At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean found aircraft carrier during the Second World War

The aircraft carrier USS Hornet, flooded by the Japanese in 1942, was identified by the research vessel Petrel at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands.

It is believed that this American aircraft carrier played a decisive role in some naval battles of the Second World War. From his deck, US Army Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle made the first air attack on Japan.

The aircraft carrier was sunk after a joint attack of Japanese dive bombers and torpedo bombers. Then killed 140 sailors from a crew of 2,200 people.

Now the huge ship is resting at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 5330 meters.

The search for the aircraft carrier involved the company Vulcan, created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Previously, Vulcan had already found a number of other ships of the Second World War, in particular, the aircraft carrier Lexington, the battleship Indianapolis, the Japanese battleship Musashi, and the Italian destroyer Artilleri.