Second world war ship found broken in two at depth of 22,916 feet in Philippines at ‘hallowed war grave’
A US navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of the second world war in theThe USS Samuel B Roberts, popularly known as the “Sammy B”, was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 22,916 feet , or about four miles.
The Sammy B took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Japanese imperial navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to dislodge the US forces from Leyte, which they invaded earlier as part of the liberation of the Philippines.According to some records, the destroyer disabled a Japanese heavy cruiser with a torpedo and significantly damaged another.
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