A sonar image of the sunken World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which sank after the Battle of Santa Cruz Island, Oct. 26, 1943. Courtesy Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Inc.

Damage on the hull of the USS Hornet. Photo courtesy of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. A five-inch gun on the wreckage of the USS Hornet. Photo courtesy of Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. An F4F-4 ...

The late Paul Allen’s research team discovered the wreckage of World War II’s USS Hornet (CV-8), the aircraft carrier that launched the Doolittle Raid.

A research vessel has found the World War II aircraft carrier’s wreckage more than 17,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, near the Solomon Islands.

The aircraft carrier USS Lexington went down in the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea, with 216 lives lost. Skip to content. Watch Live ... was made by Mr Allen's company Vulcan on Sunday.

A team of deep-sea explorers and historians have discovered a Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the historic Battle of Midway in World War II. The wreckage of Akagi, which was sunk on ...

The carriers were among seven ships that went down in the Battle of Midway, a major air and sea battle fought between the US and Japan in 1942.

The Sea Wiz is the affectionate nickname given to a 20mm Vulcan Cannon on board the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. It fires 4,500 rounds a minute, can hit a target five miles away and has ...

The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) has been discovered off the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by the late billionaire Paul Allen.