81 years in the deep

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Photo: Ocean Exploration Trust/NOAA via AP Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, which marked a shift in control of the Pacific theater from Japanese to U.S. forces, AP reports. Remote submersibles, operating 3 miles below the surface, conducted archeological surveys of the U.S.S. Yorktown (25 years after it was first located) + the Akagi and Kaga, two of the four Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers destroyed in the battle. Above: The Yorktown's aircraft crane still stands at the aft end of the ship's island. The exploration is in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu. 10-min. YouTube ... NOAA announcement.