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Volunteers use DNA technology, artificial intelligence to find fishermen lost in North Sea decades ago
The foundation, Identiteit Gezocht (Identity Sought), aims to list all unknown graves on the coasts of the North Sea, hoping ...
A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found
The bow of a US Navy cruiser damaged in a World War II battle in the Pacific has shone new light on one of the most ...
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The Only Underwater Submarine Clash Ever Recorded
German U-Boat U-864 departed Bergen, Norway, carrying vital military technology intended to bolster Japan's faltering war effort—blueprints and parts for Jumo 004 turbojets, V-2 missile components, ...
Severed bow of famed U.S. ship torpedoed in WWII found on Pacific seafloor
A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...
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In 1942, Nazi U-boats turned this popular South Carolina beach into a killing field
Flickr/Grille1991 The U-Boat Attacks off Myrtle Beach German submarines hunted ships off South Carolina in early 1942, bringing World War II to American shores. From January to June, Nazi U-boats sank ...
Long-lost bow of WWII ship found nearly 83 years after it was blown off in Japanese torpedo strike
To find the bow of this ship is an opportunity to remember the sacrifice of this valiant crew, even on one of the worst nights in U.S. Navy history.” ...
Mystery on Pacific seafloor proves to be part of daring WWII saga, US Navy says
The bow, which fell to a depth of 2,214 feet, had been unaccounted for since Nov. 30, 1942, when a Japanese torpedo detonated the ship’s forward magazines during the Battle of Tassafaronga, the ...
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Volunteers flock to help search efforts after Texas floods even as officials warn them away
Flash flooding in Texas Hill Country has triggered one of the largest rescue operations in the state’s history. The Guadalupe ...
Meet the man who sinks the world’s biggest ships for a living
How a professional ship-sinker is about to turn a famous ocean liner into the world’s largest artificial reef The SS United ...
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Undersea expedition discovers bow of USS New Orleans, lost in WWII
On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were ...
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Lost Bow of American Warship Found Eight Decades After It Was Blown Off by a Japanese Torpedo in World War II
After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...