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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:04 The outcome of World War II is at stake.
00:07 Over 400 American and Japanese warships
00:11 do battle at Leyte Gulf.
00:13 It was the largest naval action in history.
00:17 Japan is counting on a secret weapon
00:19 the Americans know almost nothing about,
00:23 except her name, Musashi.
00:26 You'll find in the summer of 1944 the naval intelligence
00:30 experts groping for an understanding
00:33 of these huge ships.
00:35 At 72,000 tons, she's the largest battleship ever built.
00:40 She's not just 10% bigger than some of these other vessels.
00:43 She's nearly double.
00:45 Bristling with anti-aircraft batteries
00:48 and massive 18-inch guns.
00:53 You can't believe all the firepower that comes up
00:56 at one time.
00:58 Her builders boast she's unsinkable.
01:02 Yet in her first major fight, this super battleship
01:06 is sent crashing to the ocean floor.
01:08 But mysteries have always surrounded Musashi.
01:18 Now Americans and Japanese researchers
01:21 are joining forces to unlock her most stubborn secrets.
01:25 This front part is where flooding is taking place.
01:32 Why did an unsinkable giant go down so fast?
01:40 Was it overwhelming American air power
01:43 or a fatal design flaw that sent nearly 1,000 Japanese sailors
01:48 to their death?
01:50 [SPEAKING JAPANESE]
01:52 Hundreds of people are crying for help in horrified voices
01:55 as they were all sucked into the waves.
01:58 To unravel the mysteries of Musashi,
02:04 the missing giant must first be found.
02:09 [WATER SPLASHING]
02:12 (car engine revving)