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Aircraft carrier · 1942

USS Yorktown

Near Midway Atoll, Pacific

USS Yorktown
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsSource

History

A carrier lost in the Battle of Midway. It was found upright and well preserved at 5,000 m in 1998.

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