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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Unexpectedly, A Car Was Found On A WW2 Shipwreck – And NOAA Is Asking For Help Identifying It
The USS Yorktown was a major chess piece in one of the most pivotal naval battles in the Pacific Theater of World War Two.
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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Massive WWII mural found intact on wall of US warship sunk in 1942, NOAA says
Video screengrab USS Yorktown was 809 feet long ... 1942,” officials say. The wreck was discovered in 1998 by a U.S. Navy and National Geographic expedition, and NOAA is revisiting the site ...
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Massive WWII mural found intact on walls of USS Yorktown sunk in 1942, NOAA says
Video screengrab USS Yorktown was 809 feet long ... 1942,” officials say. The wreck was discovered in 1998 by a U.S. Navy and National Geographic expedition, and NOAA is revisiting the site ...