LOOK: Explorers find 'most famous' Japanese WWII battleship off Romblon's Sibuyan Island

Published March 3, 2015 7:50pm

A Japanese battleship, one of the two biggest ever made, was found more than a kilometer under the Sibuyan Sea off Sibuyan Island in Romblon province.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who was part of a private exploration team to locate the Japanese battleship Musashi, tweeted that it was found Monday by his superyacht, the MY Octopus.

WW2 Battleship Musashi sank 1944 is FOUND > 1K M deep by MY Octopus Sibuyan sea, bow Chrysanthemum, huge anchor. pic.twitter.com/b9ZMA0icI8

— Paul Allen (@PaulGAllen) March 2, 2015

In another post, Allen said some 1023 men died when it sank after the Battle of Leyte in October 1944.

RIP crew of Musashi, appx 1023 lost. The pic of the valve 1st confirmation of Japanese origin (clues 2 use apprec). pic.twitter.com/BcJgkhWskb

— Paul Allen (@PaulGAllen) March 2, 2015

Allen said videos of the Musashi will soon be published

“We will have video soon of [the] catapult, valve area, first turret hole gun missing, and others,” he said.

According to a report by The Diplomat, the Yamato class of battleships, of which only two were completed, including the Musashi, is the biggest and most famous ever created.

The Musashi had nine 460mm guns, six 155mm guns, 12 127mm guns, 35 3x25mm and 25 1x25mm anti-aircraft guns, and four 13mm guns. The ship also had seven floatplanes.

Prior to Allen’s expedition which led to the discovery of the sunken battleship, it was included in a list of four “great wrecks” that remain a mystery. The Musashi was sunk by American air forces, and its location remained unknown until Monday. —Patricia Denise Chiu/JST, GMA News

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