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Description: This is an underwater video of what’s left of an American submarine about 40 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Launched in 1935, the USS Tarpon (SS-175) is one of the last surviving examples of a WWII era Porpoise class diesel-electric boat considered the scourge of the Japanese Navy during the 1940s. In 1942 and 1943, the USS Tarpon sank both Japanese and German Navy ships while serving in the Pacific, earning 7 battle stars. Not wanting to end up in the scrap yard, she made her l