Shipwrecks
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Hidden Compartments in This Wrecked Confederate Submarine Could Solve a 150-Year-Old Mystery
By Brandon Specktor published
The confederate sub sank with all crewmembers still at their posts, suggesting they never saw their demise coming.

16th-Century Shipwreck Off Florida Coast Is Worth Millions. But It Belongs to France, not US.
By Tom Metcalfe published
A 16th-century shipwreck that may be all that's left of one of the first European voyages to America holds treasures worth millions of dollars.

'Sonar Anomaly' Isn't a Shipwreck, and It's Definitely Not Aliens, NOAA Says
By Laura Geggel published

Archaeologists Find 'Holy Grail of Shipwrecks' Carrying Stash Worth Up to $17 Billion
By Laura Geggel published
After 310 years at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, the Spanish San José shipwreck has finally been identified.

Images: Amazing Artifacts from a Java Sea Shipwreck
By Stephanie Pappas published
Here’s a look at artifacts discovered on a merchant ship that wrecked in the Java Sea in the late 1100s.

12th-Century Shipwreck Came with Handy 'Made in China' Tag
By Stephanie Pappas published
A bureaucratic label alters the timeline for a sunken ship.

Polar Explorer Shackleton's Lost Ship Could Be Hidden Under Antarctic Ice
By Tom Metcalfe published
Just over a century after the polar explorer's Endurance sank, another scientific expedition will search of the wreck.

Photos: WWII Battleship 'USS Juneau' Discovered
By Christine Lunsford published
Wreckage from the USS Juneau was located off the Solomon Islands by the Research Vessel (R/V) Petrel. It is the final resting place of the five Sullivan brothers who served and died together.
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