The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) located the wreck of an American World War II-era warship 82 years after she was sunk, authorities said.
Collaborating with the U.S. Navy, the RAN located the USS Edsall (DD-219) on the ocean floor using “advanced robotic and autonomous systems” typically used to survey marine environments, Australia’s Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, said. (RELATED: Researchers Discover Shipwreck From Infamous Nazi Invasion)
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219) during the early 1920s. Wikimedia Commons/Public/U.S. Navy, Public Domain
The USS Edsall (DD 219) was sunk off the coast of Australia during a battle against Japanese forces in March 1942, U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy added.
Kennedy praised the Edsall’s captain, Joshua James Nix, and his crew, for having “fought valiantly, evading 1400 shells from Japanese battleships…
