USS Johnston: Explorers film the world's deepest known shipwreck

BBC·Apr 2

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Explorers have filmed a shipwreck that is reportedly the deepest known, with some outlets identifying it as the USS Johnston, a US Navy destroyer that sank during World War II. However, there is some discrepancy in the identification of the shipwreck, with some outlets referring to it as the USS Samuel B. Roberts, also known as "Sammy B". The wreck is said to be located at a depth of nearly 6,500 meters in the Pacific.

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