“We’re in the midst of, I think, a radical change in ocean discovery.” That was how Jim Delgado, a senior vice president at the maritime archaeology firm SEARCH, Inc., reacted to the rediscovery of the vessel known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific,” according to a New York Times report. That’s because this sunken ship wasn’t discovered by some intrepid explorer in a submarine, but rather three autonomous aquatic drones, as part of a technology demonstration. Though this fabled vessel was already noteworthy well before it’s discovery.
The USS Stewart (DD-224) was a Clemson-class Destroyer launched in 1920 as part of the Asiatic Fleet. In World War II, the USS Stewart became severely damaged during the Battle of Badung Strait in February of 1942. Dry-docked at a port in Surabaya, East Java, the US Navy decided the ship was too damaged to be repaired, opting instead to destroy and sink it with explosive charges so it would not fall into enemy hands.
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