The Japanese battleship Musashi was sunk after sustaining approximately 19 torpedo hits and 17 bomb hits from U.S. Navy carrier aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. These repeated attacks, primarily from carrier-based planes, eventually caused the ship to capsize and sink about four hours after the last hit. Torpedo hits: Approximately 19 Bomb hits: Approximately 17 Sinking timeline: The ship sank approximately four hours after receiving its final hits. #reel #reels #reelsinstagram #reelitf

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Rob Kraft and his team are hunting for Musashi, the biggest battleship ever built and considered unsinkable by the Japanese. How did the U.S. Navy sink this "indestructible" ship? And why did it end up in 10,000 pieces on the sea floor? Watch Lost Ships of WW2 on Sundays at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK