The aircraft carrier Akagi has been seen for the first time in 81 years since it sank in the Battle of Midway.

The marine research vessel EV Nautilus, led by researcher Robert Ballard, known for discovering the wreckage of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck, explores Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a World Heritage Site on the northwest side of the Hawaiian Islands. We confirmed the appearance of the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier

We are exploring the believed location of historic aircraft carrier IJN Akagi, sunk in the WWII Battle of Midway. Join the 1st visual survey of the ship and to honor the lives lost here in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Streaming now: https://t.co/zhUi3dRm4b pic.twitter.com/Z959Gg1imC

— E/V Nautilus (@EVNautilus) September 10, 2023

The #shipwreck of Akagi was discovered & provisionally identified by @VulcanInc 's RV Petrel, using sonar, in 2019. The #live feed from @EVNautilus in the next few minutes will be the 1st time Akagi will have been seen since she sank on 5th June 1942. #WW2 https://t.co/wY1KQHCgYt

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 10, 2023

The search is being streamed live.

Nautilus Live | Channel 1 Stream - YouTube


In this way, you can also see what appears to be the remains of 'Akagi' being found on the ocean floor.

Historian Phil Ware has posted easy-to-understand points on X.

This is around the bow and anchorage.

Above the bow & anchor chains & stocks of the #WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, scuttled on 5th June 1942 after damaged suffered at the Battle of Midway.
(via the @EVNautilus #live feed) https://t.co/wY1KQHBJ8V pic.twitter.com/aiMU8ggYZI

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 11, 2023

The bow part is sunk at 17,566 feet (about 5350 m) under the sea.

The bow of the #WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, scuttled on 5th June 1942 after damaged suffered at the Battle of Midway, seemingly buried pretty deep into the seabed, 17566ft below the surface of the Pacific.
(via the @EVNautilus #live feed) pic.twitter.com/2kSjXoP4cs

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 11, 2023

Part of the collapsed flight deck.

The stunning sight of a section of the underside of the flight deck of the #WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, peeled back following bomb damage suffered during the Battle of Midway of 4th June 1942.
(via the @EVNautilus #live feed) https://t.co/67485jxMGM pic.twitter.com/cKOuRkVhHm

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 11, 2023

Around the stern of Akagi.

Above the stern of the #WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of Midway on 5th June 1942, now resting 17,550ft below the surface of the Pacific.
(via the @EVNautilus #live feed) https://t.co/67485jxMGM pic.twitter.com/fuOnmXqfAB

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 11, 2023

An anchor can also be seen near the stern.

The stern anchor & stern of the #WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of Midway on 5th June 1942, now resting 17,550ft below the surface of the Pacific.
(via the @EVNautilus #live feed) https://t.co/67485jxMGM pic.twitter.com/MWHzf9Jcnp

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 11, 2023

It appears to be one of the Type 96 25mm machine guns installed on the starboard side.

Looks like one of the twin, 25mm, Type 96 anti-aircraft guns on the starboard side of the #WW2 Imperial Navy Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of Midway on 5th June 1942, now resting 17,550ft below the surface of the Pacific.
(via the @EVNautilus #live feed) pic.twitter.com/NJIfqvgDjG

— Dr Phil Weir (@navalhistorian) September 11, 2023

Construction of the aircraft carrier Akagi began in 1920 as a battlecruiser, but under the influence of the Washington Naval Treaty signed in 1921, it was decided to convert it into an aircraft carrier, and she was launched in 1925. Did.

``Akagi'' participated in the Pacific War from the attack on Pearl Harbor at the beginning of the war, and in 1942, she fought in the South Pacific Theater and the Indian Ocean Theater, and participated in Operation Midway in June as a member of the Japanese naval task force. During the Battle of Midway, which occurred near Midway Island, the ship suffered heavy damage from an attack by the American military, and was determined to be difficult to tow to Japan, so it was destroyed by torpedoing by its own forces.

The sinking location of Akagi was identified through a sonar survey in 2019, but this is the first time it has been seen since it sank on June 5, 1942.