Yamashiro wreck
deep dive down to a depth of 236m,it is one of the deepest submarine diving.deep sea divers are testing to discover something new about Yamashiro wreck! HALIBUT circles hard to port. A tantalizing hint exists that by some miracle, the FUSO's stern section Could it possibly be true? After reviewing the evidence, it is this writer's contention that SHIGURE's commander became confused on the identities of the battleships, while those from YAMASHIRO, MOGAMI, and ASAGUMO clearly indicate the Morison/War College version.
In retrospect, when it is recalled that Nishimura's scout planes had given him a complete picture of the odds he faced, his continued advance was as brave as it was futile. As a result, detailed Japanese records of the battle are perilously close to non-existent. John Bennett claimed to have discovered Yamashiro’s wreck in April 2001, but confirmation of the wreck’s identity could not be made. Nichols' HMAS STROPSHIRE. Nor was Admiral Nishimura ignorant of the odds facing him. However, the SHIGURE was by now thoroughly confused, having taken the YAMASHIRO for the FUSO and vice-versa. The stern did not sink immediately, but the two sections were clearly photographed and separate.
At 0418, as NACHI and ASHIGARA glided swiftly past the blazing wrecks of the shattered FUSO, Admiral Shima radioed loud encouragement to Nishimura's fleet: "We have arrived at Battle Site". Yet, however difficult it is necessary to attempt to reach a conclusion to form a hypothesis for future investigation.
John Toland interviewed Admiral Shima after the war, and in his book Mori: "...although the rain stopped, we could not determine our position, poor visibility. (For more an overview see Nishimura's Third Section departed Brunei at 1510 on 22 October, setting course eastward and slipping through the American submarine cordon undetected. With that in mind, we proceed.
Just after she sank, a large patch of survivors was sighted floating northeast of Kanihaan Island by USS HEYWOOD L. EDWARDS at 0722. The damage might have been greater, but MELVIN had underestimated FUSO's twenty knot speed, and most of her spread had missed. By 0356 she The ship was found upside down and mostly intact, with the forward bow folded over the hull and the area around the engine rooms partially collapsed. You are to proceed and attack all ships!"
and DALY. stern at 10-22N, 125-21E. (For full details, see After one aborted try to again advance, at 0506 Shima quit the field for good, retiring with MOGAMI and destroyers ASAGUMO and SHIGURE more or less in company. swiftly ahead to take up station behind YAMASHIRO, FUSO's damage is not In the event, immediately "communications became bad", and it was difficult to communicate with anything other than radiophone. Obviously this was SHIGURE's cue to retire as stated above, and apparently the YAMASHIRO also saw it as an opportunity to regroup.
but the other five miss. Though ASAGUMO's Captain and few survivors do not directly remark on this, it must be stressed that there were few survivors, and the reports of their interrogations fairly terse. Steaming down strait as the last of the PT attacks faded away, were the five destroyers of Captain Jesse G. Coward's DesRon 54. A minute later, the YAMASHIRO straddled USS DENVER, but the slowing battleship was clearly in distress, and the shells falling around increasing.
Today, the great hulks of the YAMASHIRO and FUSO still lie at the bottom of Surigao Strait, the secret details of their final damages locked within them. During this time, situation of friendly units was uncertain, but this did not matter. YAMASHIRO PROJECT : A DIARY By Cedric Verdier PADI Course Director IANTD-TDI-ANDI-PSA-DSAT Trimix Instructor Trainer (OC and CCR) The HIJMS Yamashiro was a proud battleship of the Imperial japanese Navy during WWII.
Perhaps in time, a memorial to the nearly 4,000 that perished in this great nautical "Charge of the Light Brigade" will be built. If FUSO had blown up and "burst into flames" 0345 as the PTs reported, she best fits the description both in range and time of the "ships on fire" observed ahead. Apparently the FUSO retained some propulsive power with her port machinery spaces. A the same time her consorts opened fire on MOGAMI and ASAGUMO. ... attention should be called to the fact that the actual break-point of the FUSO wreck is really unknown. For YAMASHIRO the moment came on 5 November of the same year while returning to Kure from Truk, when the carrier JUNYO (which YAMASHIRO was accompanying) was torpedoed in Bungo Strait and YAMASHIRO was also hit by a dud torpedo. This soon drove off the enemy, but a deluge of shells was about to descend on the brash Japanese battleship and MOGAMI. Alas, too late! Nonetheless, the information the War College analysis Two minutes after being torpedoed amidships, the battleship FUSO's speed had fallen to twelve knots. Chiếc Yamashiro được cải tạo lại từ tháng 12 năm 1930 đến tháng 3 năm 1935.
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