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.
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The USS
Johnston went down defending a force of lightly armed escort carriers from a much larger Japanese force that included the battleship
Yamato. The action saved the lives of thousands and won
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Divers Find Deepest Known Shipwreck USS Johnston
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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 feet (6,456 meters) below the ocean s surface. These constituted the deepest wreck dives, manned or unmanned, in history. The image is impressive and we look forward to seeing the rest of the data collected during the expedition because the story of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston (DD 557) 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 Naval History and Heritage Command (NH
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