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USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered (WW2)
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| 6-24-22
| Jonathan Amos
Posted on 06/24/2022 5:49:41 PM PDT by dynachrome
Explorers have found the deepest shipwreck ever identified, a US navy destroyer escort sunk during WWII.
The USS Samuel B Roberts went down during the Battle Off Samar in the Philippine Sea in October 1944. It lies in 6,895m (22,621ft) of water.
Texan financier and adventurer Victor Vescovo, who owns a deep-diving submersible, discovered the "Sammy B" battered but largely intact.
The vessel is famed for a heroic final stand against the Japanese.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 19431206; 19440120; 19440428; 19441025; godsgravesglyphs; japan; philippinesea; samar; shipwreck; ussroberts; usssamuelbroberts; victorvescovo; ww2
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Pretty cool find.
To: dynachrome
I wish I could be a treasure hunter...
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posted on
06/24/2022 5:51:33 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: dynachrome
They aren’t considering raising it, are they?
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:01:26 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:03:24 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: dynachrome
I’m all for leaving such things alone. They really are grave sites. Do not poke around them. I’d suggest that Mr. Vescovo instead use any excess money he has to build a new wing at a VA hospital.
I dunno. Maybe I’m just getting cranky in my old age. I’d like to say more, but I’ve got to chase some kids off my front lawn.
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:06:08 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: one guy in new jersey
It’s a war grave and aside from the ship’s bell and loose items nearby the wreck itself should be left untouched.
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:08:09 PM PDT
by
MercyFlush
(☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
To: KingLudd
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:09:31 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: dynachrome
read “LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS” by James Hornfisher for a detailed account of the battle
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:14:01 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: KingLudd
Glad you posted that link, more people need to know of the heroism of the sailors of Taffy 3.
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:19:36 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: dynachrome
There is a good book about this battle: “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors.”
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:23:12 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: dynachrome
Now find, Triton SS-201 submarine, my cousin is on it
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:26:51 PM PDT
by
stickandrudder
(Another Bitter-Clinger! God-Family-Tribe - LGBFJB brotherhood)
To: EEGator
Victor Vescovos is pretty remarkable. History Channel Josh Gates also has a fun Job. The Lagina Brothers on Oak Island.
Robert Ballard and many other contemporary explorers.
I also wanted exploration, that’s why I went to sea and did other adventurous things. Still looks a little empty compared to these guys:)
To: njslim
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:37:08 PM PDT
by
Captain Walker
("Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:40:11 PM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: Cold Heart
I’ll look into them.
Thank you for the information.
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:42:15 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: dynachrome
Here's a good video synopsis made by Filipina Pea, delivered from the MacArthur Memorial, near Tacloban, Leyte.
THE BATTLE OF LEYTE / MacArthur's Philippine's Invasion (Memorial Day 2021)
44,705 views May 31, 2021
The Battle Of Leyte and The Battle of Leyte Gulf during the liberation of Leyte included the Battle Off Samar and the Taffy 3 action during the Philippines invasion by General Douglas MacArthur. The heroics of the 96th Infantry Deadeyes, and the 1st Cavalry Unit in Tacloban highlight this episode, as well as the bravery of Captain Ernest E. Evans of The USS Johnston and the action of the Samuel B. Roberts. A visit to Red Beach, White Beach, and Blue Beach round out the list of sites visited, as well as the MacArthur Landing Memorial Park. The war in the pacific will live on in the memories of the Filipino population!
Happy Memorial Day, folks!!!
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:45:50 PM PDT
by
meadsjn
(, )
To: dynachrome
Iron bottom sound is littered with ships and skeletal remains of heroic American sailors and airmen...
The USS Samuel B Roberts’s heroic battle against superior numbers and firepower was a delaying action continued even after all its artillery ammo was expended...
Their headlong charge into the middle of a huge & powerful jap fleet, giving those slant-eyed bastards the idea that they were facing a far larger American fleet and convincing them to withdraw, contributed mightily to saving the invasion of Guadalcanal by the First Marine Division...
To: SuperLuminal
Whoops...
Wrong destroyer...
Wrong battle...
To: KingLudd
Thank you very much for posting that link!
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posted on
06/24/2022 6:54:38 PM PDT
by
datura
(Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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