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Wreck of the USS Nevada found
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:12 pm
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Even as world wars go, the U.S.S. Nevada was a resilient ship: It was the only battleship to get underway during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, surviving bombs and torpedoes before the burning vessel was beached and later repaired. It trained its guns on German positions at Normandy on D-Day, and went on to support the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. At the end of the war, U.S.S. Nevada was selected as the central target for the first nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, where it survived a 23-kiloton aerial detonation (the bomb missed), as well as a second underwater detonation. Finally, on July 31, 1948, following a four-day naval gunfire exercise, the toughest ship of the Second World War was deliberately sunk in the Pacific by the U.S. Navy.
Now, thanks to archival research and underwater survey of more than 100 square miles of seafloor, the remains of the Nevada have been located 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor. The announcement was made today in a press release. The discovery is the result of collaboration between the cultural resources management firm SEARCH Inc. and the marine robotics company Ocean Infinity.
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Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
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first nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, where it survived a 23-kiloton aerial detonation (the bomb missed)
how the frick do you miss with a nuclear bomb? 
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:16 pm to boosiebadazz
Lot of bullshite to find a ship we tried to nuke then deliberately sunk
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
Almost three miles down, so much for viewing from the glass bottom boat.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:40 pm to DavidTheGnome
The SIMP Titanic couldn't survive one frickin iceberg. The Chad Nevada survived a World War and Two Atomic frickin Bombs.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:47 pm to PetroBabich
One of the images shows the bottom of what I believe to be a Sherman tank, so, I guess a tank was on board when it sank.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:50 pm to DavidTheGnome
Why didn’t they just ask the Navy where they sunk it?
Posted on 5/12/20 at 11:52 pm to TIGER2
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Almost three miles down, so much for viewing from the glass bottom boat.
Crazy. 15,000ft and some change
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:06 am to Prominentwon
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Why didn’t they just ask the Navy where they sunk it?
You'd think it would be simple to figure out, but not necessarily. Things like ships don't drop straight down, they glide somewhat, and get caught in currents on the way down.
And 3 miles deep is a lot of "down" to go. It probably drifted miles from where it was, on the surface, before hitting bottom.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:14 am to boosiebadazz
quote:I remember seeing some of the photos, it's really amazing how durable those warships are.quote:
first nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, where it survived a 23-kiloton aerial detonation (the bomb missed)
how the frick do you miss with a nuclear bomb?
Boom
This is one of the battleships, afterwards
Amazing, how intact that ship is, after being within a couple hundred years of a nuke. Everyone on it would be dead, of course.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:19 am to Champagne
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One of the images shows the bottom of what I believe to be a Sherman tank, so, I guess a tank was on board when it sank.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 1:11 am to Prominentwon
back then these types of things were suggestions on maps
Posted on 5/13/20 at 1:25 am to DavidTheGnome
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Finally, on July 31, 1948, following a four-day naval gunfire exercise, the toughest ship of the Second World War was deliberately sunk in the Pacific by the U.S. Navy.
So stupid. Classic Truman.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 4:16 am to PetroBabich
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The SIMP Titanic couldn't survive one frickin iceberg. The Chad Nevada survived a World War and Two Atomic frickin Bombs.
Stop it
Posted on 5/13/20 at 4:25 am to PetroBabich
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SIMP
Is this the new fad here? Cause it’s fricking dumb
Posted on 5/13/20 at 7:15 am to PetroBabich
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The SIMP Titanic couldn't survive one frickin iceberg. The Chad Nevada survived a World War and Two Atomic frickin Bombs.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:09 am to DavidTheGnome
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was the only battleship to get underway during the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, surviving bombs and torpedoes before the burning vessel was beached and later repaired. It trained its guns on German positions at Normandy on D-Day, and went on to support the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima
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At the end of the war, U.S.S. Nevada was selected as the central target for the first nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, where it survived a 23-kiloton aerial detonation (the bomb missed), as well as a second underwater detonation. Finally, on July 31, 1948, following a four-day naval gunfire exercise, the toughest ship of the Second World War was deliberately sunk
This makes me irrationally angry. That ship should have been a damn national monument or something considering it survived all that.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:11 am to Scoob
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Amazing, how intact that ship is, after being within a couple hundred years of a nuke. Everyone on it would be dead, of course.
I love the fact we just dropped a nuke and we send people out there in all that radiation to put the fire out
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:13 am to boosiebadazz
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how the frick do you miss with a nuclear bomb?
To be fair there is a lot of room for error
Posted on 5/13/20 at 8:20 am to PetroBabich
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The SIMP Titanic couldn't survive one frickin iceberg. The Chad Nevada survived a World War and Two Atomic frickin Bombs.
And it took the navy 4 days of shelling it to sink it.
That’s like an old war vet going to the gym and telling all the juice heads “beat me until I die.”
And they still take 4 days to do it while they tire out and the old man just stares and laughs.
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