hopefully they'll add some kind of security to this wreck. the pacific is plagued by illegal salvagers primarily from mainland china and philipines, desecrating these tombs and destroying such historical wrecks.
When I was a young man I looked at war like a sport. "nice shot!" Now that I am older, I think about all the tears that have been shed over the next 75 years from that one day. Tears from parents and brothers and sisters. How many tears fall from two countries from just one day of war? Then think about how many years WW2 lasted.....How many tears?
I am glad they found this, it is always good to remember history. 1000 men died on this ship when it went down. I am hopeful that this is considered when discussions of the sights future come up. It is important to remember history, but it is imperative to remember and respect the lives lost here. As to Musashi herself: I am of the opinion modifications were done to Musashi when it was decided it would become the new flagship. In my opinion, Musashi had armor protections etc. greater than Yamato, and likely greater than anyone has guessed so far. The amount of punishment the ship withstood is simply astounding! It is also a possibility that ways to improve the design were discovered while building Yamato and applied to the second ship Musashi. The missing turrets will likely be very hard to find. If Musashi suffered a magazine explosion like most of the Japan Battleships, the turrets could be blown quite a ways from where Musashi now rests. The yamato class turrets also were simply in the barbettes by gravity- when the ships roll over, the turrets simply eject out. Anyway, Musashi is certainly a fascinating ship, and I am glad its resting place has been discovered and documented.
Its hard to watch. Seeing pictures of Musashi and Yamato before when they were alive and looking at how torn up and destroyed they are now. To the untrained eye they would just look like hunks of junk metal that fell overboard during a storm. But when you see all the photos, know how many men got on her and how many returned, its hard to look at. You see the sea life covering up the extreme burn marks, the metal showing their scars of explosions, the bride where the commanders fought and the guns that whistled their ammo through the air to their target. To see all that technology, money, and human life be used for war and seeing the remains of what was and KNOWING that inside her bulkheads, inside her remains, are the remains of her crew as they went with her to the bottom. Its hard. You're not just looking at a battleship...You're looking at a mass grave.
It would be great if somebody was able to locate Shinano, the last of the three Yamato Class ships. Converted to an aircraft carrier and sunk by the submarine Archerfish. Shinano was being moved to a IJN Naval Base in the Inland Sea when Archerfish stumbled upon her by accident. For quite some time there were people in the U.S. Command who did not believe that Archerfish had actually torpedoed an aircraft carrier. The IJN had so few left and we knew where they all were. Shinano had been built in complete secrecy to prevent the U.S. from mounting a special bombing mission to destroy her before she could be completed. Almost all the documentation on Shinano was destroyed by the Japanese prior to U.S. Occupation. Survivors from her crew were kept segregated on a small island to keep the construction, and subsequent loss of Shinano a secret. A number of Shinano's survivors were transferred to duty aboard Yamato since so much of the machinery was identical. There are only a couple of known photographs of Shinano, so finding her wreck would undoubtedly provide a treasure trove of information on the ship, and her conversion to a massive aircraft carrier.
Absolutely loved this! Great job fellas! Best part was 99.9% of the video is what we wanted. Too many of these types of things focus on the people looking for the ship. "Hi look at my face while I talk about the thing we have video footage of but nah just look at my face!" Can't stand that.
I thank you for posting and showing us some true history. Enemy ship or not, she was beautiful. I'm a big Navy history and great lakes history nut. Thank you again. To her sailors that went with her, R.I.P.
I started to research ships because of her and her sisters, Musashi sank a few days short of the day of my birth 43 years later. Seeing this now, the damage she took and what looks like a final blow from her magazine igniting as she sank is phenomenal as is just finding her. Well done and I hope you find the last of these massive ships.
This is a truly remarkable video of an amazing expedition to find this ship funded by a man who had devoted immense resources to this and other lost vessels of war, yet despite this the comments section is infected with people abusing one another!
its extremely interesting to see these kinds of dives on wrecks , and it was most heartening to see the entire crew pay homage to the deceased at the end , very moving
hopefully they'll add some kind of security to this wreck. the pacific is plagued by illegal salvagers primarily from mainland china and philipines, desecrating these tombs and destroying such historical wrecks.
When I was a young man I looked at war like a sport. "nice shot!" Now that I am older, I think about all the tears that have been shed over the next 75 years from that one day. Tears from parents and brothers and sisters. How many tears fall from two countries from just one day of war? Then think about how many years WW2 lasted.....How many tears?
