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Texas Based Salvage Company Finds Deepest Shipwreck Ever

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. Get our free mobile app 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.

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