Three World War II 'ghost ships' appear off the coast of Alaska

(NLDO) - Images of "ghost ships" appearing in seabed scan data include three Japanese cargo ships and the American ship SS Dellwood.

According to Live Science, maritime archaeologists have located three large "ghost ships" in the waters of the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska - USA.

They were identified as three American and Japanese military ships that were sunk in a battle that took place during World War II.

The "ghost ship" Kotohira Maru, one of the wrecks found off the coast of Alaska using sonar - Photo: ThayerMahan

Japanese ships were sunk by bombs from US aircraft after the Japanese military attacked the Aleutians in June 1942, about six months after the famous Pearl Harbor attack.

Meanwhile, the US ship, whose mission was to lay submarine cables to strengthen defense capabilities, was sunk about a month later.

The ships have now been taken over by marine life - Photo: WORLD SCAN PROJECT - JAPAN

A research team led by maritime archaeologist Dominic Bush of East Carolina University (ECU - USA) spent years searching for shipwrecks in this remote area of ​​Alaska.

They finally found the "ghost ships" during a two-week expedition in July.

Images of these shipwrecks were found and recreated through sonar data, a technique that uses the propagation of sound waves to search for hidden structures in or on the water's bottom.

Robotic seabed explorers were then deployed to access the wrecks, bringing back remarkable images, including a stunning array of creatures that had colonized the ghost ships decades after they disappeared.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/ba-tau-ma-the-chien-ii-hien-hinh-ngoai-khoi-alaska-196240820085141195.htm