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The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.

The final resting place of the USS Edsall was discovered in the Indian Ocean 80 years after Japanese forces sunk the American ship during WWII, officials said.

More than 200 US servicemen went down with the USS Edsell after a fearsome battle with Japanese forces on March 1, 1942. US Navy “Captain Joshua Nix and his crew fought valiantly, evading 1,400 ...

The ship was surprised by Japanese battleships on March 1, 1942, in the Indian Ocean. It was outgunned and already reeling from damage sustained weeks earlier, and had been deemed not fit for ...

Japanese forces spotted the Edsall about 225 miles south of Christmas Island as the U.S. warship was en route to aid another ship. Historians have said that the Edsall sustained previous damage ...

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.

The ship was surprised by Japanese battleships on March 1, 1942, in the Indian Ocean. It was outgunned and already reeling from damage sustained weeks earlier, and had been deemed not fit for ...