SUP Magazine: Legendary WWII Ship Found 80 Years After Sinking
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The USS Edsall played a pivotal role in the Allied Pacific campaign in World War II . More than 80 years after sinking in combat, the wreckage of the American warship has been found. The Royal Australian Navy made the discovery 200 miles east of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The Edsall, helmed by 33-year-old Capt. Joshua Nix, carried more than 200 service members on board before Japanese forces sank the ship on March 1, 1942, just three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor ...