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USS STEWART DD-224 FOUND....
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 3:05 pm
by MikeKozlowski
...The only US warship to be captured in WWII has been located in her grave off California:
https://jalopnik.com/exceptional-ww2-gh ... 1851662942
if only the money was there to bring her up, even as a static exhibit - she is the last 'intact' 4 stacker, and those ships deserve better than they have gotten in history.
Mike
Re: USS STEWART DD-224 FOUND....
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:06 pm
by S. Murray
I had no idea she even survived the war. I had always assumed she was sunk (again).
Re: USS STEWART DD-224 FOUND....
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 1:57 am
by kdahm
She was bombed and damaged enough in April 1945 that when she was transferred to Kure, she was laid up instead of used. Then she was towed to the US after recommissioning instead of sailing under her own power before the sinkex.
Anyway, it's not that spectacular a find. They knew approximately where it was, to within 37 square miles or about a 7 mile circle. Since it wasn't rocky and was fairly flat, the drones found her in hours. Of course, luck also played a part.
Re: USS STEWART DD-224 FOUND....
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2024 2:10 am
by Matt Wiser
MikeKozlowski wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 3:05 pm
...The only US warship to be captured in WWII has been located in her grave off California:
https://jalopnik.com/exceptional-ww2-gh ... 1851662942
if only the money was there to bring her up, even as a static exhibit - she is the last 'intact' 4 stacker, and those ships deserve better than they have gotten in history.
Mike
She's too deep.