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East Carolina University leads groundbreaking underwater WWII archaeology off Attu Island
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ThayerMahan's SeaScout Synthetic Aperture Sonar System
East Carolina University announced they have successfully led the first underwater archaeology investigation of a long-lost World War II battle in the waters off Attu Island (Atux^) in the Aleutian Islands.
Researchers from the U.S. and Japan explored the seafloor using synthetic aperture sonar, an emergent form of acoustic imaging technology, provided by ThayerMahan Inc.Three WWII-era shipwrecks were located and identified, marking the first time these vessels have been seen in more than eight decades. Included are the only two Japanese military ships believed to be situated within U.S. state waters.
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