![]() The discovery is the result of collaboration between the cultural resources management firm SEARCH Inc. ![]() The announcement was made today in a press release. Now, thanks to archival research and underwater survey of more than 100 square miles of seafloor, the remains of the Nevada have been located 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Infinity/SEARCH, Inc. Nevada’s designation was BB-36 and the 140 was painted on the structural “rib” at the ship’s stern ahead of atomic tests to facilitate post-blast damage reporting. "I intend to go in harm’s way, and anyone who doesn’t want to go along had better get off right now.The stern of the wreck has the remains of “36” and “140.” U.S.S. "This is going to be a fighting ship," Evans said at Johnston’s commissioning in Seattle in 1943, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. When a huge fleet of 23 Imperial Japanese ships appeared on the horizon, USS Johnston Commander Ernest Evans bravely barrelled into battle. Thanks to the work of some clever Japanese decoys, which pulled away Navy ships with heavy firepower, a fleet of seven light vessels was left to defend a large patch of the gulf.
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