I-52 Japanese Submarine

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Crew
Captain Uno Kameo

 

Ship History
Built on December 28, 1943 at Kure Navy Yard.

Discovery
On May 3, 1995 the wreck was located 1,200 miles W of the Cape Verde islands. A team of Americans led by Paul Tidwell charter the Russian research vessel AKADEMIK MSTISLAV KELDYSH and using a MAK-1M side-scan sonar find the wreck of the I-52 virtually intact at a depth of 17,000'.

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