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>Typhoon class has a displacement of 48000 tons. That's quite massive. The Japanese I-400-class submarines/submersible aircraft carriers, which I believe are
by Hamuko 6y ago
>Typhoon class has a displacement of 48000 tons.
That's quite massive.
The Japanese I-400-class submarines/submersible aircraft carriers, which I believe are still the largest diesel submarines built, were under 7000 tons.
- masklinn 6y ago> which I believe are still the largest diesel submarines built According to the internet you seem to be right, the Qing-class gets very close but not quite there: wiki lists 6628t, versus 6670t for the for the I-400.
- hu3 6y agoHere's a nice picture comparing their sizes: https://inteng-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/images/import/2017/04/WW2_submarines_comparison.jpg https://inteng-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/images/import/2017/0... Source: https://interestingengineering.com/uncovering-i-400-japanese-submarine-aircraft-carriers-ww2 https://interestingengineering.com/uncovering-i-400-japanese...