{"id":37173,"date":"2025-07-08T22:08:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/severed-bow-of-famed-u-s-ship-torpedoed-in-wwii-found-on-pacific-seafloor\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T22:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T22:08:45","slug":"severed-bow-of-famed-u-s-ship-torpedoed-in-wwii-found-on-pacific-seafloor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/severed-bow-of-famed-u-s-ship-torpedoed-in-wwii-found-on-pacific-seafloor\/","title":{"rendered":"Severed bow of famed U.S. ship torpedoed in WWII found on Pacific seafloor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The severed bow of the famed American warship USS New Orleans has been found by researchers during seafloor mapping operations in the Pacific Ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bow was discovered resting about 675 meters deep in the Solomon Islands&#8217; Iron Bottom Sound, the site of five major naval battles, the Ocean Exploration Trust <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/video\/2025\/07\/08\/severed-bow-uss-new-orleans-discovered-iron-bottom-sound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> Tuesday in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scientific collaborators, including archaeologists and experts from all the former combatant nations, spent four hours imaging the site to assess whether the bow came from the embattled USS New Orleans. They found distinctive details in the ship&#8217;s structure, painting and anchor, which allowed them to positively identify the bow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/17a99d9b-f334-406b-a209-89dd6e4da089\/thumbnail\/620x349\/ee093f082fccd89a2b991c613255e23b\/uss-new-orleans-bow-5.jpg#\" alt=\"uss-new-orleans-bow-5.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/17a99d9b-f334-406b-a209-89dd6e4da089\/thumbnail\/620x349\/ee093f082fccd89a2b991c613255e23b\/uss-new-orleans-bow-5.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/17a99d9b-f334-406b-a209-89dd6e4da089\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/24c84320a733b1cb26d7d29884092c08\/uss-new-orleans-bow-5.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The bow wreckage now supports a biodiverse community of deep-sea corals, anemones, and basket stars, utilizing the hull as their habitat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ocean Exploration Trust\/ Nautilus Live, NOAA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This imagery was viewed in real-time by hundreds of experts around the world, who all worked together to make a positive identification of the findings,&#8221; aid Ocean Exploration Trust&#8217;s chief scientist Daniel Wagner. &#8220;The discovery highlights the power of having multiple scientists and technologies work together to achieve a common goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/4601e993-c3b4-45fe-a005-c2b0b522303a\/thumbnail\/620x465\/dd7f86a346ef73b8d785410cff46a512\/nautilus-control-van.png#\" alt=\"nautilus-control-van.png \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/4601e993-c3b4-45fe-a005-c2b0b522303a\/thumbnail\/620x465\/dd7f86a346ef73b8d785410cff46a512\/nautilus-control-van.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">From the control room of Exploration Vessel Nautilus, the Ocean Exploration Trust team of scientists, engineers, historians, educators, and students are exploring shipwrecks of the Iron Bottom Sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ocean Exploration Trust<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first of seven New Orleans-class heavy cruisers built during the 1930s, the USS New Orleans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/uss-new-orleans-coconut-log-artifact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">saw<\/a> some of the heaviest fighting during the Pacific war, beginning on Dec. 7, 1941, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/archives\/digital-exhibits-highlights\/action-reports\/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack\/ships-m-r\/uss-new-orleans-ca-32-action-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at Pearl Harbor<\/a>. The commanding officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/archives\/digital-exhibits-highlights\/action-reports\/wwii-pearl-harbor-attack\/ships-m-r\/uss-new-orleans-ca-32-action-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> at the time that the crew helped thwart a dive-bombing attack by about 10 enemy planes, and &#8220;the action of the crew under fire was most commendable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The USS New Orleans then moved on to battle in various locations, including the Battle of Midway, before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/n\/new-orleans-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">returning<\/a>\u00a0to the Solomons.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/46b6c21d-bcc3-41d4-b331-ea59a215fdb1\/thumbnail\/620x367\/44132191bd3b1b888e341ed0fde2f7db\/uss-new-orleans-from-1942.jpg#\" alt=\"uss-new-orleans-from-1942.jpg \" height=\"367\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/46b6c21d-bcc3-41d4-b331-ea59a215fdb1\/thumbnail\/620x367\/44132191bd3b1b888e341ed0fde2f7db\/uss-new-orleans-from-1942.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/08\/46b6c21d-bcc3-41d4-b331-ea59a215fdb1\/thumbnail\/1240x734\/df634efd4e516d454477ec4662e8aef5\/uss-new-orleans-from-1942.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">USS New Orleans (CA-32), the flagship of the New Orleans class of heavy cruisers, was heavily damaged in the WWII Battle of Tassafarronga at Guadalcanal when hit by a Japanese torpedo, catastrophically detonating the forward magazines and tearing off nearly one-third of the ship, including the bow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. National Archives<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>USS New Orleans&#8217; bow hasn&#8217;t been seen since November 1942, during the World War II Battle of Tassafaronga, offshore of Guadalcanal, when a Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal\/battle-of-tassafaronga.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">torpedo<\/a> slammed into the ship. It tore off nearly one-third of the ship, including the bow, and killed over 180 crew members.<\/p>\n<p>The crew managed to get the ship into a good enough condition to sail for Australia for repairs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/uss-new-orleans-coconut-log-artifact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a> to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. On March 7, 1943, the USS New Orleans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/n\/new-orleans-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">headed<\/a>\u00a0to Puget Sound Navy Yard, where a new bow was fitted and the battle damage repaired.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By all rights, this ship should have sunk, but due to the heroic damage control efforts of her crew, USS New Orleans became the most grievously damaged U.S. cruiser in WWII to actually survive,&#8221; said Naval History and Heritage Command Director Samuel J. Cox, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, in a statement. &#8220;To find the bow of this ship is an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of this valiant crew, even on one of the worst nights in U.S. Navy history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cara-tabachnick\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cara  Tabachnick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. 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