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 ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki was discovered more than 2,600 feet below the ocean's surface near the Solomon ...

Archaeologists have discovered the wreck of the Hōfuku Maru — the final resting place of 1,000 British and Dutch POWs captured in Singapore during World War II.

After over 80 years, a team of marine archeologists and historians believe that they’ve uncovered a lost piece of World War II history. The remains of the Japanese freighter Hōfuku Maru were spotted ...

The ship was essentially a floating concentration camp and was lost for decades until an organization found a document revealing its location.

A billionaire’s ship designed to find the most famous lost ships of World War II has reemerged as a U.S. Navy survey ship, USNI News has learned. Service officials confirmed to USNI News that MV Sarah ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. When the USCGC Tampa sank off the coast of Britain on September 26, 1918, it took 131 souls with it to the depths of the Bristol Channel, including ...

No injuries have been reported from a large warehouse fire in San Francisco that was still raging Saturday afternoon, hours after erupting, officials said. The blaze at Pier 45 at Fisherman's Wharf ...

Divers have found the wreck of the Hofuku Maru off Luzon in the Philippines. The Japanese freighter sank in 1944 with over 1,200 Allied POWs; a digitised military file finally solved the mystery. View ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Japanese military transported more than 62,000 prisoners of war during World War II using dozens of unmarked vessels. - German ...