The toxic legacy of wartime dumping could take centuries to clean up.

NEW YORK, May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lost 52 Project, working with nonprofit Ocean Outreach, is thrilled to announce the historic discoveries of three, U.S. WWII lost vessels and their entombed ...

Few things, it seems, are truly lost forever — including WWII-era submarines. This U.S. Navy submarine, lost for over 80 ...

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Authorities in Malaysia drew international attention in 2023 after detaining a salvage vessel linked to the illegal recovery of material from World War II shipwrecks in the South China Sea.

So far, archaeologists have recovered 40 artifacts from the discovery, an 18th-century shipwreck that likely will yield ...

Underwater expeditions near Nassau found three new wrecks that could shed light on what life was like during the pirate heyday. Underwater archaeologist Sean Kingsley records a grinding stone for ...

The waters around Wilmington, including the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean, are rich with history -- some of which remains with us today. Beneath the waves and tides, shipwrecks litter the sea ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Battleship North Carolina Memorial is inviting the public to a special presentation on Civil War history in the Cape Fear region. During the presentation, North ...

Researchers Jeremy Borrelli and Jason Raupp and their crew were submerged in the murky waters of the Cape Fear River when they stumbled across history. At a dive site near Brunswick Town in 2025, the ...

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a protected marine ecosystem off the coast of Massachusetts known for its rich biodiversity, world-class whale watching, and historic shipwrecks. Host ...