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<i> Narrator: The pacific ocean,</i>
<i> a tropical paradise,</i>

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<i> That in 1941 turns</i>
<i> into a vision of hell.</i>

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Eric: This was the largest
scale maritime war in history.

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<i> Narrator: Many of this</i>
<i> conflict's most shocking</i>

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<i> And inspiring</i>
<i> stories remain untold.</i>

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<i> Because for decades,</i>
<i> its iconic shipwrecks,</i>

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<i> Have been lost under</i>
<i> some of the deepest</i>
<i> waters on the planet.</i>

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<i> Imagine if we could</i>
<i> empty the oceans,</i>

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<i> Letting the water</i>
<i> drain away to reveal the</i>
<i> secrets of the sea floor.</i>

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<i> Now we can.</i>

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<i> Using accurate data and</i>
<i> astonishing technology.</i>

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<i> To bring light once</i>
<i> again to a lost world.</i>

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<i> How does the world's biggest</i>
<i> aircraft carrier end up in</i>
<i> pieces on the seabed?</i>

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James: The attacks left
the ship a shambles.

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<i> Narrator: What happened</i>
<i> to the warship that</i>
<i> broke america's heart?</i>

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Norman: This was
a confused battle.

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And all sorts of
terrible things happened.

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<i> Narrator: And what was the</i>
<i> tragic fate of the ship</i>

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<i> That played a key role</i>
<i> in the first atomic bomb?</i>

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<i> The pacific ocean,</i>
<i> 60 million square miles.</i>

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<i> The largest mass of</i>
<i> water on the planet.</i>

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<i> Roosevelt (over radio):</i>
<i> The united states of america</i>

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<i> Was suddenly and</i>
<i> deliberately attacked.</i>

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<i> Narrator: After the japanese</i>
<i> attack on pearl harbor,</i>

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<i> It's the site of a conflict</i>
<i> that kills 3 million combatants</i>

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<i> And destroys 3,000 ships.</i>

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Eric: The americans
in particular were
tested to extremes

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But they proved able
to match the challenge

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And eventually
grind japan down.

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<i> Roosevelt (over radio):</i>
<i> We will gain the</i>
<i> inevitable triumph.</i>

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<i> So help us god.</i>

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<i> Narrator: Now an</i>
<i> extraordinary mission</i>
<i> is unlocking the secrets</i>

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<i> Of some of the most important</i>
<i> moments of the pacific war.</i>

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<i> Crammed with state-of-the-art</i>
<i> technology, the research</i>
<i> vessel petrel is on the hunt</i>

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<i> For lost warships.</i>

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<i> Part of a project funded</i>
<i> by microsoft co-founder,</i>
<i> the late paul g allen,</i>

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<i> In honor of his own father's</i>
<i> service in world war ii.</i>

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<i> Veteran marine explorer,</i>
<i> rob kraft, and his crew of</i>
<i> wreck-hunters aim to discover</i>

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<i> And document the last</i>
<i> resting places of the</i>
<i> warriors of the past.</i>

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Rob: There you go,
we've, is that deck?

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We do these as a testament
to the brave souls that
served on these ships and that,

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You know, fought
for their countries.

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<i> Narrator: Petrel is 500</i>
<i> miles east of australia</i>
<i> in the coral sea.</i>

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<i> Hunting for one of the</i>
<i> most famous american</i>
<i> warships of all time.</i>

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<i> When the pacific war begins,</i>
<i> the uss lexington is the</i>

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<i> Biggest aircraft</i>
<i> carrier in the world.</i>

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<i> At 900 feet long and</i>
<i> capable of launching</i>
<i> over sixty warplanes,</i>

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<i> She's bristling with menace.</i>

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Norman: The lexington was
a very, very tough ship.

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<i> Narrator: The 'lady lex' as</i>
<i> she is known, is a key target</i>
<i> of the attack on pearl harbor.</i>

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<i> Her lucky escape makes</i>
<i> her a symbol of hope</i>
<i> for millions of americans.</i>

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<i> And hope is in short supply.</i>

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<i> For months after pearl harbor</i>
<i> the japanese military machine</i>

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<i> Appears unstoppable racking</i>
<i> up conquest after conquest.</i>

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<i> Then, by may, 1942, a huge new</i>
<i> invasion fleet is storming</i>
<i> south towards australia.</i>

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<i> The lady lex is sent</i>
<i> to try and stop it.</i>

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<i> She comes under</i>
<i> fierce aerial attack,</i>

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<i> Is wounded, but survives.</i>

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<i> So why, many hours later,</i>
<i> does she end up on the seabed?</i>

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<i> On the petrel, the team</i>
<i> studies the battle,</i>

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<i> Hoping it will help them find</i>
<i> the wreck of the lexington,</i>

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<i> Lost for 75 years.</i>

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Rob: So lexington was
on southerly heading
at two three zero.

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Paul: Which gives a position.

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<i> Narrator: Paul mayer is</i>
<i> the petrel's onboard</i>
<i> historical researcher.</i>

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<i> He's studying us navy reports</i>
<i> and logbooks from the 1940's,</i>

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<i> Trying to shed light</i>
<i> on a possible location</i>
<i> for the lady lex.</i>

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Rob: Does it say that
lexington sunk here?

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Paul: Yes, it says lexington
disappeared from sight 10 miles
away from us, right?

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Yeah, you do the research
and then you come out
and start looking for it

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And that's kind of the
final piece of the puzzle.

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There you go,
x marks the spot.

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Rob: Right there!

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<i> Narrator: They search</i>
<i> many miles of seabed using an</i>
<i> autonomous underwater vehicle,</i>

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<i> Or auv, a robot submarine</i>
<i> worth $5 million dollars.</i>

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<i> It uses the latest sonar to</i>
<i> map the seabed in fine detail.</i>

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<i> It scans for days,</i>
<i> until it finally spots</i>
<i> something astonishing.</i>

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Rob: Oh man. Look that that!
Paul: Wow.

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<i> Narrator: If you're looking</i>
<i> for an aircraft carrier,</i>

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<i> Then planes are</i>
<i> a very good sign.</i>

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Rob: Two, three, four,
five, six, seven at least!

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<i> Narrator: At 2 miles down,</i>

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<i> These planes are far</i>
<i> beyond the reach of divers.</i>

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<i> The team must deploy</i>
<i> another high-tech tool,</i>

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<i> A remotely operated</i>
<i> vehicle, or rov.</i>

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<i> At three tons, it weighs</i>
<i> more than a small truck.</i>

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<i> Its super strong titanium</i>
<i> shell can handle pressure</i>
<i> that will be 500 times greater</i>

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<i> Than on the surface.</i>

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<i> Tethered to the petrel, its</i>
<i> cameras send back live images</i>
<i> from a long-hidden world.</i>

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Rob: What have you got?

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Man: Something
coming into view.

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<i> Narrator: The rov's onboard</i>
<i> lamps illuminate a shape.</i>

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Rob: Oh, wow.

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Paul: That looks
like an airplane, t5.

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<i> Narrator: It's an american</i>
<i> bomber called a devastator.</i>

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<i> The lexington carried those.</i>

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Rob: Alright.

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Paul: Shall we
carry on, scott?

