PICTURES: WWII "Samurai Subs" Found -- Carried Aircraft

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November 12, 2009-- After 60 years in a watery Hawaiian grave, two World War II-era Japanese attack submarines have been discovered near Pearl Harbor , marine archaeologists announced today. (Watch video of the sunken subs .)

Specifically designed for a stealth attack on the U.S. East Coast--perhaps targeting Washington, D.C. , and New York City --the "samurai subs" were fast, far-ranging, and in some cases carried folding-wing aircraft, according to Dik Daso, curator of modern military aircraft at ...

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