National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

The mural, "A Chart of the Cruises of the USS Yorktown," had been partially visible in historic photographs taken before the ...

The USS Preston was one of hundreds of ships sunk during the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II. Despite losing its bow, the USS New Orleans still made it to port for repairs. Credit: Ocean ...

The U.S.S. Edsall’s 2023 discovery at the bottom of the Indian Ocean is reviving the tale of the ship the Japanese forces ...

A new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more ...

After 80 years at the bottom of a remote Pacific lagoon, a sunken Japanese warship has begun to spill its toxic cargo into ...

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, ...

This article originally published at For Galveston's favorite shipwreck, the truth really is stranger than fiction.

A new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more ...

Oil has leaked from a Japanese ship sunk in Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon during World War II, prompting a declaration of a state ...

The boat takes divers out to various shipwrecks in the area, including the R.P. Resor, which is where Smith landed his state-record flounder on July 21, according to NJDEP. Smith’s winter flounder ...