US navy destroyer escort is deepest shipwreck ever discovered – video

A US navy destroyer escort has become the deepest shipwreck to be discovered, according to explorers.

The USS Samuel B Roberts, known as the 'Sammy B', was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,985m (22,916ft), or about four miles. It engaged a Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of the second world war in the Philippines

• This video was amended on 27 June 2022. An earlier version stated in a caption that the wreck is of a destroyer, rather than a destroyer escort.

• Shipwreck of US destroyer Sammy B' becomes deepest ever discovered