While exploring the HMAS Canberra with ROV Hercules, the Corps of Exploration was able to find the original plaque placed on the wreck by Ballard and his team in their 1992 expedition to Ironbottom Sound. Canberra remains the largest ship the Royal Australian Navy has ever lost in combat. (X/Exploration Vessel Nautilus)
After 22 days above and below the sea, the Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal expedition (NA173) concluded its comprehensive and historic surveys of the infamous Ironbottom Sound — and the results are stunning, the Military Times reports.
