It was during this time that Allied pilots nicknamed her the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific.”

The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.

In 1945, as Japan was occupied at the end of World War II, the ship was found afloat at Kure, Japan. Recommissioned once more as the USS Stewart, the old destroyer was towed back to San Francisco and sunk the next year as a target ship.