Unexploded WWII munitions in the North and Baltic seas are leaking TNT into marine ecosystems, leaving some fish with cancer ...

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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. When the USCGC Tampa sank off the coast of Britain on September 26, 1918, it took 131 souls with it to the depths of the Bristol Channel, including ...

The wreckage of the “Tampa,” which was torpedoed by a German submarine, was found 50 miles off the coast of Cornwall, England. The disaster was the largest single American naval combat loss of life ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: The Kotohira Maru was launched in 1918 by Osaka Iron Works Ltd. The 6,101-ton vessel was a coal-powered, single-screw steam ship and general cargo ...

The Tampa disappeared in 1918 with 131 British and American personnel and civilians aboard. It was the largest single American naval combat loss of life in World War I By Christine Hauser The sea was ...

A 16th century shipwreck providing "unique historical and archaeological information" has been discovered off Sweden's southeastern coast, officials announced on Tuesday. The ship, which has yet to be ...