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Editor’s Note: During the first full week of April, WYDaily will revisit some of our favorite pieces over the past year. This story was originally published on March 15, 2021. To see the original publication, click here. HAMPTON ROADS – Throughout March, WYDaily is celebrating Women’s History Month by honoring influential women from our region. Here is a list of five women whose lives touched the history of the Tidewater. 1. Clementina Rind: (Williamsburg) Following the death of her husba...

Harris desk was crafted from materials from the historic USS Constitution warship. (Twitter/@VP) That desk includes not only materials from the Constitution, but also several other famous American warships, including the USS Chesapeake frigate — also commissioned in 1794 — and the battleship USS Arizona, sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. A drawer on the Navy secretary’s desk features pen trays built with a piece of the Arizona. The project was approved under President D...

Navy destroyer USS Johnston, sunk during World War II in 1944, found after deepest wreck dive in history Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT A U.S. Navy destroyer sunk more than 76 years ago has been found in "the deepest wreck dive in history." The USS Johnston, led by Captain Ernest Evans, sunk in October 1944 after charging "outgunned and outmanned" to protect an American landing force in the Philippines from a massive line of Japanese warships during the Battle...

Explorers Just Found the Remains of a WWII Hero Destroyer Kyle Mizokami © Caladan Oceanic/YouTube Underwater explorers have confirmed the identity of the sunken World War II destroyer USS Johnston. Johnston and her sister ships saved the lives of thousands of sailors taking on a much larger Japanese force during the World War II Battle of Samar. The explorers positively identified the sunken warship in nearly 4 miles of water, where it’s protected by U.S. law from looting. ...

Johnston and her sister ships saved the lives of thousands of sailors taking on a much larger Japanese force during the World War II Battle of Samar. The explorers positively identified the sunken warship in nearly 4 miles of water, where it’s protected by U.S. law from looting. Explorers have finally identified the remains of a U.S. Navy destroyer that sunk during one of the most heroic actions of World War II. ➡ The USS Johnston went down defending a force of lightly armed escort carr...

Divers Find Deepest Known Shipwreck USS Johnston Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: Caladan Oceanic) A privately funded mission has found, surveyed and filmed the USS Johnston, the world’s deepest known shipwreck, offshore Samar Island in the Philippines Sea. The expedition was backed by Victor Vescovo, is an entrepreneur, explorer and retired U.S. Navy Commander who personally piloted his submersible DSV Limiting Factor down to the wreck during two separate, eight-hour dives 21,180 fee...

By Inside Edition Staff Updated: 8:09 AM PDT, April 06, 2021 Caladan Oceanic, a US-based private company that focuses on ocean expeditions, gets credit for reaching the shipwreck on March 31. Its research vessel, the DSV Limiting Factor, was able to survey the wreck. A U.S.-based crew has mapped and surveyed whats been called the deepest shipwreck ever discovered for the first time. The Caladan Oceanic filmed the entire wreck site of the World War II U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Johnston, wh...

White House/Lawrence Jackson Navy Seabees built a desk for Vice President Kamala Harris with wood, copper and nails from the USS Constitution. The USS Constitution is one of the countrys first frigates and the oldest commissioned warship still afloat. The vice president and Navy secretary now have new desks built out of materials from some of the most storied ships in US history. Navy Seabees built a desk for Vice President Kamala Harris made from wood, copper and ...

Navy Seabees built Kamala Harris and the secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker new desks  Material came from historic warships including the USS Constitution and the USS Arizona  Harris desk is made from wood, copper and nails from the USS Constitution, that was commissioned in 1794 Harkers desk is built from materials from six different ships including the Chesapeake, Texas and New Jersey Inside the pen tray of each desk is a piece of the USS Arizona, which was sunk by the Japanese at Pearl...

The deepest shipwreck ever found has been confirmed as a US warship sunk in a pivotal World War II battle insider@insider.com (Benjamin Brimelow) © US Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph US Navy destroyer USS Johnston off of Seattle, Washington, October 27, 1943. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph Researchers have confirmed the discovery of USS Johnston, found 21,180 feet beneath the Philippine Sea. Johnston was sunk during the most pivotal moment in t...