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Rob: We do have a
target in front of us.

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About 50 meters dead ahead.
Looks interesting on sonar.

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Where are we?
Is that the?

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Paul: Those are
hangers for lifejackets.

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Rob: I'm trying to work out
what we're looking at here.

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Paul: Basically we're
looking through a tunnel

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And so we're just looking at
a very small portion of it.

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Trying to orientate
our self to where it is.

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Uh oops, go, go
back a little bit.

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Right on the corner
of that little mess.

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Was there something
written there?

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What's that?

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Man: Right there,
lexington, right,
right there. L.E.X.

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Paul: Oh yeah.

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Rob: If there was
ever any question.

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<i> Narrator: The petrel's crew</i>
<i> are the first people to</i>
<i> lay eyes on the lexington</i>

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<i> Since the day she settled on</i>
<i> the floor of the pacific.</i>

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<i> Now, by using their</i>
<i> high definition scans,</i>

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<i> And removing the vastness</i>
<i> of the pacific ocean,</i>

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<i> We can see her in</i>
<i> all her glory.</i>

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<i> An extraordinary sight.</i>

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<i> Lady lex has been</i>
<i> scythed through as if</i>
<i> by some enormous force.</i>

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<i> She lies amid a vast</i>
<i> field of scattered debris.</i>

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<i> And her mighty frame is broken</i>
<i> into three colossal sections,</i>
<i> each hundreds of feet apart.</i>

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<i> On her flight deck, evidence</i>
<i> of appalling violence.</i>

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<i> Where once planes</i>
<i> landed and took off,</i>

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<i> There's now a</i>
<i> gaping hole.</i>

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<i> What could have caused</i>
<i> such massive destruction?</i>

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<i> Hours before she goes down,</i>
<i> the lexington is involved</i>
<i> in a fight for her life.</i>

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<i> By six am on the</i>
<i> morning of may 8th,</i>

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<i> Two japanese carriers have</i>
<i> entered the coral sea.</i>

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<i> The lexington is one of two</i>
<i> american carriers that come</i>
<i> within striking range.</i>

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<i> The first ever sea battle</i>
<i> between aircraft carriers</i>
<i> is soon underway.</i>

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Anthony: The first
one to sight the other
and launch their planes

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And get the strike in
had a very good chance
of winning the battle.

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<i> Narrator: By 11 am,</i>
<i> lexington is under attack.</i>

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Anthony: Once the japanese
planes were sighted,

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It becomes almost continual
action and gunfire.

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<i> Narrator: At the heart of</i>
<i> the assault, one of the most</i>
<i> feared japanese aircraft.</i>

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<i> In may, 1942, the aichi</i>
<i> is the fastest dive bomber</i>
<i> in the pacific war.</i>

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<i> Its speed of more than</i>
<i> 260 miles an hour helps the</i>
<i> aichi sink more allied ships</i>

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<i> Than any other plane</i>
<i> in world war ii.</i>

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<i> It carries two small</i>
<i> bombs under its wings</i>

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<i> And a devastating 500</i>
<i> pounder under its fuselage.</i>

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<i> The lexington's gunners manage</i>
<i> to shoot down four bombers.</i>

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<i> But just ten minutes</i>
<i> into the battle, disaster.</i>

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<i> An aichi soars above the</i>
<i> flight-deck and drops its</i>
<i> 500-pound ship-killer.</i>

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Norman: The flight
deck is not armored.

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The flight deck is thin steel.

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So, bombs do go through it.

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<i> Narrator: The bomb</i>
<i> crashes through the deck</i>
<i> just behind a gun turret</i>

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<i> And plummets deep</i>
<i> into the ship's interior</i>
<i> where it explodes.</i>

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James: The attacks
on lexington left the
ship a shambles.

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<i> Narrator: She may</i>
<i> be in shambles,</i>

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<i> But somehow she survives.</i>

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<i> In fact, her wreck is</i>
<i> almost 100 miles away</i>
<i> from the site of the battle.</i>

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<i> So, if the bomb didn't</i>
<i> sink the lexington,</i>
<i> who or what did?</i>

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<i> In remarkable footage</i>
<i> filmed after the battle.</i>

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<i> This shows how immediately</i>
<i> after the attack,</i>

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<i> Her crew begin repairs.</i>

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<i> This allows all her precious</i>
<i> planes to return and land.</i>

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<i> So confident is the crew</i>
<i> that by noon they're even</i>
<i> asking about shore leave.</i>

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<i> They've no inkling of the</i>
<i> disaster about to engulf them.</i>

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<i> Can the drained wreck site</i>
<i> tell us what happened next?</i>

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<i> On the seabed, the lady lex</i>
<i> still wears the scars of</i>
<i> the battle she survived.</i>

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<i> One of the three massive</i>
<i> sections, the bow, bears the</i>
<i> punch hole of the dive bomb.</i>

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<i> But her other two sections</i>
<i> were clearly thrown far apart</i>

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<i> By a force many times</i>
<i> greater than a bomb.</i>

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<i> And that dive bomb hole</i>
<i> is completely dwarfed</i>
<i> by the cavernous space</i>

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<i> That's been gouged out</i>
<i> of her flight deck.</i>

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<i> It all looks like</i>
<i> lady lex has been ripped</i>
<i> open from the inside.</i>

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<i> What could have done that?</i>

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<i> Man: See that looks like</i>
<i> a fracture on the ship.</i>

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Rob: Yeah. Oh yeah.

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Yeah, she's broken badly.

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<i> Narrator: On board petrel, the</i>
<i> team studies the lexington's</i>
<i> original blueprints.</i>

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<i> And these reveal that</i>
<i> like every aircraft</i>
<i> carrier of her age,</i>

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<i> Lexington has an</i>
<i> achilles heel.</i>

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Anthony: It's basically
a floating airport.

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As you would at an airport you
need to have refueling tanks.

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<i> Narrator: To fuel herself</i>
<i> and her many planes,</i>
<i> the lady lex is carrying</i>

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<i> 140,000 gallons of</i>
<i> gasoline running along</i>
<i> a network of fuel lines.</i>

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<i> When she is hit,</i>
<i> these are ruptured.</i>

182
00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:35,033
Anthony: Gas vapor began
to leak very slowly through
the ventilation systems

183
00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:36,935
And through the doors.

184
00:15:39,673 --> 00:15:41,873
It was a time bomb
waiting to go off.

185
00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:46,577
(explosion)

186
00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:57,038
<i> Narrator: A series of blasts</i>
<i> culminates in a massive</i>
<i> explosion around three pm.</i>

187
00:15:57,073 --> 00:15:59,374
<i> Lexington can't</i>
<i> take much more.</i>

188
00:16:01,144 --> 00:16:07,115
<i> Almost 3,000 crew rush to</i>
<i> escape the inferno and are</i>
<i> rescued by nearby ships,</i>

189
00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:12,971
<i> But even now the lady lex</i>
<i> is not quite ready to die.</i>

190
00:16:17,711 --> 00:16:21,112
<i> At the wreck site there's</i>
<i> one final discovery.</i>

191
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:24,399
Rob: What the hell is that?

