Current expedition

Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal: Iron Bottom Sound

July 2 – 23, 2025
Current Status
Vehicles on Deck
Update
After a quick bounce-dive to groundtruth a seafloor target identified during shallow-water mapping operations, we have ROVs back on deck. Check out the Gallery tab to get caught up on our discovery of the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki, the discovery of the bow of USS New Orleans, and exploration of USS Northampton, and USS Vincennes here in Iron Bottom Sound!
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Ship Location
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands
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