by Mark LoProto | Apr 16, 2019 | Aircraft Carriers, Pacific Theater, Recent News, RV Petrel Discoveries
In the month of February, 2019 alone, the expedition organized by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen found the wreckage of three World War II warships at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. In 2018, they had found more than half-a-dozen, while 2017 proved fruitful...
by Mark LoProto | Feb 15, 2019 | Aircraft Carriers, History, Pacific Theater, RV Petrel Discoveries, Under the Surface
On October 26, 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) was lost to the Pacific. In January of 2019, just a week after confirming the discovery of the first Japanese battleship sunk in World War II, the crew of the...
by Mark LoProto | Jul 10, 2018 | Aircraft Carriers, Attack of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Leaders, World War II
An assault as complex as the December 7th, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor required ideas and input from many different sources. To sail across the Pacific and launch an attack on the US naval base on Oahu without being detected en route required immense planning. Admiral...
by Mark LoProto | Apr 2, 2018 | Aircraft Carriers, Pacific Theater
The USS Lexington (CV-2), an iconic warship of the US Navy, wasn’t originally intended to be an aircraft carrier. When her construction was first authorized, in 1916, she was meant to be a battlecruiser. Her keel wasn’t laid down until 1921, as anti-submarine...
by Mark LoProto | Mar 9, 2018 | Aircraft Carriers, Current Events, RV Petrel Discoveries
Sunk on May 8, 1942, the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) spent more than 75 years on the sea floor under the waters of the Pacific. Previously believed to be lost forever, an expedition led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen finally located the wreckage of the...
by Mark LoProto | Jan 11, 2018 | Aircraft Carriers, Learning Pearl Harbor
USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Saratoga (CV-3). Looking through the list of ships that were moored at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—and it’s a long list of battleships, cruisers, destroyers, repair ships, and others—you’ll find that these...
