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taking more than 1023 of her 2399 crew with her; 1376 of the crew were rescued by the destroyers Kiyoshimo and Shimakaze.

If 1376 were rescued, how could "more than 1023" of a total 2399 have been lost? --Calair 04:15, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

1023 of her 2399 official crewmembers are listed as having gone down with her. She was, however, still carrying 134 survivors from Maya, which had sunk earlier. Of that total of 2533, 1376 were rescued - leaving 1157 casualities, including 1023 members of Musashi's own crew and the 134 from Maya. (It seems that the Maya survivors left at that point were the badly wounded ones, those that could be transported had been transferred to Shimakaze earlier. This might explain why none of them survived.)

[edit] Dive to the wreck or video of it?

I know the sea is very deep where the Musashi sank (4000 deep, but unsure if that's meters or feet). However, did anyone find or explore the wreck? That would be nice info for the article. 195.70.32.136 08:46, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

To my knowledge, the wreck has never been found. It sank in water about 4,300 feet deep (1.3 km). Megapixie 09:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

It would be an simple project for David Mearns, after his success with the Bismarck/Hood and Sydney/Kormoran searches, but somehow I don't think the Japanese or Filipino governments would be willing to finance even a small search. Grant | Talk 03:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name origin

Was this ship named after Miyamoto Musashi? Siyavash 01:03, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

No. The ships of the Yamato class carried the names of various ancient Japanese provinces. TomTheHand 01:19, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

There was actually a third Yamato class battleship called Shinano that was converted into an aircraft carrier [which is odd because she never actually fought], and was sunk by a US sub in 1945. Cam 16:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

That's right. You'll find a link to Shinano in the box at the bottom of the Musashi article. TomTheHand 16:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

My father wrote a book "The Battle of Sibuyan Sea..." . He is a historian. The book has mentioned my father's estimated coordinate of where the Musashi sank. He has mentioned also the estimated location of the sunk Musashi in reference to an island in the Philippines. I can accompany any Japanese Organization interested to make a preliminary survey/video of the location. The organization should have a complete underwater video and gps facilities and also budget. From the island (birthplace of my parents), we can hire a pump-boat to locate the target area and make engineering observations. If anyone is interested please email me privately at: esfamatigan@yahoo.com . Please make a short introduction of yourself/ your organization. And please make a short discussion on why we need to cooperate on this project. Thanks. Ernesto S. Famatigan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.5.92.212 (talk) 23:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)