According to NOAA Ocean Exploration, the car is thought to be a1940-41 Ford Super Deluxe Woodywith black trim.
Part of the vehicles front license plate reads SHIP SERVICE, but the rest has corroded away.
Im sure you are being attentive to this and you understand what you are looking at.
A previously unknown car that apparently went down with Yorktown.Image: NOAA
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Today, the team is diving off an unnamed seamount northwest of Midway.
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Yorktown hit on its port side by a torpedo during the Battle of Midway. Photo: USN, photographed from USS Pensacola (CA-24) – Official U.S. Navy Photograph 80-G-414423, U.S. National Archives.
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A photogrammetric model of the USS Yorktown’s island. Image: NOAA Ocean Exploration
