A Seahawk research ship named "petrel", founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul & middot; Allen, recently discovered the remains of the Second World War aircraft carrier Bumblebee! Let's take a look at the reasons behind and the introduction of the whole story.
The operator of the petrel is operating the AUV
According to a CBS documentary, the petrel research vessel discovered a new wreck 3.3 miles below the surface of the South Pacific Ocean on its first mission in 2019, the York City class hornet aircraft carrier (CV-8). "We put the hornet on the list of World War II famous warships we are going to find because it has witnessed many critical moments in the history of naval battles," said Robert Kraft, director of undersea operations for Vulcan in a press release; Allen was particularly interested in aircraft carriers, so the discovery was also in his honor. '
Tractor tractor on Bumblebee
The hornet carried out the famous Tokyo bombing. At that time, the B-25 bombers of the aircraft carrier "Bumblebee" carrying the Doolittle air force attacked Tokyo in 1942. In the history of American war, this is the only combat mission that American Army Air Force bombers carried out in the United States Navy aircraft carrier. After this bombing mission, the United States proved that the Allies had the ability to carry out air attacks on Japan's mainland, and retaliated for the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Since then, the "Bumblebee" carrier has carried out the battle of Midway Island and Guadalcanal island. Finally, after encountering Japanese air strikes in Santa Cruz sea war for many times, the ship was abandoned due to its heavy injury. The Japanese Navy once tried to drag it back to Japan as a booty display, and finally sank after suffering four Japanese Navy 93 heavy torpedoes.
Hornet's air defense weapon
Alan, who died in Seattle on October 15, helped his crew complete several underwater explorations of warships sunk in World War II. The crew of the petrel research ship are no strangers to the historic discovery of underwater exploration. They found the World War II aircraft carrier, destroyer and cruiser that sank everywhere in the vast Pacific Ocean. These include the Atlanta class light air defense cruisers Juneau and Indianapolis. The light cruiser Juno is known for carrying the five Sullivan brothers, all of whom died. The Indianapolis, a Portland class heavy cruiser, carried important parts of the atomic bomb but was sunk by a Japanese submarine before the victory of World War II.