The wreckage of a U.S. submarine found off the northern coast of Japan has been identified as the USS Albacore-- a vessel the Navy believes was sunk by a mine.
Japanese surveys were conducted on the site in 2022. Dr. Tamaki Ura and a team from the University of Tokyo used a remotely operated vehicle to obtain video of the wreckage site which is believed to be hundreds of feet under the sea.
The submarine had only been in service for just over two years when she disappears off of one of Japan's northernmost islands.
The last time the ship or crew of 80 was seen was late in October 1944 in Pearl Harbor and Midway. Just over a week later, a Japanese patrol boat reported seeing a great deal of oil amidst a debris field not far from Hokkaido, Japan.
It was a Gato-class submarine and credited with sinking ten Japanese ships. Six of them were combat ships which makes her one of the war's most successful subs.
The United States lost 52 submarines during the war. Many of their final resting places are not known.
--GreGen
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