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Research Ship that Found Famous WWII Wrecks Damaged in Scotland Dry Dock, Several Injured

22 March 2023

R/V Petrel on its side in a Scotland dry dock on March 22, 2023. Photo Via Twitter

A Navy research vessel tipped over while in dry dock in Edinburgh Wednesday, according to local reports.

R/V Petrel appeared to tip about 45 degrees while in dry dock in the Imperial Dock in Leith, Edinburgh, according to the newspaper The Independent. The paper reported 21 people were taken to the hospital with injuries with another 12 treated at the dock and released.

Petrel dislodged from the dry dock a Scotland...

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Navy Issues Posthumous Navy Cross to USS Indianapolis Chaplain

9 January 2021

USS Indianapolis in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1937. US Navy Photo

The Navy on Friday issued a posthumous Navy Cross to Lt. Thomas Conway, a chaplain who died after the sinking of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35).

Speaking during a ceremony at Lt. Thomas Conway’s church in Waterbury, Conn., Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite recounted how the chaplain helped his fellow shipmates after their cruiser sank into the ocean.

“We all know the story, or we should, that in the next three...

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USS Indianapolis Crew Awarded Congressional Gold Medal on 75th Anniversary of Sinking

29 July 2020

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The survivors of one of World War II’s worst naval disasters were awarded Congressional Gold Medals in a ceremony last Friday.

In the virtual ceremony, House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) presented the medal to the survivors from the crew of USS Indianapolis (CA-35) ahead of the 75th anniversary of the July 30,1945, sinking of the heavy cruiser by a Japanese submarine in the closing months of the war.

“On behalf of the 1,195 Sailors and Marines who served...

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U.S. Navy Commemorates USS Indianapolis on 75th Anniversary of America’s Worst At-Sea Naval Disaster

29 July 2020

The U.S. Navy today is calling for a moment of silence to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the worst sea disaster in U.S. Navy history. The moment of silence was requested by Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday in a message to the fleet. “On July...

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Billionaire Ocean Explorer, Philanthropist Paul Allen Dies

16 October 2018

Paul Allen

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, billionaire philanthropist and ocean explorer who helped find several lost World War II warships, died on Monday.

Allen, 65, died following a fight with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that was first diagnosed in 2009. In an announcement two weeks ago, Allen said his cancer had returned and he had vowed to seek treatment for the disease.

Allen co-founded software giant Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates and helped it grow until his departure from the company in...

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