After two days of diving, the Indonesian Navy confirmed the discovery of a warship’s wreckage in the waters separating the Central Javan islands of Nusakambangan and Cilacap.
On Saturday (15/7) evening, about 21.00 WIB, reports of the discovery of a warship’s wreck began to circulate.
Mukmin (35) and Surono (45), two fishermen from the Cilacap Selatan District of Central Java’s Tambakreja Village, dove all around the pier at Segara Anakan. They discovered munitions while diving, which was reported to the Indonesian Navy Base at Cilacap.
Marine Colonel (P) Bambang Subeno, the commander of the Cilacap TNI Naval Base (Danlanal), quickly verified after receiving information from the two fishermen, and discovered hundreds of rounds of ammunition ranging in caliber from 7.62mm to 12.7mm.
Bambang claimed that the initial ammo discovered was in poor shape, the powder had been taken out, and the projectile and casing had been split apart.
The location of the region where the ammunition was discovered underwater was then mapped by his party on Sunday, 16/7, around 09.30 WIB. The munitions was thought to have come from a battleship that had sunk in the Cilacap Channel, according to his group.
Bambang then requested assistance from the Frog Squad Command Center’s (Puskopaska) Underwater Documentary Team (UDT), which has the capability of diving around shipwrecks and underwater documentation, in order to learn more details.
The Puskopaska team of the Indonesian Navy then conducted a dive on Thursday, 20/7, to further investigate the discovery of thousands of rounds of ammunition in the waters surrounding Nusakambangan Island. There were seven people participating, including five Kopaska employees, one technical diver, and each of two historical divers. Marine Lt. Col. (P) Yudo Ponco, the director of operations at the Frog Troop Command Center (Puskopaska), directed them.
Yudo claims that his UDT team is collaborating with historical and technical divers to detect ammo discoveries.
In fact, America, not Indonesia, produced the weapon. the development of the Browning weapon used in World War II. primarily as an air defense armament fastened to the plane’s wing.
Why do airplane firearms end up in the ocean?
Danlanal Cilacap, Marine Colonel (P) Bambang Subeno, has reason to believe that the plane was moved during World War II by a warship.
The USS Langley cruiser most likely transported the ordnance on board an American P40E aircraft. It must be a mother type if it can move an airplane.
“Yet, this cannot be verified,” Bambang stated.
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