Other upperworks are smashed and tangled, no stacks visible, and the whole afterpart of the ship beyond the aft torpedo tube mount appears to be missing. immediately. her sitting upright in shallow water in a channel between two of the Florida Islands. 3 turret's guns are elevated and askew and trained to the port quarter at about the 9.00 o’clock position. At nightfall 29 July, the NAGATO was listing close to 10 degrees to starboard and the main deck
claimed Condition: The fragment is just that, transpiring to be the starboard gun tub of the KAGA, its positive identification on 14 February 2000 was made possible by the landing array arrangement attachment unique to her of the four unlocated Midway carriers. We didn't even bother stopping it was so bad." Contrary to often cited locations placing it near Corregidor the NACHI was sunk west of Manila Harbor in a main-ship channel. The destroyer surveyed on July 28, 1992 is in a strange "two angle" configuration.

However the evidence already reveals that the destroyer's armed torpedoes were apparently the main culprits for the big explosion that demolished the amidships just as reported. However, by 27 July the NAGATO was now listing 8 The destroyer ran hard aground and became bottomed with an almost even trim and pronounced list to port. He reports that the shipwreck is upright, covered in parts by snagged trawler netting with her hull adjacent to her forward turrets buried in the seabed to about her original waterline, but this level gradually reduces until at the very stern her outer propellers and shafts are actually up above the seabed. Seriously. Instead, it appears No.2 boiler exploded, buckling the hull, and the destroyer literally jacknifed and sank It is now possible to compare this with facts from the bottom. Apparently they were extant in 1952-55, but removed afterward. It is not unlikely the great carrier came to rest upright. The superstructure and all decks above the third deck were in the mud. that she sank in only 70 feet of water and was upright on the bottom in nearly perfect condition. The explosion smashed the stern and started a fire, and apparently here, as well, inflicted the damage that ultimately proved mortal. Though the No.3 turret sits in an odd position on a remnant canted out to port amid and under the wreckage at the end of the wreck, neither No.4 turret or anything clearly belonging to the stern section aft to the fantail was discovered. Of particular interest is the fact that the explosions noted by USS CAVALLA were name and others, the I-401 had been taken to Pearl Harbor in winter of 1946 for study and evaluation. (It is my intention to hopefully provide some free-hand drawings of some of these wrecks as the page is expanded and revised.) However, the past decade has seen a gradual, and one hopes increasing, change in this situation. port bow on October 26, 1944 while in Tablas Strait, she steered to a temporary anchorage in a cove off Semirara, only to be further damaged A few miles distant lies the remains of the bow section of a USN LST [LST 342]. consider reboarding her to inspect hull damage. Of these twelve, three - HARUNA, ISE, HYUGA --- were sunk in shallow water by air raids and scrapped in-situ post-war. However, NAGATO had other plans --- like a samurai, it transpired that she chose her own time. A possible third section is likely. The divers noted several torpedo holes and bomb hits, the former presumably in the port side as the starboard was buried. She was indeed hit by torpedo from the west flank U.S. destroyers and foundered from that damage in the first phase of the battle at the same time range (0320-0330) as YAMAGUMO and ASAGUMO, and apparently How she The wreck of the ARARE was located in June 2007. Though the forward turrets and bridge were oddly almost whole, everything aft of it had been squashed flat as if stepped on by a giant foot. above survive, though collapsed down into the heap. Her No. Addendum: After first posting this page in May 2003, I have received no less than three updates from three torpedo hits, and it may be that a fourth strike Comment: if the above is true, starting in January 2002 there was renewed interest in ASHIGARA. Note: it is not likely that the wrecks of destroyers FUJINAMI or SHIRANUHI (sunk in near vicinity on October 27, 1944 while trying Notice that the fore part appears to be twisted over to starboard, whereas the main part of the wreck is nearly upright astern of it.
To that end, I have included here wrecks that were surveyed in detail during and after the war as well, regardless whether they have since been re-visited or re-located, and further matched those with a short capsule of the immediate condition/orientation of the vessel when sinking as revealed by action reports or eyewitnesses. gathered from a survivor's story, the LST was sunk during an action off the Russell Islands in mid-43. mortal damage, though this was not at first certain. a rusting ruin. Bomb hits were seen between number one and two stacks, and between number three stack and the aft torpedo tube mounts. volcanic force and appearance of the final explosion of YAMATO. The bow was completely blown off (matching IJN records - author), and was subsequently found 150 yards from the bulk of the wreck. the three Japanese destroyers involved in the Desdiv 15 disaster, their wrecks ultimately sank at very distinct and separate 5 turret, the wreck is broken completely in half, although the stern section is still partially attached and heavily damaged on the port side. These same divers reported finding the NACHI in 102' of water, with the main cruiser wreck buried in the bottom with a 45 degree starboard list covered with barnacles. What is known is that the Japanese reports in "real-time" at the Please see MUSASHI's movement record for details: The climax of the operation comes in February 1972 when the forepart is raised, but some work continues until 1978. Divers from The forward section was severed from just abaft the bridge; the second break apparently at No.2 torpedo mount. Note: For further details on the 1999 discovery and the 2000 identification process, see: ASHIGARA detaches for … of her remains above water although if you want to brave the crocodile infested mangrove swamps that KORMORAN. However, during the night this settling greatly accelerated and morning found the stern down by ten feet now and the port rail almost awash. Wake Island).


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