WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:17.200 we just finished mapping in an area where we  have been sent a potential wreck point from   00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:24.960 the underwater archaeology branch at the naval  history and heritage command. Finding a shipwreck   00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:31.120 is actually really hard maritime archaeologists  get us off on the right foot and sort of provide   00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:36.720 a haystack and then we have to go through and  sift and look for that needle and we have great   00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:41.680 tools with the multi-beam but everything needs to  sort of line up just right you need to have the   00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:48.080 correct resolution in your multi-beam you need  to have the ship be oriented perfectly you need   00:00:48.080 --> 00:00:54.160 to have the topography be sort of background you  can't have it be masked by any natural features.   00:00:55.760 --> 00:01:01.600 This really has that true discovery feeling to  it and it's really exciting i'm really excited   00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:08.160 and yeah we'll put the rov down there and  we'll find out i guess we'll see what we find. 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:12.320 Okay let's proceed with launch 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:25.840 pilots we're going over pilot copies 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:33.440 we have an object we're approaching  it's about 12 meters away now 00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:42.640 and then beyond it about 25 meters ahead  of us is another much larger target   00:01:45.520 --> 00:01:48.160 well it's not rocks so we're you  know we're off to a good start 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:53.840 got visual 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:17.520 all right so archaeologists do we have enough  insight to say that this is a shipwreck   00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:22.960 well it's definitely a shipwreck and what  i'm seeing here looks to be some of the   00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:30.800 frames and that may be a trunk uh this  is looking submarine. That is great news 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:39.520 oh yeah there are definitely painted numbers on  there. So that's a confirm what you're seeing right   00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:48.240 now on the side of the conning tower is the hull  number originally as USS Muskallunge SS262 and US  00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:56.800 Navy as of 1957 S14 Humaita of the Brazilian navy  but you can see the numbers still tucked out in   00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:03.840 paint there s 14. it's about as definitive  as you can hope for in this kind of work 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:25.200 this vessel's service life  was predominantly focused   00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:32.240 during world war II in the pacific  theater intercepting merchant vessels 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:38.480 it was ultimately sunk in 1968 as a  target vessel used in target practice   00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:45.840 off the coast of new york here and  hasn't been seen since that time 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:56.720 the vessel is in 635 meters of water  which is a little over six times   00:03:56.720 --> 00:03:59.840 the depth of a gecko submarine 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:10.400 anytime we find one of these wrecks  there's a variety of ways in which   00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:15.040 it has meaning history that we can learn from   00:04:15.040 --> 00:04:18.560 history that we might be inspired by  our history that we don't wish to repeat 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:26.880 shipwreck can be habitat and  certainly what we're seeing here today   00:04:26.880 --> 00:04:30.160 is a wreck that has become like a hard coral reef 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.160 this is an incredible shot  these corals are gorgeous 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.800 yeah i think i think even us archaeologists  can appreciate that that's pretty extraordinary 00:04:47.440 --> 00:04:52.320 by sharing this with the public makes all  of us part of a global core of exploration   00:04:52.320 --> 00:04:58.880 that connects us to the oceans themselves  we're learning we're exploring, we're questing   00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:09.840 we're looking on to beyond the next  horizon into the depths of the ocean 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:20.580