A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
II in the Pacific. The spring of a US navy cruiser damaged in the War of World War II has just shed light on one of the most remarkable stories in the history of service.
More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, who was shot by a Japanese torpedo and lost the scores of sailors, made a hurry repairs with coconuts before the 1,800 -mile journey along the Pacific.
The ship or the broadcast had sank on the sea base. But at the weekend, Nautilus Live Discovery from Ocean Discovery Foundation 675 meters (2,214 feet) water in the sound sound of the Solomon Islands.
Scientists and historians using remotely operated underwater vehicles observed the details of the ship’s structure, painting and anchoring in order to define the debris in a positive way as New Orleans ”.
On November 30, 1942, according to an official navy report, the port edge was broadcast during the Tasasafaronga War on Guadalcanal Island.
The Cruiser USS New Orleans is seen on February 3, 1943 on the dry quay in Sydney, Australia, because the crew cleans the remaining wrecks after breaking a Japanese torpedo broadcast. – US Navy
The explosion of the torpedo fired ammunition in New Orleans’s Advanced Mühimmat magazine, severed the first 20% of the 588 -meter warship, and killed more than 180 of 900 crew members.
The crew tried to close the compartments to prevent floods in the rest of the ship, and entered the harbor on the island of Tulagi, where sailors entered the forest to buy repair materials.
“The crew jury, which camouflaged its ships from the air strike, has broadcast coconuts.
According to an account of the National World War Museum in Louisiana, this makeshift Yayla, the ship was steamed about 1,800 miles to Australia for harsh repairs.
The retired US navy captain Carl Schuster told CNN about the outstanding skills about sailing a warship backwards for this extended distance.
Schuster said, ‘He does not define the difficulty difficult’ sufficiently, ”he said.
Although the bow of a ship is designed to cut the waves, it is not the ass, that is, the wave movement increases and reduces the ass with each gutter.
When the Stern rises, the ruddles make the steering wheel difficult to lose bites in water, Schuster Schuster said.
And losing the front of the ship changes the ship’s center of maneuverability or its “pivot point ..
“This affects how the ship reacts to sea and wind effects and changes the reaction of the ship to the rudder and propeller actions,” he said.
New Orleans said that a series of new actions and commands would have to learn the command to keep him stable and move in the right direction.
Creativity and adaptability, which saved New Orleans in the War of Tasasafarong, made it a force later in the war.
USS New Orleans is seen in British waters in June 1934. – US Navy
After making the US naval garden from Australia from Australia from the Pacific, Washington states – this time he encountered correctly – New Orleans made permanent repairs. Later, he participated in the actions in the Pacific, including the decisive wars of Saipan and Okinawa, which led to the US to win the airports in Imperial Japan.
II. According to the World War Museum, 17 war stars were given to the Pacific for his actions in the Pacific and attributed to the most third decoration in the Pacific Theater.
New Orleans’s procure, Nautilus Live was found during a collaborative effort between the iron lower sound guadalcanal expedition, Noaa Ocean discovery, Ocean Discovery Cooperative Institute, New Hampshire University and Heritage Command.
Iron Botth Sound, II. Before World War II, he was called Savo Sound, but allied sailors named the current pseudonym for a large number of warships sinking in the war there.
According to the discovery, there were five major maritime warfares between August and December 1942, which caused more than 20,000 lives, 111 maritime ships and 1,450 aircraft loss on all sides.
“This is found before the discovery on the website,“ This is found in the US, Japanese, Australia and New Zealand military ships and aircraft, ”he says.
The expedition started on July 2 and continues until 23 July. Ongoing calls are broadcast live Nautiluslive.org.
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