Searchers find sunken stern of doomed World War II destroyer off Alaskan coast
The USS Abner Read had finished one leg of its anti-submarine patrol and was turning to start the next. Off the shore of Kiska, in Alaska’s Aleutian chain, the sea was calm, and the moon could be glimpsed behind clouds and mist.It was Aug. 18, 1943. The Japanese had just evacuated the island but left behind a minefield, thought to be 2,000 yards away. But at 1:50 a.m., as the darkened destroyer crept along at 5 knots, its stern erupted in a huge geyser of water.It had struck a […]
