The coronavirus-era mission began with a casual call last month between SEARCH, which has a large marine archaeology division, and Ocean Infinity, which had a vessel bristling with maritime survey equipment that just happened to be in the area where the Nevada was known to have sunk. "It's really a great thing that they found it," says Richard Ramsey, who served as a boatswain's mate on the Nevada from Normandy through Okinawa and Iwo Jima. The bow and stern of the vessel are missing. An initial survey of wreckage indicates that the battleship came to rest upside down on a muddy plain, with a debris field that stretches some 2,000 feet from the hull. The remains of the Nevada are located at a depth of more than 15,400 feet-nearly three miles-beneath the Pacific Ocean. and the marine robotics company Ocean Infinity. 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. The stern of the wreck has the remains of “36” and “140.” U.S.S.
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