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SUNKEN WW II U.S. DESTROYER IS LOCATED

USS Edsall
The USS Edsall was a Clemson-class destroyer, measuring
314 feet in length and capable of 35 knots.
(US Navy)

U.S. and Australian officials announced Monday, the 
wreckage of the USS Edsall, an American warship that
was sunk during a battle with Japanese forces in
World
War II
,
has been discovered more than 80 years after it
was lost at the bottom of the sea.
  

According to the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy,
t
he final resting place of the USS Edsall, a Clemson-
class destroyer, was located late last year at the bottom
of the Indian Ocean.

Chief of Royal Australian Navy, Vice Admiral Mark
Hammond, said, “Working in collaboration with the
U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Navy used advanced
robotic and autonomous systems, normally used for
hydrographic survey capabilities, to locate USS Edsall
on the sea-bed."
(FOX NEWS)

USS Edsall
The Japanese used this photo of the USS Edsall being blown
out of the water as propaganda during the Second World War.
(U.S. Navy)

U.S. destroyer sunk during WWII found at bottom of ocean

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