Explorers find WWII Navy ship, deepest wreck discovered

AP via Yahoo ^ | 06/26/2022 | AP

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Samuel B. Roberts Recipient of the Navy Cross (1921-1942)

Robert W. Copeland United States admiral MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer escort that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers.

The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the “Sammy B," was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,620 feet).

That puts it 426 meters (1,400 feet) deeper than the USS Johnston, the previous deepest wreck discovered last year in the Philippine Sea also by American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of Dallas-based Caladan Oceanic Expeditions. He announced the latest find together with U.K.-based EYOS Expeditions.

“It was an extraordinary honor to locate this incredibly famous ship, and by doing so have the chance to retell her story of heroism and duty to those who may not know of the ship and her crew’s sacrifice," Vescovo, a former Navy commander, said in a statement.

The Sammy B. took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to dislodge the U.S. forces from Leyte, which they invaded earlier as part of the liberation of the Philippines.

[Skooz]

I had no idea. That’s terrible. His books are superb.

I highly recommend The Fleet at Flood Tide. Like all of his books, it’s highly readable and packed with information.

RIP. Far too young.

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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!

[KC Burke]

It was not as widely known that he was also an Agent for writers seeking publication and as a top light in the naval historian community had helped many others in that field.

Mantle and Maris all in one.

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Explorers find USS Samuel B. Roberts shipwreck

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• 'Deepest shipwreck': US WWII ship found off Philippines [06/25/2022]
• Explorers find the world's deepest shipwreck four miles under the Pacific - WW II USS Samuel B. Roberts - Battle of Leyte Gulf [06/25/2022]

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This topic was posted 7/27/2022, thanks DFG.

Caladan Oceanic returns to the ocean battlefield off of Samar, and resumes its search for American vessels lost during the battle. After an extensive search, the team finds the deepest wreck ever found on the seafloor, that of the Destroyer Escort Samuel B "Sammy B" Roberts. The vessel was lost after a ferocious fight with the cream of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the largest overall naval battle of World War II, the 1994 Battle of the Philippine Sea.

The Deepest Wreck Ever Located: The Destroyer Escort Samuel B Roberts
Caladan Oceanic | July 19, 2022