See also: List of missing ships and List of maritime disasters
This is a list of shipwrecks located in or around the United States of America.
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Alaska
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Alaska Ranger | United States | 23 March 2008 | A factory ship that flooded and sank off Unalaska. | 53°53′N 169°58′W / 53.883°N 169.967°W / 53.883; -169.967 (FV Alaska Ranger) |
Al-Ki | 1 November 1917 | A passenger steamer, wrecked on Point Augusta. | ||
Aleutian | United States | 26 May 1929 | A passenger steamer which sank after striking a submerged pinnacle rock. | 57°29′N 153°50′E / 57.48°N 153.84°E / 57.48; 153.84 (SS Aleutian) |
Bear | 1916 | A passenger steamer, in surf broadside. | ||
Big Valley | United States | 15 January 2005 | A crabbing vessel that sank off Saint Paul Island. | |
Borneo | United States | 1819 | American maritime fur trade ship wrecked at Prince of Wales Island near the Kaigani Haida village of Klinkwan (modern day Hydaburg). The crew left in boats and was picked up by Volunteer. In early 1819 a party from Volunteer investigated the wreck, finding it on the rocks, full of water, with hundreds of Haida on board or nearby, determined to repel any attempt to salvage anything. | |
USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson | United States | 11 December 1938 | A research vessel that ran ashore in the Gulf of Alaska. | |
City of Seattle | 15 August 1912 | A passenger steamer, brought ashore in Alaska. | ||
USS Coldbrook | 16 June 1942 | Also known as USS Colebrook; a Hog Islander merchant ship that grounded off Middleton Island. | ||
Destination | 11 February 2017 | A 98-foot (30 m) crabbing vessel that sank in 250 ft (76 m) of water amid icy conditions just northwest of St. George Island, Alaska in the Bering Sea. The captain and five crew members were lost with the boat. | ||
Eliza Anderson | March 1898 | A steamboat that was abandoned and washed ashore at Dutch Harbor. | ||
Farallon | United States | 5 January 1910 | A passenger steamer, wrecked in the Cook Inlet. | |
Feniks | Russia | 1799 | Russian-American Company ship Feniks (or Phoenix) lost at sea while sailing for Kodiak Island. Wreckage washed up from Unalaska Island to the Alexander Archipelago. Greatest maritime catastrophe in the history of Russian America. Loss of the largest Russian American ship, about 103 men, including passengers, Bishop Ioasaf, head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Alaska, and Captain James Shields. Financial loss of 622,328 rubles. This event greatly slowed the tempo of Russian colonization in America. | |
USS Grunion | United States Navy | 30 July 1942 | Discovered in the Bering Sea in August 2007. | 52°14′16″N 177°25′5″E / 52.23778°N 177.41806°E / 52.23778; 177.41806 (USS Grunion (SS-216)) |
I-24 | Imperial Japanese Navy | 11 June 1943 | A Type C submarine that was sunk by USS Larchmont near Shemya. | 53°16′N 174°24′E / 53.267°N 174.400°E / 53.267; 174.400 (Japanese submarine I-24) |
I-31 | Imperial Japanese Navy | 13 May 1943 | A Type B1 submarine sunk by gunfire near Attu Island. | 52°32′31″N 172°10′37″E / 52.542°N 172.177°E / 52.542; 172.177 (Japanese submarine I-31) |
Islander | Canada | 15 August 1901 | A Canadian steamship sunk in Lynn Canal. | 58°22′35″N 134°47′19″W / 58.3765°N 134.7885°W / 58.3765; -134.7885 (SS Islander) |
Jabez Howes | A three-masted full-rigged ship, wrecked in Chignik Bay. Wooden full-rigged ship owned by the Columbia River Packers Association and used as a cannery tender. | |||
Jessie | 28 June 1898 | Swamped in turbulent water at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. 18 miners from the Columbia Exploration Company were believed to have been massacred by Yup'ik Natives or lost with wreck. One person, a trader called Ling, survived to bring word of the wreck to St. Michael. Jessie was towing the barge Minerva and a second unknown barge, which were both lost. Yup'ik Eskimos were said to have looted vessels. | ||
Kad'yak | Russia | 2 April 1860 | A merchant ship that struck a rock off Spruce Island. The wreck was rediscovered in 2003. | |
Karluk | Russia | 1830 | Russian maritime fur trade vessel Karluk wrecked at Kodiak Island. | |
Mariposa | 18 November 1917 | The vessel hit a reef on Strait Island, near Pt. Baker, while carrying 269 passengers and a full cargo of copper ore and canned salmon. The vessel had previously picked up the crew from the wrecked Al-Ki and the pirates from the wrecked Manhattan. All passengers and crew were rescued before vessel sank by Curaçao, Ravalli, and Jefferson. She went down with 25,000 cases of salmon and 1,200 tons of copper ore. The reef is now called Mariposa Reef. | ||
Mount McKinley | 1942 | A passenger steamer, beached near Scotch Cap, Aleutian Islands. | ||
