USS Hornet found near Solomon Islands
 

Very cool.

https://worldwarwings.com/breaking-f...BTH4ED3qXnzrzE

Breaking | First Pictures Of USS Hornet Surface After Ship Is Finally Found


On February 6th, 2019, the wreckage of USS Hornet, which sank 77 years ago, was finally found. R/V Petrel, a research vessel owned by the estate of Paul Allen (which is also responsible for finding various other historical wrecks), located the ship off the Soloman Islands 17,000 feet below the surface.

The finding of this ship is significant because the ship itself made a difference in World War II. USS Hornet (CV-8) was launched in 1940 as a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was sent off to fight in the Pacific Theater.

She fought nobly during the war taking major roles in both the Battle of Midway and the launch of the Doolittle Raid but was eventually struck on January 13th, 1943. During heavy fighting, Hornet was targeted by Japanese dive bombers, many of which scored major hits on both the hull and the bridge.

She eventually succumbed to her damage, sinking into the Pacific and taking 140 of the crew with her. The remaining survivors were picked up by surrounding ships.

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Wow

that old dude seems cool as shit. LMAO

Awesome.

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That's really, really, cool.

Neat.

"If you find my locker there's $40 bucks in it. You can have it"

LMAO

that was a badass video.

Growing up I had the chance to talk to several WW II vets... I found them to be some of the most interesting people I have ever met... True American heroes...

God Bless America!

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Fools! Don't give away its position!

They got a liiiiiitle over-dramatic there.

Yes, she sunk. Yes, some of her sailors died. But they kinda made it sound like she went down with 2,000 souls or something. My memory is that she was scuttled and had been abandoned for some time by then.

Those Yorktown carriers had about 3,000 people on them. It probably lost about 5% of its crew when it was being attacked. "The final resting place of so many of her brave crew" is kinda overdone seeing as how they'd probably pulled many of those casualties off the ship before they set about scuttling her.

Still damn cool, especially the interview with the sailor, but leave it to network news shows to go for the heart strings just for shits and grins.

140

Watched this show called “Drain the Oceans”. Shows all the wrecks on the bottom of the ocean and tells their story on how and why they went down. Interesting stuff, to me anyway.

Wow, very cool video.

500 lb armour piercing bombs going off below deck that 5% lost was not a lot left to recover.

Heh. Was watching it last night and they did a special on the Titanic (done to death i know).

Hornet, Yorktown and Enterprise turned the course of WWII in the Pacific at the Battle of Midway, sinking four Japanese carriers in exchange for just one. The Japanese lost the initiative as a result of that battle, and the Allies held it the rest of the way.

Hornet was also the ship that launched the Doolittle raid.

Between the two, she is one of the most famous ships in US Navy history, and it's awesome that we've found her.

Great news!

Let’s refloat it and sail it around China’s new Aircraft Carrier by remote control.

That is cool. History is cool.

Very cool. She launched the Doolittle Raid and took part in Midway, the turning point in the war in the Pacific.

Salute!

Too late old man.

I love shit like this. If I ever become a billionaire my life will be spent on my own vessel searching for cool shit on the floor of the oceans.

Just saw a story on it.

They did a video feed to a guy who was 18 when it sank, He is now over 90.
He said if someone finds the 40 bucks in his locker, they can have it.

It clearly states 140 souls were lost. If your takeaway was 2000, you have a reading comprehension issue.

My son set up a veterans day program at school a few years ago. Had a Navy man who was on the USS Oklahoma during Pearl Harbor. He was very old but told a hell of a story of bravery and courage. Almost felt like we were there. He still had the keys to the gun powder room after all those yrs as he got blow up before he could get the door unlocked. Our government got wind of this and honored him with a nice ceremony where he gave them the keys. He has since passed but I remember how attentive and respectful the jr. high kids were to him and the other veterans. Each kid spoke to him and shook his hand afterwards.

Awesome

I just saw the same story. (Looks up at the OP.)

Doolittle was a BAMF too.
Little guy, with huge stones.

He won’t (/Ron Howard)

I lived near the town of Doolittle growing up, and I knew it had been named after him. But looking now at the history, it really makes sense why they did. The town boomed because of WWII, according to wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle,_Missouri

Looking at the population figures, though, it seems like 'booming' meant a few hundred people. That makes me chuckle.

ditto

Pretty amazing stuff.

The best offseason thread so far!

Thanks for posting.

Absolutely this. Love that show.

That is so cool. wow..

95? I want what he's drinking! Great story. Thank you for posting. Brought a tear to my eye.

Does anyone know if this ship was involved in the battle of midway or the Doolittle raid?

Or know where to find the video feed?

Without his billions from capitalism, Paul Allen wouldn't be able to find all these great historical vessels by using Microsoft AI tools. Just a thought.....

Private industry has found the majority of them over the last twenty years. Really great stuff.

Thanks for posting. :clap:

I know, right? All these questions left unanswered.

Driven right by it many times over the years. Never knew it was named after him.

Figures...

LMAO

:D

I literally checked the thread first for you posting those two facts, because of course you would. When I saw that you hadn't, I posted them myself.

And then come back later to find that you had posted those two facts. ROFL

You win THIS round of the history geek fight, brother!

:)

It'd be neato if they could find an actual sailor from the vessel to tell his story...I'd pay 40.00 for that...

Uh, guys... those two facts were in the 3rd paragraph of the OP. You both lose.

But, we didn't HAVE to read the OP to have that knowledge! So, we win!

:)

shhh.....the tut-tutting is funny.

The irony of you chastising me for reading comprehension issues when I spoke directly to a video ought not be lost on you...

wow. super cool. Imagine seeing the gun station you were at 77 years ago when the attack was happening. Unreal

I'd love to dive this sucker. 17,000 feet under is gonna be a little tough though.

That's a really long snorkel.

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It is amazing when one thinks about what that generation had to go through in firing the war. Am a big WW2 buff myself.

The Hornet played a key role in WW2, especially with the Doolittle Raid, which had a big mental impact on the Japanese. Even though very little damage, the mere thought of the home islands being attacked effected the high command and was partly responsible in them wanting to take Midway so soon.

I remember the movie on the Doolittle Raid with Spencer Tracy giving the night before speech and there is a dead Hornet's nest in the back corner of the room.