the globe one and half times. I-201, the other scuttled submarine, was thought to be twice as fast as her contemporaries.

Bob Hackett, a retired US Air Force colonel, is a military historian and a principal contributor at CombinedFleet.com, a partner website of WW2DB. Although not involved with the Feb 2009 findings, he had been a leading researcher in related projects sponsored by National Geographic Channel, which funded in part the Feb 2009 dives that found the submarines. "In their time, [these submarines] were very revolutionary," Bob said in an interview with the newspaper LA Times, as seen in the article 2 Japanese subs sunk after World War II found. "We were quite interested in the technology." Some of his work on this project can be seen on television in the United States on 17 Nov 2009 at 9pm EST/PST on National Geographic Channel in a show titled "Hunt for the Samurai Subs".

For more information:
Sensuikan!: Bob's research on Japanese submarines
I-14 Tabular Record of Movement by Bob
I-201 Tabular Record of Movement by Bob
LA Times: 2 Japanese subs sunk after World War II found



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