PETREL FINDS DEEPEST WRECK

THERE WASN’T MUCH LEFT. Just debris resting on the floor of the Philippine Sea—a shattered gun deck, two funnels, a propeller shaft, twisted metal.

But researchers believe they have found the remains of (DD-557), a class destroyer sunk on October 25, 1944, in an audacious against-the-odds stand against a Japanese naval squadron at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.