Usd hornet discover!

[oakranger]

https://www.foxnews.com/science/wreck-of-wwii-aircraft-carrier-uss-hornet-discovered-in-the-south-pacific

[Oldman731]

Amazing condition.  Guess it helps to be three miles down.

Wonder if we could at least hook that Wildcat?

- oldman

[pembquist]

Some fresh gas and a new battery and that tractor will start right up!

[oakranger]

Amazing condition.  Guess it helps to be three miles down.

Wonder if we could at least hook that Wildcat?

- oldman

If we recover K-129 (little over 3 miles deep) Why not?

[oakranger]

Some fresh gas and a new battery and that tractor will start right up!

I was shock to see it there.  For a ship to sink 3 miles it remains there. 

[Skuzzy]

I was shock to see it there.  For a ship to sink 3 miles it remains there.

I would imagine it was tethered down to prevent it from rolling about.  Pretty amazing though.

[Volron]

What's also neat is they found Hiei not too long ago as well.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/wreck-of-one-of-the-first-japanese-battleships-sunk-by-the-us-in-ww-ii-discovered

[oakranger]

I would imagine it was tethered down to prevent it from rolling about.  Pretty amazing though.

Yea, I was thinking of that

[Skuzzy]

I am blown away by the structural integrity of the ship.  Just having that tractor sit there all these years, under water and not fall through the deck is pretty damn amazing to me.

The ship had to hit the bottom hard after falling that far.  Just amazing.

[DaveBB]

What was the aircraft carrier they found last year? It had amazing photos like this too. 

[Volron]

Lady Lex.

[Brooke]

Wow.  That is amazing condition and sitting so flat.

Thanks for posting.

[1stpar3]

Looks almost pristine! The tires on the tractor look pretty good even. Heck of a hole though! 

[Guppy35]

Apparently 45 feet of the stern is about a mile away in the debris field.  One Wildcat on the bottom so far as well.  Amazing that both the Yorktown and Hornet that went down in the war, outlasted the Enterprise that survived.  I know it's beyond reason, but it would sure be something to be able to walk the decks of some of these ships again.