"Petrel Discovers Sunken Japanese Fleet Carrier Kaga" Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Nov 2019 8:54 p.m. PST |
"During extensive underwater surveying of the Battle of Midway site, the Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel, owned and operated by Vulcan Inc., discovered long lost wreckage from the battle. On October 16, R/V Petrel's crew was able to identify the ship remains as those of the Japanese fleet aircraft carrier IJN Kaga…"
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| codiver | 17 Nov 2019 10:27 a.m. PST |
At the time of her sinking, Kaga wasn't the flagship of the Kido Butai, or the 1st CARDIV. |
| Tango01 | 17 Nov 2019 2:50 p.m. PST |
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 deadhead  | 26 Feb 2020 5:42 a.m. PST |
I had no idea Kaga had been found and that set me wondering about the rest. Sure enough within days the same team found Akagi, it seems. Very little video of that, but at least we are spared the music. Earlier they found Hornet and that really is quite a moving bit of film with a veteran seeing his gun position;
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| 4th Cuirassier | 27 Feb 2020 4:40 a.m. PST |
It needs someone to stitch all those images together to make one coherent one of the whole ship. It's very hard to recognise what one is seeing. Interesting that both ships' flight decks are missing – presumably burnt completely away. |
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