Guns of the Japanese battleship Hiei lie on the bottom of the Pacific. (© Navigea Ltd. / R/V Petrel via Vulcan) A wide-ranging shipwreck survey funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is ...

Hiei was reportedly last seen by U.S. Navy forces at 6 p.m., about five miles northwest of Savo, on fire and offloading crew to three Japanese destroyers nearby. The battleship sank at some point ...

Imperial Japanese Navy ship Hiei, which sank on Nov. 14 ... Hiei sank sometime in the evening with a loss of 188 of her crew.” The battleship was found lying upside down on the seabed northwest ...

A expedition launched by the late entrepreneur Paul Allen has discovered the wreck of the Japanese battleship Hiei, the first battleship sunk by U.S. forces during World War II. Hiei was ...

On the stormy night of November 13, 1942, the Japanese battleship Hiei led a convoy toward Guadalcanal, aiming to reclaim the island from Allied forces. Confident of victory, Vice Admiral Hiroaki ...

Ever since the first bombs fell along Battleship ... becoming clear to the Japanese that their deception efforts had borne fruit. The Nov. 19 COMINT summary noted that Hiei “appears today ...

The first Japanese battleship sunk by US forces during ... the location of fierce battles during the Pacific War. The battleship Hiei was discovered at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in ...

Imperial Japanese Navy ship Hiei, which sank on November 14, 1942, was spotted on the seabed by experts from the research vessel RV Petrel. “For the next 24 hours it was attacked by multiple ...

A wide-ranging shipwreck survey funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is continuing after his death, and the latest discovery focuses on the Japanese battleship Hiei, which sank in the South ...

The first Japanese battleship sunk by US forces during ... the location of fierce battles during the Pacific War. The battleship Hiei was discovered at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in ...