The craft scoured the sea floor, before finally capturing a glimpse of the sunken craft on sonar. As the Times explains: The robots had spotted the wreck of the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific ...
Once back in the US, the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” was given a dramatic burial at sea on May 24, 1946: Used as target practice for naval forces, it still took an estimated 2 hours of fire to ...
Originally designed for about 150 passengers, the Struma was retrofitted to carry almost 800 people, such that its sleeping quarters lacked space for the passengers to even sit up.