WWII ghost ship sunk by the Nazis is discovered off coast of Brazil

The remnants of a World War II warship that Nazis sunk disconnected the seashore of Brazil person been discovered much than 80 years later.

The Brazilian vessel, named Vital de Oliveira, was attacked by a German submarine successful 1944 and 100 of the 270 men onboard were killed.

The wreck was recovered when the Brazilian Navy answered a telephone of distress disconnected the seashore of Rio de Janeiro successful 2011, starring divers to spot a cannon connected the seafloor.

Officials person present confirmed it was the mislaid Vital de Oliveira aft gathering information astir the presumption and information of the vas that allowed them to seizure images of the sunken boat.

'The instrumentality utilized allowed america to get unprecedented images of the hull,' the navy said successful a statement.

Vital de Oliveira was incorporated into the Brazilian Navy successful 1931 and was utilized to present subject unit and supplies on the seashore until a torpedo took it down successful the mediate of the night.

Brazil entered WWII connected August 22, 1942, declaring warfare connected Germany, Italy, and Japan, and aboriginal joined the Allies connected February 8, 1943, erstwhile it signed the Declaration by the United Nations.

The South American state yet became a subject hub for the US, hosting America's warplanes to instrumentality connected the German army.

The find was made erstwhile a fisherman's nett became stuck connected the seafloor much than a decennary ago.

Brazil's navy answered the call, sending heavy oversea divers to assistance and stumbled upon a shipwreck. 

But the vas was not identified until the Underwater Archaeology Division of the Navy's Historical Heritage took different look past month.

Lieutenant Captain Caio Cezar Pereira Demilio, who participated successful the commission, said in a statement: 'The determination and documentation of the shipwreck were conducted utilizing a multibeam echo sounder and broadside scan sonar, indispensable instrumentality for hydrographic and archaeological surveys.'

Multibeam sonar is utilized to representation the seafloor and observe objects successful the h2o file oregon on the seafloor. The squad utilized this to place the determination of the ship.

They past deployed broadside scan sonar, which uses dependable waves to make images of the water level to seizure high-resolution acoustic images, enabling elaborate visualization of the hull and different structural elements of the wreck.

In total, 32 sounding lines were carried retired with the multibeam echo sounder and 9 broadside scan lines, covering a ample country astir the wreck site, the squad said.  

They program to usage the data to make three-dimensional models of the sunken ship.

'These models volition let a elaborate appraisal of the remaining structural conditions and the narration of the vas with the environment,' explained Lt. Demilio.

The squad besides plans to nonstop remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) to the bottommost of the water to analyse the scene.   

About 25,900 Brazilian men fought successful WWII arsenic portion of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) and astir 1,900 soldiers and sailors were killed.

From 1942 to 1945, Brazilians actively contributed to the Allied origin connected land, air, and sea, earlier the warfare concluded Brazil lost, 31 merchant vessels, 3 warships, and 22 combatant aircraft. 

Researchers discovered different WWII shade vessel disconnected the seashore of California past October that belonged to the US military.

Found astir 3,500 feet beneath the water's surface, the wreck of the 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific' was discovered done almighty robotic sonar exertion aft 82 years.

The 314-foot-long vessel was identified arsenic the lone US Navy Destroyer captured by Japanese forces during World War II, known arsenic the DD-224 oregon USS Stewart.