Josh Gates Explores a Massive Japanese Shipwreck from World War II | Expedition Unknown | Discovery

Jos, there’s something I want you to say.
Copy that, I’m right behind you.
Josh, uh, do you see that bottom cut you de view?
Yeah, I’m almost on top of it.
That’s not the sea floor; that’s the side of a ship.
Side of a ship? How is that possible?
It’s all I can see.

[Music]
It’s enormous!
Oh my word, Josh, you’re hovering above the H and Maru,
the largest wreck in TR Lagoon.
There it is on the side—look at that!

[Music]
Maru, this started out as a huge passenger liner,
but got converted to a submarine tender during the war.
Almost twice as long as the Statue of Liberty is tall,
this behemoth was sent to the bottom of Truk Lagoon
by two pairs of bombs from American aircraft.
That’s the propeller!
Yeah, it’s about as big as my house.
Oh, that is terrifying!
Yeah, the propeller gives you an idea of how big this ship actually is.

[Music]
What do you see inside of this?
All right, here we go.
Remember, she’s lying on our port side,
so it’s easy to get disoriented.
I’ll stay close.

We swim along a now sideways deck
that stretches the length of the ship.
It’s disorienting, as what feels like the floor below
is a wall dotted with windows leading to the ship’s interior.
Yeah, do you see those long tubes beneath you?
I do. What are those?
Those are spare submarine periscopes.
Unbelievable! That is crazy!

It is pitch black in here; it’s so eerie.
Everywhere you point your light,
you just see twisted metal going off into the darkness.
Yeah, be careful what you touch.
Mark, what are these cylinders?
Those are submarine torpedoes.
Uh, I wouldn’t touch those.
Mark, are those torpedoes…