The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) has been discovered off the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by the late billionaire Paul Allen.

Now, for the first time since then, humans have laid eyes on the Hornet. ... Wreck of long-lost WWII aircraft carrier USS Hornet found after 76 years, nearly 17,500 feet under water.

The wreck of a WWII US Navy aircraft carrier, lost for 76 years, ... The USS Hornet (CV-8) was commissioned in 1941 and saw about a year of valiant service before sinking.

The USS Hornet wreck was discovered using a remotely piloted submersible vehicle at a depth of 17,716 feet. Advanced sonar detection equipment spotted an object roughly the shape and dimensions of ...

Wikimedia CommonsThe USS Hornet leaving Hampton Roads in October 1941. The search for the wreckage of the USS Hornet, an American aircraft carrier used during the Tokyo air raid in World War II ...

Wreckage of WWII aircraft carrier USS Hornet discovered in expedition 05:35. The research vessel Petrel is perched on a spot in the South Pacific Ocean that was anything but peaceful 77 years ago.

On October 26, 1942, the USS Hornet was mortally wounded in a Japanese onslaught during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. It carried 2,200 crew, 140 of whom were lost that day.

The USS Hornet, listing after an attack by Japanese dive bombers and torpedoes, shortly before sinking off Guadalcanal. The explorers who located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis are now ...

Allen's Vulcan Inc. announced this week of Feb. 10, 2019, that an autonomous submarine sent by the crew of the research vessel Petrel found the USS Hornet nearly 17,500 feet (5,400 meters) deep ...

Nearly 3.5 miles deep in the murky waters of the South Pacific lies a recently discovered 80-year-old American aircraft carrier. The 824-foot-long USS Hornet was involved in important battles durin… ...

The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) has been discovered off the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by the late billionaire Paul Allen.