A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
July 9, 2025
More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, having been hit by a Japanese torpedo and losing scores of sailors, performed hasty repairs with coconut logs, before an 1,800-mile voyage across the Pacific in reverse. The front of the ship, or the bow, had sunk to the sea floor. But over […]