Co-founder of Microsoft used his richfag power to find the wreck of the U.S.S. Lexington, a U.S. aircraft carrier that was lost during World War II.
She participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea alongside the U.S.S. Yorktown (later lost in the Battle of Midway) in fending off a Japanese offensive to capture Port Moresby in New Guinea and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
Aircraft from the Lexington and Yorktown engaged the Japanese fleet and sank the light carrier Shōhō on May 7th, and the fleet carrier Shōkaku was heavily damaged the next day. Attacks from Japanese aircraft inflicted significant damage to the U.S.S. Lexington that day, and when vapors from leaking aviation gasoline tanks ignited on the flight deck, it cascaded into a series of fires and explosions that could not be controlled. Surviving crewmembers were evacuated and the carrier was scuttled by a U.S. destroyer on the 8th of May.
216 crewmen were killed and 2,735 were evacuated.
The "Lady Lex" was sunk with 35 aircraft on board, 11 of which have been found so far. The Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, the Douglas SBD Dauntless, and the Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat are a part of that aircraft compliment to have been discovered.