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Resting on her keel in nearly 18,000 feet of water roughly 1,300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, the Akagi was unmistakable. Intrepid scientists, ocean explorers, and historians aboard a research vessel have discovered a Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the Battle of Midway in World War II.

This is the second Japanese aircraft carrier that the team has found in a week, and earlier this year, the crew discovered the sunken USS Hornet near the Solomon Islands.

The team found the ship at depths of 18,000 feet in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.Scientists, ocean explorers, and historians have found the Akagi, a Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the Battle of Midway in World War II.