Reconstructing a Second World War Sea Battle: The Underwater Site of USS Emmons and a Japanese Special Attack Airplane

USS Emmons is an American Second World War battleship of that sunk off Kouri Island in Okinawa, Japan, as a result of participating in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. It was attacked by Kamikaze Special Attack Units and became inoperable. A high-quality 3D Structure-from-Motion (SfM) model was create...

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Authors: Katagiri, Chiaki (Author) ; Nakanishi, Yumiko (Author) ; Yoshizaki, Shin (Author) ; Kimura, Hayate (Author) ; Kan, Hironobu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
In: The international journal of nautical archaeology
Year: 2022, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-93
Further subjects:B Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry
B Cultural Heritage
B Special Attack Units
B kamikaze
B USS Emmons
B Second World War
B material evidence
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Summary:USS Emmons is an American Second World War battleship of that sunk off Kouri Island in Okinawa, Japan, as a result of participating in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. It was attacked by Kamikaze Special Attack Units and became inoperable. A high-quality 3D Structure-from-Motion (SfM) model was created that served to plan diver-based investigations and record the current state of the site. Together with the war-related documents from US and Japan, this research has revealed scientific evidence that has been used to reconstruct the battle of Emmons and the kamikaze planes.
ISSN:1095-9270
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2021.2018870