She was the only ship in port to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor, an amazing feat in itself that says a lot for her crew. She was hit by missiles, though, and beached on a coral reef, where she eventually sank.
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| The Nevada, as she looked in 1944 |
After the attack, she was salvaged and put back into commision.
The Nevada was decommissioned in 1946, and deliberately sunk as a target ship during a naval warfare exercise in 1948.
Over time, her exact location was lost.
Now, thanks to remote technology, she's been found again -- upside-down in more than 15,000 feet of water. Her bow and stern are still missing, though. (weird)
Read more via the link above -- or here.
"...if there was one ship to find that particularly now could speak to something about human nature and particularly Americans, it would be Nevada -- stubborn, resilient," said James Delgado, the lead maritime archeologist on the mission to find her.
Glad they did.
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