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Remote operated vehicles, or ROVs, provided key help in locating the Indianapolis wreckage. The expedition team is now surveying and capturing what was found.
An image from the wreckage shows one of the two anchor windlass mechanisms from the forecastle of the ship.
An image from the wreckage taken by a remotely operated vehicle.
An image shot from a remotely operated vehicle shows the bottom of an anchor clearly marked 'U.S. Navy' and 'Norfolk Navy Yard'.
An image believed to be from the port side of the ship shows the painted hull number.
A photo of the Lexington's nameplate.
This aircraft was one of 35 that went down with the ship in May 1942.
Anti-aircraft artillery helped the U.S.S. Lexington in battle against Japanese ships.
A gun sticks out from the sunken ship.