Winston
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
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Should eventually make a nice "Titanic" style exploration documentary on TV.
About the discovery:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31724995
About the battleship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Musashi
Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) 46 Centimeter Type 94 main guns. Neither ship survived the war.
Musashi was sunk by an estimated 19 torpedo and 17 bomb hits from American carrier aircraft on 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Over half of her crew was rescued.
Photos and CGI of Yamato since photos of Musahsi aren't the same quality:
About the discovery:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31724995
About the battleship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Musashi
Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships. She and her sister ship, Yamato, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) 46 Centimeter Type 94 main guns. Neither ship survived the war.
Musashi was sunk by an estimated 19 torpedo and 17 bomb hits from American carrier aircraft on 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Over half of her crew was rescued.
Photos and CGI of Yamato since photos of Musahsi aren't the same quality: