You just never know what you are going to find beneath the waves, which scientists at NOAA discovered in April this year.
The USS Yorktown was lost in WWII’s Battle of Midway in 1942. The vessel sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits in early June 1942, but, after taking on a heavy list, she did not sink. A salvage crew returned to try and right her for a tow back to Pearl Harbor, but a Japanese submarine attacked on June 6, damaging her further, and Yorktown slipped below the surface the next morning.
Interestingly, on a detailed survey of the wreck in April 2025, NOAA’s ROV crew spotted a car on the forward starboard side of the Yorktown, with curved fenders, a mostly shredded soft-top, and spare tire. The best guess is that the car is a 1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe Woody.
Full article and photos at: The Maritime Executive 21apr25