The ship, whose actions are credited with slowing the Japanese advance on Australia, was found after a six-month search
The wreckage of the pioneering aircraft carrier, the USS Lexington, has been discovered. The aircraft carrier was credited with helping save Australia from Japanese invaders during the Second World War. The ship was found off the Queensland coast 76 years after she was lost in an epic naval battle.
A 180-day search, funded by the US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, found the ship 800km (500 miles) off the Queensland coast.
Unfortunately, the carrier was destroyed because American commanders nursed the fear that their ship and its 35 aircraft, including Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers, Douglas SBD Dauntless bombers and a Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter would be captured by the Japanese.
The USS Lexington’s crew abandoning the burning ship in 1942
A 180-day search, funded by the US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, found the ship 800km (500 miles) off the Queensland coast.
Unfortunately, the carrier was destroyed because American commanders nursed the fear that their ship and its 35 aircraft, including Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers, Douglas SBD Dauntless bombers and a Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter would be captured by the Japanese.
The USS Lexington’s crew abandoning the burning ship in 1942
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