Texas Based Salvage Company Finds Deepest Shipwreck Ever
A crew from the Texas-based salvage company Caladan Oceanic has found and documented the wreckage of the world s deepest known shipwreck, the USS Johnston.
The USS Johnston was commissioned on October 27 1943, with Lieutenant Commander Ernest E. Evans in command. The Johnston was a
Fletcher-class destroyer armed with torpedoes and guns no larger than 5-inch.
The USS Johnston was destroyed during WWII by the Japanese and sunk on October 25 1944 during the Battle off Samar in the Philippine Sea.
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Commander Evans and 185 of his crew members died while 141 survivors were rescued. Commander Evans would become the first Native American in the U.S. Navy s history, and only World War II destroyer commander, to receive the Medal of Honor.
Texas Based Salvage Company Finds Deepest Shipwreck Ever
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