In 1945, as Japan was occupied at the end of World War II, the ship was found afloat at Kure, Japan. Recommissioned once more as the USS Stewart, the old destroyer was towed back to San Francisco and sunk the next year as a target ship.

U ndersea investigators have located the wreck of a century-old US Navy destroyer, USS Stewart, that was lost for nearly 80 years. The wreck, once known as “The ghost ship of the Pacific”, was found off the coast of northern California 1,067 meters (3,500 feet) below the water's surface.

The “ Ghost Ship of the Pacific ,” used by both American and Japanese forces, was given a “burial at sea” and intentionally sunk on May 24, 1946, off the coast of San Francisco, according to a joint Oct 1. release from Ocean Infinity, SEARCH and the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation.

The wreck of the US Navy destroyer from World War II, “Ghost Ship of the Pacific,” has been found off the coast near California.According to CNN, The Air Sea Heritage Foundation and Search Inc. on Tuesday,

The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.

The rediscovery of the vessel, which was captured by the Japanese for a time during World War II, highlights the potential of underwater autonomous vehicles to map the ocean floor.

The wreck of a US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been found off the coast of California by undersea investigators.

The wreckage of a Second World War US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been discovered off the coast of California almost eight decades after it sank. Ocean explorers found USS Stewart 3,

The wreck of what was once known as the mysterious “the Ghost Ship of the Pacific” that fought on both sides of the Pacific theater in WWII has been discovered lying off the coast of California in “exceptional” condition.