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 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,