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USS Lexington: Lost WW2 aircraft carrier found after 76 years
BBC News ^ | March 6, 2018 | BBC News

Posted on 03/06/2018 6:11:05 AM PST by George - the Other

The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia.

The USS Lexington was found 3km (2 miles) underwater in the Coral Sea, about 800km off Australia's east coast.

The ship was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea, fought with Japan from 4-8 May 1942. More than 200 crew members died in the fighting.

The US Navy confirmed the ship had been discovered by a search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coralsea; discovery; lexington; midway; militaryhistory; shipwreck; usn; usnavy; usslexington; ww2
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Coral Sea was an important battle, as it stopped the Japanese advance, and helped set up the U.S. victory at Midway.
1 posted on 03/06/2018 6:11:06 AM PST by George - the Other
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To: George - the Other

Leyete Gulf was big also


2 posted on 03/06/2018 6:17:44 AM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: George - the Other

Paul Allen is a roll! wow


3 posted on 03/06/2018 6:26:04 AM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: George - the Other

The Japanese currency for a conquered Australia had already been printed up.


4 posted on 03/06/2018 6:27:00 AM PST by gaijin
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“The US Navy confirmed the ship had been discovered by a search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.”

Allen is a big collector and restorer of WW2 warbirds. 2 miles deep may be too much to recover anything.


5 posted on 03/06/2018 6:27:29 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: George - the Other
From the article: The ship will not be retrieved because the US Navy considers it to be a war grave.

Well, I would have first guessed that the ship wouldn't be retrieved because it is some two miles deep in the Pacific and it was 888 feet long and over 43,000 tons.

6 posted on 03/06/2018 6:31:05 AM PST by BlueLancer (Black Rifle Coffee - Freedom, guns, tits, bacon, and booze!)
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To: George - the Other

Cool.


7 posted on 03/06/2018 6:33:21 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: BlueLancer
Well, I would have first guessed that the ship wouldn't be retrieved because it is some two miles deep in the Pacific and it was 888 feet long and over 43,000 tons.

They discovered about a dozen airplanes that had slid off the flight deck when the ship went down. Perhaps those might be salvageable?

8 posted on 03/06/2018 6:34:35 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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My maternal grandfather was on the Lex at Coral Sea. He floated a few hours, then was rescued. Went on to serve on the Bennington and the Card in WWII, then lived a full life back home in Missouri.


9 posted on 03/06/2018 6:35:38 AM PST by Stanimal
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the japs thought they had sunk yorktown as well but she limped back to pearl and was patched up and ready for what turned into the battle of midway.lexington was such a beautiful ship.glad they found her


10 posted on 03/06/2018 6:42:57 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: BlueLancer

Send the Space Aliens will float it in no time.


11 posted on 03/06/2018 6:43:23 AM PST by boomop1 (Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
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To: Stanimal

And eventually you were born!


12 posted on 03/06/2018 6:44:02 AM PST by donna (Chelsea Manning is Obama's legacy.)
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To: George - the Other

BFL


13 posted on 03/06/2018 6:46:02 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette)
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To: George - the Other

If that number of men were lost today, the pantywaists in the media and Dem party would be screaming to surrender because all was lost!

This country needs a serious moral awakening...and I think Donald J. Trump may be the catalyst.


14 posted on 03/06/2018 6:48:44 AM PST by Redleg Duke (Build Kates Wall! Never Forget!)
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To: miliantnutcase

Yeah, too bad other billionaires can’t do something constructive rather than blabbermouth and give to anti American causes

Or LOOKITMEEEE projects like Billy and Lindy Gates


15 posted on 03/06/2018 6:50:08 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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To: Stanimal

Thanks.


16 posted on 03/06/2018 6:53:28 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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History trivia: The Lexington was laid down to be a battle cruiser but was converted to a carrier due to treaty restrictions on capital ships.


17 posted on 03/06/2018 6:54:46 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Related: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3637596/posts
18 posted on 03/06/2018 6:57:26 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Lexington class battle cruiser:


19 posted on 03/06/2018 6:59:38 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Sister ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)


20 posted on 03/06/2018 7:03:42 AM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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