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The Times of India
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The missing bow of a World War II cruiser was found 675 metres underwater

The missing bow of USS New Orleans, a US Navy heavy cruiser damaged during the Second World War, has been discovered nearly 83 years after a Japanese torpedo tore it away. The wreckage was located at a depth of approximately 675 metres in Iron Bottom Sound near Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 7 July 2025.

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