open image in gallery The lights of remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer illuminate the hand-painted mural, "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," during an expedition dive on April 19 ...

Wreckage of what is likely 1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe ‘Woody,’ in the hangar deck of USS Yorktown. (Courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue) Eighty-three years after sinking ...

A mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater aboard the shipwrecked World War II-era USS Yorktown wasn ... however, the dive on April 20 resulted in the extraordinary discovery ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still ... Geographic expedition in 1998. The wreck site was documented by Ocean Exploration Trust in ...

At least three planes were located within the aft Elevator #3 of USS Yorktown during the dive, including an overturned SBD Dauntless that was still armed with a bomb mounted to the underside of ...