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Dec 6, 2022 · More than 3,800 ships were sunk during World War II across the Pacific, each now holding the potential for catastrophic environmental fallout. Many of these shipwrecks contain a potentially devastating threat: Thousands of tons of oil and an unknown quantity of bombs and chemical weapons.
Mar 14, 2019 · In the treacherous waters of the Atlantic and the bomber-laden Mediterranean of World War II, the USS Wasp, a 741-foot-long aircraft carrier, came out unscathed. But it wasn’t so lucky in the...
Oct 18, 2022 · A World War II shipwreck is still leaking explosives and other toxic elements into the ocean floor of the North Sea more than 80 years after it was sunk.
Oct 17, 2024 · For eight decades, the disappearance of the Trooper remained an enduring World War II mystery. Now, however, shipwreck hunters think they’ve discovered what happened to the submarine—and...
May 6, 2020 · A mystery has been solved with the discovery of a World War Two wreck - more than 100 miles from where it was thought to have sunk. The Mk III Landing Craft Tank LCT 326 disappeared on its...
Oct 21, 2019 · More than 2,000 Japanese people and 300 Americans were killed in the battle that ensued, and a total of seven ships were sunk - four of which were Japanese carriers.
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Oct 22, 2022 · For more than 80 years, the wreck of a fishing trawler used as a German patrol boat during World War II has lain undisturbed at the bottom of the North Sea, where it capsized with its arsenal...
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