192
00:16:27,671 --> 00:16:30,838
<i> Narrator: This american</i>
<i> torpedo is a haunting artifact</i>

193
00:16:30,874 --> 00:16:33,408
<i> From the lexington's</i>
<i> final moments.</i>

194
00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,882
<i> 24 hours ago, she had</i>
<i> been the pride of the fleet.</i>

195
00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:47,071
<i> Now the us navy decides to</i>
<i> put her out of her misery.</i>

196
00:16:50,944 --> 00:16:56,014
<i> A us destroyer at close</i>
<i> range aims five torpedoes</i>
<i> at the lexington.</i>

197
00:16:56,549 --> 00:16:58,433
<i> Man (over radio):</i>
<i> Commence firing.</i>

198
00:17:07,677 --> 00:17:09,744
<i> Narrator: She slips</i>
<i> under the water.</i>

199
00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,448
<i> Partly filled with gas,</i>
<i> and packed with munitions,</i>

200
00:17:13,483 --> 00:17:16,768
<i> She erupts in a</i>
<i> cataclysmic explosion.</i>

201
00:17:23,143 --> 00:17:27,912
<i> It's this that tears</i>
<i> the lexington into the</i>
<i> three broken pieces</i>

202
00:17:27,947 --> 00:17:30,314
<i> That are so striking</i>
<i> in her wreck site.</i>

203
00:17:33,937 --> 00:17:38,005
<i> But the lady lex snatches</i>
<i> victory from her own defeat.</i>

204
00:17:38,475 --> 00:17:43,144
<i> She may lie on the seabed but</i>
<i> the japanese don't know that</i>

205
00:17:43,179 --> 00:17:46,514
<i> And fear she could</i>
<i> launch more air attacks.</i>

206
00:17:48,017 --> 00:17:52,737
<i> Their invasion fleet</i>
<i> retreats and never</i>
<i> returns to the coral sea.</i>

207
00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:57,041
James: The tides of war
were beginning to change.

208
00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:07,869
<i> Narrator: The petrel has</i>
<i> moved 600 miles north hunting</i>
<i> another massive wreck from</i>

209
00:18:07,904 --> 00:18:11,005
<i> Another critical moment</i>
<i> of the pacific war.</i>

210
00:18:14,410 --> 00:18:17,411
<i> Today, these</i>
<i> waters are idyllic.</i>

211
00:18:17,647 --> 00:18:21,448
<i> Seventy-five years ago they</i>
<i> are a scene of carnage.</i>

212
00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:26,871
<i> The allies summon enough</i>
<i> resources to attack</i>

213
00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:29,640
<i> And land on the</i>
<i> island of guadalcanal,</i>

214
00:18:29,676 --> 00:18:32,610
<i> Seizing a strategic</i>
<i> airfield from the japanese.</i>

215
00:18:35,014 --> 00:18:38,199
James: Guadalcanal is one
of the key turning points
in the pacific war.

216
00:18:38,935 --> 00:18:41,135
It's where the united states,

217
00:18:41,171 --> 00:18:44,205
And its allies,
begin to push back.

218
00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:48,876
<i> Narrator: For three months,</i>
<i> battle rages on land and in</i>
<i> the waters around the island</i>

219
00:18:48,912 --> 00:18:51,712
<i> As the japanese try to</i>
<i> take back the airfield.</i>

220
00:18:54,667 --> 00:19:00,238
<i> Now petrel is looking for a</i>
<i> mighty warship that played a</i>
<i> tragic role in that campaign.</i>

221
00:19:02,542 --> 00:19:06,410
<i> Her loss, it is said,</i>
<i> breaks america's heart.</i>

222
00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:12,800
<i> Only nine months old,</i>
<i> the uss juneau is one of</i>
<i> the most modern warships</i>

223
00:19:12,836 --> 00:19:14,602
<i> In the allied fleet.</i>

224
00:19:16,172 --> 00:19:20,641
<i> With forty anti-aircraft</i>
<i> cannons, and the latest</i>
<i> strengthened armor,</i>

225
00:19:20,677 --> 00:19:23,611
<i> She's well-equipped to</i>
<i> resist japanese bombers.</i>

226
00:19:25,014 --> 00:19:28,699
<i> She's also loaded with new</i>
<i> technology, including radar.</i>

227
00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:37,208
<i> Amongst her crew of 697,</i>
<i> are the most famous sailors</i>
<i> in the united states navy,</i>

228
00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:40,378
<i> The sullivans.</i>

229
00:19:40,780 --> 00:19:44,482
Anthony: All five
resolved to join the
navy after pearl harbor,

230
00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:47,802
And not only that,
they insisted on serving
on the same ship.

231
00:19:49,138 --> 00:19:52,673
<i> Narrator:</i>
<i> The sullivan brothers</i>
<i> become household names.</i>

232
00:19:52,709 --> 00:19:56,777
<i> Yet just months after they</i>
<i> volunteer, they're gone.</i>

233
00:19:57,647 --> 00:19:59,146
(explosion)

234
00:20:00,884 --> 00:20:04,535
Anthony: All the descriptions
of the juneau explosion talk
about its volcanic power.

235
00:20:06,890 --> 00:20:09,140
When the smoke cleared
away there was nothing
to be seen of juneau.

236
00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:15,413
<i> Narrator:</i>
<i> The juneau disappears in an</i>
<i> astonishing thirty seconds.</i>

237
00:20:16,816 --> 00:20:20,401
<i> What could make a ship blow</i>
<i> up that catastrophically?</i>

238
00:20:24,173 --> 00:20:28,209
Rob: So, we've got deck logs
and war diaries from the other
vessels but the uss...

239
00:20:28,244 --> 00:20:31,712
<i> Narrator: Rob and paul</i>
<i> want to find the</i>
<i> location of the juneau,</i>

240
00:20:31,748 --> 00:20:35,399
<i> One of the last great</i>
<i> mysteries of world war ii.</i>

241
00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:40,404
Rob: We have three positions
reported for juneau,

242
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,374
But all three positions
are within about a mile.

243
00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:45,142
1.3, 1.4 miles.

244
00:20:45,178 --> 00:20:47,545
So, it's a very
concentrated area.

245
00:20:48,715 --> 00:20:50,214
<i> Narrator: After many</i>
<i> weeks of searching,</i>

246
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:53,000
<i> The crew finally have a</i>
<i> target that looks promising.</i>

247
00:20:55,471 --> 00:20:57,305
Rob: The problem is
it is very deep,

248
00:20:57,340 --> 00:21:00,574
And the north side is,
is very treacherous.

249
00:21:01,477 --> 00:21:05,379
<i> Narrator: The area they're</i>
<i> searching lies among steep</i>
<i> ravines on the seabed,</i>

250
00:21:05,415 --> 00:21:09,900
<i> Some are over twice the</i>
<i> depth of the grand canyon.</i>

251
00:21:17,343 --> 00:21:19,944
<i> The crew uses its sonar to</i>
<i> search for anything that</i>

252
00:21:19,979 --> 00:21:22,480
<i> Stands out from the</i>
<i> natural topography.</i>

253
00:21:25,435 --> 00:21:30,104
Rob: All of that looks pretty
natural, except for that.

254
00:21:31,140 --> 00:21:35,776
We've got a massive debris
field right here, which spans
probably a kilometer.

