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Christmas Ship Brings 1,200 Trees to Navy Pier for Chicago Families

Volunteers route the trees to nonprofits for free distribution in a tribute to the Rouse Simmons voyage.

Divers Find Intact 19th-Century Shipwreck in Lake Ontario

Colombia Retrieves First Artifacts From San José Galleon

Isidor Straus’s Titanic Pocket Watch Fetches Record £1.78 Million at UK Auction

Colombia Retrieves First Artifacts From 1708 San José Galleon for Scientific Study

Colombia Recovers First Artifacts From San José Galleon Shipwreck

Ernest Tomlin’s Titanic Letter and Diary Go to Auction With £50,000 Estimate

Michigan Returns Edmund Fitzgerald Life Ring to Owner as $600,000 Settlement Stands

Edmund Fitzgerald Remembered 50 Years On as Cause Remains Disputed

Split Rock Lighthouse Marks 50 Years Since the Edmund Fitzgerald With Beacon-Lighting Tribute

Edmund Fitzgerald Marks 50 Years With Bells, Beacons and Livestreams Across the Great Lakes

Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 Years On: Great Lakes Memorials and Fresh Reporting Revisit the Wreck

Netflix Releases 'Heweliusz,' a Five-Episode Polish Drama Revisiting the 1993 Jan Heweliusz Ferry Disaster

At 50, the Edmund Fitzgerald’s Wreck—and the Song That Endures—Get a Fresh Look

Mexican Navy Training Ship Cuauhtémoc Returns to Cozumel After New York Collision

Edmund Fitzgerald at 50 Draws Crowds as Bells Toll and Memorials Expand

Titanic Victim Frederick Sutton’s Archive, Including Rare First-Class Passenger List, Heads to Auction in November

Great Lakes Mark 50 Years Since Edmund Fitzgerald With Regionwide Memorials and Livestreams

NTSB Final Report Blames Flawed Engineering for Titan Submersible Implosion

NTSB Faults Engineering, Testing Failures for 2023 Titan Sub Implosion