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NOAA Ocean Exploration discovered a car among remains of the sunken USS Yorktown, in the Pacific Ocean, during a mission on April 19.NOAA researchers made the surprising discovery as they were exploring the remains of USS Yorktown (CV-5) – a US Navy aircraft carrier that took part in several World War II operations before being sunk by a Japanese submarine following the 1942 Battle of Midway.The researchers went back the following day, a spokesperson for NOAA Ocean Exploration told Storyful. This footage captured by NOAA Ocean Exploration on April 20 shows the sunken vehicle at the bottom of the ocean.“During the dive on April 19, we noticed a faint outline of an automobile while peering into the aft hangar deck from the port side of USS Yorktown,” NOAA reported.After the follow-up April 20 dive, crews identified the vehicle as a black 1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe ‘Woody.’“With ‘SHIP SERVICE ___ NAVY’ written on part of its front plate, this car is hypothesized to have been used for Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Captain Elliott Buckmaster, or other ship crew while USS Yorktown was conducting business in foreign ports,” according to NOAA.Why the vehicle was still aboard USS Yorktown “after a brief 48-hour repair period in Pearl Harbor, when the ship’s officers knew it was heading to the Battle of Midway” remains a mystery for now, NOAA said. Credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration via Storyful
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