The following ran in Proceedings in May 1968: The tension in I-168’s conning tower had been steadily building up for six and a half hours. In the cramped command post, I stood, palms out, waiting to ...

A 1941 Ford was found inside the sunken USS Yorktown. Discover the mystery behind the car resting 17,000 feet below the ...

Explore the intense battle that unfolded during World War II as the Japanese launched a decisive torpedo strike against the USS Yorktown at Midway. Witness this pivotal moment in history and discover ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deep-sea expedition has captured the first detailed view of the aircraft carrier Yorktown, which sank in 1942 during the Battle ...

Decades after their discovery and after years of attempts, a team has finally been able to record the wreckage of the Battle ...

When the USS Yorktown returned to Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea on May 27, 1942, the Newport News-built aircraft carrier needed by some estimates at least three months’ worth of repairs.

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

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A survivor of the Battle of Midway will tell his story aboard the Yorktown in a free symposium to mark a new exhibit. John Hancock was aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown CV-5 when it was sunk by the ...

U-T San Diego reporters Peter Rowe and John Wilkens explore how WWII shaped the “Greatest Generation” and our home. These stories will focus on local men and women who helped preserve our nation and ...

Editor’s Note: Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which took place June 4-7, 1942. It was one of those military encounters that could easily have gone either way. The turning ...

A remote underwater camera made an odd discovery within the wreck of an aircraft carrier: a fully intact car. The wreck in question was the USS Yorktown—a WWII vessel that sank in the aftermath of the ...