World War 2 investigators have solved one of the conflict’s most baffling mysteries following the discovery of an allied submarine in Japan.
Researchers have found the final resting place of the USS Albacore, a US Navy ship credited with sinking at least 10 enemy ships during her service before disappearing just months before the end of the war.
The discovery has given families of the fallen final closure, with the fate of their loved ones left unconfirmed until now.
The US Navy ranked the Albacore among the most effective submarines during World War 2, meaning its disappearance during a routine refuelling stop in Midway on October 28, 1944 prompted additional shock.
Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) confirmed the wreck’s final resting place at the Japanese island of Hokkaido after receiving images from academic Tamaki Ura, of the University of Tokyo.
A Remotely Operated Vehicle captured images of the wreck 237 metres underwater, identifying a torpedo tube, tower, hatch, periscope, and antenna.
According to the NHHC, the SJ Radar dish and mast, a row of vent holes on top of the superstructure, and the absence of steel plates along the upper edge of the fairwater were key identifiers confirming the wreck was, in fact, the Albacore.
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