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Sophie Bateman

World's deepest shipwreck found 80 years after it was sunk four miles in WWII battle

The world's deepest shipwreck has been discovered almost 80 years after it was sunk during World War II.

USS Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts, known colloquially as the Sammy B, was defeated by the Japanese in a bloody sea battle east of the Philippines on October 25 1944.

It was carrying 224 crew when it sank, of whom 89 were killed.

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