USS Yorktown WWII shipwreck expedition leads to more incredible discoveries

Source: New York Post

A mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater aboard the shipwrecked World War II-era USS Yorktown wasn’t the only shocking discovery made by researchers over the weekend. NOAA Ocean Exploration officials said for the first time ever an aircraft part of the Battle of Midway — a naval showdown between the US and Japan in the Pacific in 1942 — was found in a watery grave. 3 A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber that had been stowed in the hangar deck.