The severed bow of the famed American warship USS New Orleans has been found by researchers during seafloor mapping operations in the Pacific Ocean. The bow was discovered resting about 675 meters ...
IT IS A 20 MILE WIDE STRETCH OF WATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC’S SOLOMON ISLAND CHAIN, KNOWN AS IRONBOTTOM SOUND. IRONBOTTOM SOUND WAS THE SITE OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL NAVAL BATTLES, ACTUALLY ...
Maritime experts on an expedition around the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific recently explored the wreckage of the USS Laffey, a destroyer sunk during a pivotal series of battles in World War II.