Brazilian Navy Confirms Wreck of Lost WWII Troop Transport

Archeologists in Brazil have finally resolved the mystery of a World War II military ship that was torpedoed and sunk by a Nazi submarine, killing 100 of her 270 crew members. The Brazilian Navy reports that after more than eight decades, the wreck of Vital de Oliveiro has been identified by sonar imaging lying some 65 kilometers off the coast of Rio De Janeiro.

The Vital de Oliveiro was a troop transport built in 1910 and originally called Itauba. The ship joi…