Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
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Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
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Thanks for posting !
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2 miles down. Maybe they can rest in peace.
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Too bad the write up has so many factual errors - the Lex was not the first carrier sunk in history - ask our British friends
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Wow - those photos are amazing for clarity. Thanks for posting.
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Probably written with focus on US only but they should have written first US carrier loss.ORIGINAL: MBF
Too bad the write up has so many factual errors - the Lex was not the first carrier sunk in history - ask our British friends
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RE: Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
Really amazing preservation of the wreck...marine life must not be very hardy 2 miles down. Must be a significant lack of oxygen down there too.
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Nice! Thanks.
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RE: Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
Nice, thanks for sharing.
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Wow! Fascinating video!
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Really amazing preservation of the wreck...marine life must not be very hardy 2 miles down. Must be a significant lack of oxygen down there too.
...and perhaps most importantly, 2 miles down the local entrepreneurs can't strip the wreck.
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Probably written with focus on US only but they should have written first US carrier loss.ORIGINAL: MBF
Too bad the write up has so many factual errors - the Lex was not the first carrier sunk in history - ask our British friends
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I am surprised they gave the depth of Lexington's wreck in meters and miles instead of buss length or baseball field lengths.
Anyway awesome video. Thanks Grollub.
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RE: Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
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Really amazing preservation of the wreck...marine life must not be very hardy 2 miles down. Must be a significant lack of oxygen down there too.
...and perhaps most importantly, 2 miles down the local entrepreneurs can't strip the wreck.
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RE: Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
ORIGINAL: Big B
ORIGINAL: spence
Really amazing preservation of the wreck...marine life must not be very hardy 2 miles down. Must be a significant lack of oxygen down there too.
...and perhaps most importantly, 2 miles down the local entrepreneurs can't strip the wreck.
Hear hear.
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ORIGINAL: spence
Really amazing preservation of the wreck...marine life must not be very hardy 2 miles down. Must be a significant lack of oxygen down there too.
I was amazed by the preservation too. Even the paint roundelles and squadron mascots are crisp and colorful. It seems to me that Titanic had a whole lot more stuff growing on her, in spite of being down "just" another 30 years longer or so.
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RE: Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
ORIGINAL: Denniss
Probably written with focus on US only but they should have written first US carrier loss.ORIGINAL: MBF
Too bad the write up has so many factual errors - the Lex was not the first carrier sunk in history - ask our British friends
It's been corrected.
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It wasn't even the first carrier sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea. That honor belongs to IJN's CVL Shoho. [:)]ORIGINAL: MBF
Too bad the write up has so many factual errors - the Lex was not the first carrier sunk in history - ask our British friends
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RE: Wreck of Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington Located in Coral Sea After 76 Years
Tropical seas are known for being very nutrient poor. That combined with low light and oxygen levels would explain the lack of marine life and corrosion.