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WWII American warship's severed bow found 80 years after being blown off in battle
After 80 years, researchers located the bow of USS New Orleans torn off by a Japanese torpedo during a 1942 WWII naval battle that killed over 180 crew members.
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Lost bow of WWII US ship found 80 years after coconut-log powered reverse escape
A team from the Nautilus Live expedition, part of a joint effort involving NOAA Ocean Exploration and several US research ...
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Severed Bow of WWII Ship Found, 8 Decades Later
Lost for more than 80 years, the severed bow of the legendary USS New Orleans—torn away by a torpedo in one of World War II's fiercest battles—has finally been discovered deep beneath the Pacific, CBS ...
Long-lost bow of WWII ship found nearly 83 years after it was blown off in Japanese torpedo strike
To find the bow of this ship is an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of this valiant crew, even on one of the worst nights in U.S. Navy history.” ...
A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...