255
00:21:36,646 --> 00:21:38,412
Prep the rov.

256
00:21:47,073 --> 00:21:49,290
<i> Narrator: As the rov</i>
<i> descends to the seabed,</i>

257
00:21:49,325 --> 00:21:54,712
<i> Two and a half miles down,</i>
<i> it sends a live video feed.</i>

258
00:21:58,334 --> 00:22:01,535
<i> First, there's a trail</i>
<i> of enigmatic debris,</i>

259
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:09,043
<i> Then suddenly,</i>
<i> metal, lots of it.</i>

260
00:22:11,714 --> 00:22:18,102
Rob: This is definitely a ship
but obviously we're looking
for some unique identifier.

261
00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:22,840
Ah, there you go,
we've, is that deck?

262
00:22:24,577 --> 00:22:28,112
<i> Narrator: This wreck</i>
<i> has clearly suffered</i>
<i> horrific damage.</i>

263
00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:30,381
Rob: Is that the keel?

264
00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:33,134
Yeah, look at this.

265
00:22:33,169 --> 00:22:35,403
Man: Yeah.
Rob: That is the bow.

266
00:22:36,606 --> 00:22:38,305
So, we are gonna
wanna go over there

267
00:22:38,341 --> 00:22:40,174
And take a look at
that stern, huh?

268
00:22:43,746 --> 00:22:45,379
Man: There's a letter,
right here, yeah?
Man 2: Yeah.

269
00:22:46,249 --> 00:22:50,134
Rob: Oh, and it's right where
it's supposed to be, yeah,
e, oh there's that piece,

270
00:22:50,169 --> 00:22:55,639
Yes, u n e, that's it.

271
00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:58,442
That is the juneau.

272
00:23:04,767 --> 00:23:06,600
<i> Narrator: But what</i>
<i> has happened to her?</i>

273
00:23:07,070 --> 00:23:12,406
<i> Using the petrel's scans,</i>
<i> it's now possible to see the</i>
<i> juneau as never before.</i>

274
00:23:16,179 --> 00:23:18,279
<i> She's been ripped apart.</i>

275
00:23:19,015 --> 00:23:21,899
<i> Each piece is</i>
<i> catastrophically mangled.</i>

276
00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:25,636
<i> And there's a mystery.</i>

277
00:23:25,671 --> 00:23:30,107
<i> How did the two opposite</i>
<i> ends of the ship,</i>
<i> the bow and the stern,</i>

278
00:23:30,143 --> 00:23:32,910
<i> End up crumpled on</i>
<i> top of each other,</i>

279
00:23:34,981 --> 00:23:39,100
<i> While her mid-section is</i>
<i> 2,000 feet away?</i>

280
00:23:40,436 --> 00:23:44,171
<i> What could explain</i>
<i> a wreck so strange?</i>

281
00:23:53,082 --> 00:23:59,170
D
<i> is furious that after three</i>

282
00:23:59,205 --> 00:24:04,008
<i> Months they've still not</i>
<i> recaptured guadalcanal</i>
<i> from the us marines.</i>

283
00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,948
<i> They send a mammoth</i>
<i> japanese fleet racing</i>
<i> towards the island.</i>

284
00:24:12,101 --> 00:24:17,104
<i> To stop this, the allies can</i>
<i> only muster a much less</i>
<i> powerful naval force,</i>

285
00:24:18,541 --> 00:24:20,274
<i> Including the juneau.</i>

286
00:24:22,512 --> 00:24:25,179
<i> It's david versus goliath.</i>

287
00:24:26,415 --> 00:24:28,265
Anthony: The american
commanders know they
would be outgunned.

288
00:24:28,835 --> 00:24:31,635
In fact, some of them
saw it as a potential
suicide mission.

289
00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:37,074
<i> Narrator: As night</i>
<i> falls the two fleets</i>
<i> approach each other.</i>

290
00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:41,612
<i> The allies do</i>
<i> have one advantage.</i>

291
00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:44,448
<i> The very latest radar.</i>

292
00:24:45,635 --> 00:24:47,268
<i> But there's a problem.</i>

293
00:24:47,637 --> 00:24:49,904
Norman: The american ships
had radars of various kinds,

294
00:24:50,439 --> 00:24:53,541
But we didn't
really understand
how you use radar.

295
00:24:54,777 --> 00:24:59,313
<i> Narrator: Radar is so new,</i>
<i> many allied captains</i>
<i> don't trust its data.</i>

296
00:25:01,184 --> 00:25:03,868
<i> As they struggle to make</i>
<i> sense of their positions,</i>

297
00:25:03,903 --> 00:25:05,903
<i> They drift out of formation</i>

298
00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:12,510
<i> And right into the gun-sights</i>
<i> of their approaching enemy.</i>

299
00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:16,847
<i> The japanese captains</i>
<i> can't believe their luck.</i>

300
00:25:18,935 --> 00:25:20,868
James: Ships were crossing
in each other's wakes.

301
00:25:20,903 --> 00:25:24,371
They were practically
colliding and gun
flashes in the night

302
00:25:24,407 --> 00:25:27,908
Illuminated a vessel right
next to you and then away.

303
00:25:32,615 --> 00:25:35,132
<i> Narrator: The japanese target</i>
<i> the thirteen warships in the</i>

304
00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:39,270
<i> Allied fleet with one of their</i>
<i> most devastating weapons.</i>

305
00:25:42,909 --> 00:25:47,645
<i> The type 93 is the</i>
<i> most powerful torpedo</i>
<i> of world war ii.</i>

306
00:25:48,014 --> 00:25:51,215
Norman: It's a very
fast torpedo and it
has an enormous warhead.

307
00:25:51,767 --> 00:25:58,122
<i> Narrator: With its 1,000-pound</i>
<i> warhead the mega torpedo helps</i>
<i> wreck six allied ships.</i>

308
00:26:01,377 --> 00:26:03,877
<i> One strikes the</i>
<i> juneau amidships.</i>

309
00:26:08,184 --> 00:26:11,535
<i> But from the maelstrom of</i>
<i> destruction all around her,</i>

310
00:26:11,571 --> 00:26:14,038
<i> The juneau manages</i>
<i> to slip away.</i>

311
00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:22,479
<i> Her strong modern keel</i>
<i> is barely cracked,</i>
<i> enabling her to escape.</i>

312
00:26:23,649 --> 00:26:27,434
James: Daylight finds
juneau limping away
after the night fight,

313
00:26:27,470 --> 00:26:29,737
Hoping to join the
other survivors.

