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The USS Midway, CVB-41, as she was launched on March 20th, 1945. The CVB designation was unique to the three ships of the Midway class because of their heavy armament at commissioning of 18 5"/54 Mark 16 guns, 84 Bofors 40 mm guns, and 68 Oerlikon 20 mm cannons. She was commissioned a week after the end of the Second World War and was the largest ship in the world until 1955, and was the first aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal. The Midway class displaced 45,000 tons at commissioning and 64,000 tons at decommissioning, after various conversions and upgrades; the most obvious being the angling and enlargement of the flight deck. Their length was 1,001 ft with a hull beam of 121 ft / flight deck 136 ft before and 238 ft after modernization. At that time the Midway class were armed with 2 8 cell Sea Sparrow launchers and 2 Phalanx Close In Weapons Systems. The number of aircraft carried was over 100 before modernizing to approximately 60 afterwards as larger aircraft operated from the ships. #HalifaxAuthor #rcn #royalcanadiannavy #usnavy #usn #unitedstatesnavy #uss #midway #Roosevelt #coralsea #aircraftcarrier #midwayisland
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SS Lexington: Lost WW2 aircraft carrier found after 76 years
The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington was found 3km (2 miles) underwater in the Coral Sea, about 800km off Australia's east coast. The ship was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea, fought with Japan from 4-8 May 1942. More than 200 crew members died in the fighting. The US Navy confirmed the ship had been discovered by a search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
#USSLexington #WorldWar2 #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #history #AircraftCarrier #military #ArmedForces #AirForce #Navy #Australia #CoralSea #BattleOfTheCoralSea #USNavy #USA #Microsoft #PaulAllen #archaeology #underwater #science #technology
The wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War Two has been found off the coast of Australia. The USS Lexington was found 3km (2 miles) underwater in the Coral Sea, about 800km off Australia's east coast. The ship was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea, fought with Japan from 4-8 May 1942. More than 200 crew members died in the fighting. The US Navy confirmed the ship had been discovered by a search team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
#USSLexington #WorldWar2 #WorldWarII #WWII #WW2 #history #AircraftCarrier #military #ArmedForces #AirForce #Navy #Australia #CoralSea #BattleOfTheCoralSea #USNavy #USA #Microsoft #PaulAllen #archaeology #underwater #science #technology
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Unforgettable Dives are plentiful off Papua New Guinea, even bad weather makes for a great trip.
#papuanewguinea #scubadiving #adventure #holiday #placestovisit #coralsea
http://www.sportdiver.com/liveaboard-diving-in-papua-new-guinea-reveals-non-stop-thrills
#papuanewguinea #scubadiving #adventure #holiday #placestovisit #coralsea
http://www.sportdiver.com/liveaboard-diving-in-papua-new-guinea-reveals-non-stop-thrills
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With absolute #ocean #frontage and just a short stroll to enchanting #Airlie #Beach, #Qld, lies the Coral Sea Resort. Situated close to Abel Point Marina with its direct access to the #Whitsunday Islands and the #Great #Barrier #Reef.
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It's nice to treat yourself to a little luxury every once in a while
Let us help you, with a stay in our beautiful suite with a living area and private balcony overlooking the Coral Sea!
For bookings:
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Let us help you, with a stay in our beautiful suite with a living area and private balcony overlooking the Coral Sea!
For bookings:
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"Historic WW2 Shipwreck Discovered Off Australia Coast" #WW2 #WWII #Shipwreck #Australia #Historic #USSLexington #CoralSea #USSLexingtonWreckage #1942 #BattleOfTheCoralSea #USNavy #LadyLex #ResearchVesselPetrel #PaulAllen #AirCraft http://ow.ly/Yjjy30iNP8I
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A fascinating fish to watch, but be aware when they are nesting. Photo by Anna scuba diving at manta point, Nusa Penida, Bali.
Find out more in our Diving Indo blog http://www.diving-indo.com/blogs/creature-feature-triggerfish-in-bali/
#triggerfish #reef #coral #coralsea #nusapenida #mantapoint #bali #baliscuba #baliscubadiving #divebali
Find out more in our Diving Indo blog http://www.diving-indo.com/blogs/creature-feature-triggerfish-in-bali/
#triggerfish #reef #coral #coralsea #nusapenida #mantapoint #bali #baliscuba #baliscubadiving #divebali
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Most corals are colonial, the initial polyp budding to produce another and the colony gradually developing from this small start. In stony corals, also known as hard corals, the polyps produce a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate to strengthen and protect the organism. This is deposited by the polyps and by the coenosarc, the living tissue that connects them. The polyps sit in cup-shaped depressions in the skeleton known as corallites. Colonies of stony coral are very variable in appearance; a single species may adopt an encrusting, plate-like, bushy, columnar or massive solid structure, the various forms often being linked to different types of habitat, with variations in light level and water movement being significant. In soft corals, there is no stony skeleton but the tissues are often toughened by the presence of tiny skeletal elements known as sclerites, which are made from calcium carbonate. Soft corals are very variable in form and most are colonial. A few soft corals are stolonate, but the polyps of most are connected by sheets of coenosarc. In some species this is thick and the polyps are deeply embedded. Some soft corals are encrusting or form lobes. Others are tree-like or whip-like and have a central axial skeleton embedded in the tissue matrix. This is composed either of a fibrous protein called gorgonin or of a calcified material. In both stony and soft corals, the polyps can be retracted, with stony corals relying on their hard skeleton and cnidocytes for defence against predators, with soft corals generally relying on chemical defences in the form of toxic substances present in the tissues known as terpenoids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral
#colorful #corals #coral #reef #lagoon #newcaledonia #pacific #ocean #island #coralsea #sea
Most corals are colonial, the initial polyp budding to produce another and the colony gradually developing from this small start. In stony corals, also known as hard corals, the polyps produce a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate to strengthen and protect the organism. This is deposited by the polyps and by the coenosarc, the living tissue that connects them. The polyps sit in cup-shaped depressions in the skeleton known as corallites. Colonies of stony coral are very variable in appearance; a single species may adopt an encrusting, plate-like, bushy, columnar or massive solid structure, the various forms often being linked to different types of habitat, with variations in light level and water movement being significant. In soft corals, there is no stony skeleton but the tissues are often toughened by the presence of tiny skeletal elements known as sclerites, which are made from calcium carbonate. Soft corals are very variable in form and most are colonial. A few soft corals are stolonate, but the polyps of most are connected by sheets of coenosarc. In some species this is thick and the polyps are deeply embedded. Some soft corals are encrusting or form lobes. Others are tree-like or whip-like and have a central axial skeleton embedded in the tissue matrix. This is composed either of a fibrous protein called gorgonin or of a calcified material. In both stony and soft corals, the polyps can be retracted, with stony corals relying on their hard skeleton and cnidocytes for defence against predators, with soft corals generally relying on chemical defences in the form of toxic substances present in the tissues known as terpenoids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral
#colorful #corals #coral #reef #lagoon #newcaledonia #pacific #ocean #island #coralsea #sea
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Most Beautiful Passion Flowers In the World
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