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    RV Petrel, or R/V Petrel (IMO: 9268629, MMSI: 235102789), is a 76.45 m (250.8 ft) research vessel sailing under the UK flag and owned by the United States...
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    discovered off the coast of the Solomon Islands by the expedition crew of RV Petrel, owned at the time by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The five brothers...
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    Since 2015, Allen funded the research ship RV Petrel, which he purchased in 2016. The project team aboard Petrel was responsible for locating the Japanese...
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    named USS Juneau. On 17 March 2018, Paul Allen's research crew on board RV Petrel located the wreck of Juneau at a depth of about 4,200 m (13,800 ft) off...
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    and Heritage Command. 20 April 2021. Petrel also found the Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai IJN Chokai. RV Petrel. 25 October 2019 – via Facebook. Dull...
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    Citation Philippine Liberation Medal The wreck of St. Lo was found by RV Petrel on 14 May 2019 and surveyed on 25 May 2019. The main wreck sits upright...
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    of Furutaka was discovered on 25 February 2019 by the research vessel, RV Petrel in 600 metres (2,000 ft) of water. The ship rests in two pieces with the...
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    1945. Shimakaze was discovered by a Paul Allen-led expedition aboard RV Petrel in Ormoc Bay on 1 December 2017, 715 ft (218 m) below the surface. She...
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    1,620 sailors. Fusō was removed from the navy list on 31 August 1945. RV Petrel discovered the wreck of Fusō on 25 November 2017. The ship lies upside...
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    On 25 November 2017, Paul Allen and his crew aboard the research ship RV Petrel, discovered the wreck of Yamashiro and confirmed her identity. The ship...
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