What Scientists Learned Mapping a Sunken Aircraft Carrier
Scientists have surveyed a World War II-era aircraft carrier scuttled off the coast of San Francisco in 1951, advancing our understanding of how thoroughly we can explore the ocean floor while providing new knowledge about how ships fare after decades under water. The 3-D sonar survey of the USS Independence was part of a two-year project by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to find and document hundreds of wrecks in the Gulf of the Farallones and learn more about the area’s rich maritime and biological history. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the US scrambled to rebuild its war machinery, an effort that included a new class of midsize aircraft carriers. Boeing After the war, the Independence was part of a huge flotilla the Navy dispatched to Bikini Atoll in 1946 to understand the effects of nuclear radiation on ships.
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