"These incredible artifacts give us a glimpse of daily life for the passengers and crew in the 1850s… They are a time capsule ...

The deep-ocean shipwreck exploration company has published four reports since it took its first dive to the S.S. Central America four months ago, including lists of the number and type of coins found.

While laden with booty, the S.S. Central America shipwreck was also a deep sea gravesite. The ship sank 7,200 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane on September 12, 1857 .

The lure of sunken treasure under the waves has wreck-hunting salvage investigators scouring the sea beds to make their ...

The SS United States, often called America's Flagship, was ordered to leave its Philadelphia berth; The ship has been moored in Philadelphia for 28 years, until the eviction ruling on a lawsuit ...

This high-powered propulsion system made the SS United States the fastest ship of its kind to date. Embarking on its first voyage in June 1952, the liner broke the transatlantic speed record on ...

The SS Central America shipwreck auction featured a wide range of items, including passenger receipts, mid-1800s clothing, a brass bell, which was purchased for $18,000, ...

The ship found its home on Pier 82 in South Philadelphia in 1996 after a nonprofit called the SS United States Conservancy saved it from the scrapyard in 2011. However, its plans to rehabilitate ...

The portrait—a daguerreotype photograph—was one of 421 treasures from the shipwreck that were auctioned off by Holabird Western Americana Collections on March 4 and 5. Some 7,500 bidders from ...

Rare treasures pulled from Gold Rush era shipwreck SS Central America, dubbed the Ship of Gold, have sold at auction, including a 32 ounce ingot that went for $138,000. A trove of items found in ...

The SS United States, often called America's Flagship, was ordered to leave its Philadelphia berth; The ship has been moored in Philadelphia for 28 years, until an eviction lawsuit in 2022 ...