Wreck of aircraft carrier Kaga discovered

[LukeFF]

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/18/video-wreck-discovered-of-wwii-japanese-carrier-key-to-pearl-harbor-attack

 

 

[Enceladus828]

Thanks Luke. I’m sure this is a dream come true for many shipwreck hunters. Hope they also find the other Japanese Carriers lost at Midway

[LukeFF]

What's neat is that the authors of Shattered Sword talk about the discovery of pieces of the wreckage in the 90s(?), but it was a mystery since then where the rest of the wreckage was. This now completes the story. 

[Motherbrain]

Were there any planes still inside?

[cardboard_killer]

Lots of ordnance left inside.

[GarandM1]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rv-petrel-battle-midway-kaga-wreck-aircraft-carrier-ww2-paul-allen-a9161481.html

 

Update: Akagi has also been found! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50124313

 

Let's hope we see these carriers in the next expansion!

Edited October 21, 2019 by GarandM1

[LukeFF]

And now it's believed that either the Soryu or Akagi has been found: https://www.foxnews.com/science/warship-wwii-battle-of-midway-pearl-harbor-second-japanese-carrier

[Guest deleted@83466]

I recall seeing a sketch from some guy, maybe included in Shattered Sword, about what the Kaga looked like before it sank.  Looked basically burned and melted down to the water line, or at least to the floor of the lower hangar deck, along most of the length of the hull,  . 

Edited October 21, 2019 by SeaSerpent

[Cybermat47]

Amazing work by all involved!

[Oyster_KAI]

Akagi have found!!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/humbling-wreckage-of-japanese-ships-from-battle-of-midway-found-in-pacific