Not A Plane, But...

[csadn]

USS _Houston_ Found:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28857195 .

[gully_raker]

Great to see another historic wreck located.

[Archidamus]

Great to see another historic wreck located.

and great to hear that they are working to conserve it as a war grave

[Flying Officer Kyte]

May all those seamen now R.I.P.
Rob.

[BobP]

I saw something about this the other day but was just a banner on the bottom of the screen. Hopefully there will be a show about this on one of the channels.

[csadn]

I saw something about this the other day but was just a banner on the bottom of the screen. Hopefully there will be a show about this on one of the channels.

http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/s...d-of-brothers/ -- overview of the outfit to which _Houston_ was attached.

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/.../p/javasea.htm -- the battle where most of ABDACOM was obliterated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea -- includes data on the mop-up operations of the IJN.

Very simply: This illustrated that a naval force without aircraft was doomed.