However, the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987—a major source of underwater cultural heritage protection in the United States—remains unchanged instead of flowing with the tide of change. The United ...

Underwater archaeologists have located the wrecks of three military ships involved in Japan's invasion of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands in World War II — an almost-overlooked conflict ...

The floats are part of the Underwater Preservation Program, a 40-year-old initiative run by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum that aims to uphold the federal Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987.

The Abandoned Shipwreck Act, passed in 1987 to protect historical shipwrecks from treasure hunters, gives U.S. states ownership title of all shipwrecks found within U.S. territorial waters up to ...

Part 761 and the Federal Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 prohibits the removal, alteration and destruction of abandoned property which is in, on, under, or over the bottomlands of the Great Lakes ...

All shipwrecks in U.S. waters are protected by the federal Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987, which essentially makes the wrecks archaeological sites, as well as related state laws, Baillod said.

An underwater view of the Blythe Star shipwreck, which was found submerged nearly 500 feet deep off the coast of Tasmania CSIRO The ship, meanwhile, disappeared without a trace.

There are 36 shipwrecks in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, which covers more than 900 square miles. Wisconsin became one of 15 national marine sanctuaries in the U.S. in 2021.

Volunteer scuba divers are clearing "ghost nets" caught on a shipwreck off the coast of San Pedro. We got on the boat with them to learn more. Why it matters: Ghost nets are abandoned, lost or ...