That attack took out the U.S. Pacific Fleet of battleships, leaving the aircraft carrier to fill in the gap. From that point ...

Sep 12, 2023 12:08:00 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 ...

Akagi, a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbor, was sunk at the Battle of Midway. Now, explorers have captured its image on film.

A high frequency sonar image of the flagship Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi is shown aboard the research vessel Petrel on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 off Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

The aircraft carrier had originally been built as a battleship, leaving the vessel with multi-generational technologies. Photo recorded by Ocean Exploration Trust's ROV Atalanta on September 10, 2023.

Akagi was one of three WWII wrecks the expedition visited for an “archaeological assessment” at the site of the Battle of Midway. The 809-foot-long aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was among the ...

This photo provided by the Ocean Exploration Trust shows a 127-mm twin anti-aircraft gun mounted below the flight deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi on Sept. 10, 2023.

New video footage of three aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942 has provided ... can be seen prominently on the bow of aircraft carrier Akagi some 81 years after the ...

Then, the team recorded – for the first time since its sinking – sonar images that indicated the long-lost Akagi aircraft carrier has been found in 18,000 feet of water in the ...

Akagi was one of three WWII wrecks the expedition visited for an “archaeological assessment” at the site of the Battle of Midway. The 809-foot-long aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was among the ...

In this photo provided by the Ocean Exploration Trust, the chrysanthemum flower crest, an honored imperial symbol of Japan, can still be seen prominently on the bow of aircraft carrier Akagi 81 ...