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| USS Lexington sunk at Coral Sea found | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 5 2018, 10:18 PM (549 Views) | |
| Aaron_w | Mar 10 2018, 05:41 PM Post #16 |
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I'm going to start a new post rather than take this one off topic. |
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| J.C. Bahr | Mar 10 2018, 09:22 PM Post #17 |
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This is so cool!... http://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/2018/03/09/modern-treasure-uss-lexington-reveals-rare-f4f-wildcats/ |
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J.C. Bahr "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" - Leonard Nimoy | |
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| Aaron_w | Mar 10 2018, 10:09 PM Post #18 |
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Toady
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It amazing the clarity of the markings on some of these aircraft, you would expect after 75 years underwater what wasn't covered with marine growth would have been faded or eroded away. |
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| Mark Schynert | Mar 11 2018, 07:14 AM Post #19 |
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Yeah, but... The markings look pretty good under water, and it's great that the water clarity is such that they can be photographed to this detail. But stuff underwater looks a lot better than it does when it dries off, especially 75-year-old paints sitting in a salt solution. One hour out of the water, it'll probably look horrible (as have most other wrecks once brought up.) |
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| Harold K | Mar 11 2018, 01:36 PM Post #20 |
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This of course is why any artifact from salt water goes right back into salt water when recovered, while efforts are made to "stabilize" it. I have to wonder if the oxygen level, light and temperature at that great depth may have been kinder to these a/c than to those we're used to seeing, recovered from shallow waters. All that said, your point is well taken, Mark. Perhaps Paul Allen has provided us a magical window on the past, to be enjoyed for its own sake. |
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| Aaron_w | Mar 13 2018, 12:39 AM Post #21 |
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Good point and as Harold mentioned it is common practice to get artifacts back into as close to the same environment as possible. I have no delusions that they could just raise these aircraft dry them off and instant display, simply amazed that the level of detail is available as they are. |
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