In only a few hours from now, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his staff of researchers will broadcast a live-stream tour of the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Musashi, one in all the heaviest and strongest battleships ever constructed.

The occasion will start at 9 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 12 – that’s at the moment!. The reside stream may be discovered at http://musashi.paulallen.com/. Don’t fear, a replay of the stream continues to be out there.

The beforehand long-lost Japanese battleship was sunk throughout WWII with the lack of over 1,000 Japanese sailors. Its wreckage was found by Allen and his staff on March 2, 2015 in Sibuyan Sea at a depth of greater than 1 kilometer.

Commissioned in 1942, the Musashi was a part of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato-class. At 73,000 tons absolutely loaded, the Musashi and sister-ship Yamato are the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. The ships have been outfitted with 460mm (18 inch) weapons, the most important ever mounted on a warship.

According to Allen’s web site:

Viewers will expertise greater than an hour of unique footage of the battleship, together with particulars such because the bow and stern sections, and the bridge. The tour will likely be carried out utilizing the identical state-of-the-art Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) that was used to find the Musashi.

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