The Titanic is not the only famous ship that Ballard has found.
In May 2002, he discovered the remains of a boat called PT-109.
PT-109 was a small naval boat, similar to the one in the picture.
Its captain was a young John F. Kennedy. Its job was to stop the
Japanese navy from carrying supplies to soldiers on the Solomon
Islands. On 2 August 1943 PT-109 was struck by a Japanese warship and sank. Two men died, but Kennedy and the rest of the
crew managed to swim to a nearby island. The remains of PT-109
have been lying on the bottom of the sec since that day. Ballard
Used submersibles and naval maps to locate the boat.