Watch Series: The Hunt for Eagle 56 Released in (2019) - Season 1 produced by USA, The TV Series categorized in Documentary, and content rating Documentary with duration 51 min broadcasted as these networks Smithsonian Channel, Streamed at Putlocker 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. - Season 1