There's a new world's deepest shipwreck to be identified and surveyed — and it's the USS Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413), known as the Sammy B.
It lurks over four miles deep below the Pacific Ocean, split in half and lodged on a slope.
It lies at a depth of 6,895 meters , in the Philippine Sea. By comparison, Mount Kilimanjaro's peak is 5,896 meters, while the highest permanent settlement in the world, La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes, is 5,100 meters .ever identified and surveyed was the USS Johnston, found last year by Vescovo. That lies at 6,469 meters.Vescovo, the pilot, and sonar specialist Jeremie Morizet, dove down to trace the wreck from end to end.
Vescovo, the founder exploration company Caladan Oceanic, and a team from EYOS Expeditions made six dives over eight days looking for the ship, as well as for another US ship, the Gambier Bay. Previous records pointing to the ships' location had been inaccurate, but the team were helped by a custom-built sidescan solar system, as well as exhaustive research.
"In difficult times, it's important to reflect on those who sacrificed so much, so willingly, in even more difficult times to ensure our freedoms and way of life," he said. "It is unbelievably thrilling to find a wreck on the bottom of the deep ocean, given all the difficulties in trying to find them. It is such an immense privilege to be the first person to see them after they went down in battle almost 80 years ago.
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