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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 ...
Ford discovered inside hanger of sunken WWII US aircraft carrier, baffling historians
HONOLULU (WKRC) - A Ford automobile was discovered inside the hanger of an American aircraft carrier that sank during World ...
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 ...
Mysterious Car Found in Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier
A World War II era U.S. aircraft carrier that sank in the Pacific over 80 years ago is now at the heart of a new automotive mystery, the Daily Mail reported. During a recent expedition to the iconic ...
NOAA needs help identifying car found in WWII shipwreck
Now, NOAA researchers want the public’s help to identify the vehicle inside the remains of the USS Yorktown. The discovery ...
Explorers examine a sunken U.S. WWII ship — and find a car
A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of ...
Ford automobile unexpectedly 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 ...
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 aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...