Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Torpedoed ghost ship found in Oahu waters 60 years later
A ghost ship lost for more than 60 years was discovered by a small submersible vehicle off Oahu, a half-mile under the sea, according to researchers at the University of Hawaii.
Despite being torpedoed after World War II, many parts of the ship, including the ship's wheel, are still in their original locations.
"The upper deck structures from the bow to the stern were well-preserved and showed no sign of torpedo damage," said Terry Kerby, a submersible pilot with the university's Hawai'i Undersea Research Laboratory.
The ship, originally named The Dickenson, was part of a fleet of ships that maintained the growing submarine telecommunications network from 1923 to 1941. During the war the Dickenson was renamed the USS Kailua and was sent to maintain cables in other locales in the South Pacific.
On Feb. 7, 1946, the ship was torpedoed and sank into the waters off Oahu, but no one recorded its final resting place.
For more of the NBC News story: www.nbcnews.com
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