In 1942, as the Japanese and the Americans returned from battle, a set of Japanese planes mistakenly tried to land on the USS ...

Star Trek's iconic ships & locations act as characters in the show's rich lore, like the U.S.S. Yorktown. The U.S.S. Yorktown was originally planned as the starship name before the Enterprise ...

A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The discovery was made Saturday when the NOAA ...

A mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater aboard the shipwrecked World War II-era USS Yorktown wasn’t the only shocking discovery made by researchers over the weekend.

NOAA Ocean Exploration sent a remotely operated camera inside the USS Yorktown on April 19 and 20, the agency said in a news release. The 806-foot-long aircraft carrier, nicknamed the "Fighting ...

Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer images the wreck of USS Yorktown during a dive on April 19 as part of the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition. NOAA Photo Two years earlier ...

A crew exploring the USS Yorktown shipwreck made an unexpected discovery when they located a mysterious Ford automobile among the wreckage over the weekend, officials said. The faint outline of a ...

The wreck in question was the USS Yorktown—a WWII vessel that sank in the aftermath of the Battle of Midway. The vehicle’s make and model have been identified, but it remains unclear who it ...

A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean recently came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in the ship's hangar. The car was discovered April 19 in an ...

Inside the hangar of the USS Yorktown is a 42-foot - by - 12-foot mural that was known only by reputation, due to a lack of historical documentation. NOAA Ocean Exploration photo Long ...

The NOAA's exploration team explored the ship's hangar deck and discovered a mural, titled "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," painted on the wall of one of the ship's elevator shafts.

Now, NOAA researchers want the public’s help to identify the vehicle inside the remains of the USS Yorktown. The discovery was made on April 19 during a remotely operated deep water survey at ...