Microsoft co-founder discovers sunken WWII aircraft carrier

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen led a team of deep sea explorers to quite the discovery off the coast of Australia.

The Seattle billionaire’s team announced on Monday they’d found the wreckage of the USS Lexington, an American aircraft carrier from WWII sunk by the Japanese military. 

Discovered lying dormant in the Coral Sea, over 500 miles off the coast of eastern Australia, the Lexington was discovered by Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel on March 4. 

According to a post on Allen’s website, the Lexington, launched in 1925, was one of the first U.S. aircraft carriers built, but was originally meant as a battlecruiser. “Lady Lex,” as the vessel became known, was sunk carrying 35 aircraft. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Microsoft co-founder discovers sunken WWII aircraft carrier