An underwater look at wrecks that rest only miles apart in the Gulf of Mexico. The Robert E. Lee, a passenger steamer that was attacked en route from New Orleans to Trinidad, is seen in this image ...

The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II found by divers, with the crates on board the submerged ...

*(Honiara, Solomon Islands) An expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has just completed comprehensive archaeological surveys of more than a dozen ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...

A review of USAAF Antisubmarine Operations in World War Two by Alan C. Carey, a deeply researched and highly readable account ...

Three World War II shipwrecks off the coast of Malaysia -- the final resting place of dozens of seamen -- have almost disappeared, local divers say, with the finger pointing at possible scrap metal ...

"As there was no agreement or announcement, when the ships go missing, it is not our responsibility." Former colonial ruler The Netherlands has launched a probe into how three Dutch navy ships ...

As soon as the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Arthur B. Hiles was prepared to fight for his country. During that time, the 26-year-old lived in the Avalon Apartments in Newark.

When a ship sinks, it is often in tragic circumstances. Beneath the waves, however, a different story unfolds: shipwrecks become the foundations of new life. Rusting hulls, broken masts and even piles ...

The Valor of the Atlantic is exploring several shipwrecks off the East Coast. Thousands of feet underneath the Atlantic Ocean lies relics of a bygone time -- multiple shipwrecks that have transformed ...