The USS Harder, said to be the US Navy submarine that sank the most Japanese warships during World War Two, has been found in the South China Sea, some 80 years after it was sunk.
The Harder, a Gato class submarine, was sunk in battle on 29 August 1944, along with its crew of 79 men. Resting at a depth of more than 3,000 feet, the vessel sits upright on her keel relatively intact except for the depth-charge damage aft of the conning tower. The wreckage of the submarine was found off the Philippines’ northern island of Luzon.
Nicknamed “Hit ‘em HARDER”, she was one of the most famous submarines of World War II. Harder received the Presidential Unit Citation for her first five patrols and six battle stars for World War II service. Her commanding officer throughout her service, Commander Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), described as “a submariner’s submariner”, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his lifetime.
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Kelpie Geosciences in the U.K. recently caught some amazing video footage of a terrifying deep-sea squid that flashed a pair of brilliant “headlights” at the moment it goes in for the kill. 
The trapped container ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after authorities set off charges at a 
An updated repost appropriate for Mother’s Day.
Tens of thousands of people welcomed 
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Update: One of the world’s busiest shipping channels was closed to traffic in both directions after 
In the last week or so, over 1,000 sea lions have hauled out on San Francisco’s Pier 39, K-Dock, the largest assembly of the boisterous pinnipeds in roughly 15 years.
I have been away for the better part of a month on a transatlantic sail from Barbados to Malta on a five-masted square rigger. (