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Aurelian -> Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 12:27:51 AM)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/crew-hunts-for-fabled-us-carrier-in-a-graveyard-for-wwii-ships/ar-BBTrAra?li=BBnbcA1 Not much, as it's just starting, but still....



Greybriar -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 1:42:29 PM)

I hope after the USS Hornet is found (if it is found) that illegal salvagers don't sneak it and cut it up for scrap.



GaryChildress -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 8:38:31 PM)

It's just a matter of time. Someone will find it and someone else will come along and chop it up. Nothing is sacred anymore.



Aurelian -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 9:30:56 PM)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks

One possible reason: Experts said grave diggers might be looking for even more precious treasures – steel plating made before the nuclear testing era, which filled the atmosphere with radiation. These submerged ships are one of the last sources of “low background steel”, virtually radiation-free and vital for some scientific and medical equipment.



Aurelian -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 9:53:48 PM)

Update: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fabled-wwii-aircraft-carrier-discovered-77-years-after-it-was-sunk/ar-BBTug8u?li=BBnb7Kz



wesy -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 10:41:58 PM)

It looks like it was found:

USS Hornet



TulliusDetritus -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/12/2019 11:19:33 PM)

Hmm, Indonesian waters were shallow waters. I suspect these are quite deep waters. I don't think the International Thievery Corporation can get there.



Aurelian -> RE: Hunting the USS Hornet (2/13/2019 4:34:22 AM)


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ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

Hmm, Indonesian waters were shallow waters. I suspect these are quite deep waters. I don't think the International Thievery Corporation can get there.


It's about 3 miles down.



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