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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nWednesday marks the 75th Anniversary of the Japanese attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. To mark the anniversary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries will conduct a dive to explore two Japanese mini-subs that were sunk in the early hours of the attack;<\/p>\n
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. naval vessels and aircraft on patrol outside Pearl Harbor spotted a partially submerged submarine trying to enter the harbor, but alerts were not immediately sent. Ninety minutes before Pearl Harbor was bombed by air, the destroyer USS Ward fired on the mini submarine, sinking it as it attempted to enter the harbor. The event marks the first U.S. shots fired and the country\u2019s entry into World War II in the Pacific.<\/p>\n
The second submarine to be explored during the dive disappeared that morning before the attack. It was discovered in shallow waters in 1951, raised by the U.S. Navy, and taken out to sea to be dumped in deeper water. In 1992, the University of Hawaii\u2019s Undersea Research Laboratory rediscovered it. It has been periodically visited by the university\u2019s submersibles, the last time in 2013.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The dive will be streamed to the public at this link<\/a> December 7, 6:30 a.m. HST (8:30 a.m. PST, 11:30 a.m. EST). There are more related photos at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"