When the USS Hornet sunk in World War II, a tractor used to move aircraft went down too. Now a recovery mission is being ...

A crew exploring the final resting site of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II found something puzzling.

However, the wreck site was located in 2019 by Danish divers when a .50 caliber machine gun with a serial number that partially matched one from the guns on McCollum’s aircraft was identified.

An ocean mapping expedition conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explored the resting site of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) and found that a ...

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

According to WOIO-19, the items were identified as one Japanese hand grenade and two US WWII anti-aircraft shells. The bomb squad x-rayed the munitions on scene and found no explosive hazard.

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.

Inverted WWII dive bomber found 3 miles deep in Pacific Ocean, with bomb still locked to its wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. It’s inside the sunken aircraft carrier Yorktown.