From May 23, 2024 CNN "USS Harder: Wreck of famed US Navy World War II sub found off Philippines" by Brad Lendon.
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol according to the Navy's History and Heritage Command.
It lies under 3,000 feet of water off the northern Philippine island of Luzon, sitting upright and intact except for damage behind its conning tower from a Japanese depth charge.
The Harder was lost in battle August 24, 1944, along with its crew of 79 while on its sixth war patrol as the US sought to retake the Philippines. The Harder had sunk two Japanese escort vessels off the Bataan Peninsula on August 22, 1944, and then headed north along the Luzon coast with two other submarines in search of more targets.
--GreGen
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