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Bookmark or Share- VIDEO: Famed WWII Destroyer USS Johnston Discovered 4 Miles DownA team of ocean explorers has found the wreck of World War II Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) which played a critical role at the Battle off Samar, Navy History and Heritage Command said on Thursday.
- Explorers Survey World’s Deepest Known Shipwreck - Smithsonian MagazineThe American destroyer U.S.S. Johnston sank on October 25, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Sea.
- Wreckage confirmed as heroic USS Johnston (DD 557) - NHHCLed by Cmdr. Ernest Evans, a Native American from Oklahoma, the crew of Johnston, outgunned and outmanned, charged into a massive line of Japanese warships in order to protect the American...
- World's deepest known shipwreck finally explored as destroyer USS ...Destroyer USS Johnston was sunk on 25 October 1944 during what some consider to be the largest naval battle in history, sinking 6.5km (4 miles) to the bottom of the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean. It was only located in 2019.
- USS Johnston (DD-557), Fletcher-class destroyer in World War IIJohnston scored four hits in a deliberate slugging match with a heavy cruiser and then broke off the futile battle as the Japanese destroyer squadron was seen closing rapidly on the American escort carriers.
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