Summary:
- The wreckage of the USS Butte, the only U.S. ship captured by the Japanese during World War II, has been discovered off the coast of California.
- The USS Butte was a cargo ship that was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and later sunk by a U.S. submarine in 1943.
- The discovery of the wreckage provides insights into the history of the Pacific theater during WWII and the fate of the captured U.S. vessel.