Located at a depth of over 6,800 meters, the USS Samuel B. Roberts sank in 1944 during the Battle of Samar between the United States and Japan.

An expedition team led by Microsoft co-founder and explorer Paul Allen discovered the wreck in 2019 ... the still-unlocated escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and destroyer USS Hoel.

These are the five deepest shipwrecks ever discovered, including the USS ‘Samuel B. Roberts,’ which went to the depths of the Philippine Trench during the Second World War. The bow of the USS ...