An international research team has located the wreckage of a Japanese War War of the Second World War at the bottom of the sea, off the Solomon Islands, as the conflict’s 80th anniversary approaches.
A team from the American NGO Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Teruzuki, a 134-meter-long imperial navy destroyer, more than 800 meters deep off this small island state located in the northeast of Australia.
A wreck video shows parts of the Teruzuki, torpedoed by the American army in 1942, weakly lit by the projectors of the underwater drones of the team. In particular, there is red paint on the shell, rusty cannons and an imposing stern.
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Put into service in 1942, the Teruzuki – which means “brilliant moon” in Japanese – had been designed to protect aircraft carriers from air attacks, said the NGO.
But just a few months after entering service, he was hit by American torpedoes and sank. The majority of the crew survived, with the exception of nine men, according to Ocean Exploration Trust. The stern of the Japanese military ship was found more than 200 meters from the hull, thanks to surveys made by Sonar High Resolution, the team said.
This discovery was made while the team explored the area using drones, in the hope of locating unidentified wrecks or other objects.
