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The actual range for Yamato's 18 inch guns was 26 miles (42 km). This was determined by the United States Navy firing an 18.1 inch gun originally intended for Shinano before she was converted to an aircraft carrier. The guns for Shinano were sitting in the ship yard where she was built and found there after the war. My grandfather was on the team that test fired the gun. He was also involved in the test where the frontal armor for the turrets was tested against the 16 inch guns of the Iowa class battleship. The 16 inch gun could defeat it but it would have to be within 10,000 yards to do so.

I believe the US planes suck a submarine during one of the raids, saw a documentary about it in the hotel we stayed at in 1980.

.... Truk Lagoon is an Underwater museum NOT A PARK .... I wish these people did not "touch" anything ... Instead many can't seem to keep their hands off .... Some morons actually attempt to sit in the cockpit with scuba tanks for "pics" .... ????!!!! .... Others steal "for souvenirs" .... There are laws (they need to be severely enforced).

This is a great video...what kind of camera?

awesome video and documentary

After Pearl Harbor and the barbaric way their treated prisoners and the Chinese, it is all but impossible for me to feel sorry for Japan's ultimate fate.

The Japanese wanted to have light fast aircraft so they sacrificed everything and paid the price for doing so

I remember diving on that wreck in 2006. Great video

If ya go to the Marianna islands they had a great fierce battle over called the turkey shootout

May be it is about time to clean up all the junk laying down there.

Commentary is not on screen long enough to read it...

Very nice. I dove the Emily, the Jill, multiple Zeroes--mostly A6M5 versions--and the Betty, but I did not dive on the Judy. Makes me want to go again. The dive I recall with extreme clarity was on the Aikoku Maru. Over 2,000 Japanese and the three-man aircrew of a USN TBM Avenger died on this wreck. Gliding over the three holds where so many men died in order to reach the rear 120-mm gun, it's barrel still pointing at its last target in the sky, was an eerie feeling.

Thank you for sharing,,, waay cool. Well done.

Was the Betty not nicknamed the cigar for its tendency to burst into flames?

Love this video, so much information and the depth and aircraft type really makes me want to go there. As a 70's British kid I grew up on WW2 craft model making but seeing them like this is amazing/ combing all my hobbies now!!

When you see stuff like this I think it really opens your eyes to how bad and deadly WW2 and the other wars in history truly were. Like we were all taught in school about WW2, some schools probably more then other's but regardless you see on paper a number and since we can only really comprehend things when we see it with our eye's, we don't really get the depth of how bad and deadly it truly was. Like there are 10s of thousands of ships, planes, tanks exc.. that were destroyed and there was so much fighting going on in so many different locations we're now just finding these things 70 plus year's later and probably will find more for the next 100 years. To me that's insane and so sad how many people actually lost their life cause of 2 sick men in our history from that time. Hitler and the Emperor of Japan actions and greed caused so many lives and it's just mind boggling to think about. How 2 men changed the course of life for their own personal and delusional agendas. The craziest part to find out is they would of won if not for 2 simple actions that changed the course of the outcome otherwise we would be living a different situation and whom knows if we would even be here today honestly. The 2 courses that basically changed the war for the US 🇺🇸 and allies to win ww2 was Hitler turning on Russia which caused them to join the allies to win and Japan attacking Pearl Harbor. People may not know this but if Hitler and the Nazi's were given more time they 2 were about to be armed with atomic bombs as well. Who knows what would of happened if these events didn't transpire the way they did. If Japan never attacked America and brought us into the war then they would of had months if not years to build and fortify their islands more then they already did. No amount of dropping bombs on them would of done anything with their cave systems besides atomic bombs. If Hitler didn't attack Russia an they stayed allies then England would of fallen and it would of been Russia, Germany and Japan vs the United States which when we went to war weren't even ready for a war. The attack on pearl harbor fueled the citizens and economy to come together to make what we did even possible. Hitlers plan was to invade the US 2 years after they exterminated the Jewish people. What's even more messed up is the United States knew about Hitler killing Jewish citizens and did nothing about it until they were forced into the war. Cause when the Olympics were held in Germany an this was first going on the Untied states found out and did nothing about it. To be fair no one knew the extent to the levels they were being slaughtered but that's still no excuse. My overall point to all of this is it's crazy seeing with your own eyes the damage and casualties ww2 caused and it's so sad. Thank you for whomever took the time to read this and I hope everyone has an amazing an blessed day.

picking up a compressed gas canister at a 70+ year old war wreck....no. (There is a passage in the book Shadow Divers where an emergency escape air canister from a U-Boat blew up in the author's garage.)

I dived these wrecks during a family holiday in the late thirties just before the war.

Great piece of video, took me back to my trip in 2001. Waited 27 years to visit and was not disappointed; still the best diving holiday I have ever experienced. Recognise the Betty bomber and we used to snorkel dive the Zero during our lunch break. Good to see the wrecks in such good condition despite the diver traffic.

You would think , with no armor, she would be a little faster? The mosquito was about the same era and 150 mph faster? Is that right?

Nice video, shame the info was not on for longer, I kept having to rewind the video😁 Also, it’s a shame your buddy “Nick” had to touch that fire extinguisher, it shows a real lack of respect. ☹️ but we’ll done on the video.

I'm from chuuk, I didn't about this

The pilot of that plane, without even thinking, set that bottle on that console before his run .....70+ years later, there it sits....

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Flying boat awesome plane

Amazing video

Best place for the plane evil cunts the we're should have wipet them off the face of the Earth scum

Dude...with captions of 2 lines...leave the bastard up there for longer. Not everyone reads as fast as you

Nakajima=Nissan

Here’s some more footage of a Chuuk wreck: ua-cam.com/video/xbQh6bZEzEA/v-deo.html

Good luck to read the comments...way too fast.

VERY cool! Great video....thanks for sharing Andrew Lee!

I never could figure out why Japanese Kamikaze pilots wore helmets. I guess it was a lot like that Pearl Harbor idea. It just didn't quite work out.

No wonder the Emily was difficult to shoot down, since American fighters lacked cannon, only had .30 & .50 machine guns, unlike Japanese & German fighters with 20mm cannon & exploding shells.

The rounds of ammo are likely 18" diameter, not 18" long. Thanks for sharing a great video.

OMG😱

There's something quite nice in that these weapons of war have now become peaceful places of beautiful corals and fish.

The video is really amazing not only for its high-quality images but also for the correspondent information displayed. As a minor suggestion, It would be nice to know at what the depth the wrecks are.

why dont they salvage air craft like these

Hi Andrew, It would be great to speak to you about the possibility of using your footage for my project. I wonder if you could get in touch at amena.likeashot@gmail.com I hope to hear from you soon. Regards

great video. Shame your buddy has to touch everything.

Superb video! The identification of the wrecks isn't quite right though. The wreck you call a B6N "Jill" is actually a C6N "Myrt" reconnaissance airplane, while the one you call D4Y "Judy" is in fact a B6N "Jill". Lastly the Zero wreck is misidentified, this is in fact the D4Y "Judy" wreck. The bomb bay has been ripped off, making it very hard to identify. Thus: G4M "Betty" > correct H8K "Emily" > correct B6N "Jill" > C6N "Myrt" A6M Zero > D4Y "Judy" D4Y "Judy" > B6N "Jill" I hope it makes sense :)

thanks

Great ww2 leasson and dive!