{"id":72501,"date":"2025-07-08T16:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/07\/08\/undersea-expedition-discovers-bow-of-uss-new-orleans-lost-in-ww2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:31:07","slug":"undersea-expedition-discovers-bow-of-uss-new-orleans-lost-in-ww2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/07\/08\/undersea-expedition-discovers-bow-of-uss-new-orleans-lost-in-ww2\/","title":{"rendered":"Undersea expedition discovers bow of USS New Orleans, lost in WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo slammed into the heavy cruiser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/n\/new-orleans-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/n\/new-orleans-ii.html\">New Orleans<\/a>, sending the bow, two gun turrets and more than 180 sailors to the bottom of <a href=\"https:\/\/anzacportal.dva.gov.au\/wars-and-missions\/world-war-ii-1939-1945\/events\/war-sea-1939-1945\/ironbottom-sound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/anzacportal.dva.gov.au\/wars-and-missions\/world-war-ii-1939-1945\/events\/war-sea-1939-1945\/ironbottom-sound\">Ironbottom Sound<\/a>, near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/veterans-history-project-collection\/serving-our-voices\/world-war-ii\/guadalcanal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/veterans-history-project-collection\/serving-our-voices\/world-war-ii\/guadalcanal\/\">Guadalcanal<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal.html\">Solomon Islands<\/a> in the Pacific Ocean. Its whereabouts were lost to history \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/07\/07\/explore-the-depths-of-ironbottom-sound-with-bob-ballards-team-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/07\/07\/explore-the-depths-of-ironbottom-sound-with-bob-ballards-team-live\/\">team of scientists<\/a> led by undersea explorer <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/people\/robert-d-ballard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/people\/robert-d-ballard\">Robert Ballard<\/a> discovered the shipwreck Monday. Using a remotely operated vehicle, they confirmed it was the long-lost bow, located at a depth of 675 meters (2,214 feet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagery sent back by the vehicle detected several features enabling the team to identify the wreck as the New Orleans with \u201c99% accuracy,\u201d according to retired Rear Adm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/about-us\/leadership\/director.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/about-us\/leadership\/director.html\">Samuel J. Cox<\/a>, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/\">Naval History and Heritage Command<\/a>. Among the discoveries were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A \u201c3\u201d visible just forward to break in plating, from hull number CA 32&nbsp;<\/li><li>Rounded anchor collars and stowed anchor orientation matching a 1936 dry dock image<\/li><li>Anchor imprinted text reads \u201cNavy Yard\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal\/battle-of-tassafaronga.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/browse-by-topic\/wars-conflicts-and-operations\/world-war-ii\/1942\/guadalcanal\/battle-of-tassafaronga.html\">Battle of Tassafaronga<\/a> in World War II, the New Orleans was struck by a Japanese \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/naval-history-magazine\/2019\/april\/massive-torpedo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.usni.org\/magazines\/naval-history-magazine\/2019\/april\/massive-torpedo\">Long Lance<\/a>\u201d torpedo, detonating the forward magazines and tearing off nearly a third of the vessel, including the bow. More than 180 sailors \u2014 most of them in the forward two turrets \u2013 were killed instantly and went down with the front section of the ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/07\/07\/explore-the-depths-of-ironbottom-sound-with-bob-ballards-team-live\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-Vincennes.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Explore the depths of Ironbottom Sound with Bob Ballard\u2019s team, live<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Audiences will be able to embark on a real-time exploration of the waters surrounding Guadalcanal and the naval battles that changed the course of history.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUSS New Orleans was the victim of probably the most devastating surface torpedo attack in history, which sank the heavy cruiser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/n\/northampton-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/n\/northampton-ii.html\">USS Northampton<\/a> and severely damaged other heavy cruisers,\u201d Cox said. \u201cThe torpedo that hit the ship was catastrophic and triggered a massive secondary explosion that blew off everything forward of the No. 2 main battery turret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miraculously, the rest of the ship remained afloat. The New Orleans later sailed, stern first, under its own power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navsea.navy.mil\/Home\/Shipyards\/PSNS-IMF\/History\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navsea.navy.mil\/Home\/Shipyards\/PSNS-IMF\/History\/\">Puget Sound Naval Shipyard<\/a>, where it was repaired and received a new bow. It went back to sea and fought in several more battles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/topics\/pacific-theater-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/topics\/pacific-theater-operations\">Pacific Theater of Operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4618\" height=\"2598\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg 4618w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-New-Orleans-Bow-20250706180457-2-Anchor-Reads-Navy-Yard.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4618px) 100vw, 4618px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anchor imprinted text reading &#8220;Navy Yard&#8221; helped a team of scientists identify the wreck as the New Orleans. (Ocean Exploration Trust)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy all rights, this ship should have sunk, but due to the heroic damage control efforts of her crew became the most grievously damaged U.S. cruiser in World War II to actually survive,\u201d Cox stated. \u201cThe ship\u2019s damage control officer and two officer assistants stayed at their post and saved their ship but not themselves. They were awarded posthumous Navy Crosses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wreckage was located by a multinational expedition exploration vessel <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/tech\/ev-nautilus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/tech\/ev-nautilus\">Nautilus<\/a> led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/\">Ocean Exploration Trust<\/a>, or OET, and supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/oceanexplorer.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA Ocean Exploration<\/a> through the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/\">Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute<\/a>. A four-hour remotely operated vehicle dive enabled the team, including onboard archaeologists and remote experts, to analyze structural details, paintwork and other details. These features confirmed the identity of the wreckage as the New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe discovery highlights the power of having multiple scientists and technologies work together to achieve a common goal,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/people\/daniel-wagner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/people\/daniel-wagner\">Daniel Wagner<\/a>, OET chief scientist, in a press release. \u201cThe wreck was located during seafloor mapping operations by an uncrewed surface vehicle, then investigated shortly thereafter by a deep-diving remotely operated vehicle, imagery from which was viewed in real-time by hundreds of experts around the world, who all worked together to make a positive identification of the finding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/07\/07\/explore-the-depths-of-ironbottom-sound-with-bob-ballards-team-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/07\/07\/explore-the-depths-of-ironbottom-sound-with-bob-ballards-team-live\/\">Maritime Archaeology of Guadalcanal<\/a> expedition. The team is conducting surveys in Ironbottom Sound, where five major naval engagements took place between August and December 1942 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/solomon-islands-campaign-guadalcanal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nationalww2museum.org\/war\/articles\/solomon-islands-campaign-guadalcanal\">Campaign for Guadalcanal<\/a>. More than 20,000 personnel were killed, and 111 naval vessels and 1,450 aircraft were lost between Allied and Japanese forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, only 30 of the military ships lost in Ironbottom Sound\u2019s deep waters have been located. Many others remain undiscovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo find the bow of the USS New Orleans is an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of this valiant crew, even on one of the worst nights in U.S. Navy history,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expedition is being streamed live at <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/\">www.NautilusLive.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. 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