Garandomatic Posted October 30, 2019 Share #1 Posted October 30, 2019 RV Petrel has been busy... Kaga, Akagi, Indianapolis, and now either the Johnston or Hoel almost 75 years exactly after its loss. Cant post a link on my phone but it showed up on Fox... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted October 30, 2019 Share #2 Posted October 30, 2019 Wow, amazing finds all around! https://www.foxnews.com/science/wwii-shipwreck-discovered-philippine-sea-is-the-deepest-ever-found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted October 30, 2019 Share #3 Posted October 30, 2019 Indeed amazing. The Johnston “wow” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted October 30, 2019 Not much left of her... Just pieces. I wonder if the damage was so bad that the compression ripped her apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted October 31, 2019 The video from their facebook... https://www.facebook.com/rvpetrel/videos/452037628757336/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redleg13a Posted November 2, 2019 Share #6 Posted November 2, 2019 They're pretty sure it's JOHNSTON based on the position and lack of splinter camouflage patterns on the pieces they've found. They also found ST. LO. I was hoping they'd find SAMUEL B. ROBERTS, HOEL and GAMBIER BAY as well. They said they want to go back and confirm whether or not this is JOHNSTON or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahe Demirjian Posted February 6 Share #7 Posted February 6 On 11/1/2019 at 5:10 PM, Redleg13a said: They're pretty sure it's JOHNSTON based on the position and lack of splinter camouflage patterns on the pieces they've found. They also found ST. LO. I was hoping they'd find SAMUEL B. ROBERTS, HOEL and GAMBIER BAY as well. They said they want to go back and confirm whether or not this is JOHNSTON or not. The identification of the shipwreck as the USS Johnston was confirmed in March 2021: https://www.history.navy.mil/news-and-events/news/2021/wreckage-confirmed-as-heroic-uss-johnston--dd-557-.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themick Posted February 6 Share #8 Posted February 6 They had better do it before the Chinese harvest the steel of the wrecks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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