USS Lexington found

I know they found Yorktown.  I don't know if they have located Hornet yet or not (don't think so), but yeah, Wasp would be a nice find, as well as the cruisers in Iron Bottom.

Three major pieces, she really broke apart on the way down.

castelnuovo

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/05/uss-lexington-discovered-by-billionaire-paul-allens-crew-76-years-after-wwii-sinking.html

 

Remarkable what a good condition that airplane is. Is it a Dauntless bomber?

 

I believe ne of the wreckage is indeed either a Dauntless or Devastator. The other is a Wildcat.

This was great news. I often wondered how much of the ship actually made it to the bottom. The pictures of the exposions during the sinking really showed a lot of damage.  Its amazing the detail still shown on the aircraft.  What really makes this find special is that there are no known TBD Devestators to be left, the ones in the picture are preserved in a perfect time capsule.

As deep as she is, it may be hard to do, but lets hope nobody tries to salvage it.  

Now to find the Akagi and the Wasp. 

That aircraft is indeed in amazing condition.

It's a Wildcat.  In such remarkable preservation, you can still make out the 4 Japanese kill markings on the side, along with the Felix the Cat squadron emblem!  With a bit of research, I bet you could even discover to whom it belonged.

Gary

PS> The squadron was VF-3.