As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...

A hand-painted mural that reads “A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown” was found inside one of the vessel’s elevator ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast – covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

Researchers exploring the underwater wreck of an American aircraft carrier have discovered what's left of a wood-panelled ...

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in ...

Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle of Midway.

NOAA Ocean Exploration sent cameras inside the wreck over the Easter holiday weekend and three planes were located in the carrier’s #3 elevator shaft.

Ryan said this was the expedition that marked the first underwater discovery of planes amid ... were of “A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown,” a 42-foot-wide by 12-foot-tall wall ...

The USS Yorktown was known to have housed 2,200 personnel ... with researchers making an unexpected discovery inside. NOAA reported “a faint outline of an automobile” was noticed during ...

Recent explorations of the wreck of the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific ... The recent dive also resulted in the “first-ever underwater discovery of aircraft on the Midway battlefield ...