These explorers used the M/Y Octopus exploration vessel, in conjunction with historical research provided by four countries, to make this discovery. It should be noted that the third ship in this class was a converted aircraft carrier, and not specifically built as a battleship. In reality, these battleships only represented larger targets for the United States and Australian Fleets to attack. The Pacific War had quickly evolved into battles between planes launched from aircraft carriers not in sight of one another. By the time the Musashi and its sister ship, the Yamato, were launched into the Pacific War, they were already obsolete. The Musashi was one of the two largest, most powerful, battleships ever built. According to Kazushige Todaka, a Japanese Historian, the chrysanthemum seal was unique to only three warships built by the Japanese during World War II. Each petal had a special meaning to the Japanese Emperor Hirohito. One of the key markers on this discovery was the Japanese Emperor’s chrysanthemum seal, which is a sixteen-petal flower. In this week’s news, there was an announcement that a group of innovated explorers, including Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, discovered the World War II sunken Japanese Battleship M usashi.īig congratulations are due the innovative team that spent eight years hunting for this sunken battleship in over 4000 feet of water.
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