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Lady Lex has been found! #12696376 03/05/18 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Likes: 2 Arizona Sycamore OP Campfire Ranger OP Sycamore Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Likes: 2 Arizona https://www.paulallen.com/uss-lexington-wreck-located-rv-petrel/ Originally Posted by jorgeI ...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12696399 03/05/18 Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 99 Hill Country, Texas M MRitchie Campfire Greenhorn MRitchie Campfire Greenhorn M Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 99 Hill Country, Texas That's cool. Never knew we hadn't found it yet. My grandpa served on the Lexington vol. 2 (CV-16) that's now in Corpus Christi, TX. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12696535 03/05/18 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,216 Boise, ID tominboise Campfire Tracker tominboise Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,216 Boise, ID Not nearly as much corrosion / marine growth as I'd expect after 65 years. Regards, Tom

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12696548 03/05/18 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,147 Likes: 23 Next to the dump that Del Shan... 12344mag Campfire Kahuna 12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,147 Likes: 23 Next to the dump that Del Shan... Wow! Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

Re: Lady Lex has been found! tominboise #12696555 03/05/18 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Likes: 2 Arizona Sycamore OP Campfire Ranger OP Sycamore Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Likes: 2 Arizona Originally Posted by tominboise Not nearly as much corrosion / marine growth as I'd expect after 65 years. too deep for light to grow stuff? 2 miles down Originally Posted by jorgeI ...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12696612 03/05/18 Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert Very cool, thank you for posting. Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12696616 03/05/18 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,907 Likes: 8 South of Minnesota 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,907 Likes: 8 South of Minnesota Very interesting - thanks. Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile. Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe) Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12696938 03/06/18 Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,839 Likes: 4 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,839 Likes: 4 Southern Oregon USA Kinda cool to see the Wreakage of the Devastator Dive bomber.... most of the ones the Navy had were lost very quickly when the war started.. IIRC, most were lost at the Battle of the Coral Sea... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_TBD_Devastator for anyone interested. "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697010 03/06/18 Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,620 Likes: 1 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,620 Likes: 1 Orange Park, Florida Long way down there. It would be nice if some of the aircraft could be recovered, restored and placed at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697027 03/06/18 Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,217 The Pennyrile of Kentucky JamesJr Campfire Ranger JamesJr Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 19,217 The Pennyrile of Kentucky That was pretty cool. We paid a heavy price in those early years of the war.

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697122 03/06/18 Joined: May 2001 Posts: 18,345 Likes: 1 S. Utah Steve Campfire Ranger Steve Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2001 Posts: 18,345 Likes: 1 S. Utah Cool and sad. Carpe' Scrotum

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697172 03/06/18 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,807 Likes: 19 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,807 Likes: 19 Texas Thanks. Very cool

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697191 03/06/18 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,174 Likes: 3 WI. R Redneck Campfire Kahuna Redneck Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,174 Likes: 3 WI. Originally Posted by Sycamore Originally Posted by tominboise Not nearly as much corrosion / marine growth as I'd expect after 65 years. too deep for light to grow stuff? 2 miles down Might be... That's a bit, ah, deep... For those who perished on her that day, RIP. Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697346 03/06/18 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,173 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,173 S.E. Alaska A little JB bore paste and that cannon will be shooting as good a new . . .

Re: Lady Lex has been found! jorgeI #12697396 03/06/18 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 23,369 Likes: 2 Atlanta hatari Campfire Ranger hatari Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 23,369 Likes: 2 Atlanta Originally Posted by jorgeI Long way down there. It would be nice if some of the aircraft could be recovered, restored and placed at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola. J, Is that depth 3012 feet or fathoms? Either way, long way down. "The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017 "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12697429 03/06/18 Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,620 Likes: 1 Orange Park, Florida jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana jorgeI Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 42,620 Likes: 1 Orange Park, Florida Jeff I think it's 3K meters or close to two miles. A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”

Re: Lady Lex has been found! jorgeI #12697456 03/06/18 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,722 Eastern PA steve99 Campfire Tracker steve99 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,722 Eastern PA Thank you for posting that Sycamore! Too deep for the salvage thieves I hope. And its a war grave. "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed-unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." James Madison

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12698802 03/06/18 Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,044 D DennisB Campfire Regular DennisB Campfire Regular D Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,044 My dad was one of the sailors that went into the water 8 May, 1942 when the order was given to abandon ship. He told me the Lex was in over 10000 feet of water when she was scuttled. He would have been amazed the she was found. Dennis. Those who call magazines "clips" and cartridges "bullets" ought not to be taken seriously. Jeff Cooper. We might add those who call bullets "boolits.

Re: Lady Lex has been found! DennisB #12699038 03/06/18 Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Likes: 2 Arizona Sycamore OP Campfire Ranger OP Sycamore Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 17,230 Likes: 2 Arizona I'm going to have to re-read "Pacific Crucible". I think that one goes through the Battle of the Coral Sea, and covers Midway as well. Sycamore Originally Posted by jorgeI ...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....

Re: Lady Lex has been found! Sycamore #12699074 03/06/18 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,881 Colorado T taz4570 Campfire Tracker taz4570 Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,881 Colorado It does cover 1941-1942, through the battle of Midway. I really like Toll's history writing style. His second volume, "The Conquering Tide" is even better. Greatly look forward to final volume of the Pacific war. "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." Henry Ford If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?