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 ...

For example, the World War II tanker E.M. Clark sank on a relatively flat, sandy seabed in 1942 when it was torpedoed by a ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in the South Pacific. American patrol boats sunk the ship Dec. 12, 1942, ...

Find includes 1,200 bars of silver bullion. July 18, 2012— -- An American company has made what is being called the heaviest and deepest recovery of precious metals from a shipwreck. The Tampa, ...

Researchers have discovered a long-lost Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer that was sunk in a famous battle of World War II in the South Pacific. A research team aboard the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) ...