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Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« on: March 05, 2018, 01:18:45 PM »
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2018, 01:36:49 PM »


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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2018, 03:47:18 PM »
Mmmmm .... TBD Devastator.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2018, 05:34:02 PM »
That is a very good looking TBD, considering.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2018, 06:04:03 PM »
the shape some of those planes are in and their paint and condition is amazing after all of this time.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2018, 11:40:49 AM »
I've just been staring at pics in awe. It never gets old looking at artifacts of WWII to which the time has stood still for so long. There no Devastators left on land and now suddenly there are seven examples there that are far, far more than just corroded remains (original paint!) that are usually found in shallow waters.

Looks like heat damage on the paint of that F4F...
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2018, 01:05:32 PM »
Does Paul Allen have a YouTube page of them posting more videos of the wreck?
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2018, 02:45:41 PM »
Quote from: Mister Fork on March 07, 2018, 01:05:32 PM
Does Paul Allen have a YouTube page of them posting more videos of the wreck?

Doesn't have anything more than that roughly minute long clip yet, but here's the channel where something more could be posted later on: https://www.youtube.com/user/VulcanIncVideo/featured.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2018, 08:40:13 AM »
Absolutely amazing find!  :eek:

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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2018, 08:46:30 AM »
Working in IT, I have had a hate/hate relationship with everything Microsoft.  The company was built on a scam (QDOS), and I avoid their products like the plague.

Having said that, Paul Allen should be highly commended for the millions he personally pours into efforts to locate military wrecks at the sea bottom.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2018, 10:53:44 AM »
Quote from: Mickey1992 on March 09, 2018, 08:46:30 AM
Working in IT, I have had a hate/hate relationship with everything Microsoft.  The company was built on a scam (QDOS), and I avoid their products like the plague.

Having said that, Paul Allen should be highly commended for the millions he personally pours into efforts to locate military wrecks at the sea bottom.
I loved QDOS! (Gawd, I'm dating myself and IT). And then they purchased DR-DOS when it started outselling Dos 3.0 and then incorporated it's features into Dos 5.0. I'm wondering if Bill and Allen made better businessmen than IT futurists?

What would be really cool if they were to bring those airplanes up.
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2018, 11:02:41 AM »
Quote from: Wmaker on March 07, 2018, 11:40:49 AM
I've just been staring at pics in awe. It never gets old looking at artifacts of WWII to which the time has stood still for so long. There no Devastators left on land and now suddenly there are seven examples there that are far, far more than just corroded remains (original paint!) that are usually found in shallow waters.

Looks like heat damage on the paint of that F4F...

All of these are salvageable.   I’d like to see money directed to that cause...
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2018, 11:40:15 AM »
I'd hope the first plane they bring up and restore is a TBD.  They may be able to restore her to flying status as well.  :x
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Re: Wreck of USS Lexington found in the Coral Sea.
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2018, 05:33:40 PM »
Quote from: Vraciu on March 09, 2018, 11:02:41 AM
All of these are salvageable.   I’d like to see money directed to that cause...

Has anything been like this been recovered from 2 miles down? Seems like a long shot, but I'd like to see it happen too!
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