Uss Yorktown mural

Who?mikejones!

Joined: Nov 7, 2019

Posts: 18,217

User Profile

Private Message

Ignore User Stop Ignoring

How long do you want to ignore this user?

24 hours One week Permanently Cancel

7:24p, 5/2/25

Pretty interesting.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article304588176.html

Quote:
The discovery was made Saturday, April 19, when NOAA Ocean Exploration sent a remotely operated camera into the massive wreck's midships elevator more than 3 miles below the surface. Inside the hangar, covering an entire wall, is a 42-foot-by-12-foot mural known only by reputation, due to a lack of historical documentation.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article304588176.html#storylink=cpy

9

one safe place

Joined: Apr 28, 2022

Posts: 8,268

User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring

How long do you want to ignore this user?

24 hours One week Permanently Cancel

8:37p, 5/2/25

Very cool, thanks for posting that.

5

Smeghead4761

Joined: Dec 18, 2018

Posts: 2,332

User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring

How long do you want to ignore this user?

24 hours One week Permanently Cancel

12:56a, 5/4/25

There was also a car, believed to be a 1940 or 41 Ford, found on the hangar deck.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article304627226.html

1

aalan94

Joined: Aug 26, 2005

Posts: 10,566

User Profile Ignore User Stop Ignoring

How long do you want to ignore this user?

24 hours One week Permanently Cancel

9:34p, 5/12/25

AG

Go into the Wardroom and there's probably something cool. On the USS Shiloh, they have a civil war musket on display. Lots of ships have historical displays relative to their namesake.

nortex97

Joined: Aug 8, 2013

Posts: 43,118

User Profile

Private Message

Ignore User Stop Ignoring

How long do you want to ignore this user?

24 hours One week Permanently Cancel

In reply to Who?mikejones! • 7:40a, 5/14/25

AG

Thx, I had an ad blocker problem at the Miami site, so here is an alternative if anyone else is interested.

Quote:
An ocean mapping expedition conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explored the resting site of the World War IIaircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) and found that a mural painted inside the ship was still intact after nearly 83 years underwater.

Shortly after the Battle of Midway, an already crippled USS Yorktown was hit by a torpedo attack from a Japanese submarine. The damage was significant enough that the US Navy deemed repairs impossible and the ship sank in the Pacific.

The sunken aircraft carrier was rediscovered in 1998 by oceanographer Robert Ballard.

The NOAA's exploration team explored the ship's hangar deck and discovered a mural, titled "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," painted on the wall of one of the ship's elevator shafts.

Before the explorers rediscovered the painting, it had only been partially visible in historical photos of the ship.

The 42 by 12-foot mural displays a world map that tracks the various voyages the ship undertook during its time in service.

Also, not as cool, a new jellyfish species.