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Salvage IJN Haruna: Cutting a Japanese Battleship Apart in Kure Harbor

#IJNHaruna #KureHarbor #WWII #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #Shipwreck On July 28, 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Haruna was hammered while moored near Etajima as U.S. Task Force 38 struck the Kure area—flooding spread faster than damage control could contain, and the ship settled into shallow mud instead of vanishing into deep water. That geography created a rare kind of wreck: half-present—stern down, bow lifted high—visible from shore for years, turning a battleship’s death into a long, public afterimage. When the war ended, Haruna stopped being a weapon and became thirty thousand tons of high-grade steel in a nation starving for raw materials. With limited equipment in a devastated harbor, the solution wasn’t a clean refloat—it was in-situ dismantling: move the scrapyard to the ship, and cut her down layer by layer until nothing remained above the waterline. Salvage teams worked from the exposed superstructure using oxygen–acetylene torches, lowering sections onto barges and using the wreck as its own platform and breakwater. But the deeper they went, the more the job turned into a confined industrial trap: heavy oil residue, flooded magazines with propellant charges, and the constant risk of unexploded ordnance hidden in twisted compartments. By 1948, the skyline-dominating silhouette was gone; the salvage pushed down into the mud, fighting seabed suction and dredging the area to clear debris and hazards—until the water off Etajima was empty again in the late 1940s. If you’re into naval history, shipwreck physics, and salvage engineering, this is the full story of how a battleship was erased—cut apart in daylight and recycled into the postwar future. Disclaimer: This video is presented for educational and documentary purposes. It discusses real wartime events and may include descriptions of combat damage, loss of life, wreck hazards, and salvage work. Details are narrated in good faith from available historical accounts and may be simplified for clarity. This channel is not affiliated with any government, military, or museum. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Any copyrighted material, if present, is used under fair use/fair dealing for commentary, criticism, and education.