The amount of energy released to tear her most heavily armored section apart to such a degree must have been absolutely biblical. Check out these haunting photos of the Musashi. 24, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Basically, the whole center section of the ship was utterly destroyed. The tech innovator has been leading an expedition to find the World War II battleship, which sunk on Oct. Despite going under in basically one piece, several internal explosions tore her to ribbons as she went down and the 263 meter long ship became spread out over an 883 meter debris field, with the bow upright and the stern upside down facing in completely different directions. Here is a screenshot from the video, of a sonar scan of Musashi's debris field: On the one hand, her discovery is a great triumph for the preservation of history, on the other hand, the terrible shape of the wreck - torn to several major pieces and a massive debris field - speaks volumes about the violence of war and the massive loss of life heralded by her sinking. Shimakaze was named for the previous speed record holder, a Minekaze class of the same name. Island Wind) drew many of her design inspirations from the Kagero and Ygumo-class destroyers and could be seen as an improvement of the types. On the other hand, she was 'the enemy', and her defeat was a necessary act of war. Originally known as the Type C design, the experimental Shimakaze (, lit. It left me with mixed feelings, though.įrom one perspective, at the time she was built Musashi was an absolute triumph of technical engineering, along with Yamato. The actual video starts about 26 minutes in.įascinating tour of a fascinating wreck.
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