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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 ...
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 ...
WWII American warship's severed bow found 80 years after being blown off in battle
After 80 years, researchers located the bow of USS New Orleans torn off by a Japanese torpedo during a 1942 WWII naval battle ...
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Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the location of the vessel's bow has been a mystery ...
Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales
During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, killing 182 men and ripping away a large forward section of the cruiser.
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USS New Orleans Shipwreck
The last remaining piece of the USS New Orleans, a US Navy warship damaged during World War II, has been found near the Solomon Islands, marking a significant historical find in the South Pacific. A ...
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Mystery on Pacific seafloor proves to be part of daring WWII saga, US Navy says
The bow, which fell to a depth of 2,214 feet, had been unaccounted for since Nov. 30, 1942, when a Japanese torpedo detonated the ship’s forward magazines during the Battle of Tassafaronga, the ...