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The ship was damaged by gunfire during combat by Japanese forces near Bali in Feb. 1942 and a “freak accident” left it stranded in a dry dock in Java. The crew decided to scuttle the ship as ...
A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese flags during World War II before it was deliberately ...
As part of a scientific expedition to obtain the exact location of the wreck, the navy officially confirmed the brothers’ 14-year-old discovery on January 16 using sonar imaging.
Montevideo Maru (Japanese: もんてびでお丸) was a merchant ship of the Empire of Japan.Launched in 1926, it was pressed into service as a military transport during World War II.
An American World War II warship that played a key role in Allied campaigns in the Pacific has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean more than 80 years after it was sunk.. The U.S.S ...
The general dry cargo liberty ship had an average draft of 28 ft (8.5 m), but Richard Montgomery was trimmed to a draft of 31 ft (9.4 m). As the tide went down, the ship broke her back on sand banks near the Isle of Sheppey about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Sheerness and 5 mi (8.0 km) from Southend. [7]
Pages in category "World War II shipwrecks" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. SF Hydro; K.
It was sunk northwest of Hawaii during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.