High-resolution sonar image of the USS Stewart shipwreck.
CBS News reported on October 3rd, citing information from a team of investigators, that they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a destroyer that fought under both American and Japanese flags in World War II before being sunk during a naval exercise in 1946.
The destroyer USS Stewart, nicknamed "The Ghost of the Pacific ," was commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1920 before appearing on the front lines during World War II. Part of the U.S. Navy's Asia Fleet, the destroyer was based in Manila (Philippines) and was damaged after the Battle of February 1942.
Japanese forces located the ship, which was undergoing repairs in a port in Java (Indonesia), and converted the USS Stewart into a Japanese patrol vessel.
After the war ended, the ship was discovered in Kure (Japan) and the U.S. Navy recovered it. The USS Stewart was towed to San Francisco (California) and used as a target in naval exercises in 1946.
The USS Stewart was sunk in 1946.
The Maritime Heritage Foundation and the Search Organization announced that the shipwreck has been found thanks to the efforts of the marine survey firm Ocean Infinity.
On October 1st, Ocean Infinity deployed three unmanned submersibles to continuously scan the seabed of the Cordell Coast National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of northern California for 24 hours.
The results indicate that the Stewart shipwreck is located at a depth of 1,036 meters below sea level.
"Preliminary sonar scans show the Stewart wreck is almost completely intact and its hull is positioned nearly vertically on the seabed," the announcement stated, adding that it is one of the best-preserved wrecks of a U.S. warship.
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