3 subs of WWII Japanese Navy found almost intact in Sea of Japan

Three Imperial Japanese Navy submarines, including a U-boat transferred from Nazi Germany, have been found lying almost intact on the seabed in the Sea of Japan off Kyoto Prefecture, researchers said Tuesday.The researchers have identified the names of the submarines, which survived World War II but were scuttled by the U.S.-led occupation forces in 1946.

[Photos courtesy of La Plonge Shinkai Kogakukai]The submarines -- the RO-68, built in 1924, the I-121, built in 1927 and the RO-500, a German U-boat given to Japan …READ FULL ARTICLE