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Bow of USS New Orleans Discovered in Iron Bottom Sound

The severed bow of the USS New Orleans, a US heavy cruiser severely damaged during the WWII Battle of Tassafaronga, has been discovered 675 meters deep in the Solomon Islands' Iron Bottom Sound by researchers using seafloor mapping technology; its identification was confirmed by international expert...

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HMS Trooper Wreck Reveals Failure of Churchill's WWII Dodecanese Plan

The wreckage of the British submarine HMS Trooper, sunk in the Aegean Sea in October 1943, was recently discovered, shedding light on the failure of Churchill's plan to invade the Dodecanese Islands due to strategic disagreements and German countermeasures, resulting in the German occupation of the ...

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Japanese Veteran Recounts Survival of Leyte Gulf's Largest Naval Battle

Shigetoshi Kaneko, a Japanese naval communications officer, survived the sinking of the Zuikaku aircraft carrier during the October 25, 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf, recounting his ordeal 80 years later on the battle's anniversary as a testament to the human cost of the largest naval battle in modern ...

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WWII Cruiser Wreckage Found: USS New Orleans' Coconut-Log Bow Reveals Remarkable Story

The wreckage of the USS New Orleans, a US Navy cruiser damaged in the 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga, was discovered in Iron Bottom Sound; after a Japanese torpedo destroyed its bow and killed over 180 sailors, its crew used coconut logs to create a makeshift bow and sailed 1,800 miles in reverse to Au...

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Brazil Confirms Location of WWII Shipwreck

The Brazilian Navy confirmed the location of the Vital de Oliveira, a World War II-era ship sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in 1944, using sonar technology after a 14-year search.

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