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The National Oceanic & Atmospheric¹ Administration [NOAA], spends most of its time trying to understand and predict changes in the environment, along with conserving² and managing coastal³ and marine⁴ resources. But its scientific expertise⁵ also just made it possible to locate the remains⁶ of a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk by a German submarine in World War II.

The ship is the YP-389, which went down about 20 miles off the coast of Cape⁷ Hatteras, North Carolina, on June 19, 1942. Six sailors were killed in the attack. The wreck⁸ was found in 300 feet of water, in an area called the Graveyard⁹ of the Atlantic. That region is the final resting place for more than 80 American, British and German vessels¹⁰ lost in the Battle of the Atlantic.

The discovery was made during a summer archaeological expedition to research and document historically significant World War II shipwrecks¹¹. The remains will be surveyed, photographed and documented non-invasively, as the lost boats and ships are considered war graves. The researchers will also survey the marine life that has found a home among the ruins.