Lost Ships of WW2

Lost Ships of WW2 USS Indianapolis: Abandoned at Sea

Just weeks before the war ends, USS Indianapolis is violently sunk; hundreds of men are lost at sea as they fight off exposure and shark attacks; it is the worst disaster at sea in U.S. Naval history.

10:00 AM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 USS Ward: America's First Shot

Undersea explorers aboard the research vessel Petrel detect a wreck off the coast of the Philippines that fits the profile of an American destroyer.

11:00 AM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 Lady Lex: Queen of the Coral Sea

Hours after emerging victorious in the first carrier-to-carrier battle of World War II, the USS Lexington erupts in flames due to enemy fire; after 80 years, Petrel hopes to spot the wreck and the planes that went down with the ship.

12:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 USS Hornet: America Strikes Back

The Petrel team searches for the American aircraft carrier USS Hornet; the ship's life is cut short when the Hornet sails into a hornet's nest of Japanese ships.

1:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 USS Juneau: Brothers in Arms

What happened aboard the USS Juneau; five brothers are lost, but not all perish when the ship goes down; at least one brother is among scores of men stranded at sea for eight days.

2:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 Iron Bottom Sound: Graveyard of the Pacific

In one night, over 1000 Allied sailors perish when four cruisers go down in flames; Petrel searches for the cruisers in a graveyard littered with ships.

3:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 Titan of the Rising Sun

Rob Kraft hunts for Musashi, the biggest battleship ever built and considered to be unsinkable by the Japanese.

4:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 USS Johnston: America's Deepest Loss

Research vessel Petrel picks up what they believe to be the debris trail of the USS Johnston; a manned submersible is deployed to potentially put eyes on the deepest shipwreck in the world.

5:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 USS Johnston: America's Deepest Loss

Research vessel Petrel picks up what they believe to be the debris trail of the USS Johnston; a manned submersible is deployed to potentially put eyes on the deepest shipwreck in the world.

8:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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Lost Ships of WW2 USS Indianapolis: Abandoned at Sea

Just weeks before the war ends, USS Indianapolis is violently sunk; hundreds of men are lost at sea as they fight off exposure and shark attacks; it is the worst disaster at sea in U.S. Naval history.

11:00 PM on National Geographic Canada

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