Ships
Found: 500-Year-Old Portuguese Shipwreck From Famed Explorer's Fleet
A warship from the famous navigator Vasco da Gama’s fleet has been excavated in the waters off Al Hallaniyah island in Oman
Civil War Blockade Runner Found in North Carolina Waters
Sonar scan finds possible remains of a Confederate steamship used to outrun the Union Navy
Ancient Shipwrecks Offer Clues Into the History of Hurricanes
Patterns in ancient shipwrecks are helping scientists fill in the gaps of the patchy hurricane records
How the Gold Rush Led to Real Riches in Bird Poop
The ships carrying gold miners to California found a way to strike it rich on the way back with their holds full of guano
A Trumpet Retrieved From a World War II Shipwreck Could Still Hold Its Owner’s DNA
Conservators are trying to identify the sailor who once played it
Remnants of a Whaling Disaster Have Been Discovered off the Coast of Alaska
A catastrophe wiped out an entire whaling fleet 144 years ago, now researchers have found some of the wrecks' remains
Revolutionary War-Era Ship Found at Hotel Construction Site
The scuttled ship could reveal new details about how American colonists built their boats
Here’s Why New York Celebrates New Year’s Eve by Dropping a Ball
New Year’s Eve wasn’t always a riotous party
NOAA Made a Sequel to 'In the Heart of the Sea'
Because the story that inspired <i>Moby-Dick</i> is just the beginning
Restored Photos From Shackleton’s Antarctic Wreck Reveal New Details
Photos taken during Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition have been digitally restored for the first time
Legendary Shipwreck May Have Been Found off the Colombia Coast
The sunken treasure on the Spanish galleon San Jose could be worth up to $17 billion
Divers Discover 102-Year-Old Shipwreck in Lake Huron
The Hydrus and her crew were lost during the Great Storm of 1913
A Shipwreck Graveyard Has Been Found Off This Greek Archipelago
A recent expedition to the Fourni islands uncovered piles of ancient cargo, including types of amphorae never before seen on the seafloor
Antikythera Shipwreck Yields New Cache of Ancient Treasures
Scientists have recovered more than 50 artifacts from the site, including a bronze armrest that was possibly part of a throne
Here’s How a Crew Survived an 1813 Shipwreck
The Neva’s remaining crew managed to live an entire month in an Alaskan winter with just the wreckage of their ship
An 1830s Steamship From the Texas Navy May Be Buried Near Galveston Harbor
Author Clive Cussler first discovered the wreckage in 1986, now the port’s expansion forces an archeological excavation
The Lonely, Lifesaving Job of Lighthouse Keepers, Revealed at the National Lighthouse Museum
A new museum in Staten Island tells the stories of men and women who ran lighthouses throughout America’s history and shows off some unique antiques
Florida Divers Dig Up $1 Million in Sunken Treasure
Treasure hunters find 300-year-old coins from a Spanish fleet off the Florida coast
Before Moby-Dick, There Was "Two Years Before the Mast"
This salty memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. was one of America's first literary classics
Michigan Owns 1,500 Shipwrecks
Divers, historians and state officials team up to preserve the state’s underwater heritage
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