The Sunken Graveyard Of Lost Atomic Bombs | Dive Detectives

The Northern Mariana Islands form a remote archipelago 2,500 kilometers southeast of Tokyo, perched on the precipice of the deepest point in the world, the Mariana Trench.

Tinian, one tiny island in this spectacularly beautiful region, played a critical role during World War II. The site of a program known as Project Alberta, Tinian was the top-secret assembly and launch point for the atomic bombs readied for use against the Japanese, two of which, Little Boy and Fat Man, made history when deployed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

The trail leads to a massive off-shore dumpsite, a veritable World War II museum beneath the crystal blue waters. The seafloor is scattered with unexploded ordnance and bomb parts that contain phosphorous, forcing the Dive Detectives to take special precautions. Unsuspecting local divers have pulled the coral-like material to the surface, where it can ignite in the air, burning at up to 800 degrees Celsius and causing serious injuries.

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[billyhead]

There is a better chance of the guys on oak Island finding a boat load of gold

[brianwynne]

Please me being a 21 yr vet in the army. Any and all atomic weapons were taken to San Diego followed to Area 51 for storage. Then moved to Texas for permeant storage for security reasons.

[desubtilizer]

The only weapon of mass destruction they found down there was that Crown of thorns Starfish at 7:21 those things are horrible!

[memeone]

TLDR they found a few military amphenol connectors which are used in 1001 applications and claim to found a bit of one of the bombs. Absolute junk history.

[clashfacebook]

Fast forward and these idiots! Found nothing

[paulk]

@42:30 that is a socket for what is called a Cannon Plug. Nothing military specific, it's just a very common multi-pin electrical connector with a metal housing that screws together. They are everywhere, used for everything, even today. I bet if they turned around and looked at the camera gear filming themselves, they would have found 1 or 2 in use. Totally mundane dime-a-dozen connector and not evidence of an A-bomb housing.

[motonut]

Title of this video is absolutely misleading. It should
Waste 45 minutes to see a rusty wire connector.

[ristube]

13:23 Quonset Huts. It’s a tribe from Rhode Island…my home state.

[qaiserhaider]

At the end, we just found a connector.

[captwrecked]

Considering they had to melt down the demon core to potentially build a 3rd bomb and fissile
material was beyond rare at the time of the end of WW2, what are you looking for? an empty bomb casing? There would be no nuclear material just dumped at that time. They wanted it all for more bombs.

[massmike]

Give me a break, all B-29’s had constant speed propellers, that proves nothing.

[rloperfido]

Officers at C.I.A. yo you watch something funny 🤣

[xxJOEx]

Since the program is about bombs, how about do an show about the bombee in Lao which American has left it after the war

[ristube]

14:20 I didn’t know MacGuyver was in this?!

[stephenanderle]

The bomb casings are on display in a museum in New Mexico!

[killeresk]

One of my favorite shows and a great episode.

[auriptide]

My great grand pappy made these bombs and he told me they were all destroyed many years ago, so I knew this one was BS.

[suspicionofdeceit]

Nothing unusual about variable pitch propellers, even back then.

[pleiadecca]

A little surprised that any diver would not know a Crown of Thorns starfish on sight. They are out of control and threaten the Great Barrier Reef. Nasty critters.

[jim]

I might be dating myself but this reminds me of “Al Capone’s Vault”