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    RV Petrel, or R/V Petrel (IMO: 9268629, MMSI: 235102789), is a 76.45 m (250.8 ft) research vessel sailing under the UK flag and owned by the United States...
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    discovered off the coast of the Solomon Islands by the expedition crew of RV Petrel, owned at the time by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The five brothers...
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    Since 2015, Allen funded the research ship RV Petrel, which he purchased in 2016. The project team aboard Petrel was responsible for locating the Japanese...
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    named USS Juneau. On 17 March 2018, Paul Allen's research crew on board RV Petrel located the wreck of Juneau at a depth of about 4,200 m (13,800 ft) off...
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    prevent her capture. The ship's wreck was located on 4 March 2018 by RV Petrel, which was part of an expedition funded by Paul Allen. Lexington was the...
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    and Heritage Command. 20 April 2021. Petrel also found the Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai IJN Chokai. RV Petrel. 25 October 2019 – via Facebook. Dull...
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    of Furutaka was discovered on 25 February 2019 by the research vessel, RV Petrel in 600 metres (2,000 ft) of water. The ship rests in two pieces with the...
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    Citation Philippine Liberation Medal The wreck of St. Lo was found by RV Petrel on 14 May 2019 and surveyed on 25 May 2019. The main wreck sits upright...
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    come from the upper hangar deck of Kaga. The crew of the research vessel RV Petrel, in conjunction with the U.S. Navy, announced on 18 October 2019 that...
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    1945. Shimakaze was discovered by a Paul Allen-led expedition aboard RV Petrel in Ormoc Bay on 1 December 2017, 715 ft (218 m) below the surface. She...
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    hull was located on the ocean floor northwest of Midway Island. In 2019, RV Petrel discovered her wreck on the ocean floor. Kaga was laid down as a Tosa-class...
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    On 25 November 2017, Paul Allen and his crew aboard the research ship RV Petrel, discovered the wreck of Yamashiro and confirmed her identity. The ship...
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    1,620 sailors. Fusō was removed from the navy list on 31 August 1945. RV Petrel discovered the wreck of Fusō on 25 November 2017. The ship lies upside...
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  • USS Cobra (SP-626) RV Petrel, a research vessel Petrel (ship, 1928), a whaler, built in Oslo, left to rust after being beached in Grytviken, South Georgia Petrel Base...
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    Lines 2002 – MS Oosterdam (82,000 GT) for Holland America Line 2003 – RV Petrel (3,371 GT) for Uksnoy & Co A/S 2003 – Carnival Glory (110,000 GT) for...
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  • early December 2017 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's research vessel RV Petrel 869 ft (265 m) below the surface of Ormoc Bay. She was found to be heavily...
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    February 2019, Paul Allen's exploration ship RV Petrel announced the discovery of Hiei. According to Petrel, the main body of Hiei now lies upside down...
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    that forced the ship to be scuttled; however, the 2019 discovery by the RV Petrel of the wreck of the Chōkai with her torpedoes intact disproved this theory...
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    ship, RV Petrel 827 ft (252 m) below the surface of Ormoc Bay. Sturton, p. 195 Whitley, p. 203 Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150 Campbell, p. 192 "Rv Petrel"...
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    or images obtained. A further expedition to the wreck by Paul Allen's RV Petrel in January 2019 provided detailed information on both the damage received...
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    of the victims. The wreck of Doña Paz was located in April 2019 by the RV Petrel, with video footage later released on December 19. It lies upright at...
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    years before. In early December 2017, Ward's wreckage was located by RV Petrel in 686 ft (209 m) of water. In the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, Ward was portrayed...
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    that the vessel's licence had expired. The wreck of Vector was found by RV Petrel on December 19, 2019. She lies upright at a depth of 500 meters. Doña...
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    awarded the Medal of Honor. On 30 October 2019, the research vessel (RV) Petrel, belonging to Vulcan Inc., discovered the remains of what was believed...
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    2016 – via National Archives. Magazine, ARGunners (October 21, 2019). "RV Petrel discovers the IJN Flagship AKAGI and Aircraft Carrier KAGA | Argunners...
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    tribute. In December 2017, a Paul Allen expedition aboard the research ship RV Petrel pinpointed the wreck of Cooper, and conclusively confirmed her identity...
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    On December 2, 2017, the ROV camera of Paul Allen's research vessel RV Petrel captured video footage an adult bluntnose sixgill shark lurking around...
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    the Navy List on 20 December 1944. The wreck of Mogami was located by RV Petrel on 8 May 2019 at a depth of 1,450 m (4,760 ft). Watts, Japanese Warships...
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    15 November 1942. The wreck of Fubuki was located in January 2015 by RV Petrel during its survey of Ironbottom Sound. She sits upright in 1,301 meters...
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    vessel RV Corystes was taken out of service at short notice, requiring a change of propeller. The RV Clione was renamed as the MV Putford Petrel on 3 May...
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