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Surprising WWII shipwreck linked to famous David-vs-Goliath sea battle is found
A famed Japanese destroyer lost in 1942 has been found severed on the South Pacific seafloor — the result of a fantastic David-vs.-Goliath sea battle that remains the stuff of legend for the U.S. Navy ...
Missing bow of World War II cruiser found after 83 years
On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...
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Last Remaining Piece of WWII Warship USS New Orleans Found After 80 Years
Researchers have found the missing bow of the USS New Orleans, a WWII warship torn apart in battle, off the coast of the ...
Divers spot creature hidden in tentacles of a sea anemone. It’s a new species
Anemonefishes are a group of damselfishes “that exclusively live symbiotically with sea anemones,” researchers said in a July 10 study published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. They are ...
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Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...
Pacific tuna fleets pushed to lift ban in waters they barely fished
President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.
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UNH drone finds bow of USS New Orleans blown off in WWII fighting Japanese near Guadalcanal
On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and ...
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Historic World War II ship found in the Pacific Ocean
Researchers and scientists found a part of an 80-year-old damaged World War II warship more than 600 meters deep in the ...
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...
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 ...
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Undersea expedition discovers bow of USS New Orleans, lost in WWII
On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were lost to history — until now.