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An international research team aboard the 'Nautilus' has located the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer 'Teruzuki', which was sunk in 1942 during one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The wreck, over 2,600 feet beneath the surface in the waters of the Solomon Islands, was located and explored using ROVs, during the Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal expedition aboard the research vessel. The 'Teruzuki' was a 440-foot Akizuki-class destroyer commissioned in 1942. The fate of the ship was sealed in the early morning of Dec 12, 1942, while escorting supply vessels off Cape Esperance on the north coast of Guadalcanal. In a nighttime attack, two small U.S. Navy PT boats, PT-37 and PT-40, fired torpedoes, one of which struck the 'Teruzuki' in the stern, disabling the vessel and igniting a fire. Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka was knocked unconscious by the blast. The fire eventually reached the magazines and caused an enormous explosion. The destroyer sank around 4:40 a.m., taking nine crew members with it. The majority of the crew, Tanaka included, were saved. The discovery was made possible through a collaborative effort spearheaded by Ocean Exploration Trust and supported by NOAA Ocean Exploration, the University of New Hampshire, the Solomon Islands government, and other academic and maritime heritage organizations. Researchers used sonar mapping from the University of New Hampshire’s uncrewed surface vessel DriX to determine the location where the wreck was most likely to be. The ROVs 'Hercules' and 'Atalanta' were then deployed to explore the site. When it arrived at the bottom of the ocean, the team found the 'Teruzuki' in two sections. The stern, 656 feet away from the main hull, was depth-charged, disproving the previous theory that internal explosions of these weapons caused the final explosion. Hiroshi Ishii of Kyoto University’s Center for Southeast Asian Area Studies, who was part of the expedition, helped confirm the ship’s identity. In a statement to the Ocean Exploration Trust, he discussed the poignancy of the find: “Beyond the discovery, witnessing Teruzuki shows a real sadness about war. It was very emotional to see this ship’s turrets pointed skyward. The ship was designed for an anti-aircraft purpose, but found itself facing an entirely different type of conflict.” The site is also a reminder of the brutal naval battles that took place in the surrounding Iron Bottom Sound. The location was the site of five major sea battles in late 1942 at a cost of over 20,000 casualties and the sinking of over 100 warships and 1,450 aircraft. Less than 100 of those ships have been located to date. This discovery is the 12th wreck that has been mapped during the expedition, all part of a continuing project to document sunken military vessels and aircraft in the Pacific. Teruzuki is particularly historically valuable because there were no known photos or blueprints of the ship, due to wartime secrecy. The expedition is broadcasting its dives live at NautilusLive.org Report with photos: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/japanese-wwii-destroyer-teruzuki-wreck-found/

On Aug 5, 2025, the medical evacuation of a crew member was requested from 'MSC Ines', en route from Antwerp to Valencia, while the ship was sailing 70 nautical miles westnorthwest of the Sisargas Islands. The CCS Fisterra of Salvamento Marítimo deployed the SAR helicopter Helimer 402 for this purpose. The patient was transported to Alvedro for the further transfer to the hospital,

The "Aurora," operated by the German aid organization Sea-Watch, has been allowed to leave the port of Lampedusa. A court in the Sicilian city of Agrigento suspended the administrative detention that had been in effect since July 14. The boat had rescued 70 people in distress and had sailed to Lampedusa, even though the authorities had assigned them the more distant port of Pozzallo in Sicily. However, due to poor weather conditions, continuing the journey would have been irresponsible. Accordingly, the authorities had been informed of the change of course, and the "Aurora" had docked in Lampedusa with their express consent. The court found that the captain had acted in compliance with international law, and the detention was a political attempt to hinder civilian sea rescue.

On the morning of Aug 5, upon the arrival of the 'Blue Star Chios' at the port of Pigadia, Karpathos, a 36-year-old Greek passenger jumped into the water from the deck of the ship. Immediately, Port Authority officials as well as crew members of theferry proceeded to rescue the man,, using life jackets. He was pulled from the water and then taken to the General Hospital of Karpathos for precautionary reasons, where he remained hospitalized. A preliminary investigation was onducted by the Karpathos Port Authority.

The 'Escanaba' offloaded approximately 11,922 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $88.2 million at Port Everglades on Aug 5. The seized contraband was the result of three separate interdictions in the eastern Pacific by the crew of the 'Escanaba', the Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team, and the embarked Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew. The following assets and crews were involved in the interdiction operations:   - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) ; - U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron; - U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team. Report with photo and video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4261124/coast-guard-offloads-more-than-88-million-in-illicit-drugs-interdicted-in-the-e/