Akagi, a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the raid on Pearl Harbor, was sunk at the Battle of Midway. Now, explorers have captured its image on film.

A high frequency sonar image of the flagship Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi is shown aboard the research vessel Petrel on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 off Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

The Japanese Imperial Navy's Akagi was surveyed along with two other aircraft carriers by a crew aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus, according to the nonprofit group Ocean Exploration Trust.

Video footage captures first detailed look at the U.S.S. Yorktown and two Japanese aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway. Video from a submersible captured scenes from the Akagi and ...

For the first time in eight decades, explorers have pictured a Japanese aircraft carrier sunk during World War II's Battle of Midway.. Japan's aircraft carrier Akagi was pictured for the first ...

This photo provided by the Ocean Exploration Trust shows a 127-mm twin anti-aircraft gun mounted below the flight deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi on Sept. 10, 2023.

Above the stern of the #WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, lost at the Battle of Midway on 5th June 1942, now resting 17,550ft below the surface of the Pacific.

The Akagi wasn't any old aircraft carrier — she was the flagship of the First Air Fleet. She also served as the flagship during the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941.

The 855-foot aircraft carrier Akagi was struck by aerial bombs during the Battle of Midway, a major naval fight between the US and Japan in June 1942. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

To set the scene here, I’ll be taking off from the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi and flying over Midway Island, recreating the first wave attack in the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942.

Besides sinking the Akagi, the Kaga and two other Japanese aircraft carriers, U.S. forces shot down more than 250 Japanese airplanes. More than 3,000 Japanese servicemen died.