Ammon News - A US aircraft carrier from World War II, which sunk to the bottom of the Pacific over 80 years ago, is now at the center of an automotive mystery.

An expedition to the famous shipwreck 1,000 miles northwest of Hawaii uncovered a mysterious car stored inside the vessel on April 19.

The USS Yorktown was lost during the Battle of Midway in 1942 after several Japanese torpedoes struck the ship.

Although the crew tried to save the ship from sinking by launching all her aircraft and dumping her heavy guns, it appears a strange decision was made to leave this one car behind.

Ultimately, Yorktown could not be salvaged and the giant Navy carrier sank on June 7, 1942 - with the car still inside.

Now, a team from NOAA Ocean Exploration has unearthed the previously undocumented car hidden on board and is trying to figure out how it got there and who it belonged to.

During a livestream of the underwater expedition, one researcher said: 'Here's an open request to all your automobile vehicle folks out there. I'm sure you are being attentive to this and you understand what you are looking at. Please post on this. It really helps.'

The plea for the public's help has sparked the curiosity of car fans online, who may have already solved the mystery of the Yorktown's secret automobile. Daily Mail