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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 20mm guns, 60 lb protective decks, and 90 aircraft. And, as it turns out, it also held one “1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe ‘Woody’ in black.”
Sunken WWII Carrier at Midway Reveals Surprise: ‘Why Is There a Car on This Boat?’
A recent deep-sea exploration by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) led to a surprise discovery within the wreckage of the USS Yorktown, a World War II aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway. Oceanographers were amazed to find a car inside the ship's hangar.
The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...
The USS Yorktown retrieved two Enterprise aircraft that were damaged in an attack on the Japanese navy carrier Kaga, ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers Made Russia CringeAlthough not the most well-known aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy fleet, the Midway-class flat-tops served many decades.
NOAA Ocean Exploration has released new images from a dive inside the USS Yorktown, the legendary US Navy aircraft carrier ...
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The USS Yorktown was commissioned in 1937 and took part in several World War II missions in the Pacific before it went down ...
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Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver Project Arrives at USS Midway MuseumAfter 14 years of outdoor display at Pensacola, Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver BuNo 19866-recovered from California's Lower Otay ...
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