World War II battleship Musashi found on PH seabed

One of Japan’s biggest and most famous battleships was found on a Philippine seabed, some 70 years after American forces sank it during World War II, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announced on March 4. Historians likened the discovery, if verified, to finding the Titanic, as they hailed the American billionaire for his high-tech mission that apparently succeeded after so many failed search attempts by others. The discovery was the end of an 8-year search for the Musashi, backed by historical data from 4 countries and using “advanced technology” that surveyed the seabed.

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