Diver creates GoFundMe to recover presumed Martin Family car from Cascade Locks
- NOAA Ocean Exploration researchers discovered a vehicle inside the sunken USS Yorktown wreck on April 19.
- The World War II aircraft carrier sank in June 1942 after Japanese submarine torpedoes hit it.
- A remotely operated camera sent into the wreck found the vehicle upright near elevator three.
- A surprised researcher exclaimed, "That's a car," during the dive livestream.
- No historical records account for the vehicle, prompting researchers to seek public help identifying it.
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Diver creates GoFundMe to recover presumed Martin Family car from Cascade Locks
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The recovery efforts to pull a car from the bottom of the Cascade Locks continue, but divers are asking for the public’s help. KOIN 6 News first broke the discovery of what appears to be the Martin Family car buried under years of sediment in the Columbia River. The story came after diver Archer Mayo spent six years searching for the car that disappeared with a family of five inside in December 1958. Washington limit…
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