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It was sunk northwest of Hawaii during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Identity of massive WWII shipwreck confirmed when team finds name still etched on bow Skip to main content
Launched in 1926, it was pressed into service as a military transport during World War II. It was sunk by the American submarine USS Sturgeon on 1 July 1942, drowning 1,054 people, mostly Australian prisoners of war and civilians who were being transported from Rabaul , the former Australian territory of New Guinea, to Hainan . [ 2 ]
A survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey R.P. Resor United States: 28 February 1942 Torpedoed by U-578: Rusland: Struck wreck of Adonis. San Saba: Struck a naval mine. Sindia: 1901 Ran aground on the beach of Ocean City. USS St. Augustine United States Navy: 6 ...
The bay is the location of what is regarded as the "largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere" [2] [3] and is described as a "ship graveyard." [ 4 ] Mallows Bay is in the northeast corner of the Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary , which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated on September 3 ...
The wreck is an oddity in a region where thousands of sailors and airmen died in dramatic battles. “She was completed and commissioned on February 2nd 1945 as the lead unit of the I-201 class ...
The wreck of a US warship sunk in a World War II battle dubbed one of the bravest ever stands by a US Navy vessel has been found in the depths of the Pacific, US and Australian officials announced ...
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-72 south of Hawaii. [6] USS Queenfish United States Navy: 14 August 1963 A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Swordfish. USS R-6 United States Navy: 21 September 1921 An R-class submarine that sank accidentally in the harbor at San Pedro, California ...
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