What happened to the USS Juneau?

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1. What happened to the USS Juneau?
2. Did anyone survive the USS Juneau?
3. How long did it take for the USS Juneau to sink?
4. How deep is the USS Juneau?
5. Why was the sinking of the USS Juneau famous?
6. Where are the five Sullivan brothers buried?
7. Where is the USS Portland?
8. Has the USS Lexington been found?
9. Where are the Sullivan brothers buried?
10. Did the Sullivan brothers have children?
11. Can brothers serve in the same military unit?
12. Was USS Portland at Midway?
13. Where is the USS Omaha?
14. Where was the Wasp sunk?
15. Was the Yorktown sunk?
16. Did the Sullivan brothers have a sister?
17. What is the Sullivan rule?
18. What was unusual about the Sullivan brothers death?
19. Was Saving Private Ryan based on the Sullivan brothers?
20. Where was the USS Indianapolis sunk?

What happened to the USS Juneau?

A single torpedo meant for the American flagship struck Juneau nearly amidships, on the port side in the forward fire room. USS Juneau at sea during the Battle of Santa Cruz Octo. The torpedo hit stunned Allen Heyn on Juneau's stern.

Did anyone survive the USS Juneau?

A total of 687 men from the USS Juneau lost their lives, including the five Sullivan brothers. Only 10 men survived the sinking. Lt. Charles Wang was the only officer to survive.

How long did it take for the USS Juneau to sink?

Lucas, wife of the mayor of the city of Juneau, Alaska, and commissioned on 14 February 1942, with Captain Lyman K. Swenson in command. She was torpedoed and sank on Novem, with only 10 survivors rescued after 8 days in the water....USS Juneau (CL-52)

History
United States
Complement	673 officers and men

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How deep is the USS Juneau?

4,200 meters The Atlanta-class light cruiser was finally found 4,200 meters (about 2.6 miles) below the surface by a shipwreck survey team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, seventy-six years after it was sunk by a Japanese torpedo during the battle of Guadalcanal.

Why was the sinking of the USS Juneau famous?

The Juneau was sunk by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of Guadalcanal, ultimately killing 687 men including all five of the Sullivan brothers. ... “But finding the USS Juneau on Saint Patrick's Day is an unexpected coincidence to the Sullivan brothers and all the service members who were lost 76 years ago.”

Where are the five Sullivan brothers buried?

(WATERLOO, Iowa) An Iowa museum, dedicated to the famed five Sullivan Brothers, is reacting to news the brothers' final resting place has been found in the south Pacific. Crews recently found the wreckage of the USS Juneau more than two miles beneath the surface, near the Solomon Islands.

Where is the USS Portland?

San Diego USS Portland (LPD-27)

History
United States
Acquired	18 September 2017
Commissioned	14 December 2017
Homeport	San Diego

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Has the USS Lexington been found?

Wreckage from the USS Lexington was discovered by RV Petrel on Ma. The Lexington was found nearly 10,000 feet below the surface, resting on the floor of the Coral Sea more than 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia.

Where are the Sullivan brothers buried?

(WATERLOO, Iowa) An Iowa museum, dedicated to the famed five Sullivan Brothers, is reacting to news the brothers' final resting place has been found in the south Pacific. Crews recently found the wreckage of the USS Juneau more than two miles beneath the surface, near the Solomon Islands.

Did the Sullivan brothers have children?

In 1940, Katherine married Albert Sullivan, the union of two Waterloo teenagers who grew up on different sides of the city. ... Al and Katherine Sullivan did have a son, Jim, who is now retired and living in Waterloo.

Can brothers serve in the same military unit?

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Family members serving simultaneously in the military is rare, but even more uncommon is two siblings serving together in the same active-duty unit. ... However, it is still extremely uncommon within active-duty units. By contrast, there are thousands of dual-military married couples in the U.S. Army.

Was USS Portland at Midway?

Portland steamed from San Diego, California, on 2 October 1935 along with Houston, which was carrying President Franklin D. ... When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Portland was two days away, en route to Midway Atoll as part of a carrier group escorting aircraft carrier Lexington.

Where is the USS Omaha?

USS Omaha LCS-12 Independence class Littoral Combat Ship US Navy. The future USS Omaha (LCS 12), a littoral combat ship, sits pierside at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during a brief fuel stop. ... is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.

Where was the Wasp sunk?

Guadalcanal Three hours after nightfall on Sept. 15, 1942, the U.S.S. Wasp, a United States Navy aircraft carrier, slipped beneath the waves 350 miles southeast of Guadalcanal.

Was the Yorktown sunk?

The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was sunk, and an entire squadron of 15 torpedo planes was shot down. Only one man, Ens. George Gay, survived the doomed attack of Torpedo Squadron 8. Several American pilots downed in the battle were picked up by the Japanese navy.

Did the Sullivan brothers have a sister?

Murray and Tom Davidson, 68 and 70, respectively, are the sons of Genevieve Sullivan, the brothers' sister and only surviving sibling, who died in the 1970s. Murray said his mother, who served in the Navy WAVES during the war, took on the burdens of caring for her aging parents while raising a family of her own.

What is the Sullivan rule?

Sullivan, legal case in which, on Ma, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9–0) that, for a libel suit to be successful, the complainant must prove that the offending statement was made with “ 'actual malice'—that is, with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or ...

What was unusual about the Sullivan brothers death?

3 of the Sullivan brothers were killed almost instantly (Francis, Joseph and Madison). The other two (George and Albert) survived the destruction of the ship but died in the water days later. By the time rescuers finally made their way to the scene only about 10 of some 100 hundred initial survivors were still alive.

Was Saving Private Ryan based on the Sullivan brothers?

The brothers' story was filmed as the 1944 movie The Sullivans (later renamed The Fighting Sullivans) and inspired, at least in part, the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. The Sullivans were also briefly mentioned in Saving Private Ryan.

Where was the USS Indianapolis sunk?

Shortly after midnight on July 30, halfway between Guam and Leyte Gulf, a Japanese sub blasted the Indianapolis, sparking an explosion that split the ship and caused it to sink in approximately 12 minutes, with about 300 men trapped inside.