#but like the same guy has been down to the deepest shipwreck ever identified twice over and they were different wrecks | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

listen-to-the-inner-walrus · 1 year ago

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its currently blowing my mind that the same company (caledan oceanic) identified the deepest shipwreck ever found at that point in 2021 and then in 2022, located and identified an even deeper shipwreck. like imagine identifying the deepest shipwreck ever found twice over

#kai rambles #i think technically the first one #the uss johnston #was discovered by vulcan inc but they couldnt identify it and couldnt go any deeper #but like the same guy has been down to the deepest shipwreck ever identified twice over and they were different wrecks #i just watched the video of them finding the uss samuel b johnson a few hours ago and its still hitting me #they werent even looking for it you know?#they were looking for a different ship #an aircraft carrier #which is much bigger #they were technically looking for both but the naval historian they were working with had identified that specific area as likely to #house the carrier #and then they compared it with abnormalities on the sea bed found with sonar #and watching the video i was expecting them to send only a camera down because thats often what they do with shipwrecks #and also its 22000 ft down #but then suddenly two men were climbing into it and like w h a t #like i know realistically people have gone down to the challenger deep #which is deeper #but like that was with a specific purpose of doing that #and even equipped with the knowledge they had it was like 50/50 as to whether theyd find anything #so i just kinda assumed they wouldnt risk their lives for it #but they did and they found it which is incredibly impressive considering how small the samuel b roberts is #i think i called it the samuel b johnson earlier but eh #also by small i mean compared to the size of the philippine trench

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