The wreck of World War II aircraft carrier USS Wasp has been discovered in the Coral Sea more than 70 years after the ship was sunk during the Guadalcanal campaign.

The USS Lexington was originally commissioned as a battlecruiser but was launched as an aircraft carrier in 1925. She took part in the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4-8, 1942) along with the USS ...

A 5-inch gun on the USS Lexington as it is seen at the bottom of the Coral Sea, off the coast of Australia. (Vulcan Photo) A team led by Paul Allen has done it again at the bottom of the sea ...

More than 200 crew members died when the USS Lexington was destroyed in May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was fought between American and Japanese forces.

The photos showing a pilot ejecting from a VF-154 F-8D on Oct. 14, 1965 are particularly famous, ... Terhune was rescued by a SAR helicopter dispatched from USS Coral Sea.

The USS Coral Sea’s Operational History In 1950, the U.S. military’s AJ-1 Savage heavy attack bomber took off for the first time from a carrier on the Coral Sea.

The USS Lexington (CV-2) was recently found in the waters of the Coral Sea just 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia. The aircraft carrier was scuttled following the Battle of Coral Sea in ...

The USS Coral Sea’s Operational History In 1950, the U.S. military’s AJ-1 Savage heavy attack bomber took off for the first time from a carrier on the Coral Sea.