News USS Lexington: Lost WW2 aircraft carrier found after 76 years

[Notebook]

The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia.
The USS Lexington was located at a depth of about 3km (2 miles) in the Coral Sea, about 800km off Australia's east coast.
The ship was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea from 4-8 May 1942. More than 200 crew members died in the fighting.
The US Navy confirmed the ship had been discovered by a search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Pictures showed the wreck to be well preserved.
The discovery of the Lexington, along with 11 of its 35 aircraft, was made by Mr Allen's company Vulcan on Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43296489

EDIT: The fourth picture shows a four-barrel gun. I've never seen anything like it. Unique to Lexington, or a generic type?

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[clive bradbury]

1.1" quads - used on many USN platforms. Fitted to Lady Lex in 1942 to replace her 8" turrets shortly before her final action.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_1-1-75_mk1.php

 

[Urwumpe]

Looks a lot better than the Musashi wreck, that Paul Allen located earlier.

 

[boogabooga]

Interesting.

They also found a cache of Douglass TBD Devastators, a type of aircraft with no previously known examples left.

 

[Andy44]

Amazing to see what nobody has seen in so long and find it so intact.