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Subnuts 03-05-18 04:50 PM

Wreck of the USS Lexington discovered
 
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-...-wwii-carrier/

Schroeder 03-05-18 05:14 PM

Cool find.:yeah:

Falkirion 03-05-18 05:36 PM

I've noticed that Paul Allen seems to be donating a lot of time and effort into locating wartime wrecks over the past few years. Can't be easy to locate wrecks at such depths.

So that makes 3 wrecks Paul's discovered so far. Musashi, Indianapolis and now Lexington.

Edit. 4 wrecks. Forgot the Astoria!

Eichhörnchen 03-05-18 06:13 PM

That TBD Devastator is amazingly well-preserved. Not long enough!

Commander Wallace 03-05-18 07:32 PM

What a great find. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Robert Ballard was looking for the WW 2 Aircraft Carrier Yorktown as well.

Torvald Von Mansee 03-06-18 01:12 AM

I would like it if the U-47 was found..

Jimbuna 03-06-18 04:15 AM

What an amazing discovery and hopefully many more in the future, thanks for posting and sharing :cool:

Mr Quatro 03-06-18 10:11 AM

I too am glad they found this wreck, but they certainly knew the area it was in at least ...
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The badly damaged Lexington, nicknamed "Lady Lex," was deliberately sunk by another US warship at the conclusion of the battle.


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