314
00:26:31,407 --> 00:26:35,175
<i> Narrator: The juneau</i>
<i> does eventually find</i>
<i> the other allied ships,</i>

315
00:26:35,211 --> 00:26:38,779
<i> And her captain signals</i>
<i> she's in decent shape,</i>

316
00:26:39,181 --> 00:26:41,966
<i> But seconds later</i>
<i> she explodes.</i>

317
00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:54,945
<i> The juneau ends up in pieces,</i>

318
00:26:56,048 --> 00:27:01,201
<i> Yet just hours before she'd</i>
<i> survived the strongest weapon</i>
<i> the japanese have.</i>

319
00:27:03,205 --> 00:27:05,806
<i> What could possibly</i>
<i> destroy her now?</i>

320
00:27:08,177 --> 00:27:11,812
<i> The latest historical</i>
<i> research allows us to</i>
<i> answer that question,</i>

321
00:27:12,848 --> 00:27:17,401
<i> And rebuild the juneau</i>
<i> the way she was moments</i>
<i> before she sinks.</i>

322
00:27:19,572 --> 00:27:25,209
<i> She looks undamaged apart from</i>
<i> the tell-tale wound left by</i>
<i> the japanese mega-torpedo.</i>

323
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,048
<i> Behind this spot is</i>
<i> the armaments store.</i>

324
00:27:35,738 --> 00:27:38,138
<i> As her crew signals</i>
<i> to their comrades,</i>

325
00:27:38,174 --> 00:27:41,642
<i> They don't spot a lone</i>
<i> japanese submarine nearby,</i>

326
00:27:42,978 --> 00:27:46,246
<i> And out of the blue,</i>
<i> a torpedo rushes towards her.</i>

327
00:27:47,950 --> 00:27:53,370
<i> It's much smaller than the one</i>
<i> she's already survived, but,</i>
<i> unfortunately for the juneau,</i>

328
00:27:53,406 --> 00:27:56,473
<i> It hits in almost</i>
<i> exactly the same spot,</i>

329
00:27:56,509 --> 00:28:02,746
<i> Breaking through the</i>
<i> weakened armor and igniting</i>
<i> the stored munitions.</i>

330
00:28:07,069 --> 00:28:09,603
<i> She sinks in just</i>
<i> thirty seconds,</i>

331
00:28:10,172 --> 00:28:13,974
<i> A victim of almost</i>
<i> impossible bad luck.</i>

332
00:28:18,047 --> 00:28:20,080
<i> And what of her crew?</i>

333
00:28:20,983 --> 00:28:23,767
<i> The explosion is so</i>
<i> cataclysmic that nearby</i>

334
00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:27,971
<i> Us ships are convinced the</i>
<i> entire crew must be dead.</i>

335
00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:36,280
Rob: When the smoke had
cleared the ship and all
debris completely vanished.

336
00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:37,865
There was nothing left.

337
00:28:40,336 --> 00:28:44,805
<i> Narrator: But eight days</i>
<i> later other us forces make</i>
<i> a terrible discovery.</i>

338
00:28:45,941 --> 00:28:51,945
<i> 100 men from juneau did</i>
<i> survive the blast, and were</i>
<i> left behind on the open sea.</i>

339
00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:59,436
<i> Only ten live long</i>
<i> enough to tell the tale.</i>

340
00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:05,309
James: What powerfully
hit american households

341
00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:07,678
Was the loss of all
five sullivan boys.

342
00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:11,348
But it also inspired them.

343
00:29:11,801 --> 00:29:15,202
And a new ship,
the uss "the sullivans",

344
00:29:15,237 --> 00:29:17,404
Would be launched to
commemorate the service

345
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,407
And the sacrifice
of those five men.

346
00:29:22,745 --> 00:29:25,946
<i> Narrator: The sullivan</i>
<i> brothers and their ship</i>
<i> aren't lost in vain.</i>

347
00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:31,535
<i> Faced with unexpectedly</i>
<i> strong resistance,</i>

348
00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:33,904
<i> The japanese abort</i>
<i> their mission.</i>

349
00:29:35,007 --> 00:29:37,975
<i> At guadalcanal,</i>
<i> the allies gain ground</i>

350
00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:41,712
<i> And keep it for the first</i>
<i> time in the pacific war.</i>

351
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,735
<i> The petrel is on</i>
<i> another expedition,</i>

352
00:29:48,771 --> 00:29:53,907
<i> In pursuit of a</i>
<i> new and spectacular</i>
<i> target and this time,</i>

353
00:29:55,911 --> 00:29:57,945
<i> She's japanese.</i>

354
00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:05,636
<i> In late 1944, the allies are</i>
<i> on the March and move north to</i>
<i> try to take the philippines.</i>

355
00:30:08,841 --> 00:30:13,577
<i> Realizing that they're</i>
<i> losing the war, the japanese</i>
<i> launch an all-out attack</i>

356
00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:17,714
<i> On the us navy,</i>
<i> deploying the biggest fleet</i>
<i> they've ever assembled.</i>

357
00:30:19,468 --> 00:30:24,354
James: As the war reaches the
philippines, the japanese are
increasingly desperate.

358
00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:28,242
They're on the ropes and they
throw everything they have in

359
00:30:28,277 --> 00:30:31,378
An effort to stop the
us navy in its tracks.

360
00:30:31,914 --> 00:30:35,015
<i> Narrator: Heading the</i>
<i> southern flank of their</i>
<i> fleet is a giant battleship</i>

361
00:30:35,050 --> 00:30:37,801
<i> That's adored by</i>
<i> the japanese public,</i>

362
00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:41,939
<i> Not least because she</i>
<i> bears the mythic name</i>
<i> for japan herself.</i>

363
00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:45,142
<i> The fuso.</i>

364
00:30:45,411 --> 00:30:50,280
<i> With prodigious battle armor</i>
<i> she's been upgraded with</i>
<i> deadly new anti-aircraft guns.</i>

365
00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:55,269
<i> At the battle of leyte gulf</i>
<i> she has a key role,</i>

366
00:30:55,304 --> 00:30:58,672
<i> Launching a surprise attack</i>
<i> on part of the allied fleet.</i>

367
00:31:00,743 --> 00:31:06,813
<i> So why is it this behemoth</i>
<i> herself that ends up on</i>
<i> the ocean floor?</i>

368
00:31:10,636 --> 00:31:15,239
<i> The petrel crew is on the</i>
<i> case, but finding the fuso</i>
<i> won't be easy.</i>

369
00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:19,476
Rob: We've multi-beamed
up here to the north so
the northwest is where

370
00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:20,611
We need to go.

371
00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,880
That's the only place.
There's a lot of wrecks here.

372
00:31:22,915 --> 00:31:26,300
There's a lot of history
from world war ii in
this particular area.

373
00:31:26,335 --> 00:31:28,135
But you're gonna
run here next?

374
00:31:28,170 --> 00:31:29,736
Man: Yeah, we'll
just hold here,

375
00:31:29,772 --> 00:31:31,371
Trying to get over exactly
where we need the ship to go.

376
00:31:32,741 --> 00:31:36,343
<i> Narrator: They've narrowed</i>
<i> down the hunt to a few</i>
<i> square miles of ocean.</i>

377
00:31:37,012 --> 00:31:39,613
Man: C'mon where are you?
Uh, something's coming in.

378
00:31:40,549 --> 00:31:42,399
Man 2: Wow!

379
00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:45,002
Man: Wow, that's
sticking up huge.

380
00:31:45,537 --> 00:31:50,407
<i> Narrator: The object is the</i>
<i> right size for a battleship,</i>
<i> but looks bizarrely twisted.</i>

381
00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:53,610
Man: Something's stuck
out there, something's
stuck out there and...

382
00:31:53,646 --> 00:31:57,114
Man 2: It's well
and truly busted up.

