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A sunken vessel in the Java Sea has been confirmed as the wreck of the USS Houston, a cruiser sunk by the Japanese during a ferocious Second World War battle.
It serves as the final resting place for about 700 sailors and Marines.
The wreck has long been a popular recreational diving site, but has been confirmed by US and Indonesian Navy divers as being the remains of the Houston, nicknamed The Galloping Ghost Of The Java Coast.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rld-War-II-era-USS-Houston.html#ixzz3AsuUcsZj
Firepower: President Franklin Roosevelt under the big guns of the USS Houston in 1938
It serves as the final resting place for about 700 sailors and Marines.
The wreck has long been a popular recreational diving site, but has been confirmed by US and Indonesian Navy divers as being the remains of the Houston, nicknamed The Galloping Ghost Of The Java Coast.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rld-War-II-era-USS-Houston.html#ixzz3AsuUcsZj
Firepower: President Franklin Roosevelt under the big guns of the USS Houston in 1938