article_snippet.sent: (CNN)A former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that survived a Japanese torpedo strike and was a massive guinea pig for two atomic bomb blasts looks remarkably intact at the bottom of the Pacific, according to federal researchers who surveyed the wreck last month with an underwater drone.
article_snippet.sent: The ship fought a long, hard war in the Pacific Ocean and after the war was subjected to two atomic blasts that ripped through The ship.
article_snippet.sent: The ship is a reminder of the industrial might and skill of the 'greatest generation' that sent The ship, but their loved ones to war," Delgado said in the statement.
article_snippet.sent: In its 20 years in the Navy, The ship played a role in some of the most important events of World War II, earning eight battle stars in the process, and the dawn of the nuclear age.
article_snippet.sent: The ship returned to California for repairs and made The ship back across the Pacific Ocean by July 1944 to participate in the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and the sinking of one of the Navy biggest warships, the battleship Musashi.
article_snippet.sent: The ship was later brought back to California for nuclear decontamination before being sunk during the weapons training in 1951.
highlights_snippet.sent: Agency: Ship looks remarkably intact 2,600 feet below surface of the Pacific Ocean .