383
00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:04,705
<i> Narrator: Can this bent</i>
<i> and twisted form really</i>
<i> be the mighty fuso?</i>

384
00:32:16,669 --> 00:32:20,437
<i> Of a legendary japanese</i>
<i> battleship, the fuso.</i>

385
00:32:22,241 --> 00:32:24,675
<i> These aren't the deepest</i>
<i> waters they've explored,</i>

386
00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:28,528
<i> But strong currents make it</i>
<i> tricky to operate the rov.</i>

387
00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:36,136
Rob: She is bouncing
around a lot now.

388
00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:41,041
<i> Narrator: 600 feet</i>
<i> below the surface,</i>
<i> and just barely visible,</i>

389
00:32:41,076 --> 00:32:42,943
<i> A damaged hull.</i>

390
00:32:44,446 --> 00:32:47,247
Rob: Let's push in,
have a, a little look here.

391
00:32:50,436 --> 00:32:52,402
That looks like a shaft
and a propeller over there.

392
00:32:52,438 --> 00:32:54,538
Paul: Looks like a prop.
Rob: Okay.

393
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,606
Paul: Looks like
that's the rudder.

394
00:32:56,942 --> 00:33:01,578
<i> Narrator: It's definitely a</i>
<i> large warship and there are</i>
<i> clear signs of battle-damage.</i>

395
00:33:02,681 --> 00:33:06,733
Rob: And that's a big hole.
Man: Torpedo damage.

396
00:33:08,404 --> 00:33:12,272
<i> Narrator: The team turns</i>
<i> to us action reports from</i>
<i> the battle of leyte gulf</i>

397
00:33:12,307 --> 00:33:15,842
<i> That describe how the fuso was</i>
<i> hit by american torpedoes.</i>

398
00:33:16,545 --> 00:33:19,146
Rob: We can see the
torpedo hit was aft.

399
00:33:19,548 --> 00:33:21,348
<i> Narrator: This</i>
<i> gives them an idea.</i>

400
00:33:21,383 --> 00:33:26,870
<i> If they can match the pattern</i>
<i> of torpedo holes on this</i>
<i> wreck with the reports,</i>

401
00:33:27,272 --> 00:33:29,673
<i> They'll know whether</i>
<i> this is the fuso or not.</i>

402
00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:32,876
Rob: Oh, there you go.
Look at that.

403
00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:35,012
Paul: Yeah, there you go. Wow.

404
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,965
Rob: We're seeing damage all
over the hull in the places
noted in the damage report.

405
00:33:40,135 --> 00:33:42,736
<i> Narrator: The damage</i>
<i> pattern is an exact fit.</i>

406
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:48,175
Rob: Kabam!
That's fuso.

407
00:33:48,210 --> 00:33:49,710
Paul: Yeah.

408
00:33:51,246 --> 00:33:54,114
<i> Narrator: The torpedo holes</i>
<i> are clues to fuso's fate,</i>

409
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:56,767
<i> But they don't fully explain</i>
<i> what happened to her.</i>

410
00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:04,941
<i> As the waters of the</i>
<i> pacific ocean drain away,</i>

411
00:34:04,977 --> 00:34:09,046
<i> We can at last see fuso's</i>
<i> vast steel structure.</i>

412
00:34:14,103 --> 00:34:19,139
<i> 600 feet long, it's resting</i>
<i> upside down, half sunk in mud,</i>

413
00:34:20,209 --> 00:34:22,609
<i> Like a gargantuan</i>
<i> beached whale.</i>

414
00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:27,881
<i> The bow bent back like</i>
<i> an opened sardine can.</i>

415
00:34:31,970 --> 00:34:34,905
<i> Then, 150 feet from the wreck,</i>

416
00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:41,278
<i> A second, complex structure,</i>
<i> studded with glinting glass.</i>

417
00:34:44,883 --> 00:34:48,301
<i> Could this help explain</i>
<i> what happened here?</i>

418
00:34:49,671 --> 00:34:52,906
<i> It's a remarkable structure</i>
<i> no allied ship possessed.</i>

419
00:35:00,249 --> 00:35:03,333
Anthony: The distinctive
feature of the japanese
battleships is the tall tower

420
00:35:03,368 --> 00:35:06,803
Masts which they called
pagodas, which were
essentially a series of

421
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:11,241
Platforms to provide the
highest possible level for
observation to sight the enemy

422
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:12,876
Vessels on the horizon.

423
00:35:15,514 --> 00:35:20,200
<i> Narrator: The fuso's pagoda</i>
<i> was the biggest warship</i>
<i> observation tower ever built.</i>

424
00:35:22,271 --> 00:35:27,407
<i> An astonishing 144 feet high,</i>
<i> it towered over the ship.</i>

425
00:35:29,945 --> 00:35:34,414
<i> Packed with some of the</i>
<i> most sophisticated optical</i>
<i> equipment in the world from</i>

426
00:35:34,449 --> 00:35:38,835
<i> Telescopes and binoculars to</i>
<i> rangefinders and searchlights.</i>

427
00:35:42,207 --> 00:35:46,309
<i> At the height of a battle,</i>
<i> sailors and technicians</i>
<i> would work as one,</i>

428
00:35:46,345 --> 00:35:50,013
<i> Computing distances</i>
<i> and spotting enemy</i>
<i> ships and planes.</i>

429
00:35:52,501 --> 00:35:57,420
<i> It's ingenious,</i>
<i> but the americans</i>
<i> have gone one better.</i>

430
00:35:59,775 --> 00:36:04,244
<i> Since the battle of</i>
<i> guadalcanal, they've</i>
<i> perfected radar.</i>

431
00:36:06,648 --> 00:36:10,133
James: By the late war,
the united states not only
had learned how to use radar,

432
00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:12,235
Had learned to use radar well.

433
00:36:16,909 --> 00:36:22,345
<i> Narrator: As the fuso closes</i>
<i> in on leyte gulf ready to</i>
<i> surprise the allies,</i>

434
00:36:23,649 --> 00:36:26,082
<i> She now lights up on</i>
<i> their radar screens,</i>

435
00:36:31,306 --> 00:36:34,374
<i> And the allies prepare</i>
<i> their own surprise.</i>

436
00:36:40,249 --> 00:36:43,500
Anthony: They were able
to set the perfect trap
as a result of this,

437
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,603
And array their destroyer
lines in a perfect ambush

438
00:36:46,638 --> 00:36:48,838
Position from both
sides of the strait.

439
00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:54,611
<i> Narrator: As soon as they come</i>
<i> in range, the us warships</i>
<i> launch a barrage of torpedoes.</i>

440
00:36:55,214 --> 00:36:58,682
Anthony: There's no
way to turn east or west
without running into some

441
00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:00,600
American torpedo spread.

