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CBS News on MSN · 1d

In a first, explorers at WWII shipwreck discover aircraft from legendary Battle of Midway

The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA said. Previous missions have investigated ships that took part in the battle, but the dive on April 20 found aircraft that had engaged in the air and sea battle.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

USS Yorktown WWII shipwreck expedition leads to more incredible discoveries

The USS Yorktown retrieved two Enterprise aircraft that were damaged in an attack on the Japanese navy carrier Kaga, according to the agency, citing records. The planes were moved down to the hangar deck before they caught fire when underwater missiles by the Japanese pounded the ship.

The Express Tribune · 23h

WWII aircraft discovered inside USS Yorktown wreck in pacific first

NOAA Ocean Exploration has released new images from a dive inside the USS Yorktown, the legendary US Navy aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

WWII, car inside a sunk

USA TODAY on MSN · 19h

Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed

A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in the ship's hangar.

Popular Mechanics · 1d

A Classic Car Appeared on a Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier. No One Knows Who Put It There.

USS Yorktown (CV-5)—an aircraft carrier commissioned in September 1937 and sunk in October 1942—was equipped with 24 Oerlikon 20mm guns, 60 lb protective decks, and 90 aircraft. And, as it turns out, it also held one “1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe ‘Woody’ in black.”

Miami Herald · 20h

Car found parked in hangar of sunken WWII ship, baffling historians. See photos

Defying all logic, a vehicle has been found parked in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk in the Pacific by a Japanese submarine during World War II. The baffling discovery was made Saturday, April 19, when NOAA Ocean Exploration sent a remotely operated camera inside the massive wreck, about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu.

The National Interest37m

What’s a Surfer Dude’s Car Doing Beside the Wreck of the USS Yorktown?

Recent explorations of the wreck of the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean uncovered a downed aircraft, and, ...

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Mysterious Undocumented Vehicle Found in Wreckage of WWII Ship

NOAA is asking for the public's help in identifying the car, which went down with the USS Yorktown during the 1942 Battle of ...

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Massive WWII mural found intact on walls of USS Yorktown sunk in 1942, NOAA says

Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 ...

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