The Wreck of the USS Hornet
The famed CV-8 Yorktown class carrier was discovered not far from Guadalcanal
The Hornet loomed out of the darkness and everyone in the R/V Petrel’s control room whooped with joy. The unmanned submersible had dropped practically right on top of the old ship on the first try. Paul Allen smiled. This was his 15th WWII wreck discovery, and one of his most anticipated.
The research ship, R/V Petrel, owned by Allen’s startup Vulcan, ha…
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