Ford Woody found in a shipwreck in USS Yorktown –

Remotely operated vehicles explore US wreckage Yorktowna U.S. Navy aircraft carrier sank during the midway campaign, and a 1940-41 Ford was found on the deck of the stern hangar. This is worth noting for several reasons, firstly, the crew’s efforts to save the ship were not abandoned after they were killed in a torpedo attack on the first day of the battle on June 4, 1942. Moreover, motor vehicles are not usually left at sea, especially ships entering combat. Additionally, this is a fully functional Ford super luxury woody civilian model, rather than the folding military model of this Ford van known as the C11, you want to see in active military uses.

Commissioned in 1937, USS Yorktown A month earlier in the Coral Sea, it was so severe that the Japanese Navy considered it lost, but it was fixed in ready standards within just 72 hours at the Pear Harbour Naval Shipyard. It played a crucial role in the middle. Its aircraft was the first air reconnaissance of the Japanese fleet, and once the battle was involved and blown up, its crew quickly repaired the losses, and the Japanese flyers thought it was a different ship, so when it was hit and knocked down by two torpedoes again, the Japanese believed that there was only one American airline in fact that it was only one properly operated. The Japanese army’s anti-attack against the United States has lost its strength. At the end of the battle, America lost only Yorktown Its three carriers. Japan lost all four aircraft carriers and the Japanese navy never recovered.

After the torpedo strike on June 4, Yorktown There is no power, the port’s severe 23-degree list, but it can still be saved, and the crew goes out of their way to deal with the list and keep it floating. On June 6, the aircraft carrier was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, and this time it was not saved. The crew was evacuated and the ship sank on June 7, 1942. Forty people died. 2,270 survived.

The shipwreck was discovered in 1998 by deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreckage of the Titanic in 1985. Yorktown Upright, in good condition, the air-proof battery is still rising, and the steel battery is also shiny. Several explorations Yorktown The wreckage of the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Navy followed.

Since 2006, Midway Atoll is part of the Papahānaumkuākea Marine National Monument, one of the largest protected environments in the world, rich in pre-European archaeological remains, marine life and traditional Hawaiian local Hawaiian cultural significance. Papahānaumokuākea is managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and in 2024 NOAA Ocean Exploration begins a sonar map expedition for the monument on its ship Okeanos Explorer. Its mission was to bring undeveloped water deeper than 656 feet, and during three expeditions, the team mapped an extraordinary 52,774 square miles.

This spring, the drawing operation was restored, adding remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to the sonar scan. April 19 and 20, Okeanos Explorer Team explores USS’s wreckage Yorktown. ROV’s camera is able to capture 42 by 12 feet of mural for the first time, “USS Parade Chart Yorktown,” in an elevator shaft. Although the mural has never been imaged, its existence is well known.

On the other hand, the car is surprising.

During the dive on April 19, we noticed the car’s silhouette as we stared at the deck of the boathouse from the USS port side, the car’s profile was weak. Yorktown. Team on the team Okeanos Explorer The diagnostic characteristics of the vehicle observed in the follow-up event on April 20 were analyzed by contributors and the car was temporarily identified as the 1940-41 Ford Super Luxury ‘Woody’ Black. With “Ship Services___Navy” written on a part of its front panel, the car was believed to be used to rear-end Frank Jack Fletcher, Captain Elliott Buckmaster or other crew members Yorktown Business is being carried out at foreign ports.

But why did the vehicle remain stored on the hangar deck after a brief 48-hour repair period at Pearl Harbor, when the officers of the ship knew it was heading for the midway battle? In courageous efforts YorktownThe list of the car is not abandoned like air defense guns and aircraft? Is this car particularly important to crew and officials who wish to be able to save it?

My vote was to be Fletcher after the admiral, just because the person who liked this car the most had to be very advanced to ensure the precious hangar space to keep it fighting, then fight in the battle and then prioritize it over the plane and artillery to save the entire plane.

Here is a beautiful example of the 1941 Ford Super Luxury Woody in original conditions to see how it looks when driving the rear Admiral (?).