Ocean explorers found a World War II-era U.S. Navy ship more than 22,000 feet underwater off the coast of the Philippines’s Samar Island, in what they say is the deepest shipwreck ever surveyed and identified
Ocean explorers discovered the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a U.S. Navy destroyer escort, in what they say is the deepest shipwreck ever surveyed. The vessel took part in a battle against the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1944. Photo: Caladan OceanicOcean explorers found a World War II-era U.S.
Navy ship more than 22,000 feet underwater, in what they say is the deepest shipwreck ever surveyed and identified.found the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts, known as the “Sammy B,” off the coast of the Philippines’s Samar Island on June 22. The ship was broken into two pieces roughly 33 feet apart, according to Caladan Oceanic, which was founded by Mr. Vescovo, and EYOS Expeditions, an expeditions company.
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