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Three other ships that sank in the Battle of Leyte Gulf are yet to be found. The USS Johnston was located in water 62 per cent deeper than where the famous RMS Titanic was found in the North Atlantic. The Johnston was also a much smaller ship, making it extremely difficult to locate and was just five per cent of the overall size of the Titanic. Continue reading

The world's deepest known shipwreck, a World War II U.S. Navy destroyer, has been fully mapped and filmed by a U.S.-based crew.

By Staff More than two centuries after President George Washington signed the act that authorized the construction of the frigate USS Constitution, a sailor from Maine is part of a team that has linked the earliest steps of a new nation to a very different present-day United States government. Builder 2nd Class Donald Morse IV, of Lyman, a member of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command in Washington, D.C., was part of a team of four who repurposed wood from the ship, as w...

Jordan Green For The Oklahoman U.S. Navy Commander Ernest Evans suffered shrapnel wounds and some of his fingers were blown off when his ship was hit by enemy shellfire. But he and his crew onboard the USS Johnston kept fighting. The day was Oct. 25, 1944. Evans and his men among a handful of U.S. ships, outnumbered by Japanese naval forces, were protecting American troops invading the Philippine Islands during the Battle off Samar, one of the most significant naval conflicts in World War II. E...

Image: Caladan Oceanic The main section of the USS Johnston—sunk 77 years ago during the Battle of Leyte Gulf—has been discovered off the Philippine coast. Resting over 4 miles beneath the surface, it’s now the deepest shipwreck to ever be investigated. Advertisement Johnston (DD-557)—a 376-foot-long (115-meter) Fletcher-class destroyer—was discovered in the Philippine Trench near Samar Island at a depth of 21,180 feet (6,456 meters). The ship sank on October 25, 1944, during the Ba...

Caladan Oceanic, an undersea technology company, sponsored the search, which was led by retired Navy officer Victor Vescovo, now an entrepreneur and explorer. “The image is impressive and we look forward to seeing the rest of the data collected during the expedition because the story of the [USS Johnston] and her crew is a perfect example for modern sailors of the honor, courage, commitment and valor of their predecessors from the ‘Greatest Generation,’” said retired Rear Admiral Sam Co...

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 1, 2021 Searchers have located and filmed a World War II destroyer lying four miles deep in waters off the Philippines, the deepest known shipwreck in the world. An expedition by undersea technology company Caladan Oceanic found the wreck of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston this week below 21,180 feet of water east of Samar Island in the Philippine Sea, the firm said in a news release Wednesday. A previous expedition had located de...

                                               A mission sponsored by undersea technology company Caladan Oceanic and led by entrepreneur, explorer and retired naval officer Victor Vescovo has announced they have found a section of wreckage belonging to the World War II Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston (DD 557) which was lost at the Battle off Samar, part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, on Oct. 25, 1944. Imagery from the site clearly shows the ship’s hull number 557 ...

Here is a list of five women whose lives touched the history of the Tidewater. 1. Clementina Rind: (Williamsburg) Following the death of her husband in 1773, Rind is considered the first female American newspaper printer and publisher. Statue of Grace Sherwood, The Witch of Pungo (WYDaily/ Nancy Sheppard) 2. Grace Sherwood, The Witch of Pungo: (Virginia Beach) Famous for her 1706 witchcraft trial in Princess Anne County, subsequent witch ducking, and final trial in Williamsburg, Sherwood was a ...

USNI News Panel: ‘Navy Has Done Itself a Major Favor’ in Releasing Thresher Investigation USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1961. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo The rolling release of a previously secret report and investigation of the 1963 loss of USS Thresher (SSN-593), the Navy’s worst submarine disaster, is providing new lessons for today’s sailors and shipbuilders, said the former submarine commander who brought suit to declassify the documents. Now that the documents are decl...