plan when they could not find enough fuel for the voyage to Rabaul, and they abandoned I-47. I-47 surrendered to the Allies on 2 September 1945, the same day that Japan formally surrendered in a ceremony aboard the battleship in Tokyo Bay. Final disposition The Japanese struck I-47 from the Navy list on 30 November 1945. In Operation Road's End, the U.S. Navy scuttled her off the Goto Islands on 1 April 1946. Using a multibeam echosounder and a remotely operated vehicle, a research team of the Society La Plongée for Deep Sea Technology found and photographed the wreck of I-47 on 7 September 2017. The wreck lies at a depth of . Notes References 1943 ships Ships built by Sasebo Naval Arsenal Type C2 submarines World War II submarines of Japan Maritime incidents in March 1945 Maritime incidents in 1946 Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Scuttled vessels