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Episode #566 of Hometown Heroes, airing March 7-10, 2019, focuses on the recent discovery by Paul Allen’s R/V Petrel of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), which was sunk in October 1942 in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

(Photo courtesy of Navigea Ltd R/V Petrel)
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CBS News had exclusive access to the research vessel as it discovered the wreckage three-and-a-half miles deep in the Solomon Islands. Click here to watch the CBS coverage of process and the find.