[新聞] 列太太重現江湖

看板Military作者kisaraki1976 (老月)時間6年前 (2018/03/06 16:31)推噓4(4推 0噓 4→)

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原文來源： https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/06/uss-lexington-aircraft-carrier-s cuttled-in-1942-is-finally-found 原文摘要： USS Lexington: aircraft carrier scuttled in 1942 is finally found Wreck from second world war’s Battle of the Coral Sea is located off eastern coast of Australia by search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen Wreckage from the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier that sank during the seco nd world war, has been found in the Coral Sea by a search team led by the Micr osoft co-founder Paul Allen. The wreckage was found on Sunday by the team’s research vessel, the R/V Petre l, about 3,000m (two miles) below the surface and more than 500 miles (800km) off the eastern coast of Australia. The team released pictures and video of the wreckage of the Lexington – one o f the first ever US aircraft carriers – and some of the planes that went down with it. Remarkably preserved aircraft could be seen on the seabed bearing the five-poi nted star insignia of the US Army Air Forces on their wings and fuselage. On one aircraft an emblem of the cartoon character Felix the Cat can be seen a long with four miniature Japanese flags presumably depicting “kills”. The search team also released pictures and video of parts of the ship, includi ng a nameplate and anti-aircraft guns covered in decades of slime. The Lexington and another carrier, the USS Yorktown, fought against three Japa nese aircraft carriers from 4 to 8 May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea, th e first ever between carriers. The badly damaged Lexington, nicknamed “Lady Lex”, was deliberately sunk by another US warship at the conclusion of the battle. More than 200 members of t he crew died in the battle but most were rescued by other US vessels before th e Lexington was scuttled. Admiral Harry Harris, who heads up the US military’s Pacific Command (Pacom) – and whose father was one of the sailors evacuated – paid tribute to the su ccessful research effort. “As the son of a survivor of the USS Lexington, I o ffer my congratulations to Paul Allen and the expedition crew of Research Vess el (R/V) Petrel for locating the ‘Lady Lex’, sunk nearly 76 years ago at the Battle of Coral Sea. We honor the valor and sacrifice of the ‘Lady Lex’s’ Sailors – and all those Americans who fought in World War II – by continuing to secure the freedoms they won for all of us.” The Lexington was carrying 35 aircraft when it went down. The search team said that 11 planes had been found including Douglas TBD-1 Devastators, Douglas SB D-3 Dauntlesses and Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats. Search teams led by Allen have discovered the wreckage of a number of historic warships including the USS Indianapolis, a US heavy cruiser that sank in the Philippine Sea in July 1945 after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. 心得感想：美國海軍第一批、戰列艦轉生的列太太，重見天光啦！當年列太太的犧牲，逼出美軍變態般的損管，進而成為太平洋爭霸的決定性因素之一。姐妹艦薩拉托加打滿全場，跟對手長門一起在人工太陽輝映下榮退。不知道海軍會怎麼安排列太太？注意事項：請注意版規內容。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 42.73.212.69 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Military/M.1520325100.A.F4B.html ※ 編輯: kisaraki1976 (42.73.212.69), 03/06/2018 16:36:19

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