Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Ko te kaipuke rererangi o mua o te US Navy i ora i te patu torpedo a Iapani, a he porohita nui mo nga paahitanga o te poma ngota e rua e tino pai ana i te raro o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, e ai ki nga kairangahau a te kawanatanga i tirotirohia te parekura i te marama o mua me te drone o raro o te wai. I whakangaromia te USS Independence i te marama o Hanuere 1951 i te wa e whakamātautau ana i nga patu tata ki nga Moutere o Farallon o California. Ahakoa i whakapumautia tōna wāhi e tētahi rangahau i te tau 2009, ka haere anō ngā kairangahau o te National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ki te rapu i a ia i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi hei wāhanga o tētahi kaupapa ki te mahere i ngā kaipuke 300 e takoto ana i roto i te Moana o te Farallones National Marine Sanctuary me ōna taha. "I muri i nga tau 64 i runga i te papa moana, kei te noho a Independence ki raro me te mea kua rite ki te whakarewa i ona rererangi", te kaiarahi o te misioni a James Delgado, te kaiwhakahaere taonga tuku iho moana mo te Tari o nga Taone Taone o te NOAA, i roto i tetahi korero. He pono, e whakaatu ana ngā whakaahua sonar i tētahi mea e rite ana ki tētahi rererangi i runga i tētahi o ngā ararewa i kawe i ngā rererangi mai i te papa o te Independence ki tōna papa rerenga. Ka noho te kaipuke ki runga, he iti te rārangi ki te taha matau, e ai ki te NOAA. Ko te tirotiro a te NOAA mo te 623-waewae-roa, 11,000-tauna kawe i whakahaerehia e te Echo Ranger, he waka moana 18.5-wae-roa i whakaratohia e te Boeing Co. I haere te Echo Ranger i te 30 maero mai i tana turanga i Half Moon Bay, California, a 150 i runga ake i te kaikawe, e 2,600 waewae i raro i te mata o te Moana-a-Kiwa. I whakamahia e te waka rererangi te punaha sonar toru-ahu i whakawhiwhia e Coda Octopus ki te tiki whakaahua e whakaatu ana i te pai o te kaipuke pakanga i te 64 tau i roto i te hohonu. "I whawhai tēnei kaipuke i tētahi pakanga roa, uaua i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ā, i muri i te pakanga, e rua ngā pākahiko ngota i pakaru i te kaipuke. He whakamaharatanga ki te kaha o te ahumahi me te pukenga o te 'whakatupuranga nui rawa atu' i tukuna mai ehara i tenei kaipuke anake, engari ko o raatau hoa aroha ki te pakanga, "e kii ana a Delgado i roto i te korero. I roto i ngā tau e 20 i roto i te Navy, i whai wāhi te kaipuke ki ētahi o ngā kaupapa tino hira o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao,
I whakangaromia te USS Independence i te tau 1951 whai muri i ngā whakamātautau patu. I tata atu a Carrier ki ngā whakamātautau e rua o te poma karihi. He tino pai te āhua o te kaipuke i te 2,600 waewae i raro i te mata o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.