Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
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> video --->
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-hornet-wreckage-world-war-two-warship-
> discovered/
>
> The research vessel Petrel is perched on a spot in the South Pacific
> Ocean that was anything but peaceful 77 years ago. Then, it was the
> scene of a major World War II battle between the U.S. and the Imperial
> Japanese Navies. For the U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, it would be
> her last battle.
>
> Now, researchers are revealing Petrel found the wreckage of the USS
> was found more than 17,000 feet below the surface, on the floor of the
> South Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands. The USS Hornet is best
> known for launching the important Doolittle Raid in April of 1942 and
> its role in winning the Battle of Midway.
>
> Richard Nowatzki, 95 now, was an 18-year-old gunner on Hornet when
> enemy planes scored several hits, reports CBS News' Mark Phillips.
>
> "When they left, we were dead in the water," Nowatzki said. "They used
> armor piercing bombs, now when they come down, you hear 'em going
> explode the whole ship shakes."
>
> With 140 of her crew already dead, the order was given to abandon
> which the crew of the Petrel has been scanning with a deep-sea sonar
> drone that sends back live pictures.
>
> The drone brought back an image of something down there that's about
> the right size in about the right place. It looked like her but lots
> of ships went down around here. To be sure, they needed positive
> identification, which they got when they saw the Hornet's naval
> designation: CV-8.
>
> "CBS This Morning" was able to share the discovery in real time with
> the attack.
>
> "If you go down to my locker, there's 40 bucks in it, you can have
> it!" Nowatzki joked.
>
> Nowatzki has enjoyed a long life since that day. Seeing the Hornet
> again and the evidence of the men who served -- a jacket hung on a
> him reflect on those who hadn't been as lucky.
>
> "I know I've been a very fortunate man," he said. "The actual fact
> you for honoring me this way."
>
> But it's the crew of the Petrel who were honored to find the Hornet
> and the final resting place of so many of her brave crew. Another
> wreck, and in turn, another war grave has been discovered. Its exact
> location is kept secret to protect it, but the memory now has a place
> and the loss has a memorial.
>
>
> video --->
> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-hornet-wreckage-world-war-two-warship-
> discovered/
During the Battle of Santa Cruz the Enterprise
was covered by a rain squall but the Hornet was
in the clear, so all the incoming Japanese attack
planes focused on her. She hardly had a chance of
survival with that many incoming torpedos and bombs.
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