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03-06-2018, 11:05 AM
Microsoft co-founder discovers sunken WWII aircraft carrier
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen led a team of deep sea explorers to quite the discovery off the coast of Australia.
The Seattle billionaire's team announced (https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/) on Monday they'd found the wreckage of the USS Lexington, an American aircraft carrier from WWII sunk by the Japanese military.*
SEE ALSO: Divers find undetonated WWII bomb lurking in city harbour (https://mashable.com/2018/02/21/bomb-found-sydney-harbour/)
Discovered lying dormant in the Coral Sea, over 500 miles off the coast of eastern Australia, the Lexington was discovered by Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel on March 4.*
According to a post on Allen's website (https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/), the Lexington, launched in 1925, was one of the first U.S. aircraft carriers built, but was originally meant as a battlecruiser. "Lady Lex," as the vessel became known, was sunk carrying 35 aircraft. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/06/paul-allen-uss-lexington/)
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen led a team of deep sea explorers to quite the discovery off the coast of Australia.
The Seattle billionaire's team announced (https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/) on Monday they'd found the wreckage of the USS Lexington, an American aircraft carrier from WWII sunk by the Japanese military.*
SEE ALSO: Divers find undetonated WWII bomb lurking in city harbour (https://mashable.com/2018/02/21/bomb-found-sydney-harbour/)
Discovered lying dormant in the Coral Sea, over 500 miles off the coast of eastern Australia, the Lexington was discovered by Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel on March 4.*
According to a post on Allen's website (https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/), the Lexington, launched in 1925, was one of the first U.S. aircraft carriers built, but was originally meant as a battlecruiser. "Lady Lex," as the vessel became known, was sunk carrying 35 aircraft. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/06/paul-allen-uss-lexington/)
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