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 | Feb 8, 2019 | Japanese Ships, Recent News, RV Petrel Discoveries
Although Paul Allen passed away in October of 2018, R/V Petrel continues its search for sunken relics of World War II. The research vessel’s most recent discovery is the wreckage of the Japanese battleship Hiei. The find is the latest of more than a dozen wrecks...
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...
