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USS New Orleans, WWII

USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.

The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled USS Lexington sailors from the water during the Battle of the Coral Sea and screened the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway.

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Last Remaining Piece of WWII Warship USS New Orleans Found After 80 Years

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Undersea expedition discovers bow of USS New Orleans, lost in WWII

Severed bow of famed U.S. ship torpedoed in WWII found on Pacific seafloor

A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...

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A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found

The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...

Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales

During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, killing 182 men and ripping away a large forward section of the cruiser.

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Mystery on Pacific seafloor proves to be part of daring WWII saga, US Navy says

The bow, which fell to a depth of 2,214 feet, had been unaccounted for since Nov. 30, 1942, when a Japanese torpedo detonated the ship’s forward magazines during the Battle of Tassafaronga, the ...

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This fruit played an unusual part in WWII ship's escape as new evidence discovered on seabed

The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...

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