Famous WWII Submarine USS Harder & Her 80 Crew Members Found

Tim Taylor, a Veteran Ocean Explorer and Tiburon Subsea’s CEO, and the Lost 52 Project team are excited to share the discovery of the WWII Submarine USS Harder and the entombed crew comprising 80 servicemen.

This is one of the most popular submarines of WWII, and it was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for the six fruitful war patrols.

Commanded by Medal of Honor recipient Cmdr. Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), the crew members of the USS Harder, submerged five destroyers and safely rescued an embedded special forces group working behind enemy lines, receiving a Presidential Unit Citation.

Besides the Medal of Honor, they were also awarded four Navy Crosses.

This is Taylor’s ninth WWII submarine discovery, making it personal and historic.

He is the sole Ocean Explorer and Civilian to find, document, and share his historic discoveries with the US Navy, bringing closure to the families of 452 heroes and servicemen who died in battle.

Tim Taylor is internationally recognized as an underwater robotics specialist.

He stated that making the best use of pioneering underwater robotic tech has allowed him and his teammates to document each gravesite with advanced 4D modelling photogrammetry, resulting in the most extensive historical and archaeological records available.

The USS Harder was a peer among peers, a fighter among fighters, and, above all, a submarine among submarines.

From the book Hell and Deep Water by Navy Vice Adm. Charles A. Lockwood, HARDER was lost in victory.

He expressed his gratitude that Tim Taylor and the Lost 52 Team provided the opportunity to honour the courage of the crew members of “Hit ’em HARDER,” the submarine which had sunk most of Japan’s warships in brutal attacks under the legendary skipper, Cmdr. Sam Dealey. Samuel J. Cox, SES RADM, USN (Retd.) Director of Naval History and Heritage Command.

The US Navy has officially validated the Lost 52 Project’s finding of the USS Harder at an underwater depth of 1140 meters in the South China Sea.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has recognised Tim Taylor’s “Lost 52 Project” as the first and broadest offshore underwater archaeological mission in Pacific waters.

The Lost 52 Project 2023/2024 expedition collaborated intensively with the National Museum of the Philippines, a cultural, scientific, and educational facility that oversees Filipino artefacts.

The National Museum of the Philippines’ Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Division aided this endeavour.

Tim Taylor is the CEO of Tiburon Subsea, which specialises in developing AUV technologies to advance ocean data collection solutions.

Reference: sg.finance

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