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 ...

A team of three divers has shared recent images and haunting stories of the three WWII shipwrecks off Missolonghi in Greece.

A new ocean expedition in the South Pacific has revealed striking new images of more than a dozen ships sunk during key World War II battles. Researchers on the Ocean Exploration Trust vessel Nautilus ...

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, ...

As soon as the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Arthur B. Hiles was prepared to fight for his country. During that time, the 26-year-old lived in the Avalon Apartments in Newark.