In the Great Lakes, NOAA data is used for everything from going out on a boat, fishing, swimming, coastal flooding.

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ship's wheelsman, was the only survivor ...

The ship wasn’t seen again until diligent explorers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage off ...

In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 ...

Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” said Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

Using a remotely operated vehicle, teams were able to find the wreck of the Western Reserve steamship, which sank on Aug. 30, ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society used a remotely controlled vehicle to discover the rusty Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship sunk by a storm more than 130 years ago.

The final resting place of what was once the "safest ship afloat" was discovered after 132 years. Only one man, a wheelsman ...