Winston
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
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Laid down: 8 January 1921
Launched: 3 October 1925
Commissioned: 14 December 1927
Sunk: 8 May 1942 (Battle of Coral Sea)
Sinking of USS Lexington - 8 May 1942
https://www.history.navy.mil/our-co...942/sinking-of-uss-lexington--8-may-1942.html
At about 5:30 PM, as the abandonment of Lexington was nearing completion, a large explosion tore through her hangar amidships. Fires were now "roasting" torpedo warheads stowed in the after hangar, and these detonated in a spectacular blast soon after the carrier's Commanding Officer, Captain Frederick C. Sherman, left her. In keeping with the rules of the sea, he was the last man off. Thereafter, the great carrier burned furiously, shrouded in smoke almost from stem to stern. She was finally scuttled by destroyer torpedoes and sank at about 8PM.
Wreckage from the USS Lexington was discovered on March 4, 2018 by the expedition crew of Paul G. Allens Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel. The aircraft carrier, "Lady Lex" was found more than 3,000 meters below the surface, resting on the floor of the Coral Sea more than 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia.
[video=youtube;-K-V_ah6IIs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-V_ah6IIs[/video]
Launched: 3 October 1925
Commissioned: 14 December 1927
Sunk: 8 May 1942 (Battle of Coral Sea)
Sinking of USS Lexington - 8 May 1942
https://www.history.navy.mil/our-co...942/sinking-of-uss-lexington--8-may-1942.html
At about 5:30 PM, as the abandonment of Lexington was nearing completion, a large explosion tore through her hangar amidships. Fires were now "roasting" torpedo warheads stowed in the after hangar, and these detonated in a spectacular blast soon after the carrier's Commanding Officer, Captain Frederick C. Sherman, left her. In keeping with the rules of the sea, he was the last man off. Thereafter, the great carrier burned furiously, shrouded in smoke almost from stem to stern. She was finally scuttled by destroyer torpedoes and sank at about 8PM.
Wreckage from the USS Lexington was discovered on March 4, 2018 by the expedition crew of Paul G. Allens Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel. The aircraft carrier, "Lady Lex" was found more than 3,000 meters below the surface, resting on the floor of the Coral Sea more than 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia.
[video=youtube;-K-V_ah6IIs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-V_ah6IIs[/video]
