Wreck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho
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Japanese aircraft carrier IJN Taiho sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944. She was sunk by an American submarine, the U.S.S. Albacore. One of her pilots dove his plane against one of the torpedoes launched by the subamrine. That self sacrifice saved her from one torpedo, but didn't save her from another that struck her. She was sunk by the explosion of the fumes in her interior that was spread through her ventilation system.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJN_Taiho
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Coordinates: 12°5'2"N 138°11'58"E
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