The wreck of the USS Edsall, which fought to the bitter end before being sunk in 1942, has been located in the Indian Ocean.
The wreck of the USS Edsall, which fought to the bitter end before being sunk in 1942, has been located in the Indian Ocean.
Naval History and Heritage Command

Another Legendary Lost Ship Found

February 2025
Naval History
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The Royal Australian Navy announced in November that it had located the wreck of the USS Edsall (DD-219), aka “the Dancing Mouse,” in the Indian Ocean about 200 miles east of Christmas Island. After a defiant struggle, the destroyer had been sunk by Japanese forces on 1 March 1942. 

The wreck of the USS Edsall, which fought to the bitter end before being sunk in 1942, has been located in the Indian Ocean.
The wreck of the USS Edsall, which fought to the bitter end before being sunk in 1942, has been located in the Indian Ocean. Naval History and Heritage Command 

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