The deepest shipwreck in the world was discovered 80 years after the sinking

The deepest destruction in the world was discovered four miles deep in the ocean, nearly 80 years after it sank.

Explorers found the destroyer USS Escort Samuel B. Roberts, known as Sammy B, in the Philippine Sea, defeated by the Japanese in a bloody naval battle in the eastern Philippines on October 25, 1944.

Adventurer Victor Veskovo, who has completed his expeditions to the deepest points of the world, found destruction on June 22nd.

He found the ship split in two at a depth of 22,621 feet and more than 3,000 feet above the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, and the explorer dived with pilot and sonar expert Jeremy Morrissey to try to track the wreckage from end to end. end.

The team found two halves of the ship approximately 33 feet away, and previous data showing the possible location of the ship was inaccurate, forcing the crew to return to the drawing board.

Veskovo said of the discovery: “It is an extraordinary honor to find this incredibly famous ship, and in doing so, there was an opportunity to retell the story of heroism and duty to those who did not know the ship and the sacrifice of its crew. “

“The bow appears to have fallen to the sea floor with little force, causing a slight bending, and the tail was also dislocated by about 5 meters after impact, but all the debris was completely submerged.”

The incredible warship is believed to have been captured by a Japanese ship during the Battle of Samar in 1944 and sank Sammy B. Along with other American ships, including the USS Johnston, it has been lost in the ocean for decades.

Sammy B joined the Navy in 1939 and fought in World War II. He was the first ship to carry the Cookswin named after Samuel Booker Roberts Jr., who fought in World War II.

Roberts volunteered to help lower several hundred sailors a few miles north of Longa Point, where the United States hoped to capture a Japanese fort.

Source: Daily Mail