Good book. If you have a chance read his Neptune’s Inferno as well.
A very good author who tells the story of the WW2 Pacific theatre so well!!
That is a fine piece of naval history.
Jack (James E.) Myers was a survivor of the Samuel B. Roberts, and a member of my church. Jack made a mean meatloaf at the potlucks, and lived life with a sunny disposition. He only had good things to say about his navy days, and didn’t dwell on the battle too much. He gave us a rendition of being in the water and struggling to survive one Veteran’s Day.
Jack passed away a few years ago. He would have enjoyed knowing his ship was found.
That is a tremendous book. I like the way that Hornfischer builds on Ernest Evans’ American Indian ancestry and his utter fearlessness in taking on a vastly superior Japanese main force.
Gid bless and keep the crew if the Sammy B.
22k feet deep?
That’s a significant fraction of the depth of the deepest spot in the oceans of the world:
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The deepest part of the ocean is called the Challenger Deep and is located beneath the western Pacific Ocean in the southern end of the Mariana Trench, which runs several hundred kilometers southwest of the U.S. territorial island of Guam. Challenger Deep is approximately 10,935 meters (35,876 feet) deep. It is named after the HMS Challenger, whose crew first sounded the depths of the trench in 1875.
That is 4.3 miles down.
To put it in scale, put a mark 1 inch long on the floor and look down from about 6’ 2 inches.
That is deep.
The commanders and sailors of the Taffy destroyer group deserve the highest respect.
I was about to recommend that excellent book.
Enjoy.
bttt
I didn’t go to Yowho. I scanned the story posted here.
WAS THE DEAD AND LIVING LISTED ANYWHERE? Just curious.
No that it matters but reading this reminded me of my dad
being a SeaBee or CB.
I was born in late 1940 and remember him holding me while
waiting to get on a train.
He stayed in infrastructure jobs later.
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'Deepest shipwreck': US WWII ship found off Philippines
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USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered (WW2)
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I read that too. Lt. Commander Ernest Evans. What a sailor.
He gave the Japs hell that day.
that some heavy water! at 6ft, there is 17psi around you... at 23,000 ft there around 10,000 psi around you!! if there was any water tight integrity on that ship when it went down, that spaced probably crushed like a tin can by the time it landed!