Second World War Navy ship discovered - in pictures

Marine explorers who discovered the wreck of the Second World War American destroyer ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’ off the coast of the Philippines believe it is the deepest shipwreck yet located. All photos: AFP
Marine explorers who discovered the wreck of the Second World War American destroyer ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’ off the coast of the Philippines believe it is the deepest shipwreck yet located. All photos: AFP
Torpedo tubes on the wreck of the destroyer ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’. It sank in October 1944 off Samar Island during the Pacific War after engagements with an Imperial Japanese Navy flotilla during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Torpedo tubes on the wreck of the destroyer ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’. It sank in October 1944 off Samar Island during the Pacific War after engagements with an Imperial Japanese Navy flotilla during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
The pilothouse of the wreck of the destroyer ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’, which sits nearly 6,900 metres deep and is a war grave to 90 sailors.
The pilothouse of the wreck of the destroyer ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’, which sits nearly 6,900 metres deep and is a war grave to 90 sailors.
The ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’ provided protection for aircraft carriers at the Battle Of Samar. The destroyer sank after being holed by the Japanese battleship ‘Kongo’.
The ‘USS Samuel B Roberts’ provided protection for aircraft carriers at the Battle Of Samar. The destroyer sank after being holed by the Japanese battleship ‘Kongo’.