National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Bob Ballard revisits the Iron Bottom Sound—rediscovering vessels, and making new finds.

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 new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more than 80 years<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a direct hit on the bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser. The blast ignited the ship’s ...

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.

An undersea submersible has spotted crabs, worms and fish thriving on the surfaces of World War II explosives thought to be toxic to ... Previous research has shown shipwrecks and former weapons ...

This image provided by Andrey Vedenin shows sea creatures living on dumped World War II explosives in the Baltic Sea. (Andrey Vedenin, GEOMAR via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — An undersea submersible has ...