US researchers found the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga near the Northwest Islands of Hawaii, 77 years after it was sunk by the United States during World War II.

Specialists on research vessel RV Petrel found the Kaga wreck at a depth of nearly 5,200 m in the Pacific on October 16, after deploying underwater robots to search for warships from the Battle of Midway. The image taken by the robot shows a starboard cannon and a cannon platform.

Kaga was one of the four Japanese aircraft carriers participating in the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942. All four Japanese carriers and heavy cruiser Mikuma were sunk by the United States in battle, marking an important victory for the US Navy.

Following Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japan hoped to inflict a major blow to the US Pacific Fleet at Midway. However, the declassified American expert had grasped the plan of Japan and the US to prepare for an ambush.

RV Petrel of Vulcan, a research organization founded by Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft. The experts on RV Petrel hope to find the entire wreck in the Battle of Midway, in an effort to reveal new details about the naval battle.