1/1/2024 0 Comments Deeper than the ocean bookTo track down the Sammy B, Vescovo teamed up with Eyos Expeditions and sonar specialist Jeremie Morizet. His state-of-the-art deep-sea submersible, the DSV Limiting Factor, which Vescovo has used to visit the deepest points in Earth’s oceans, has proven invaluable in seeking out these long-lost vessels whose precise whereabouts have remained elusive for decades. (Just a few weeks before discovering this shipwreck, Vescovo travelled into space, claiming another unprecedented milestone of exploration.) Advertisements Spearheading the search for the Sammy B (and the Johnston before it) was multi-record holding American adventurer and retired US Navy officer Victor Vescovo. The last thing I wanted was to disturb some 78-year-old ammunition and test my submarine’s resistance to WWII-era munitions!” - Victor Vescovo ![]() I had no idea if any of could go off, so I had to be extremely careful around the wreck and its modest current not to bump into her. Roberts to this day, for those that uncovered the wreck, there’s no question it went down fighting. With what appears to be apparently live ammunition still on board the USS Samuel B. Some maritime historians consider this to have been the largest naval battle of all time. This was one of the flashpoints of the wider Battle of Leyte Gulf fought between the US and Japanese navies at the tail-end of WWII. Both were victims of the high-casualty Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944. The destroyer escort ship, or frigate, formed part of the same task force as the Johnston (a destroyer and one of the vessels the Sammy B was tasked with defending). This vessel is almost double (i.e., 45%) the depth of that most famous of shipwrecks, the RMS Titanic, which lies some 3,800 m (12,470 ft) down in the Atlantic Ocean. Or to put it another way, the vertical distance equates to a stack of 20 Eiffel Towers or eight Burj Khalifas (the world’s tallest building). The Sammy B (as the US Navy ship is also known) lies almost as far below sea level as South America’s highest mountain, Aconcagua, rises above it. And Wolf, with his wicked grin and spec-ops training, is all that stands between her and a date with death in the deep.Initial reports suggested a maximum depth of 6,895 m (22,621 ft) but fine-tuning of the data recalibrated this by 30 m (100 ft) – nevertheless still setting new records for the deepest shipwreck found to date and the deepest shipwreck dive by a crewed vessel. There are mysterious players who would see her silenced-for good. The danger to Chrissy doesn't only come from her burgeoning feelings, however. And the longer she's near him, the more he chips away at the walls she's erected against him. ![]() But they're partners in the hunt for the Santa Cristina's legendary treasure. If she had her way, she'd avoid Wolf altogether. She grew up watching her mother fall for-and be broken by-plenty of them. ![]() And winning her heart.Ĭhristina Szarek knows all about sexy, brooding men like Wolf. He'll have to be his most charismatic and charming self if he has any hope of changing her mind. Ray "Wolf" Roanhorse took one look at Chrissy and knew she was the woman of his dreams. ![]() The former Navy SEALs of Deep Six Salvage thought they could retire to the sea and hunt for treasures of the deep, but when trouble comes to visit, there'll be hell to pay.
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