The ship, the USS Johnston, is at a depth of 21,180 feet (about 6,500 meters) in the Philippine Sea. Its location has been known, but this is the first time that a crew has been able to map and ...

The dive plans were developed based on research from ... said of the Johnston's actions during the Battle off Samar. USS Johnston underwater (Caladan Oceanic) The crew was led by Cmdr.

In 1944, the USS Johnston sank after a battle against the ... Vescovo has encountered resistance before over plans to inspect another wreck, the infamous USS Indianapolis. Sent on a secret mission ...

A submersible has dived to the world’s deepest-known shipwreck. The vessel reached the USS Johnston, which lies 6.5km (4 miles) beneath the waves in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean.

Eerie footage posted to Twitter shows the USS Johnston in its watery grave — where it was sent Oct. 25, 1944, during a firefight with several Japanese ships off the coast of Samar Island in the ...

Recent expeditions have found the wrecks of US Navy ships USS Johnston and USS Samuel B. Roberts. Both ships were sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a pivotal World War II clash in the Pacific.

The USS Johnston, led by Captain Ernest Evans, sunk in October 1944 after charging "outgunned and outmanned" to protect an American landing force in the Philippines from a massive line of Japanese ...