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In 1898, this battleship mysteriously exploded in Cuba and triggered the Spanish-American War
Wikimedia Commons/National Museum of the U.S. Navy The Explosion of The USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana Harbor The USS Maine blew ...
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USS New Orleans' bow found 70 years later; law makes it harder for prisoners to prove innocence; harm reduction efforts
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the discovery of the USS New Orleans shipwreck near the Solomon Islands. We also hear from a conservative Mississippi mom who is now a major advocate for ...
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USS New Orleans bow found 83 years after it was sunk by a torpedo in World War II
Eighty-three years after its loss in WWII, the USS New Orleans bow has been located using sonar and underwater robots.
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Austal USA delivers future USS Pierre (LCS 38)
Austal USA delivered the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) to the U.S. Navy this past Friday, the second ship delivered by the ...
Missing bow of World War II cruiser found after 83 years
On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...
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Historic World War II ship found in the Pacific Ocean
Researchers and scientists found a part of an 80-year-old damaged World War II warship more than 600 meters deep in the ...
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Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...
Riverbed washes away in NC to reveal 1862 shipwreck is wrapped around older ship
But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...
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This fruit played an unusual part in WWII ship's escape as new evidence discovered on seabed
The recently-discovered bow of the USS New Orleans has shone new light on its remarkable escape story after being hit by a Japanese torpedo and travelling backwards 1,800 miles across the Pacific ...
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
USS New Orleans rejoins fleet after record-breaking repair job Her bow shot away in a battle with the Japanese in the ...
A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...
Mystery on Pacific seafloor proves to be part of daring WWII saga, US Navy says
The bow, which fell to a depth of 2,214 feet, had been unaccounted for since Nov. 30, 1942, when a Japanese torpedo detonated the ship’s forward magazines during the Battle of Tassafaronga, the ...