Each expedition, RV Petrel invites local historians, scientists, and observers to complement the project crew.
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11 Facts About RV Petrel
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RV Petrel's has four DGPS, one HiPAP 502, one HiPAP 102, two SeaPath 200, two Standard Gyro, and one fanbeam.
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RV Petrel found the Italian Regia Marina World War II destroyer Artigliere in March 2017.
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In November 2017, after getting the nod from the Philippines' National Museum, RV Petrel surveyed Surigao Strait and discovered the wrecks of the Japanese battleships Yamashiro, Fuso, and the destroyers Michishio, Yamagumo, and Asagumo.
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In early January 2018, RV Petrel returned to Ormoc Bay and dived one of the Yugumo-class destroyers found in 2017.
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RV Petrel's rests in pieces, the largest of which is the heavily damaged forward section of the ship laying on its port side.
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RV Petrel's is mostly intact, with the exception of her forward bow, which broke off and is lying upside down just astern of the rest of the ship.
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RV Petrel's sits upright relatively intact, with notable battle damage.
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RV Petrel's is the first Japanese aircraft carrier to have been found.
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In June 2020, RV Petrel had a Kongsberg EM124 1°x2° full ocean MBES installed.
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11.
On 11 June 2020, RV Petrel announced on its Facebook page that it was going to be moored indefinitely.
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