Paul Allen finds lost WW2 Cruiser USS Indianapolis

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Billionaire Paul Allen Finds Lost World War II Cruiser USS Indianapolis in the Philippine Sea


I didn't know where else to put this, kinda neat though.

Seventy-two years after two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine sunk cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the ship’s wreckage was found resting on the seafloor on Saturday – more than 18,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, led a search team, assisted by historians from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) in Washington, D.C., to accomplish what past searches had failed to do – find Indianapolis, considered the last great naval tragedy of World War II.
 
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Cool, glad they found it finally. Given the current track record of the USN they'll likely have a few more to find over the next few years.
 
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If I was fuck-you rich, I would try to accomplish something like this. Not necessarily Naval, just something that was a big project that saved or gained some history in some way that a normal Joe could never afford to do. It doesn't have to be Alexander or Columbus or Einstein, but just a little something that I could add to the pile of human history.

This is a better product than if he had landed in jail for killing hookers in Thailand or something. This is the good way to spend lots of money, imo.
 
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*Finds USS Indianapolis*
*Raises ship from 5500 feet of water*
*Ship sees on the deck of the support ship that raised it a tranny, 2 guys kissing each other, and finds out Dukes of Hazard was yanked from TV due to flag*
*Ship slowly sinks back down to 5500 feet of water*
 
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