When U.S. forces sank the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Musashi off the Philippines in World War II, about 1,000 of its 2,399 crew members lost their lives. Now, the accounts of 183 of those ...

The tide was turning for the IJN, which simply lacked the ... the largest naval battle of World War II and perhaps naval history. Musashi was sunk after taking an estimated 19 torpedo and 17 ...