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Warship Sunk Place / Battleship

Yamato class battleship

Yamato sunks at 30.22N 128.04E
Now Yamato lies at 30.43N 128.04E

Battleship Yamato sunk after being torpedoed and bombed by American aircraft during operation Ten-Go, 6 April 1945.

Musashi / 13.07N 122.32E

Battleship Musashi sunk by 20 torpedoes and 10 bombs during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944.

Nagato class battleship

Nagato / Bikini Atoll

Battleship Nagato sunk by a series of atomic bomb tests, ABLE(an airburst) and BAKER(an underwater explosion), 28 July 1946

Mutsu / South off Hashira-jima Island

Battleship Mutsu sunk by a catastrophic explosion in the number 3 ammunition magazine, 8 June 1943.
See also: Battleship Mutsu located by multi-beam Echo Sounder

Fuso class battleship

Fuso / 10.09N 125.24E

Battleship Fuso sunk by torpedoes and gunfire from American warship during The Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944

Yamashiro / 10.22N 125.21E

Battleship Yamashiro also sunk by torpedoes and gunfire from American warship during The Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944

Kongo class battlehsip

Kongo / 26.09N 121.23E

Battleship Kongo sunk after being topedoed from American submarine Sealion II, 21 November 1944

Hiei / 9.00S 159.00E

Battleship Hiei damaged by gunfire from American fleet and sunk after being bombed by American aircrafts, 13 November 1942.

Kirishima / 9.10S 159.55E

Battleship Kirishima sunk by gunfire from American battleship Washington, 15 November 1942.

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