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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Phil Hartmeyer, is a marine archaeologist at NOAA's Ocean Exploration program, about a mural discovered in the shipwreck of the USS Yorktown, which sunk during WWII.

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The USS Yorktown was a giant of its time. At 247 meters (809 feet) long, it could carry up to 90 planes and staff more than 2 ...