But for reasons unknown, up to 7 feet of riverbed has been scoured away, excavating parts of the 130-foot-long ship not seen ...

A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...

They argue that as the ship lies within its territorial waters, it belongs to them. But others want to stake their claim over the ship and its $16 billion of treasure.

During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, killing 182 men and ripping away a large forward section of the cruiser.

But in 1708, it sank after a battle with an English ship near what is now Colombia.For centuries, the shipwreck was the stuff of legends, until 2015 when underwater investigators found what they ...

Researchers for the first time have performed a detailed search of three deep-sea shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway, discovering new details that could help researchers better understand a ...

In the winter of 1854, The Westmoreland, a passenger ship reportedly en route to a nearby Army fort, sank 200 feet to the bottom of Lake Michigan, taking with it a massive stash of gold coins as ...

Today, the remains of the historic battle — fought 245 years ago this Friday — are found in four shipwrecks in the river uncovered by local researchers, scuba divers and Stockton University ...

Colombia has launched the initial phase of an underwater expedition to explore a Spanish warship that sank in the Caribbean more than 300 years ago and is believed to contain billions of dollars ...

A US salvage company is suing Colombia for half the ship's estimated $20 billion in treasure, saying it discovered the wreck first near Cartagena.

They argue that as the ship lies within its territorial waters, it belongs to them. But others want to stake their claim over the ship and its $16 billion of treasure.