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Sunken World War II Aircraft Carrier Found by Deep-Sea Expedition
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| 3/6/2018
| Elaina Zachos
Posted on 03/07/2018 9:43:26 PM PST by bitt
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:43:26 PM PST
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bitt
To: ransomnote; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
03/07/2018 9:44:34 PM PST
by
bitt
(We dont need an electric chair, we need electric bleachers.)
To: bitt
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posted on
03/07/2018 10:03:17 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: bitt
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posted on
03/07/2018 10:07:58 PM PST
by
JPJones
(More tariffs, less income tax.)
To: bitt
“The Lady Lex’’ found at last. She went down with 219 hands on May 8,1942. The following month the US Navy would get revenge at The Battle of Midway and put four Jap carriers at the bottom of The Pacific.
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posted on
03/07/2018 10:22:32 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: bitt
The website has a few pics pertaining to the article and then shows sea life and other nonsense pictures.The aircraft that were found in a debri field were non existant until these photos were released.Hopefully Allen can recover these for the navy museum and for himself as he has quite a collection of WW2 aircraft.What an AWESOME discovery.
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posted on
03/07/2018 10:36:36 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: bitt
That will buff right out.
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posted on
03/07/2018 11:43:23 PM PST
by
Revel
To: Revel
Are we sure its not a new submarine aircraft carrier?
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:09:28 AM PST
by
TonyM
(UPS)
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
Most likely nothing will be removed. It is a war grave and still property of the US .
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:12:57 AM PST
by
Destroyer Sailor
(Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
To: Destroyer Sailor
Most likely nothing will be removed. It is a war grave and still property of the US .Can Paul Allen remove the aircraft that slid off the deck since they are scattered around the area or does that law just pertain to the wreck itself?
Or is the geographical area considered a war grave? Just wondering.
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posted on
03/08/2018 3:41:24 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Quit calling them liberals, progressives, or Democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!)
To: Destroyer Sailor
From what I have read the debri field (where the aircraft came to rest on the sea floor)is excluded from the war grave according to the government.We will just have to see.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:50:06 AM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Destroyer Sailor
It is probably deep enough that nothing will be moved. Some of the WWII ships in shallow water, such as the Repulse, have been mutilated by salvagers using cranes to salvage steel. Do a search on HMS Repulse.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:51:32 AM PST
by
alternatives?
(Why have an army if there are no borders?)
To: DCBryan1
I believe the “Bismarck” debris field indicates where the turrets “fell out” when the ship overturned on her way down; incredible.
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posted on
03/08/2018 4:55:27 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: jmacusa
How did you make out in the storm?
An incredible aspect of the carrier war in the Pacific in contrast to the battleship encounters of WWI is that no enemy carriers were ever within sight of each other. The distances involved in the Pacific War are mind-boggling; the Japanese could re-supply isolated island garrisons with subs because their subs had to be made so much larger than U-boats (to cover much larger distances).
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posted on
03/08/2018 5:19:03 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: bitt
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
03/08/2018 5:53:53 AM PST
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: bitt
A little WD40 and some Scotchbrite and I bet I could get that thing to shoot again.
Nice find.
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posted on
03/08/2018 6:34:26 AM PST
by
super7man
(Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
To: jmacusa
Awesome, the next carrier ship out of the yards was Christened USS Lexington, BIL was a Plank Owner, we just lost him at 91 last year. She too was called the Lady Lex.
Hubby served on carriers like the USS Midway (Nam), Constelation (Missile Crisis), ending 20 yr career on the Enchon.
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posted on
03/08/2018 6:43:14 AM PST
by
GailA
(Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
To: alternatives?
If Allen will pay for it I doubt the navy would have a problem with him recovering those aircraft. I’m sure they’d love to have aircraft from that battle in Pensacola.
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posted on
03/08/2018 6:46:01 AM PST
by
lodi90
To: bitt
Lately Paul Allen has been the force behind finding these lost WWII ships. Hes doing great work.
To: kearnyirish2
Hey kearny! Not bad at all down here on The Jersey Shore. Was more bluster than anything else. How about you? Yes WW2 in the Pacific was certainly the most wide ranging. Considering the Pacific Ocean covers some 12 million square miles. No other country's navy could do the job and rose to the challenge as did ours. The Japanese never fully developed a convoy system that could adequately supply their forces and the reality and the Japanese code of the warrior meant for those troops on those islands that theirs was a one way trip. They were basically there to die for the Emperor. Some of them didn't give up for years after the war ended.
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posted on
03/08/2018 7:09:48 AM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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