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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/HawtGarbage917 on 2025-04-22 17:36:47+00:00.

Interesting bit from the piece for context:

“What makes the find aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown doubly unusual is that it was taking up space in the first place, and that it also wasn’t jettisoned when the carrier was damaged at Midway, before the torpedoes hit. Part of the initial salvage work after the battle involved throwing everything that wasn’t nailed down over the side to correct the list: anti-aircraft guns, ammunition, airplanes. It would have been all too easy to roll a car into the ocean, but the sailors didn’t.”