20th-century shipwrecks are poisoning our oceans—but underwater microbes are fighting back

A German UC-30 shipwreck is leaking TNT, one of many shipwrecks corroding in the ocean, but microbes are breaking down the ...

This Boat Helped Hunt Down WWII Shipwrecks - Now It Sails For The US Navy

The U.S. Navy has added a new boat to its fleet that was once focused on unearthing the past, but will now support the Navy's future endeavors.
CNN

Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years

A Japanese ship was in a convoy steaming through the South China Sea on September 21, 1944, with around 1,200 British and Dutch prisoners of war crammed in its holds. US warplanes, mistaking the ...
Yahoo

Archaeologists Dove Into Unknown Waters—and Found Two Shipwrecks From World War II

The World War II-era battle for the Aleutian Island of Attu claimed two shipwrecks—one from Japan and one from the United States. Recent explorations found and investigated those wrecks for the first ...

Program: World War Two shipwreck graveyards a 'ticking timebomb' for Micronesia's water

Beneath the turquoise waters of Chuuk Lagoon lies a graveyard of World War Two shipwrecks, rusting hulks still packed with oil, quietly breaking down and threatening disaster for the communities above ...

Masts to be removed from bomb-laden shipwreck

Engineers will begin a £9.5m operation on the WW2 wreck which holds 1,400 tonnes of explosives.
AOL

Archaeologists Dove Into Unknown Waters—and Found Two Shipwrecks From World War II

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Kotohira Maru was launched in 1918 by Osaka Iron Works Ltd. The 6,101-ton vessel was a coal-powered, single-screw steam ship and general cargo ...