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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.
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.”
The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...
Oceanographers were startled to discover the car inside the wreck of the U.S.S. Yorktown, which participated in the Battle of Midway and is now on the ocean floor.
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 ...
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 ...
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