Under the waves, far from shore and unseen by most, lie thousands of war-scarred hulks — naval destroyers, cargo transports, merchant freighters, and escort vessels lost during the Second World War. Only recently have these wrecks begun to be systematically uncovered, surveyed, and mapped, revealing clusters of sinking sites that together form vast underwater graveyards — silent monuments to a conflict that ravaged oceans worldwide.
In one of the most recent and striking missions, a 22-day expedition near the battle zones of the Pacific rediscovered and visually identified 13 previously uncharted wreck-sites — including warships of varied types. This discovery underscores how much of WWII’s maritime history remains hidden, not in dusty archives, but on the ocean floor, waiting to be rediscovered.
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