The Hunt for Eagle 56 — Season 1, Episode 2: The Mystery Deepens
Documentary • 51 min • 1 season, 3 episodes
Episode synopsis
After finding the bow of the Eagle 56 at the bottom of the Atlantic, explorers search for the rest of the warship to uncover why it sank.
About The Hunt for Eagle 56
On April 23, 1945, the U.S. Navy warship USS Eagle 56 exploded off the coast of Portland, Maine due to a malfunction of the ship's boilers...or so the official report said. A civilian-led dive expedition attempts to discover the lost wreckage and find out what really happened, uncovering fresh clues, startling eyewitness accounts, and a possible cover-up.