https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/final-resting-place-of-uss-hornet-cv-8-located-in-the-south-pacific-300793649.html
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Incredible!
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Surprising how intact she is considering the amount of damage it took to send her to the bottom.
More photos here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x4rjjnn54b7htz0/AAACCXspKm-WO0yDE9qJX78ta/Dive%20Photos?dl=0
At 5400m (17,500 ft) down, at least it won't be ravaged by wreck thieves looking for cheap steel....
Great story - thanks for posting
Nice! Thanks!
That picture of the Hornet on the floor that Steve posted is incredible.
Next week's headline: "Japanese tech institute students drop replicas of 1941 'friendship medals', tied to weights and guided by small motors with onboard nav systems, straight down onto the wreck of the Hornet!"
Which would be insulting, but also an epic level of trolling.
Great pics, haunting really. Thanks for posting!
That was very interesting - thanks.
Carrier Strike, by Eric Hammel, is a really well researched book on the Santa Cruz battle.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/carrier-strike-eric-hammel/1112011248/2680935717471?st=PLA&sid=BNB_Core+Catch-All,+Low&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=Cj0KCQiAnY_jBRDdARIsAIEqpJ3kjD3qeKnBnUX9eQdHsvdCyfzO5wJ6E-USdUT0FD6KtMSrBpKdiDEaAnw0EALw_wcB
A curious factoid. Erle Stanley Garner was starting his Perry Mason novels, and the captain of Hornet was Charles Perry Mason.
As an inside joke, the crew referred to him as Perry Mason, or the Lawyer. Sailor humor.
She looks like she's ready to come back up and get back in the fight. :clap:
A few billion ping-pong balls, a thousand gallons of naval jelly, and plenty of pluck should do it.
Quote from: Staggerwing on February 13, 2019, 07:43:29 PM
A few billion ping-pong balls, a thousand gallons of naval jelly, and plenty of pluck should do it.
NO! Didn't you see Raise the Titanic or Beyond the Poseidon Adventure? :hide:
Do what?
Quote from: Barthheart on February 12, 2019, 11:26:59 AM
At 5400m (17,500 ft) down, at least it won't be ravaged by wreck thieves looking for cheap steel....
Agree, too far down.
But the steel is actually quite valuable.
Here is why steel from sunken WWII and prior ships is so valuable:
http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/curriculum-blogs/engineering-blogs/why-do-we-build-medical-scanners-from-sunken-battleships (http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/curriculum-blogs/engineering-blogs/why-do-we-build-medical-scanners-from-sunken-battleships)
So Bikini Atoll's wrecks should be pretty safe from pillaging...