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 ...

A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past ...

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 ...

Concerns mount after large oil slicks from a sunken Panama-flagged cargo ship washed ashore near Phuket, impacting marine life and tourism. Efforts are underway to clean up the spill and protect the ...

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard. But winter weather ...

President Trump on Saturday said he was sending a “great” U.S. hospital boat to Greenland, a territory of Denmark that the president has fixated on in recent months. “Working with the fantastic ...

Denmark’s defense minister said Greenland did not need health care assistance, a day after President Trump said he planned to send a “great hospital boat” to the island. By Ali Watkins and Amelia ...