Japanese battleship Musashi, torpedoed during WWII, lying in the Sibuyan Sea

#PaulAllen #Musashi #WWII #SibuyanSea #Philippines Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft and his team of researchers have been able to locate the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi that had been torpedoed by US warships in 1944 as reported in foxnews.com dated 4 March 2015.
It is believed to be lying roughly one mile below the surface in the Sibuyan Sea off central Philippines.
The team of Paul Allen had been trying to locate the wreckage for the last eight years and the find would bring to an end their efforts. In order to carry out the work, they had outfitted the billionaire's yacht, M/Y Octopus, with high-tech equipment to map undersea topography.
Paul Allen has reportedly confirmed about locating the wreckage by the help of a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) that had been outfitted with a high-definition camera. He has tweeted a couple of pictures of the wreckage.
Just for records – Musashi was completed in 1942 and was one of the heaviest warships ever constructed. It weighed just under 73,000 tons and was armed with nine 18-inch main guns. It was torpedoed, bombed and sunk by US forces on Oct. 24, 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Japanese officials have, so far, not made any public statement to confirm or deny that the ship is the Musashi and the Philippines' Navy and Coast Guard have expressed ignorance about the discovery.