US EditionA Torpedoed US Navy Ship Escaped the Pacific in Reverse, Using Coconut Logs. Its Sunken Bow Has Just Been Found | News Channel 3-12
IRON BOTTOM SOUND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, JUL 08 – The USS New Orleans bow was located during a 21-day expedition using advanced mapping and remotely operated vehicles, highlighting WWII naval history with fewer than 30 ships found in Iron Bottom Sound.
- On July 6, 2025, researchers aboard E/V Nautilus imaged the severed bow of USS New Orleans at 2,214 feet deep in Iron Bottom Sound, marking the first documentation of this relic.
- In July 2025, the Nautilus team located and imaged the USS New Orleans' long-lost bow during a 21-day expedition honoring WWII sailors, supported by NOAA and international partners.
- Seafloor mapping by DriX at 675 meters paired with ROV imaging confirmed the USS New Orleans' bow with 99% accuracy during a 2025 expedition.
- The discovery honors WWII sailors' sacrifice, with live streaming via NautilusLive.org engaging the public and supporting US ocean mapping strategies.
- Following this discovery, the Ocean Exploration Trust plans to explore the Marshall Islands and Wake Atoll in 2025, requiring further high-resolution imaging to support international and US ocean exploration goals.
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Last Remaining Piece of WWII Warship USS New Orleans Found After 80 Years
USS New Orleans with torpedo damage, December 1, 1942, after the Battle of Tassafaronga. Credit: U.S. Navy The last remaining piece of the USS New Orleans, a US Navy warship damaged during World War II, has been found near the Solomon Islands, marking a significant historical find in the South Pacific. A research team aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus discovered the severed bow of the USS New Orleans, which was torn off by a Japanese torped…
Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the location of the vessel's bow has been a mystery
WWII American warship's severed bow found 80 years after being blown off in battle
A team of researchers recently discovered a historic bow that was blown off a World War II U.S. Navy ship during a historic battle that took place nearly 83 years ago.The long-lost bow — which was torn off the USS New Orleans in the Battle of Tassafaronga in November 1942 — was found around 2,200 feet underwater in the Solomon Islands’ Iron Bottom Sound, according to a news release from the Ocean Exploration Trust.DEADLY SHIPWRECK UNCOVERED BY F…
Severed Bow of WWII Ship Found, 8 Decades Later
Lost for more than 80 years, the severed bow of the legendary USS New Orleans—torn away by a torpedo in one of World War II's fiercest battles—has finally been discovered deep beneath the Pacific, CBS News reports. Researchers with the Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the wreckage about 675...
UNH drone finds bow of USS New Orleans blown off in WWII fighting Japanese near Guadalcanal
WASHINGTON — On a dark night with no moon and heavily overcast skies on Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was one of 11 cruisers and destroyers sailing in formation into the waters near the Solomon Islands in the…
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