and our Nor did she reply to a radio inquiry three days later. An underwater exploration project found the submarine off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, after finding military documents with the correct coordinates to locate it. Try it free! The sub was sunk by a Nakajima b5N carrier bomber Feb. 26, 1944, during its 10th war patrol, according to a video announcement from the Lost 52 project. The report for that day said that a Nakajima B5N carrier-based bomber had dropped a 500-pound bomb on a surfaced submarine, striking just aft of the conning tower. Required fields are marked *. WWII submarine USS Grayback, missing 75 years, discovered off coast of Japan The sub was sunk with 80 sailors on board by a Nakajima b5N carrier bomber Feb. 26, 1944. The broadcast has earned a prestigious Peabody Award, a Polk Award, four News \u0026 Documentary Emmys, three Daytime Emmys and the 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast. The submarine exploded and sank without a trace. A later project involved converting the uncompleted heavy cruiser Seydlitz into the carrier Weser, but that was curtailed in June 1943, and the Soviets scrapped what they found of it after the war. In January 1943, she served as the beacon ship for the naval bombardment of Munda Bay. The submariners located the downed aviators, three of whom were injured, and hid out with them in the jungle. His work on Japanese maritime shipping had brought him to the attention of Tim Taylor, an undersea explorer who has set out to find the wrecks of every American submarine lost in the war. That morning, she had sunk tanker Nanho Maru and severely damaged Asama Maru. USS Grayback Memorial - June 6th, 2019. A World War II Navy submarine missing for 75 years has finally been found off the coast of Japan. On January 28, 1944, the Grayback set sail from Pearl Harbor for the East China Sea for its 10th combat patrol. The Grayback had only two torpedoes remaining, so it was ordered back home. With only two torpedoes remaining, she was ordered home from patrol. Despite these hazards, she damaged several freighters and an enemy submarine. Grayback accounted for two ships, a passenger-cargo vessel torpedoed 14 October and a former light cruiser, Awata Maru, torpedoed after an end-around run on a fast convoy 22 October. WWII Submarine U.S.S. Grayback Found After 75 Years Missing | Time I'd say we could expect quite the community of life at this depth that are equipped to deal with surface organics. Six have been found in the decades since, and now the Grayback can be added to the list of subs whose demise is no longer a mystery. After Iwasaki found the discrepancy, an expedition led by Project 52s Tim Taylor, used drones to search the seabed to physically locate the wreckage based on the new set of coordinates. As informed, this is the first US submarine discovered in Japanese waters and is the final resting place of 80 sailors. About a month later, the sub radioed that it had sunk two Japanese army cargo ships.