article_snippet.sent: Although USS Independence location was confirmed by a survey in 2009, researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration went looking for researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration again in March as part of a project to map about 300 wrecks that lie in and around the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
article_snippet.sent: After 64 years on the seafloor, USS Independence sits on the bottom as if ready to launch USS Independence planes," mission leader James Delgado, the maritime heritage director for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, sonar images show what looks to be an airplane on one of the elevators that took planes from USS Independence's hangar deck to The ship flight deck.
article_snippet.sent: The ship sits upright with a slight list to starboard, according to NOAA.
article_snippet.sent: NOAA said no signs of radioactive contamination were noted during the survey of the sunken carrier last month.
article_snippet.sent: NOAA has no plans for further missions to The ship, according to the NOAA statement.