The Andrea Doria sinks off Nantucket on July 25, 1956. The allure of the Andrea Doria is its artifacts, such as the ship’s china, that divers can find and keep, according to Crowell.

The Andrea Doria, named after a 16th century Genoese Admiral, has long been considered one of the most challenging of popular dive sites because of its remote location 55 miles off shore, and the ...

BOSTON (AP) — A 64-year-old diver who went missing while diving near the Andrea Doria wreck off the Massachusetts coast is presumed dead and the Coast Guard has suspended its search. The Coast ...

Two New Jersey divers sent waves throughout the wreck-diving community with the discovery of what is believed to the "bridge bell" from the historic shipwreck of the Andrea Doria, the luxury ...

Long Island Suffolk Autopsy for diver who died by Andrea Doria The cruise ship Andrea Doria sank about 50 miles off Nantucket Island. Credit: Handout ...

Moyer discussed the dangers of exploring the Andrea Doria, which is often called “the Mount Everest of wreck diving,” and the earliest dive made just a day after the sinking.

Divers first plunged into the waters off Nantucket, Massachusetts, to catch a glimpse of the Andrea Doria a day after the ship sank in July 1956. That first dive netted photos for Life magazine.

Even after 47 years, the Andrea Doria remains a formidable and spooky spectacle, especially for the first-time diver approaching slowly from above.

Salvage diver John Moyer of Vineland, N.J., calls the sunken ocean liner Andrea Doria “the Mount Everest of wreck diving.” And as holder of salvage rights to the former pride of the Italian ...

The Coast Guard says an unresponsive diver pulled from the water near the wreck of the Andrea Doria off Massachusetts has died.Petty Officer Nicole Groll says the diver was operating off a ...

A British diver died off the coast of Nantucket this week while exploring the wreckage of the SS Andrea Doria.

Federal and local authorities are investigating the death of a 46-year-old scuba-diving instructor whose body was found on the wreck of the Andrea Doria in the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Mass ...