This is the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, broadcasting live some five miles off Pearl Harbor’s entrance.
We are diving on a World War II Japanese kō-hyōteki, or Type A midget or mini, submarine,
sunk by the United States Destroyer, Ward, on the morning of December 7,1941, 75 years ago.
The shots fired to sink this sub were the first fired by the United States in the Pacific War.
This submarine was commanded by Akira Hiroo, with his petty officer, Yoshio Katayama.
Today, we are friends and allies, and together, we join in understanding our history and our heritage.