This is moderately old news by now, but the finding of the USS Indianapolis by an expedition led by Paul Allen marks one of the last great shipwreck finds available.
Oh sure, there are still lots of wrecks. But there aren't a lot more truly historically significant wrecks that haven't been found. One of the remaining challenges with historical and human significance isn't even a ship, it's a plane, the wreck of the ill-fated flight Malaysian Airlines 370 (MH 370). And that's going to be even harder to find than a big battleship.
So, noted briefly, this was a major shipwreck find. Sometimes I state the obvious.
Wreckage of WWII-Era Warship U.S.S. Indianapolis Found After 72 Years
An image of the wreck, taken by an ROV:
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