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Deep sea explorers discover USS Wasp, another WWII aircraft carrier
CBS News ^ | 15 Mar 2019 | Mark Philips

Posted on 03/15/2019 8:25:00 AM PDT by GreyFriar

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Microsoft founder Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc./Navigea Ltd, R/V Petrel, has released video of its locating the wreck of the USS Wasp in the Coral Sea. They found the Wasp shortly after the found the USS Hornet. Be sure to watch Mark Philips' interview with a survivor of the Wasp.
1 posted on 03/15/2019 8:25:00 AM PDT by GreyFriar
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To: GreyFriar; archy; kunsanhistorian; xzins; 2ndDivisionVet; SandRat; zot; HarleyLady27; ...

I also recommend reading this report about the finding of the USS Wasp that is on the Fox News website: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/wreck-of-wwii-aircraft-carrier-uss-wasp-discovered-in-the-coral-sea


2 posted on 03/15/2019 8:31:21 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

This should act as a reminder to all of what “total war” is like.

JoMa


3 posted on 03/15/2019 8:31:42 AM PDT by joma89
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To: GreyFriar

I-19 conducted the most ‘successful’ torpedo attack in the history of naval warfare on that terrible day.


4 posted on 03/15/2019 8:34:10 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Bttt.

5.56mm


5 posted on 03/15/2019 8:39:12 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: GreyFriar

Remarkable what money can do.


6 posted on 03/15/2019 8:39:49 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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Well, from the point of view of the Imperial Japanese Navy, it was successful. Sunk a Carrier and a Destroyer and mission killed a Battleship putting it out of action for months.


7 posted on 03/15/2019 8:41:15 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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To: immadashell

In this case I applaud the late Paul Allen in using part of his money to found & fund this research group.


8 posted on 03/15/2019 8:46:38 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
The 'perp':


9 posted on 03/15/2019 9:04:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Thank you for posting the photo of the I-19.


10 posted on 03/15/2019 9:08:28 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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I-19 conducted the most ‘successful’ torpedo attack in the history of naval warfare on that terrible day.

I don't know about that. I-19 needed 3 torpedoes to sink Wasp.

On 19 June 1944, IJN Taihō was sunk by USS Albacore (SS-218) with a single torpedo.

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11 posted on 03/15/2019 9:20:49 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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On September 15, 1942, while patrolling south of the Solomon Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign under the command of Commander Narahara Shogo,[2] I-19 sighted and attacked the U.S. carrier Wasp, firing six torpedoes. Three of the torpedoes hit the Wasp, causing heavy damage. With power knocked out due to damage from the torpedo explosions, Wasp’s damage-control teams were unable to contain the ensuing fires. She was abandoned and scuttled.

The remaining three torpedoes from the same spread (torpedo salvo), often incorrectly attributed to a second Japanese submarine, hit the U.S. battleship North Carolina and the destroyer O'Brien, the latter of which later sank en route for repairs on October 19, 1942. Significant damage had been sustained by North Carolina, which underwent repairs at Pearl Harbor until November 16, 1942.

This single torpedo salvo thus sank an aircraft carrier and a destroyer, and severely damaged a battleship, making it one of the most damaging torpedo salvos in history.[3]

12 posted on 03/15/2019 9:24:01 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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The light cruiser Juneau was also torpedoed and sunk at Guadalcanal, with the loss of 687 men including the five Sullivan brothers. She was located in March of 2018 by Paul Allen’s vessel as well.


13 posted on 03/15/2019 9:24:37 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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My uncle was on the Wasp in 1945 when it was hit by a typhoon. He was 18 years old and came home paralyzed from the waist down. He was struck by a beam. He spent a long time in the naval hospital, in Brooklyn, where he met his wife who happened to be his nurse. She was from Boston and did her nursing studies in Quincy where she actually watched the Wasp being built at the Fore River Shipyard. I don’t think he ever missed a Wasp reunion and his love for the Navy lasted his entire life.


14 posted on 03/15/2019 9:31:56 AM PDT by surrey
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All right. You win. I had forgotten about the O'Brien.

WWG1WGA

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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

15 posted on 03/15/2019 9:40:57 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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"This should act as a reminder to all of what “total war” is like. "

Sad, but I think the reaction of the American public to the loss of a carrier today would make the French cheese eating surrender monkeys look like warmongers.

16 posted on 03/15/2019 9:41:21 AM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'am younger than that now.)
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Thank you for your post about your uncle. Here is about the USS Wasp (CV-18) that he was on, it was the namesake of the Wasp (CV-7) sunk in 1942.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(CV-18)


17 posted on 03/15/2019 9:47:33 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
Thx.

18 posted on 03/15/2019 10:02:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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Thanks GreyFriar. I misunderstood, thought you'd posted an additional link in the earlier topic.

19 posted on 03/15/2019 10:10:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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SunkenCiv,

It is the same USS Wasp, CV-7, but new/additional stories. Somehow I missed/forgot about the early story Coronel posted.


20 posted on 03/15/2019 10:16:12 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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