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The , also called was a pair of large, aircraft-carrying cruiser submarines built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. ==Design and description== The Type AM submarines were versions of the preceding A2 class-class with the command facilities replaced by an enlarged aircraft hangar were fitted for a pair of Aichi M6A1 floatplane bombers.〔Layman & McLaughlin, p. 176〕 They displaced surfaced and submerged. The submarines were long, had a beam of and a draft of . They had a diving depth of .〔Bagnasco, p. 189〕 The machinery was reduced in power from the A2-class boats. For surface running, the boats were powered by two diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a electric motor. They could reach on the surface and underwater.〔Chesneau, p. 200〕 On the surface, the ''AM''s had a range of at ; submerged, they had a range of at .〔 The boats were armed with six internal bow torpedo tubes and carried a total of a dozen torpedoes. They were also armed with a single deck gun and two triple and one single mount for anti-aircraft guns.〔Carpenter & Dorr, p. 110〕 In comparison to the A2 class, the aircraft hangar was enlarged to accommodate two aircraft. It was offset to the right of, and was faired into the base of, the conning tower which protruded over the left side of the hull. A single catapult was positioned on the forward deck. Two folding crane on the forward deck were used to recover the floatplanes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Type AM submarine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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