I am glad they found this, it is always good to remember history. 1000 men died on this ship when it went down. I am hopeful that this is considered when discussions of the sights future come up. It is important to remember history, but it is imperative to remember and respect the lives lost here. As to Musashi herself: I am of the opinion modifications were done to Musashi when it was decided it would become the new flagship. In my opinion, Musashi had armor protections etc. greater than Yamato, and likely greater than anyone has guessed so far. The amount of punishment the ship withstood is simply astounding! It is also a possibility that ways to improve the design were discovered while building Yamato and applied to the second ship Musashi. The missing turrets will likely be very hard to find. If Musashi suffered a magazine explosion like most of the Japan Battleships, the turrets could be blown quite a ways from where Musashi now rests. The yamato class turrets also were simply in the barbettes by gravity- when the ships roll over, the turrets simply eject out. Anyway, Musashi is certainly a fascinating ship, and I am glad its resting place has been discovered and documented.
Its hard to watch. Seeing pictures of Musashi and Yamato before when they were alive and looking at how torn up and destroyed they are now. To the untrained eye they would just look like hunks of junk metal that fell overboard during a storm. But when you see all the photos, know how many men got on her and how many returned, its hard to look at. You see the sea life covering up the extreme burn marks, the metal showing their scars of explosions, the bride where the commanders fought and the guns that whistled their ammo through the air to their target. To see all that technology, money, and human life be used for war and seeing the remains of what was and KNOWING that inside her bulkheads, inside her remains, are the remains of her crew as they went with her to the bottom. Its hard. You're not just looking at a battleship...You're looking at a mass grave.
The surviving 94 yo crewmember visited the wreck , must have been surreal among Americans, 71 years later
Wait how does the musashi wreck looks like
It would be great if somebody was able to locate Shinano, the last of the three Yamato Class ships. Converted to an aircraft carrier and sunk by the submarine Archerfish. Shinano was being moved to a IJN Naval Base in the Inland Sea when Archerfish stumbled upon her by accident. For quite some time there were people in the U.S. Command who did not believe that Archerfish had actually torpedoed an aircraft carrier. The IJN had so few left and we knew where they all were. Shinano had been built in complete secrecy to prevent the U.S. from mounting a special bombing mission to destroy her before she could be completed. Almost all the documentation on Shinano was destroyed by the Japanese prior to U.S. Occupation. Survivors from her crew were kept segregated on a small island to keep the construction, and subsequent loss of Shinano a secret. A number of Shinano's survivors were transferred to duty aboard Yamato since so much of the machinery was identical. There are only a couple of known photographs of Shinano, so finding her wreck would undoubtedly provide a treasure trove of information on the ship, and her conversion to a massive aircraft carrier.
I would like to see a diorama of the wreck like they did with the Yamato.
Absolutely loved this! Great job fellas! Best part was 99.9% of the video is what we wanted. Too many of these types of things focus on the people looking for the ship. "Hi look at my face while I talk about the thing we have video footage of but nah just look at my face!" Can't stand that.
So is this ship in 3 peices ?
Thank you for finding Musashi. Thank you from Japan!
I thank you for posting and showing us some true history. Enemy ship or not, she was beautiful. I'm a big Navy history and great lakes history nut. Thank you again. To her sailors that went with her, R.I.P.
Thank you very much for finding Musashi.
Thank you for the video! Most rov videos are short clips, this was wonderful to see a full uncut tour around the entire ship!
I started to research ships because of her and her sisters, Musashi sank a few days short of the day of my birth 43 years later. Seeing this now, the damage she took and what looks like a final blow from her magazine igniting as she sank is phenomenal as is just finding her. Well done and I hope you find the last of these massive ships.
This is a truly remarkable video of an amazing expedition to find this ship funded by a man who had devoted immense resources to this and other lost vessels of war, yet despite this the comments section is infected with people abusing one another!
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its extremely interesting to see these kinds of dives on wrecks , and it was most heartening to see the entire crew pay homage to the deceased at the end , very moving
Musashi... You, just like Miyamoto Musashi... "You've kept us waiting" for years to meet you again.
Brilliant thank you for giving us this insight into this amazing story of the moments of this shipwreck from the second world war.