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USS Johnston Wreck WW2 Fletcher Class Destroyer DD-557, Taffy 3 Battle of Leyte Gulf | History X

In October, 1944, the WW2 Fletcher Class destroyer USS Johnston DD-557 was part of a small task force called Taffy 3. They were left behind when their fleet’s main force chased a Japanese diversion. Left on their own they confronted a huge Japanese force that was threatening to cut off the supply lines for an amphibious landing led by General Douglas MacArthur on the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The Johnston’s captain, Commander Ernest E. Evans, sacrificed his ship and “charged into a massive line of Japanese warships in order to protect the American landing force. The Battle of Leyte Gulf went on to be considered the largest naval battle of World War II. It's a heroic story that everyone should know! Therefore, for a fascinating edge-of-your-seat account of this naval battle, you’ve must check-out 'The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors', by James Hornfischer… https://amzn.to/3DHeV90 In 2019 a team of explorers, Vulcan, Inc., discovered pieces of the USS Johnston under approximately four miles of water, 21,000 feet down. The deepest exploration for any ship wreck In 2021 a crew from Caladan Oceanic went to the site of the debris with a new deeper-diving submersible to resume the search for the wreck. And they found it. Previous assumptions that the ships broke apart into a million pieces were wrong. The hull is remarkably intact. I am thrilled beyond belief that they found the USS Johnston and released this video. If you’re as excited as I am I hope you will consider subscribing to this channel; at least hit the ‘like button’ for us. My name is Ken Stano. Thank you for checking-out History X