- Around 15,000 shipsWorld War I (1914 to 1918) and World War II (1939 to 1945) saw some of the biggest naval battles and operations in history, and shipwrecks from this era are scattered across the world's oceans — around 15,000 ships, and over 500,000 people, were sunk during World War II alone, according to some estimates.www.livescience.com/world-war-i-ii-sunken-wrecks-photos
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Web10 hours ago · Eighty years after it sunk, the USS Harder has been found. The USS Harder, one of the deadliest American submarines to fight in World War II, was located this week …
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