Submarine Aircraft Carriers

Ever wondered if you could turn a submarine into an aircraft carrier? Well, that’s not a crazy plot from an action movie. Several countries actually tried it during the world wars. Check out our History Left Behind short on submarine aircraft carriers to see for yourself!

Bibliography

La Grande Observer (La Grande, OR). “Japs Blamed for Bombing Oregon Coastal Region.” September 15, 1942.

 
Mizokami, Kyle. “The U.S. Navy Could Have Had a Submarine Aircraft Carrier.” Popular Mechanics.  Last modified Nov 21, 2018. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a25241538/submarine-aircraft-carrier-us-navy/.
 

Naval History and Heritage Command. “US Naval Technical Mission to Japan: Reports in the Navy Department Library.” Last modified December 10, 2020. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/us-naval-technical-mission-to-japan-reports-in-the-navy-department-library.html.

Paine, Dr. Thomas O. “The Last Voyage of a Submarine Aircraft Carrier.” The Submarine Review (April 2006): 53.

Slocum, Captain Winthrop, U.S. Naval Reserve. “The Naval Technical Mission to Japan.” Proceedings 75, no. 551 (January, 1949): 1. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1949/january/naval-technical-mission-japan.

Media Sources

“British Submarine HMS M2″(1933). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Submarine_HMS_M2.jpg.

 
 
“Sinking of Captured Japanese Submarines” (1946). U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23741.
 
US Navy AN-1 Concept Image. Covert Shores by H I Sutton. http://www.hisutton.com/USN_AN-1_Submarine_Aircraft_Carrier.html.
 
“USS Enterprise in Gulf of Tonkin Yankee Station” (1967). U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85869.
 
“USS Wasp Flight Operations” (1942).  https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80640.
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