Experts Mapping Out the Ocean Floor Unearthed Historic and Shocking Discovery

Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently discovered a historic find while scanning the ocean floor: a World War II-era oil ship.

About 2.5 miles from the shipwreck, an oil slick was discovered, allowing the researchers to locate the site. The Bloody Marsh was carrying almost 106,000 barrels of oil at the time of the catastrophe. The slicks are most likely caused by the wreck's progressive deterioration, according to Brennan.

"Given the position of this wreck, the oil slicks detected upstream of it, the welded joinery and general look of the wreck as that of a T2 oil tanker, and the matching of the length of the hull section with the torpedo damage," Brennan stated in an NOAA report on the finding.