The USS Historic New Orleans Bow found 2,200 feet underwater after 80 years

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A team of researchers recently discovered a historic arc which was exploded from a ship of the American Navy of the Second World War during a historic battle that took place almost 83 years ago.
The arc lost for a long time – which was torn from USS New Orleans during the Battle of Tassafaronga in November 1942 – was found at around 2,200 feet underwater in the sound of the bottom of the Salomon Islands, according to a press release from the Ocean Exploration Trust.
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Hundreds of experts have worked together to identify the observation covered in marine growth by observing the details in his painting, its structure and anchor. Waste had also accumulated around parts of the wreckage, as indicated in the press release.

The Arc de l’Uss in New Orleans is on the seabed of the background sound in the Solomon Islands. (Ocean Exploration Trust / Nautilus Live, Noaa)
“The wreckage was located during seabed mapping operations by an unixed surface vehicle, then studied shortly after by a remote diving vehicle,” said Ocean Exploration Trust, Daniel Wagner, in a press release. “This imaging was seen in real time by hundreds of experts from around the world, who have all worked together to make a positive identification of the observation.”
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In a naval commitment involving American and Japanese forces during the Second World War, the USS New Orleans was struck by one of the Type 93 torpedoes of the Japanese Navy, which exploded the magazines before the ship and snatched nearly a third of the ship – including the Arc.

The structure and stamps on the basis of the anchor helped researchers confirm the identity of the arc. (Ocean Exploration Trust / Nautilus Live, Noaa)
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More than 180 crew members died in the explosion, noted the Ocean Exploration Trust.
Three crew members lost their lives by trying to save the USS New Orleans, which was floodable and without arc, and then received posthumous navy crosses for their heroic efforts. The navy ship was brought back to the port of Tulagi nearby, and the crew used coconut logs to stabilize the ship enough to return it to the United States for permanent repairs, according to the Ocean Exploration Trust.

USS New Orleans was strongly damaged during the Battle of the Second World War of Tassafarronga in Guadalcanal when he was struck by a Japanese torpedo. (US national archives)
“According to all the rights, this ship should have flowed, but due to the heroic efforts to control the damage of its crew, the USS New Orleans has become the most seriously damaged American cruiser of the Second World War to survive,” said the director of the history of the navy and heritage, Samuel J. Cox, a retired naviral, in a press release.
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Last year, the wreckage of USS Edsall, an American warship that was sunk during a battle against Japanese forces during the Second World War, was discovered more than 80 years after its loss at the bottom of the sea.