Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Tsohon jirgin ruwan jirgin saman Amurka wanda ya tsira daga harin torpedo na Japan kuma ya kasance babban ɗan guinea don fashewar bom na atomatik guda biyu yana da kyau sosai a kasan Pacific, a cewar masu binciken tarayya waɗanda suka bincika jirgin a watan da ya gabata tare da jirgi mara matuki na karkashin ruwa. USS Independence ya rushe a watan Janairun 1951 yayin gwajin makamai kusa da tsibirin Farallon na California. Ko da yake an tabbatar da inda yake ta hanyar binciken a shekara ta 2009, masu bincike daga National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sun sake neman shi a watan Maris a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin da za su zana taswirar kusan 300 da suka rushe a ciki da kewaye da Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. "Bayan shekaru 64 a ƙarƙashin teku, 'Yancin kai yana zaune a ƙasa kamar yana shirye ya kaddamar da jirage", in ji shugaban aikin James Delgado, darektan al'adun gargajiyar teku na Ofishin National Sanctuaries na NOAA, a cikin wata sanarwa. Hakika, hotuna na sonar sun nuna abin da ya yi kama da jirgin sama a kan ɗaya daga cikin ɗagawar da ke ɗauke da jiragen sama daga ɗakunan ajiya na Independence zuwa ɗakinta. Jirgin yana tsaye tsaye tare da karamin jerin gwano zuwa starboard, a cewar NOAA. Binciken NOAA na mai ɗaukar nauyin 11,000 mai tsawon ƙafa 623 ya gudanar da Echo Ranger, mai tsawon ƙafa 18.5 mai sarrafa kansa a ƙarƙashin ruwa wanda kamfanin Boeing Co. Echo Ranger ya yi tafiyar mil 30 daga tushe a Half Moon Bay, California, kuma ya tashi sama da 150 sama da mai ɗaukar kaya, wanda yake ƙafa 2,600 a ƙarƙashin saman Tekun Pacific. Jirgin ya yi amfani da tsarin sonar mai girma uku wanda Coda Octopus ya bayar don samun hotunan da suka nuna yadda jirgin ya yi shekaru 64 a cikin zurfin. "Wannan jirgin ya yi yaƙi mai tsawo, mai wuya a cikin Pacific kuma bayan yaƙin ya kasance ƙarƙashin fashewar atomatik guda biyu waɗanda suka tsage jirgin. Tunatarwa ce game da ƙarfin masana'antu da ƙwarewar'mafi girman ƙarni' wanda ya aika ba kawai wannan jirgin ba, amma ƙaunatattun su zuwa yaƙi, "in ji Delgado a cikin sanarwar. A cikin shekaru 20 a cikin Sojojin Ruwa, jirgin ya taka rawar gani a wasu muhimman abubuwan da suka faru a yakin duniya na biyu,...
An nutsar da USS Independence a 1951 bayan gwajin makamai. Carrier ya kasance kusa da guinea alade zuwa gwaje-gwajen bam na atomatik guda biyu. Jirgin yana da kyau sosai a ƙafa 2,600 a ƙarƙashin saman Tekun Pacific.