The Hunt for Eagle 56 - Season 1 - Eps 3: History Rewritten
After four years and countless dead ends, a team of civilian investigators has found pieces of the sunken Eagle 56, the Holy Grail of New England shipwrecks. They want to reveal their discoveries to both the Navy and the families of the warship's crew, but their case is not yet complete.
About The Hunt for Eagle 56
Title: The Hunt for Eagle 56
First Air Date: 2019-09-22
Last Air Date: 2019-10-06
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 0/10 (from 0 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 3
Network: Smithsonian Channel
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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.
