I love archaeological stuff. My dad was in the Navy in WW2 (on a different ship) and has the Phillipines ribbon with battle star. This article has lots of photos:
World’s Deepest Shipwreck Is Officially the USS Destroyer Samuel B Roberts, aka Sammy B - autoevolution
"The Sammy B engaged the Japanese heavy cruisers at point blank range and fired so rapidly it exhausted its ammunition; it was down to shooting smoke shells and illumination rounds just to try to set fires on the Japanese ships, and it kept firing."
World’s Deepest Shipwreck Is Officially the USS Destroyer Samuel B Roberts, aka Sammy B - autoevolution
"The Sammy B engaged the Japanese heavy cruisers at point blank range and fired so rapidly it exhausted its ammunition; it was down to shooting smoke shells and illumination rounds just to try to set fires on the Japanese ships, and it kept firing."
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