80-year-old USS Harder WWII submarine wreck discovered in South China Sea near the Philippines at 3,000+ ft depth.

80 years after its final mission, the wreck of USS Harder, a renowned US Navy submarine during WWII, has been found in the South China Sea near the Philippines. The submarine lies at a depth of over 3,000 feet, intact except for damage from a Japanese depth charge. Harder was lost in battle in 1944 with its entire crew of 79 submariners, as the US sought to reclaim the Philippines from Japanese forces.