This discovery allows the families of those lost some amount of closure and gives us all another chance to remember and honor their service to our nation.” We would also like to thank the team of Australian divers from DPT Scuba David Tipping, Chris McCran, Aimee McCran, Samir Alhafith, Heeman Lee and John Wooden for their deep diving expertise and assistance identifying the Ommaney Bay. “It is with sincere gratitude that I thank the Sea Scan Survey team Mick Stefurak, Neil “Snake” Krumbeck and Joe Brothers for confirming the location of this wreck site. “Ommaney Bay is the final resting place of American Sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their country,” said NHHC Director Samuel J. This information correlated with location data for the wreck site provided to NHHC in 2019 by Vulcan, LLC (formerly Vulcan, Inc.). NHHC’s Underwater Archaeology Branch used a combination of survey information provided by the Sea Scan Survey team and video footage provided by the DPT Scuba dive team, to confirm the identity of Ommaney Bay. While operating in the Sulu Sea, Ommaney Bay was hit and eventually mortally wounded by a twin-engine Japanese suicide plane on Jan. By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Abigayle Lutz
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