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Midway: Second World War II-era Japanese carrier apparently found in Pacific (Akagi or Soryu)
Fox News ^ | 10/19/2019 | Bradford Betz

Posted on 10/20/2019 9:39:51 PM PDT by Signalman

Deep-sea explorers and historians on Sunday announced they apparently found a second World War II-era Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the Battle of Midway.

A review of sonar data captured Sunday showed either the Japanese carrier Akagi or the Soryu resting in nearly 18,000 feet of water in the Pacific Ocean more than 1,300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Vulcan Inc. director of undersea operations Rob Kraft said.

The researchers used an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, equipped with sonar to find the ship. The vehicle had been out overnight collecting data, and the image of a warship appeared in the first set of readings on Sunday morning.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 19420603; akagi; battleofmidway; johnparshall; midway; navy; soryu; ww2
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1 posted on 10/20/2019 9:39:51 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

Interesting. It was only a couple hundred miles away from Midway when it sank.


2 posted on 10/20/2019 9:52:23 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Seruzawa

The Japanese had launched at least airstrike against the airfield there, iirc.


3 posted on 10/20/2019 9:53:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Signalman

Soryu, Hiryu, Kaga, and Akagi are all there somewhere. It maybe why we are here and who we are. We, the US have one there too. A tough time for pilots and sailors from both sides. Freedom ain’t free. RIP


4 posted on 10/20/2019 9:56:40 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: Signalman

5 posted on 10/20/2019 10:00:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Equine1952

The book “Broken Sword” was long and a bit tedious, but great history on the battle.


6 posted on 10/20/2019 11:04:08 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Signalman
Until now, only one of the seven ships that went down in the air-and-sea battle — five Japanese vessels and two American ships — had been found.

Amazing!

7 posted on 10/20/2019 11:05:54 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Signalman

This is the “Research Vessel Petrel, Commissioned by philanthropist Paul G. Allen. The Petrel seeks to locate and investigate historically significant shipwrecks and underwater ecosystems.”

They have done brilliant work finding WW2 ships and subs. If you have an Instagram account, the Petral can be followed.


8 posted on 10/20/2019 11:13:21 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm llevrok: me, myself and I)
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To: doorgunner69

Thanks I’ve read several. One was a Dawn Like Thunder. The whole event was so wide ranging. I’ve read Neptune’s Inferno , Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors, With The Old Breed, and on and on. What I’ve came away with is a lot of respect for our countrymen who served all these years. I paid no attention when I was in. Now I look at where we came from and it’s amazing. The USA has been here just a little over 200 years, but our patriots blood has spilled over a lot of this planet. Freedom Ain’t Free is a fact.


9 posted on 10/20/2019 11:16:59 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: Signalman

The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective
https://youtu.be/Bd8_vO5zrjo

Highest rated comment on this: “When a low-budget diy-documentary beats every million $ history channel docu-soap in every aspect. Just “wow”!


10 posted on 10/21/2019 12:52:04 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Equine1952
a lot of great men and women back in the day.....

thank God many are resting safely in heaven and not witnessing what's going on now....

11 posted on 10/21/2019 1:00:29 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Equine1952

They now confirm it is the IJN Akagi.


12 posted on 10/21/2019 1:18:07 AM PDT by llevrok (I'm llevrok: me, myself and I)
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To: FreedomPoster

Bookmark for later.


13 posted on 10/21/2019 1:28:35 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: doorgunner69

https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Sword-Untold-Battle-Midway/dp/B07QFB2BLX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TXJ72VZM6878&keywords=shattered+sword+the+untold+story+of+the+battle+of+midway&qid=1571650107&sprefix=Shattered+Sword%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1


14 posted on 10/21/2019 2:28:23 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Trump Train!!!)
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To: Signalman

THAT is some deep water. Wow....


15 posted on 10/21/2019 3:23:12 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Will watch later.

Thank you.


16 posted on 10/21/2019 4:00:39 AM PDT by wally_bert (Hola. Me llamo Inspector Carlton Lassiter. Me gusta queso.)
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To: BenLurkin
"The Japanese had launched at least airstrike against the airfield there"

It was a bit more than an airstrike. The Japanese planned to overrun the atoll in order to deny the US major sea operations west of there. The US learned of the attack after breaking the Japanese naval code, and prepared the ambush to prevent a Japanese victory.

The US Navy sunk all four Japanese carriers involved in the operation, at the cost of just one US carrier. The loss of the carriers, and more importantly, the aircraft and pilots, denied the Japanese of any chance to significantly rebuild their carrier air power. This was a major turning point in the War in the pacific.

17 posted on 10/21/2019 4:38:45 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: doorgunner69

SHATTERED SWORD.


18 posted on 10/21/2019 4:57:18 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Equine1952

“... 18,000 feet of water in the Pacific Ocean ...”

Damn... I guess only ROV submersibles can down to that depth... and then again, maybe not. That’s crushing pressure.

I guess that is the definition of “the abyss”...


19 posted on 10/21/2019 5:14:12 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Arghhh!!!
Where is part 2?

Good work on the producer of that documentary..


20 posted on 10/21/2019 5:44:38 AM PDT by mowowie
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