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Divers discover vintage car in WWII shipwreck
A vintage Ford Super Deluxe car was discovered by divers while exploring the USS Yorktown, which was sunk during World War II ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
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Expedition of sunken WWII battleship finds mysterious car on board
A deep-sea expedition of a sunken WWII battleship has found a mysterious car on board. Researchers using a remotely operated ...
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 ...
Shipwreck explorers find iconic rare CAR while scouring sunken WW2 aircraft carrier – and can even read unique reg plate
AN ICONIC wooden car has been discovered in the wreckage of the famed US warship, downed by a Japanese submarine during WWII. Historians are baffled as to why the 1940-41 black Ford Super Deluxe ...
USS Midway Foundation receives $3 million grant for Freedom Park at Burnham Navy Pier
The USS Midway Foundation has been awarded a $3 million grant from the James M. Cox Foundation to support development of ...
Mysterious Undocumented Vehicle Found in Wreckage of WWII Ship
NOAA is asking for the public's help in identifying the car, which went down with the USS Yorktown during the 1942 Battle of ...
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 ...