Wreck of the U.S.S. Lexington Discovered

Quit washing laamas, muzzie.

What are the chances of them being recovered, and could they be put into working order?
I mean, if they can dig a P-38 out of a freakin' glacier and get it airworthy again, this should be nothing.

Two miles down is a long way to go for one of the least beloved planes to ever fly under a US flag.

Nobody will expect being torpedo'd by one. Its the perfect plan.

The devastator wasn't a bad plane. The torpedo it carried was. Even then, they did sink a jap carrier early in the war. I think their failure at midway was more due to not having fighter cover combined with the shit torpedoes that had to be dropped at a low speed and only had a 10% chance of arming and sailing (if that's what you call what torpedoes do) correctly.
Honestly I think a more detested plane flown by us would be the F-104 (which did nothing wrong ether.) While the plane actually deserving such a title should have been the F4F wildcat. just kidding its actually the F35

The Mk-13 was shit but the Devastator was still designed in 1934.

They still man their stations, hopelessly trying to resurface the ship so they may begin a Crusade of Vengence against Nippon.

What was so bad about it apart from its piss poor straight line speed?
The F2A was worse in almost every respect against the A6M2.

Well it would be a great tax break for Paul.

wasn't the drop speed dangerously close to its stall speed?

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