As a result of the damage, the destroyer USS Lansdowne scuttled the Wasp where she floated, sending her into the briny deep. Unfortunately, the wreck was lost and not discovered until Jan. 14 ...

The USS Wasp wreck is resting at a depth of nearly 14,000 feet. (Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc./Navigea Ltd, R/V Petrel) The group’s biggest discovery, however, came in 2017, ...

As a result of the damage, the destroyer USS Lansdowne scuttled the Wasp where she floated, sending her into the briny deep. Unfortunately, the wreck was lost and not discovered until Jan. 14 ...

Deep sea explorers discover WWII aircraft carrier USS Wasp 04:38. ... or a little of each, we showed Forrester what they found. To him it was more than an old wreck. "It was home to me," Forrester ...

How the USS Wasp Met Its Tragic Fate in World War II. The USS Wasp ... (DD-486) fired three torpedoes into the burning wreck. She sank at 2100 by the bow. The Wasp was not a bad aircraft carrier, ...

The wreck of World War II submarine USS Grayback has been discovered off Japan 75 years after its sinking by a Japanese bomber. ... WRECK OF WWII AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS WASP DISCOVERED IN THE CORAL SEA.

The late Paul Allen’s research team announced they found the wreckage of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) in the Coral Sea. The team aboard R/V Petrel found the Wasp wreck ...

USS Wasp (CV-7) was authorized by Congress in March 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, laid down in April 1936, launched in April 1939, and commissioned in April 1940.

In 1942, a volley of torpedoes sent the U.S.S. Wasp to the bottom of the Pacific. For decades, the families of the dead wondered where in the lightless depths of the ocean the ship could possibly be.

The USS Wasp, an aircraft carrier that saw service during World War II from Iceland to Guadalcanal, has been located lying 14,000 feet deep in the Coral Sea 77 years after its sinking.

When The New York Times Magazine published my story about the hunt for the wreck of the U.S.S. Wasp, an aircraft carrier sunk by torpedoes in the Pacific during World War II, I expected a certain ...

The USS Wasp was found in the Coral Sea nearly 14,000 feet below the surface. Another piece of World War II history has been found thanks to a research operation backed by the late Paul Allen.