A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships has found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the historic Battle of Midway. The researchers used an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, equipped with sonar to find the ship. The vehicle had been out overnight collecting data, and the image of a warship appeared in the first set of readings Sunday morning. AdvertisementThe find comes on the heels of the discovery of another Japanese carrier, the Kaga, last week. AdvertisementUntil now, only one of the seven ships that went down in the June 1942 air and sea battle — five Japanese vessels and two American — had been found.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 20, 2019 21:45 UTC