New footage from the Ocean Exploration Trust nonprofit released over the weekend is the first visual survey of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi since its sinking in 1942’s Battle of Midway.
highlighted major sights from the Akagi, including an anti-aircraft gun and the Japanese imperial chrysanthemum seal still visible on the ship’s bow.
In addition to surveying the Akagi, researchers also did an in-depth archaeological survey of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, also sunk at Midway, and the first viewing in 25 years of the USS Yorktown, the only American aircraft carrier lost in that key battle. Akagi’s location, for example, was only determined with sonar in 2019 and these are the first actual images of the sunken vessel.
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