DIVER MAKE INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY FROM WWII IN TTHE DEPTHS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Most of Mueller’s discoveries were found about 150 feet under the sea, a rather dangerous depth for humans to descend to for too long.



Planes weren’t the only significant items found in the depths of this Pacific region. Also discovered closeby off the island of Vanuatu were SUVs, bulldozers, tractors, iron, and more.



In addition to her discoveries off the Marshall Islands, Mueller also happened upon remains of more WWII-era war items at Chuuk Lagoon—the Japanese navy’s primary strategic South Pacific outpost—situated in what is today the Federated States of Micronesia.



Over 28,000 sailors were stationed in the vicinity of Chuuk Lagoon, which was also considered “the Gibraltar of the Pacific Ocean.” Mueller as well as other deep-sea divers happened upon a dozen war ships, nearly three dozen merchant ships, and approximately 249 planes that belonged to the Japanese forces.


Ecologically speaking, the dumping of these wartime relics clearly doesn’t do the ocean any favors. In addition to the potentially lethal depths in which the WWII remnants are scattered, Japanese explosives are also somewhere buried in their midst.