Undersea investigators have located the wreck of a century-old US Navy destroyer, USS Stewart, that was lost for nearly 80 years. The wreck, once known as “The ghost ship of the Pacific”, was found off the coast of northern California 1,

In 1945, as Japan was occupied at the end of World War II, the ship was found afloat at Kure, Japan. Recommissioned once more as the USS Stewart, the old destroyer was towed back to San Francisco and sunk the next year as a target ship.

The USS Stewart, a Navy destroyer lost for nearly 80 years and known as the 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific,' has been found off California's coast. Discovered 3,500 feet deep in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary,