RV Petrel is no stranger to shipwreck discoveries. ![]() The R/V Petrel exploration team hopes that the ship's discovery will bring some sense of closure for the families of the sailors that lost their lives on the USS Johnston. "Of the 186 lost, about 50 were killed by enemy action, 45 died on rafts from battle injuries and 92, including Evans, were alive in the water after Johnston sank, but were never heard from again," explains the Naval History and Heritage Command, on its website. Of the ship's crew of 341, only 141 survived, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. 25, 1944, after a fierce battle with Japanese forces, for which she was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. ![]() Related: Researchers Find Second Warship from WWII Battle of Midway
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