Aircraft Carrier Discovered After 76 Years

Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, but looks for historic shipwrecks on his Research Vessel Petrel in his spare time. He has found the Japanese battleship Musashi, the Italian destroyer Artigliere, and the USS’s Indianapolis, Astoria, and Ward. His latest discovery is the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier. It sank in the Coral Sea 76 years ago!

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