ijn musashi world of warships sinking animation

torpedoes, and the ship's stern is upside down.

There were holes in the bow area, apparently made by U.S. This Friday, Maimage made from a video captured by an unmanned underwater probe and provided by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen shows what Allen's team believes is a massive Japanese World War II battleship sunk off the coast of the Philippines. The footage showed fish and other marine creatures occasionally swimming by the rusted debris scattered over a wide area, some chunks covered by coral. 'It appears she suffered at least one, if not two, magazine explosions which would have sheered off the bow and the stern, and its entire middle section of its super-structure.'

'The wreck is actually very damaged,' said David Mearns, a marine scientist on the team.

It was last seen disappearing into the water in one piece after being struck by torpedoes, but what happened subsequently was never known. The Musashi, one of Japan's biggest and most famous battleships, sank in the Sibuyan Sea in the central Philippines during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, losing half of its 2,400 crew. The research team, sponsored by Microsoft co-founder and entrepreneur Paul Allen, first found the remains of the ship in early March after searching for it for eight years. The 2 ½-hour feed provided the first detailed images of the ship, which sank in October 1944. Experts from a research team analyzing a live feed from an unmanned submersible Friday said they believe the Musashi suffered at least one explosion while sinking to the 1,000-meter (3,280-foot) deep seafloor, which wasn't known previously.

Ijn musashi world of warships sinking animation