World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy mega-submarine located off Hawaii (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

 Mega Submarine Longer Than a Football Field Found

A World War II-era Imperial Japanese Navy mega-submarine type I-400 had been lost since 1946. American forces scuttled the submersible after it was captured and now it’s been rediscovered in 2,300 feet of water off the coast of Oahu. The location of the sub had been in doubt.

A press release from the University of Hawaii stated that the sub is longer than a football field at 400 feet. It was the largest submarine ever built until the 1960’s nuclear sub fleets arrived. It had a range of 37,500 miles and could travel one and a half times around the world without refueling. No other diesel submarine ever matched that.

The discovery was made by Terry Kerby who is the Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) operations director and chief submarine pilot. “The I-400 has been on our ‘to-find’ list for some time.  It was the first of its kind of only three built, so it is a unique and very historic submarine,” said Kerby.  “Finding it where we did was totally unexpected.  All our research pointed to it being further out to sea.  The multi-beam anomalies that appear on a bottom survey chart can be anything from wrecks to rocks—you don’t know until you go there.  Jim and Hans and I knew we were approaching what looked like a large wreck on our sonar.  It was a thrill when the view of a giant submarine appeared out of the darkness.”



Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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