A team of 15 specialist divers dove into waters off the coast of the Philippines last month—initiating a forensic recovery operation that one Pentagon scientist said could take "months or years." ...

They survived the fall of Bataan, endured years of Japanese captivity, and were crammed into the suffocating hold of a transport ship headed for forced labor in Japan. Then American bombs hit the ...

Thompson, an Ohio-born research scientist, was hailed as a hero after finding the S.S. Central America and its thousands of ...

A treasure hunter who recovered millions of dollars worth of gold coins has been released from prison after 10 years, according to the Associated Press. Tommy Thompson, 73, was released from prison on ...

Deep-sea explorer Tommy Thompson released from federal custody after decade behind bars for allegedly hiding 500 gold coins from historic shipwreck.

In February 2001, the Japanese training vessel Ehime Maru sank off Hawaii after a U.S. Navy submarine surfaced directly beneath it, tearing through its hull. The ship plunged 2,000 feet to the ocean ...