USS Ward is an interesting case. A ship that was initially famous for her action off Pearl Harbor. That was then subjected to *decades* of academics going 'no, that didn't actually happen'. Until, about 20 years ago, a discovery of her target vindicated the crew.

Who had, never once, given up on saying their story.

As for her wreck, the ship was found in December of 2017 by RV Petrel. The ship is in pretty terrible shape. She had a rough sinking, with a lot of fire damage. And rests at a relatively shallow depth, at that. It isn't surprising.

Nonetheless, her wreck is worth looking at.

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