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Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks
Houthi rebels in Yemen have shot down seven U.S. Reaper drones in less than six weeks, a loss of aircraft worth more than ...
Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
USS Yorktown WWII shipwreck expedition leads to more incredible discoveries
A mysterious military vehicle located three miles underwater aboard the shipwrecked World War II-era USS Yorktown wasn’t the ...
Explorers at WWII shipwreck find aircraft from legendary battle
The mural, "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," had been partially visible in historic photographs taken before the ...
Massive WWII mural found intact on wall of US warship sunk in 1942, NOAA says
Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 ...
‘Not fit to fight’: The blind spots in Australia’s defence capability
The government is spending on big and expensive equipment such as submarines, but critics say vital conflict weapons such as ...
All About The SS United States: Why Was This Ship So Important?
As the ocean liner SS United States is being prepared for its final voyage, from Alabama to a site off Florida, we look back ...
A Classic Car Appeared on a Sunken WWII Aircraft Carrier. No One Knows Who Put It There.
USS Yorktown (CV-5)—an aircraft carrier commissioned in September 1937 and sunk in October 1942—was equipped with 24 Oerlikon ...
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Why Was a 1940s Car Discovered in the Wreck of an American Naval Ship That Sank During World War II?
The mysterious automobile was found in a hangar on the USS "Yorktown," which has been resting on the bottom of the Pacific ...
NOAA camera dives down to sunken U.S. World War II ship — and finds a car inside
A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Bigfork native and World War II vet celebrates his centennial
The Glacier Park Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars celebrated World War II veteran Donald "Bud" Robinson with its first Centurion challenge coin last week. The freshly minted challenge coin was ...