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Sunken US cargo ship with 1,400 tons of explosives made safer after mast removal

A sunken U.S. warship, SS Richard Montgomery, long regarded as a ticking time bomb ...
Warriors Wire

Portsmouth divers find WWII-era steamship sunk by German U-boat in Gulf of Maine

A Portsmouth-based dive team found the ruins of the SS Cornwallis steamship sunk by a German U-boat during World War II.

UK Finally Removes Masts From Sunken WWII Bomb Ship—and Leaves the Explosives

“The vessel was starting to lean and deteriorate, so they could see some of the structures around the mast starting to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Engineers Delicately Removed the Masts From This Bomb-Laden World War II Shipwreck in the River Thames. But 1,500 Tons of Explosives Are Still in Place

The operation marks a major milestone in efforts to address the risks posed by the sunken American military cargo ship, which still contains a massive cache of unexploded munitions ...

After 7-year search, divers find ship sunk by Nazis off New England coast

The wreckage of the SS Cornwallis was discovered in 400 feet of water, 80 years after being struck and sinking off the Maine coast. The post After 7-year search, divers find ship sunk by Nazis off New ...