Destroyed US Navy ship from World War II found after 83 years

After 83 years, a team of researchers discovered a US Navy ship destroyed during World War II, Daily Mail writes about this amazing find.

It is known that the bow of USS New Orleans was blown off by a Japanese torpedo in a 1942 battle. This front part of the ship was found in Iron Bottom Sound near the Solomon Islands at a depth of approximately 2,200 feet underwater. Note that this body of water is home to more than 100 ships that sank during World War II.

"The sunken ship was discovered while mapping the seabed with an unmanned vessel, and then explored using a remotely operated deep-diving vehicle," said Daniel Wagner, chief scientist at Ocean Exploration Trust.

The naval battle, in which the Japanese side gained an advantage, took place in November 1942. Japanese military hit three US ships with torpedoes and sank another one. At that time, the damaged USS New Orleans managed to deliver the ship to a nearby harbor and partially restored it.