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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 ...
Why was a Ford automobile inside a sunken WWII US aircraft carrier?
The shipwreck of the USS Yorktown was located around 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu in May 1988 through a joint operation ...
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, ...
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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, ...
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 ...
WWII dive bomber found on Pacific floor — with a bomb still attached, NOAA says
The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...