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  • Explorers find USS Samuel B. Roberts shipwreck

    06/26/2022 10:18:15 AM PDT · by Coronal · 31 replies
    ABC News ^ | June 26, 2022
    MANILA, Philippines -- A U.S. Navy destroyer 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 6,985 meters (22,916 feet). That puts it 426 meters (1,400 feet) deeper than the USS Johnson, the previous deepest wreck discovered last year in the Philippine Sea also by American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of Dallas-based Caladan Oceanic...
  • USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered (WW2)

    06/24/2022 5:49:41 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 28 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 6-24-22 | Jonathan Amos
    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.