http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-17/uss-independence-wwii-aircraft-carrier-found-in-pacific/6400012
Was reading about it on CNN. I would rather the Enterprise had gone that way instead of scrapping. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/us/sunken-navy-carrier-revealed/index.html
Wow. Didn't know that any of the irradiated ships had been brought back to the United States. Not so good,
My mother came to visit me after I wound up in Balboa back in '88. While she was there I showed her North Island from the Diego side. She asked me what those buildings were and I explained they were carriers. Independence, Ranger, Kitty Hawk, and Constellation IIRC. Nose to tail that formation was nearly a mile long.
Research shows that low-dose radiation is actually beneficial to your health, but lets not get into that here.
Another article about the wreck of the USS Independence (CVL-22) dated 29 April 2016, under the somewhat misleading headline Secret Atomic Role of WWII-Era Aircraft Carrier Revealed. Mostly old news, but the wreck is being studied. I was surprised to learn it lies only about 30 miles off the California coast near San Francisco. http://www.livescience.com/54609-declassified-documents-wwii-shipwreck-history.html More photos: http://www.livescience.com/50523-wwii-uss-independence-photos.html
Independence was torpedoed right aft by a Japanese aircraft during the Gilberts invasion; although she was repaired and served through the rest of the war, this may have made the Navy feel that she had little potential for long-term service. She and Princeton, the second ship completed, also lacked side armor, another possible factor.
