In July, Bob Ballard's team used remotely operated vehicles aboard the E/V Nautilus to survey 13 World War II wrecks in Iron Bottom Sound in the Solomon Islands, including the Japanese destroyer Teruzuki and the shattered bow of the U.S.S. New Orleans.
Sources
- 6 archaeological discoveries that amazed the world in 2025 (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://nautiluslive.org/sites/default/files/documents/2025-10/NA173%20Summary%20Press%20Release%20(1).pdf (nautiluslive.org)
- https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/08/05/wwii-shipwrecks-revealed-in-historic-survey-of-ironbottom-sound/ (militarytimes.com)
- https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history/2025/december/expedition-reveals-13-shipwrecks-guadalcanal-naval-battles (usni.org)
- https://seapowermagazine.org/expedition-reveals-thirteen-shipwrecks-from-wwii-battles-off-guadalcanal/ (seapowermagazine.org)
- https://nautiluslive.org/cruise/na173 (nautiluslive.org)
- https://www.dvidshub.net/news/543218/flagship-imperial-japanese-naval-destroyer-teruzuki-found-iron-bottom-sound (dvidshub.net)
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