442
00:37:01,436 --> 00:37:04,204
<i> Narrator: Two torpedoes</i>
<i> slam into the fuso.</i>

443
00:37:07,876 --> 00:37:09,809
<i> She immediately</i>
<i> starts to capsize,</i>

444
00:37:12,614 --> 00:37:15,215
<i> Her top-heavy</i>
<i> pagoda shearing off.</i>

445
00:37:18,103 --> 00:37:21,838
<i> In the shallow water, her bow</i>
<i> crashes into the rocky seabed.</i>

446
00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:27,560
<i> It's this collision</i>
<i> that wrenches her back</i>

447
00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:30,247
<i> Into the bent sardine</i>
<i> can shape of the wreck.</i>

448
00:37:35,771 --> 00:37:40,206
<i> The loss of the fuso and</i>
<i> almost her entire crew of 1,600</i>

449
00:37:40,609 --> 00:37:44,110
<i> Is just the beginning</i>
<i> of a bloodbath at leyte gulf,</i>

450
00:37:46,014 --> 00:37:49,799
<i> Where twenty-five more</i>
<i> japanese warships are sunk.</i>

451
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:58,041
<i> Japan will never again dare</i>
<i> confront the allies in a</i>
<i> large-scale sea battle.</i>

452
00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:08,535
<i> The petrel is in waters 700</i>
<i> miles east of the philippines</i>
<i> looking for another ship,</i>

453
00:38:09,538 --> 00:38:14,474
<i> One that played a vital role</i>
<i> in the final apocalyptic days</i>
<i> of the pacific war.</i>

454
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:21,715
<i> She's been in the thick</i>
<i> of battle many times</i>
<i> and survived them all.</i>

455
00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:26,236
<i> Uss indianapolis.</i>

456
00:38:27,072 --> 00:38:31,908
<i> In July, 1945, she is chosen</i>
<i> to race to tinian island</i>

457
00:38:31,943 --> 00:38:34,477
<i> With a top-secret</i>
<i> cargo of uranium,</i>

458
00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:41,217
<i> The crucial ingredient in the</i>
<i> bomb that enola gay will soon</i>
<i> carry to hiroshima.</i>

459
00:38:43,739 --> 00:38:47,974
<i> But shortly after completing</i>
<i> her mission, indianapolis'</i>
<i> captain makes a controversial</i>

460
00:38:48,010 --> 00:38:52,278
<i> Decision that will end</i>
<i> in his court martial.</i>

461
00:38:53,949 --> 00:38:57,167
<i> What happens to the ship</i>
<i> and her crew of 1,200</i>

462
00:38:57,202 --> 00:39:01,538
<i> Is one of the most terrifying</i>
<i> tales in maritime history</i>

463
00:39:03,342 --> 00:39:05,542
<i> And makes her wreck</i>
<i> one of the most famous</i>

464
00:39:05,577 --> 00:39:07,744
<i> And sought after on the planet.</i>

465
00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:14,100
<i> No one has ever managed</i>
<i> to find her until now.</i>

466
00:39:23,779 --> 00:39:27,414
<i> To track down the wreck</i>
<i> of uss indianapolis.</i>

467
00:39:27,749 --> 00:39:29,866
Rob: We need to put the
pieces of this puzzle together.

468
00:39:29,901 --> 00:39:32,602
It's, it's seventy-three years
old, and there are you know,

469
00:39:32,637 --> 00:39:34,504
1,200-1,300 lives at stake,

470
00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:37,040
And families, and everybody
has questions as to what
happened here.

471
00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:43,413
<i> Narrator: So far,</i>
<i> they've scanned hundreds</i>
<i> of square miles of seabed</i>

472
00:39:43,448 --> 00:39:48,835
<i> In the philippines sea,</i>
<i> but as yet, the indianapolis</i>
<i> has eluded them.</i>

473
00:39:51,473 --> 00:39:53,873
<i> Then, finally, a</i>
<i> moment of hope.</i>

474
00:39:55,277 --> 00:39:57,377
Rob: What have you got?

475
00:39:57,712 --> 00:40:00,547
Yeah, we definitely need
to go have a look at that.

476
00:40:02,184 --> 00:40:05,268
<i> Narrator: The astonishing</i>
<i> image certainly looks</i>
<i> like a ship.</i>

477
00:40:07,406 --> 00:40:10,540
<i> The only way to know for</i>
<i> sure is to send the rov.</i>

478
00:40:11,443 --> 00:40:13,943
Man: Oh, something
visual coming in top left.

479
00:40:13,979 --> 00:40:16,746
Man 2: Uh huh.
It's the wreckage site.

480
00:40:22,370 --> 00:40:24,971
Rob: There you go.
That's good.

481
00:40:25,307 --> 00:40:27,340
<i> Narrator: It's</i>
<i> definitely a warship.</i>

482
00:40:30,212 --> 00:40:34,280
<i> The rov cameras explore</i>
<i> the deck and the hull</i>
<i> looking for something</i>

483
00:40:34,316 --> 00:40:35,965
<i> That might identify her.</i>

484
00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:38,234
Rob: Look at that edge.

485
00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:40,336
I mean that, that is
just ripped, torn.

486
00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:46,009
<i> Narrator: Then, on the</i>
<i> bow, the crew spot a clue.</i>

487
00:40:47,145 --> 00:40:48,194
Man: So what does
that say right there?

488
00:40:48,213 --> 00:40:52,665
Rob: Three five.
There it is.

489
00:40:53,602 --> 00:40:57,137
<i> Narrator: Every us</i>
<i> naval vessel has its</i>
<i> own unique id number</i>

490
00:40:57,172 --> 00:41:02,142
<i> And the team know</i>
<i> very well what number</i>
<i> thirty-five means.</i>

491
00:41:02,978 --> 00:41:04,544
Rob: Yeah, we've got it.

492
00:41:04,579 --> 00:41:06,379
The indy.

493
00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:13,303
<i> Narrator: It's a</i>
<i> truly historic moment.</i>

494
00:41:13,839 --> 00:41:17,006
<i> The crew is looking at the</i>
<i> first ever images of one of</i>

495
00:41:17,042 --> 00:41:20,643
<i> The most famous shipwrecks</i>
<i> in american history.</i>

496
00:41:25,283 --> 00:41:28,735
<i> As the boundless waters of</i>
<i> the pacific are rolled back,</i>

497
00:41:28,770 --> 00:41:32,805
<i> They reveal the long-lost</i>
<i> wreck of the indianapolis.</i>

498
00:41:35,911 --> 00:41:41,047
<i> On her starboard side,</i>
<i> the unmistakably violent</i>
<i> signature of a torpedo strike.</i>

499
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:48,605
<i> And where her bow should</i>
<i> be there's nothing but</i>
<i> a ghastly empty space.</i>

500
00:41:51,276 --> 00:41:56,913
<i> We know from contemporary</i>
<i> accounts the bow was sheared</i>
<i> off by a second torpedo strike.</i>

501
00:41:59,968 --> 00:42:04,404
<i> But remarkable as it</i>
<i> seems, this doesn't</i>
<i> explain why she sinks.</i>

502
00:42:05,674 --> 00:42:08,741
Anthony: Throughout the
pacific war, multiple times,
american cruisers had lost

503
00:42:08,777 --> 00:42:13,179
Their bow and or received
up to two torpedo hits
without sinking.

504
00:42:19,771 --> 00:42:22,105
Rob: We need to know what that
space is called right there?

