After 76 years, she has been found more than 500 miles off the coast of Australia. Hard to believe the aircraft wreckage colors remained the same as the day she was sunk in May of 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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USS Lexington wreckage found!!!
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USS Lexington wreckage found!!!
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Re: USS Lexington wreckage found!!!
Man I love seeing those photos! The ultimate photo reference of how the planes and ship looked that day.
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Re: USS Lexington wreckage found!!!
Yeah. No light, no corals. That's why the corals were pretty sparse considering she's at least 11,000 feet underwater. Corals need light to thrive.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: USS Lexington wreckage found!!!
That is fortunately deep enough to lay undisturbed. Most of the wrecks in the Java sea have been illegally salvaged even though these where marked as war graves.
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Re: USS Lexington wreckage found!!!
Yes, what has happened there is a travesty.BorgR3mc0 wrote:That is fortunately deep enough to lay undisturbed. Most of the wrecks in the Java sea have been illegally salvaged even though these where marked as war graves.
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