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In Photos: Dive to USS Independence Wreck

The World War II-era aircraft carrier was deliberately sunk off San Francisco in 1951. Here's a look at what scientists found when they dove to the wreck.

February 23, 2025 · 1 min · 72 words · Deanna Jordan

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ROV Hercules

visible light from the remotely - go submersible ROV Hercules illuminate the bow of the USS Independence , 65 years after she was scuttled . The leash running from ROV Hercules to ROV Argus is seeable .

[ Read full account on the dive to USS Independence ]

Researchers dive to the wreck of the WW II-era aircraft, the USS Independence.

A reconstruction of a wrecked submarine

a wrecked car underwater

A satellite image showing a giant plume of discolored water beneath the surface

An underwater view of a shipwreck in murky green water

An artist�s illustration of a satellite crashing back to Earth.

A digital reconstruction of the RMS Titanic shipwreck.

Mikoyan MiG-31K fighter jets with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles fly over Moscow�s Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on May 09, 2018. Russia has claimed it used these missiles for the first time in combat with Ukraine.

Ivy Mike was the first "true" hydrogen bomb tested by the United States. This 10.4 megaton explosion obliterated Elugelab, the island it was detonated on in the Eniwetok Atoll.

Maxar satellite imagery shows the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, where workers are being held hostage by Russian forces, on March 10, 2022.

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal.

A photo of the found Kaga vessel

A close-up view of the wingtip ESM sensors, or electronic support measures, on a U.S. Navy E-6A Mercury aircraft. To create the E-6B, Boeing modified the E-6A, adding various specialized equipment.