505
00:42:24,042 --> 00:42:27,143
<i> Narrator: The team analyzes</i>
<i> the indianapolis's blueprints.</i>

506
00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:33,066
<i> This shows her</i>
<i> interior crisscrossed</i>
<i> with compartments.</i>

507
00:42:35,003 --> 00:42:39,272
<i> These can be sealed</i>
<i> shut with hatch doors,</i>
<i> to make them watertight,</i>

508
00:42:39,874 --> 00:42:43,042
<i> And are intended to keep her</i>
<i> afloat even without her bow.</i>

509
00:42:45,647 --> 00:42:49,365
<i> So why does she sink</i>
<i> in just twelve minutes?</i>

510
00:42:51,136 --> 00:42:55,171
<i> There's a clue in</i>
<i> naval records that show</i>
<i> captain charles mcvay</i>

511
00:42:55,206 --> 00:42:56,906
<i> Makes a fateful decision.</i>

512
00:43:00,712 --> 00:43:04,614
<i> After she heads back</i>
<i> from tinian island,</i>
<i> the indianapolis follows</i>

513
00:43:04,649 --> 00:43:09,202
<i> Standard procedure, regularly</i>
<i> changing direction or zigzaggig</i>

514
00:43:09,237 --> 00:43:11,704
<i> To make it harder for</i>
<i> submarines to target her.</i>

515
00:43:14,476 --> 00:43:19,612
<i> But on the evening of July 29t,</i>
<i> mcvay stops zigzagging.</i>

516
00:43:22,217 --> 00:43:26,903
Norman: The captain of the
indianapolis decided that it
was so dark that a submarine

517
00:43:26,938 --> 00:43:29,505
Couldn't possibly
attack and therefore
he didn't have to zigzag.

518
00:43:32,711 --> 00:43:36,062
<i> Narrator: A little after</i>
<i> eleven pm, the moon rises.</i>

519
00:43:37,849 --> 00:43:42,902
<i> It's now light enough for a</i>
<i> nearby japanese submarine to</i>
<i> spot the giant warship.</i>

520
00:43:44,205 --> 00:43:49,142
<i> And at five minutes after</i>
<i> midnight, it gets ready to</i>
<i> fire its torpedoes.</i>

521
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:56,265
<i> So why don't her</i>
<i> watertight compartments</i>
<i> save the indianapolis?</i>

522
00:43:59,704 --> 00:44:02,839
<i> The answer is revealed</i>
<i> in her drained wreck.</i>

523
00:44:04,876 --> 00:44:08,911
<i> All along what's left of her</i>
<i> once sleek 500-foot length,</i>

524
00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:11,481
<i> Her portholes and</i>
<i> hatch doors lie open.</i>

525
00:44:14,102 --> 00:44:16,669
<i> This strikes</i>
<i> historians as unusual.</i>

526
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,306
James: In the middle
of a sea-fight,

527
00:44:20,342 --> 00:44:22,542
Everything's battened
down, portholes are closed,

528
00:44:22,577 --> 00:44:23,976
Hatches are shut.

529
00:44:24,212 --> 00:44:25,878
<i> Narrator: The day</i>
<i> before her sinking,</i>

530
00:44:25,914 --> 00:44:29,499
<i> Portholes were indeed closed,</i>
<i> and compartments sealed,</i>

531
00:44:30,969 --> 00:44:35,004
<i> But as the tropical temperature</i>
<i> rockets to above 100 degrees,</i>

532
00:44:35,306 --> 00:44:38,808
<i> The captain decides</i>
<i> to open the portholes</i>
<i> and the hatch doors</i>

533
00:44:38,843 --> 00:44:40,843
<i> To ventilate the ship.</i>

534
00:44:44,649 --> 00:44:48,568
<i> Now, without zigzag,</i>
<i> and lying open to the elements,</i>

535
00:44:48,837 --> 00:44:52,004
<i> The indianapolis</i>
<i> is a sitting duck.</i>

536
00:44:52,874 --> 00:44:56,609
<i> And the lurking</i>
<i> japanese submarine</i>
<i> takes full advantage.</i>

537
00:44:58,913 --> 00:45:02,215
<i> Slamming two torpedoes</i>
<i> into the indianapolis.</i>

538
00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:11,474
<i> She continues to power</i>
<i> ahead at full speed</i>

539
00:45:12,644 --> 00:45:14,911
<i> But now her bow</i>
<i> starts to break off.</i>

540
00:45:18,717 --> 00:45:22,935
<i> Her forward movement funnels</i>
<i> sea water into her interior</i>

541
00:45:25,740 --> 00:45:30,276
<i> And with doors open</i>
<i> it can pour through all</i>
<i> the unsealed compartments</i>

542
00:45:30,311 --> 00:45:31,677
<i> Pulling her under,</i>

543
00:45:31,713 --> 00:45:35,581
<i> Sealing the fate of</i>
<i> indianapolis and</i>
<i> 300 of her crew.</i>

544
00:45:39,137 --> 00:45:41,938
(splashing)

545
00:45:42,340 --> 00:45:47,744
<i> But for the 900 men who</i>
<i> make it into the water,</i>
<i> the horror has just begun.</i>

546
00:45:50,181 --> 00:45:55,735
<i> 600 of them perish over</i>
<i> the next terrible four</i>
<i> days from exhaustion,</i>

547
00:45:55,770 --> 00:46:00,139
<i> From dehydration and worse.</i>

548
00:46:03,278 --> 00:46:07,914
<i> It's the deadliest</i>
<i> single-ship disaster</i>
<i> in us naval history.</i>

549
00:46:11,369 --> 00:46:14,537
<i> Captain mcvay is</i>
<i> court-martialed, convicted,</i>

550
00:46:14,572 --> 00:46:17,473
<i> And in 1968, commits suicide.</i>

551
00:46:20,612 --> 00:46:24,180
<i> But thirty-three years later,</i>
<i> congress clears his name,</i>

552
00:46:24,215 --> 00:46:27,900
<i> Acknowledging that</i>
<i> intelligence about</i>
<i> submarines along his route</i>

553
00:46:27,936 --> 00:46:30,002
<i> Wasn't passed to his ship.</i>

554
00:46:34,742 --> 00:46:38,444
<i> By locating the final resting</i>
<i> place of the indianapolis,</i>

555
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,347
<i> The crew of the petrel has</i>
<i> done something remarkable,</i>

556
00:46:43,701 --> 00:46:48,938
<i> Part of an exceptional series</i>
<i> of discoveries giving a new</i>
<i> generation insight into the</i>

557
00:46:48,973 --> 00:46:53,309
<i> Widest-ranging combat-zone</i>
<i> the world has ever known.</i>

558
00:46:53,912 --> 00:46:56,979
James: The rest of us
have incredible respect
for the late paul allen,

559
00:46:57,015 --> 00:46:59,215
For rob kraft,
and for the entire team.

560
00:47:00,401 --> 00:47:02,034
They've got the
right people,

561
00:47:02,070 --> 00:47:03,736
Their hearts are in
the right place,

562
00:47:03,771 --> 00:47:06,339
They do the right research
and they then employ

563
00:47:06,374 --> 00:47:09,876
The best equipment in
a very effective way.

564
00:47:09,911 --> 00:47:15,014
<i> Narrator: This continuing</i>
<i> quest helps honor those</i>
<i> serving on both sides</i>

565
00:47:15,049 --> 00:47:17,567
<i> Who gave their lives at sea.</i>

566
00:47:18,136 --> 00:47:19,135
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