The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled USS Lexington sailors from the water during the Battle of the Coral Sea and screened the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway.

Researchers have found the missing bow of the USS New Orleans, a WWII warship torn apart in battle, off the coast of the Solomon Islands.

Lost for more than 80 years, the severed bow of the legendary USS New Orleans—torn away by a torpedo in one of World War II's fiercest battles—has finally been discovered deep beneath the Pacific, CBS News reports.