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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 ...
WWII bomber found on Pacific Ocean floor — with a bomb still attached and vintage car on board
NOAA Ocean Exploration sent cameras inside the wreck over the Easter holiday weekend and three planes were located in the ...
USS Yorktown WWII shipwreck expedition leads to more incredible discoveries
A mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater aboard the shipwrecked World War II-era USS Yorktown wasn’t the ...
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 ...
Deep-Sea Dive Reveals Hidden WWII Treasure; Researchers Find 1940s Car 'Woody' Inside USS Yorktown
Researchers from NOAA discovered a 1940 Ford Super Deluxe inside the wreck of the USS Yorktown, a World War II aircraft ...
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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Mystery car found aboard WWII shipwreck has roots in U.P.
A NOAA Ocean Exploration crew is on a weeks-long mission researching the iconic USS Yorktown, an U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ...