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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 ...
Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
The car was discovered April 19 in an ongoing monthlong expedition led by NOAA Ocean Exploration when the crew sent a ...
Sunken WWII Carrier at Midway Reveals Surprise: ‘Why Is There a Car on This Boat?’
A recent deep-sea exploration by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) led to a surprise discovery ...
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Why Was a 1940s Car Discovered in the Wreck of an American Naval Ship That Sank During World War II?
The mysterious automobile was found in a hangar on the USS "Yorktown," which has been resting on the bottom of the Pacific ...
This Is the Strangest Resting Place for a World War II–Era Ford Woody Wagon
Oceanographers were startled to discover the car inside the wreck of the U.S.S. Yorktown, which participated in the Battle of Midway and is now on the ocean floor.
Mysterious Ford Car Found In Sunken World War II Ship, Historians Baffled
The car discovered in the USS Yorktown shipwreck is believed to be a 1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe 'Woody' in black. Details ...
NOAA camera dives down to sunken U.S. World War II ship — and finds a car inside
A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Mysterious Ford automobile found in hangar of USS-Yorktown shipwreck that sank during WWII
The USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1937 and took part in several World War II missions in the Pacific before it went down ...
Strangest Resting Place for a World War II–Era Ford Woody Wago
Oceanographers were startled to discover the car n the wreck of the U.S.S. Yorktown, which participated in the Battle of ...