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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian18 Apr 2015 5:19 p.m. PST

Scientists have rediscovered a mostly intact World War II-era U.S. aircraft carrier used in atomic bomb tests and then sunk at a secret location off the Northern California coast decades ago.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration located and recorded video of the U.S.S. Independence as part of a mission to map an estimated 300 historic shipwrecks in the waters outside San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

Images captured by a remotely controlled miniature submarine showed the Independence sitting upright about 30 miles (50 kilometers) off the coast near the Farallon Islands. A plane is visible in a hangar…

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Personal logo StoneMtnMinis Supporting Member of TMP19 Apr 2015 11:01 a.m. PST

Too bad they didn't release any of the photos. That would have been interesting.

Onomarchos19 Apr 2015 4:41 p.m. PST

Yes, it would have. Nuts.

PHGamer20 Apr 2015 6:38 a.m. PST

There is a posted picture:
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