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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
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 ...
Severed bow of famed U.S. ship torpedoed in WWII found on Pacific seafloor
A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...
Pacific island wildlife refuge spared from SpaceX rocket project
Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated US territory and Pacific island wildlife refuge with a complicated military history, is no longer slated to become a SpaceX reusable rocket test site. The Department ...
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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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This fruit played an unusual part in WWII ship's escape as new evidence discovered on seabed
The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...