A US submarine that disappeared during the war was discovered in the sea near Okinawa for the first time in 75 years.November 11, 10:23
The United States Navy submarine "Grayback", which disappeared in the sea near Japan in 1944 during World War II, was discovered by the American research team for the first time in 75 years on the seabed off the southwest coast of Okinawa Island.
The United States Navy submarine "Grayback" disappeared in the sea near Japan in 1954 during World War II.
The US research team “Lost 52 Project”, which searches for submarines sunk during the Great War, is a survey conducted in the southwestern area of the main island of Okinawa, based on an estimate by Hiroshi Iwasaki, a naval history researcher living in Kobe. The we.
As a result, in June, I found a gray back on the seabed at a depth of 435 meters.
From the images taken at the bottom of the sea, you can check the metal plate written as gray back and the hull and screw with seaweed attached.
I didn't know the details of when and where the greyback sank, but it was sunk by a Japanese bombing on February 26, 1944 due to Iwasaki's research and this survey. I understood that.
80 crew members are believed to have died.
Grayback was also known to have sunk many Japanese ships during the war, such as sunk the regular ship “Konan Maru”, which was loaded with about 600 people, including civilians, in December 1958. The “Memorial of the Sea” is installed.
Mr. Iwasaki, who cooperated with the discovery, says, “I want this discovery to be a chance to talk about history, so as not to forget the people who lost their lives in the war.”