The explorers descended to the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Johnston, which sank on October 25, 1944, after a battle with the
The wreckage was first discovered in 2019 atcoast of the island of Samar in the Philippines. At that time, the remotely controlled device recorded parts of the sunken ship, but could not reach the deepest parts of it.
The vessel sank to a depth of 6456 m, which is approximatelyfifteen Empire State Buildings. The researchers dived to the ship for eight hours. This is the longest piloting to a shipwreck site in the history of science.
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The researchers took pictures of the ship in highpermission. They were also able to capture the bow, bridge and midsection of the ship, which were deeper than the rest of the ship. Hull numbered "557" can still be seen on both sides of the bow; turrets of guns, double torpedo racks and many gun mounts are also preserved. They did not find any human remains or their clothes.
“We could observe the size of the wreckage and the seriousdamage done during the intense battle on the surface, the researchers noted. "It took fire from the largest warship in the world - the battleship of the Imperial Yamato - and fiercely resisted it."
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