by Mark LoProto | Apr 13, 2018 | Light Cruisers, Pacific Theater, Pearl Harbor News, RV Petrel Discoveries, Under the Surface
On April 11, 2018, a research team headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen discovered the wreckage of the USS Helena (CL-50, the team’s third World War II-era shipwreck discovery of the year. The St. Louis-class light cruiser was commissioned into the US Navy...
by Mark LoProto | Mar 22, 2018 | Light Cruisers, Recent News, RV Petrel Discoveries, Under the Surface
On March 17, 2018, an autonomous underwater vehicle operating from the Research Vessel Petrel discovered the wreckage of the American light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52). The explorations of the Petrel are led by Paul Allen, the philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder....
by Mark LoProto | Mar 13, 2018 | Pacific Theater, Recent News, RV Petrel Discoveries
When we think about the people who are most instrumental in the preservation of history, we usually think of professional historians and, if we’re lucky, people who lived through world-changing events. When it comes to the history of the attack on Pearl Harbor...
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 | Dec 8, 2017 | Destroyers, Pearl Harbor News, RV Petrel Discoveries
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the United States came under fire by a fleet of planes from Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers. The attack resulted in the loss of 2,403 American lives and the start of World War II for the United States. But hours before the...
