Uss Nevada wreck found

[LeftyJason]

Wreck of USS Nevada, Nuclear Bomb Survivor, Rediscovered by Archaeologists

The USS Nevada (BB-36) has been found 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor at a depth of over 15,400 feet (7,000 metres).

www.overtdefense.com

Really cool ship. Almost 4700m down.

Edit: 7000m. Got the above numbers from the pictures. Double checking ocean depths in that area on Google earth the 7000m seems about right.

Edit again. Turns out the authors can't convert. 5000m is more correct like what I said first. 15400 ft isn't 7000m.

 

[whatsupdoc]

I don't understand "found" when she was used for target practice and sunk.

"In 1948, she was used as a gunnery practice target. Unable to be sunk by the ships targeting her she finally went down having been hit by an aerial torpedo on
31 July 1948."

 

[Tokay444]

Says 7000m down.

 

[308pirate]

I don't understand "found" when she was used for target practice and sunk.

"In 1948, she was used as a gunnery practice target. Unable to be sunk by the ships targeting her she finally went down having been hit by an aerial torpedo on
31 July 1948."

Where they are on the surface isn't where they end up on the bottom. And wrecks do not travel a predictable path.

 

[LeftyJason]

I don't understand "found" when she was used for target practice and sunk.

"In 1948, she was used as a gunnery practice target. Unable to be sunk by the ships targeting her she finally went down having been hit by an aerial torpedo on
31 July 1948."

Probably found as in they know exactly where it is on the bottom. I remember reading Robert d Ballard's book Exploring the Bismarck when I was young (along with his Titanic book) and that ships can move sideways on their way down.

 

[LeftyJason]

Says 7000m down

Then there is a discrepancy between the words and the pictures. The pictures have a depth on them. I̶'̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶l̶i̶e̶v̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶.

Edit: edited above.

 

[Tokay444]

Then there is a discrepancy between the words and the pictures. The pictures have a depth on them. I'd believe that more.

Edit: edited above.

I’m going by what the article says. When was the last time you saw a photograph with the correct year, let alone date it was taken?

 

[LeftyJason]

I’m going by what the article says. When was the last time you saw a photograph with the correct year, let alone date it was taken?

Did some more checking and edited accordingly. Forgot one edit.

 

[Tokay444]

This one says 15,400 feet as well.

'Too tough to die' USS Nevada shipwreck discovered in Pacific

The U.S.S. Nevada survived Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Okinawa, and two nuclear tests—but the recent discovery of its wreckage raises new questions about what ultimately brought it down.

www.google.com

 

[LeftyJason]

This one says 15,400 feet as well.

'Too tough to die' USS Nevada shipwreck discovered in Pacific

The U.S.S. Nevada survived Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Okinawa, and two nuclear tests—but the recent discovery of its wreckage raises new questions about what ultimately brought it down.

www.google.com

Roughly in that general vicinity.

 

[candyx]

You could of found it with a geiger counter or the glow at night.

 

[ubettcha]

Is it 7000 meters or 15400'? 7000 meters is just about 23,000' 15,400 is just about 5000 meters

 

[LeftyJason]

Is it 7000 meters or 15400'? 7000 meters is just about 23,000' 15,400 is just about 5000 meters

I'm thinking someone converted bad. Just posting what I found.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

It would depend, too, on which 'surface' that one measured down from! HA.

(keep on digging that hole, and you'll end up in China....)

 

[ubettcha]

I'm thinking someone converted bad. Just posting what I found.

Must be that common core math

 

[Tokay444]

Yeah, what the fuck?! 15,400ft is NOT 7000m, and is a lot closer to what is stamped on the photos.