A couple of weeks ago Paul Mayer of the Petrel crew posted a link on the RV Petrel Facebook page about a documentary produced by the Japanese featuring the discovery of the IJN Musashi by Vulcan Inc. in 2015, "Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship". In February of 2015 the Musashi was discovered in the Sibuyan Sea of the Philippines. At the time, the same technical crew headed by Rob Kraft (which included our friend Paul) was on the M/Y Octopus, the late Paul Allen's luxury yacht. David Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries, LTD was with them in the discovery and is featured in this documentary. Unfortunately, you could only pick it up to view on CuriosityStream, an independent network. Strangely though, when we added the station to our line up on Amazon Firestick I could not find the documentary. A little birdy told me that the documentary was available on YouTube and I watched it today. See the link below.
Having met David and Paul, I feel so privileged to work with these guys and call them friends. David started this journey with me back in 2012 and has been madly supportive and informative. When he needed to step back and take care of getting his book out, David introduced me to Paul. From there you know the rest.
Shortly after locating the wreck of Musashi, the team held a live broadcast from the wreck site that was over 2.5 hours long. We got to see Rob and David for commentary as the ROV cruised the site. I posted a blog in March of 2015 with a link to the recorded broadcast. Unfortunately the link is no longer viable. If this changes, I will post this information.
In the meantime, sit back and enjoy the history of the Yamato class of battleships, the intricacies and science involved in the discovery and the teamwork necessary to accomplish such a Herculean goal, finding a battleship in miles of sea.
- Tammi
Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship: Musashi documentary
IJN Musashi on RV Petrel site: IJN Musashi
Having met David and Paul, I feel so privileged to work with these guys and call them friends. David started this journey with me back in 2012 and has been madly supportive and informative. When he needed to step back and take care of getting his book out, David introduced me to Paul. From there you know the rest.
Shortly after locating the wreck of Musashi, the team held a live broadcast from the wreck site that was over 2.5 hours long. We got to see Rob and David for commentary as the ROV cruised the site. I posted a blog in March of 2015 with a link to the recorded broadcast. Unfortunately the link is no longer viable. If this changes, I will post this information.
In the meantime, sit back and enjoy the history of the Yamato class of battleships, the intricacies and science involved in the discovery and the teamwork necessary to accomplish such a Herculean goal, finding a battleship in miles of sea.
- Tammi
Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship: Musashi documentary
IJN Musashi on RV Petrel site: IJN Musashi
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