US billionaire ocean wofufuza Victor Vescovo adalengeza lero kuti submersible Limiting Factor, yoyendetsedwa ndi iye ndi katswiri wa sonar Jeremie Morizet, wapeza chombo chosweka cha US Navy wowononga Samuel B. Roberts pafupifupi 4.3 mailosi pansi pa nyanja.

"Ndi katswiri wa sonar Jeremie Morizet, ndinayesa njira yochepetsera yamadzi ku kuwonongeka kwa Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413). Kupumula pa 6,895 metres (4.28 miles), tsopano ndiye ngalawa yozama kwambiri yomwe idapezekapo ndikuwunikidwa. Analidi "operekeza owononga omwe amamenya nkhondo ngati sitima yankhondo," a Vescovo adalemba lero.

Zithunzi zopangidwa ndi Limiting Factor zikuwonetsa mawonekedwe a zombo, mfuti ndi machubu a torpedo a sitimayo komanso mabowo ochokera ku zipolopolo za ku Japan.

"Zikuwoneka kuti uta wake udagunda pansi panyanja ndi mphamvu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zitheke. Kumbuyo kwake kunasiyanitsidwanso pafupifupi mamita 5, koma ngozi yonseyo inali pamodzi. Sitima yapamadzi yaing’ono imeneyi inayenda bwino kwambiri pankhondo yapamadzi ya ku Japan, kumenyana nawo mpaka mapeto.”

'Sammy B,' yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu Januwale 1944, idamizidwa miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake, mu Nkhondo ya Samar ku Philippines yomwe nthawi zambiri imatchedwa imodzi mwamalo omaliza kwambiri m'mbiri yankhondo yapamadzi.

Wowonongayo anali m'gulu la zombo zazing'ono za US zomwe, ngakhale zinali zochepa komanso zosakonzekera, zinatha kusintha momwe zinthu zinalili komanso kukhala ndi gulu lamphamvu kwambiri la Japan. Mwa anthu 224 a Samuel B Roberts, 89 anaphedwa.

“Sammy B anaphatikana ndi apanyanja olemera a ku Japan pamalo opanda kanthu ndipo anawombera mofulumira kwambiri moti zida zake zinatheratu; chinali kuwombera zipolopolo za utsi ndi zozungulira zounikira kuyesa kuyatsa moto pazombo za Japan, ndipo zinkangowombera. Unali mchitidwe wodabwitsa waungwamba. Amuna aja - mbali zonse ziwiri - anali kumenya nkhondo mpaka kufa, "anawonjezera wofufuza za nyanja.

Kupezeka kwa kusweka kwa zombo zozama kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi kumangowonetsa mbiri ina yomwe Vescovo adalemba.

Mu Marichi 2021, adayendetsa ndege yake yolowera ku USS Johnston yomwe idamiranso pankhondo ya Samar. Kudumphira kuwiri kosiyana, kwa maola asanu ndi atatu "kunali malo ozama kwambiri, okhala ndi anthu kapena osayendetsedwa, m'mbiri."

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The ‘Sammy B,' launched in January 1944, was sunk just a few months later, in the Battle of Samar in the Philippines which is often referred to as one of the greatest last stands in naval history.
The destroyer was part of a small US fleet which, despite being outnumbered and unprepared, managed to adapt to the circumstances and to contain a much stronger Japanese force.
“With sonar specialist Jeremie Morizet, I piloted the submersible Limiting Factor to the wreck of the Samuel B.