This discovery set a past world record of 1,400 feet (Photo: AFP).

The record for the deepest shipwreck in history was broken by the discovery of a US Navy fighter during World War II.

USS Samuel B Roberts was found off the Philippines in two parts about 23,000 feet above sea level.

When the Japanese torpedo sank in 1944, more than half of the ship’s 224 crew members died, but records of where it sank were inadequate.

It was finally discovered 78 years later using the latest technology from Caladan Oceanic Expeditions, led by American researcher Viktor Veskovo.

The team used the deepest side-scan sonar ever installed in a two-piece underwater device that could sink to a depth of 11,000 feet above sea level.

Sammy B was found to be 1,400 feet deeper than previously discovered deep debris from the USS Johnston found in the same ocean last year.

Former US Navy Cmdr. Bescovo said: Crew casualties. “

Captain Robert Copeland, who rescued him from the wreckage, said there was nothing “higher honor” than taking him into battle with his people later.

US shipwreck in the Philippines

In the photo you can see the launch of the ship’s torpedo from the discovery group’s submarine (Photo: AP).

The ship split in two at the unevenness of the seabed (Photo: AFP)

You can see the anti-aircraft tower with a photo of the wreck (Photo: AFP)

The ship was found in a submarine using the latest sonar technology (Photo: AFP)

Sammy B participated in the Battle of Samarra, the final stage of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. In this battle, the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered the largest loss of ships.

Records show that US fighters canceled out a Japanese heavy cruiser torpedo, causing heavy damage to another torpedo until it ran out of ammunition.

After that, it critically attacked the enemy-led warship Yamato and promptly sank.

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