"Wasp represented the US Navy at the lowest point after the start of WWII," retired Rear Admiral Samuel Cox, who leads the US Naval History and Heritage Command, said in a statement. She listed heavily, with massive smoke plumes billowing into the air, and sank not long after.Īmong the more than 2,000 men in her crew, 176 were killed in the attack. A few others found their mark in the Wasp's hull, igniting a massive fire aboard. Two hit other ships, the USS O'Brien and the USS North Carolina. On September 15, 1942, a Japanese submarine fired a barrage of torpedoes. The Wasp was ordered to escort a contingent of transport ships carrying Marine reinforcements to fight in Guadalcanal. Wrote Churchill: "Who said a wasp couldn't sting twice?"Īfter the Battle of Midway, the US needed more help in the Pacific Theater, as Allied forces fought to pry out Japanese forces, island by island. The resupply continued, and the Allies held on. So, the Wasp set off with another British ship and dozens more fighter planes, arriving in early May back at Malta. Roosevelt if the Wasp could deliver "another good sting" Roosevelt acceded. Under fire, the Wasp retreated to a safe harbor in Gibraltar as many of the planes it had delivered were destroyed on the ground.ĭetermined, Churchill asked US President Franklin D. In April 1942, the USS Wasp arrived to supply a badly needed contingent of dozens of warplanes to the beleaguered Allied forces at Malta, according to a US Navy account. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was determined to save the precious fortress. But its rediscovery is giving new life to a heroic story of a bygone era.įor nearly a century and a half, the British had controlled the small island of Malta just south of Italy, using its harbor to dock warships and to project British power throughout the Mediterranean.ĭuring World War II, German and Italian planes dominated the skies and pummeled the island. In step with the US Navy's policy of leaving its shipwrecks untouched - as they are sailors' hallowed graves - the Wasp's hull will remain in the murky depths. The Petrel, which sits on the surface, has a crew of 10, who plot the last known locations of old warships and send robots to the depths to rediscover them. The Petrel in recent years has discovered dozens of wrecks of ships that once flew the flags of the American, British, Japanese and Italian navies. Word of the sighting comes a month after the Research Vessel Petrel, funded by the late Microsoft founder Paul Allen, discovered another World War II-era shipwreck, the USS Hornet, which sank not far away, off the Solomon Islands. ![]() Updated Petrel engine sounds with a proper twin rotar SFX.(CNN) - Nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, a remote-controlled research craft has glimpsed the hull of an aircraft carrier, the USS Wasp, that hadn't been seen since 1942. Wind sounds updated with something much more realistic and smoother Changed the Carrier engine to a smoother sounding marine diesel Ship now makes hull stress and groaning sounds when hitting heavy waves instead of that weird Klaxon alarm ![]() Reduced Wind and Carrier Engine overall volume by 50% so it's not so overwhelming ![]() cleaned and smoothed out explosion sounds NOTE: Be warned, Verifying Integrity of Game Files will also replace all other installed mods so you will have to reinstall those as well. Go to 'Local Files' and select 'Verify Integrity of Game Files', this will scan your install directory and redownload any non-vanilla files. On your Steam library, Right Click on 'Carrier Command 2' and select 'properties'Ģ. Go into your 'Rom_0' folder, move the 'Audio' folder from the sound mod into your base CC2 folder, select replace all when prompted.ġ. ![]() On your Steam library, Right Click on 'Carrier Command 2' and select 'Manage' > 'Browse Local Files'Ģ. if there is something you don't like, feel free to omit that sound file.ġ. Feel free to use some or all of this sound replacement mod. A Sound Improvement mod I created to fix the mediocre and sometimes bizarre audio choices made by the developers, no longer will your senses be completely assaulted by deafening carrier engines and that awful stock wind sound from Stormworks, no longer will you have to live in fear of your carrier making weird alarms or noises in heavy seas or when opening doors.
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