Nenohi | Imperial Japanese Navy | 5 July 1942 | A Hatsuharu-class destroyer that was torpedoed by USS Triton off Agattu Island. | 52°15′N 173°51′E / 52.250°N 173.850°E / 52.250; 173.850 (Japanese destroyer Nenohi) |
Neva | Russia | 9 January 1813 | The Russian-American Company (RAC) ship wrecked on a reef at Kruzof Island, killing 53 people, including Terentii Stepanovich Bornovolokov, who was to replace Alexander Baranov as Governor of the RAC. Total loss from the wreck over 250,000 rubles. Second gravest marine catastrophe in the history of Russian America, after the loss of Feniks in 1799. | |
Nikolai I | Russia | 1861 | The Russian-American Company steamship wrecked near Admiralty Island. | |
Nissan Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | 19 June 1942 | Japanese armed freighter sunk by U.S. bomber aircraft in Kiska Harbor. | |
Northern Belle | United States | 20 April 2010 | A fishing vessel that sank in the Gulf of Alaska. | |
Oboro | Imperial Japanese Navy | 17 October 1942 | A Fubuki-class destroyer that was sunk by US aircraft northeast of Kiska. | 52°17′N 178°08′E / 52.283°N 178.133°E / 52.283; 178.133 (Japanese destroyer Oboro (1930)) |
Olga | 1909 | A whaling schooner wrecked near Nome, Alaska. | ||
Olympia | United States | 10 December 1910 | The steamship ran aground on Bligh Reef and sank without loss of life. | |
Patterson | 1938 | A steam freighter, wrecked and aground at Cape Fairweather. | ||
Politkofsky | 1915 | A sidewheel steamer built by the Russian-American Company, completed 4,000 miles (6,400 km) before being abandoned in St. Michael near the entrance of the Yukon River. | ||
Portland | 12 November 1910 | A steamship which struck the rocks off Cordova. | ||
Princess Kathleen | Canada | 7 September 1952 | A passenger steamer, sunk near Point Lena. When she went aground at Point Lena rock, the vessel was one and a half miles (2.4 km) off course. She was the flagship of the Canadian Pacific Lines. | 58°14′02″N 134°27′54″W / 58.234°N 134.465°W / 58.234; -134.465 (Princess Kathleen (1924)) |
Princess Sophia | Canada | 25 October 1918 | A passenger liner sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, with 343 lives lost. | 58°36′08″N 135°01′25″W / 58.6022°N 135.0236°W / 58.6022; -135.0236 (Princess Sophia (steamer)) |
Prinsendam | Netherlands | 4 October 1980 | A cruise ship that caught fire and sank off Baranof Island. | 55°52′59″N 136°27′00″W / 55.883°N 136.450°W / 55.883; -136.450 (MS Prinsendam (1973)) |
USS Rescuer | United States Navy | 31 December 1942 | A Rescuer-class rescue and salvage ship that was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands. | |
USS S-27 | United States Navy | 19 June 1942 | An S-class submarine that ran aground off Amchitka. | |
Scandies Rose | 31 December 2019 - 1 January 2020 | The fishing vessel sunk on New Year's Day, 2020 after departing Dutch Harbor on 30 December 2019. Two crewmembers were hoisted from a life raft by a United States Coast Guard helicopter at about 2 a.m on New Year's Day. Five other crewmembers were reported missing. | ||
Selendang Ayu | Malaysia | 8 December 2004 | A cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Unalaska Island, causing an oil spill. | |
Sinsyo Maru | Japan | 20 July 1784 | The Japanese junk wrecked on Amchitka Island. The junk was sailing for Edo but damaged in a storm and drifted for over seven months before wrecking on Amchitka Island. With Aleuts and Russian promyshlenniki from another wrecked vessel, the group remained on the island for three years, building a new vessel from the wrecked ships. In September 1787 the survivors sailed to Petropavlovsk. | |
Sv. Apostol Pavel | Russia | 1785 | Russian maritime fur trade vessel Sv. Apostol Pavel wrecked on Amchitka Island. | |
Sv. Evpl | Russia | 1785 | Russian maritime fur trade vessel Sv. Evpl wrecked on Amlia Island. | |
Sv. Ieremiya | Russia | 1752 | Russian maritime fur trade shitik Sv. Ieremiya wrecked on Adak Island. | |
Sv. Petr | Russia | 1750 | Russian maritime fur trade shitik Sv. Petr wrecked on Attu Island. One person died. | |
Sv. Troitsa | Russia | 1764 | Russian maritime fur trade vessel Sv. Troitsa wrecked on Umnak Island. | |
Torrent | United States | 15 July 1868 | A wooden bark that foundered in a storm and went ashore in Cook Inlet. | |
Tri Ierarkha | Russia | 1796 | Russian maritime fur trade galiot Tri Ierarkha wrecked in Cook Inlet. | |
Tri Svyatitelya | Russia | 1790 | Russian maritime fur trade galiot Tri Svyatitelya, owned by Shelikhov-Golikov Company, sailed from Okhotsk for Kodiak Island with passenger Alexander Baranov, future governor of the Russian-American Company. Wrecked on Unalaska Island. With help from Aleuts Baranov and crew survived the winter then continued to Kodiak on native boats. | |
Unknown Japanese vessel | Japan | 1861 | Japanese vessel of unknown name wrecked at Attu Island. Of the 12 crewmen, 9 died. | |
Wakamiya-maru | Japan | 1794 | Japanese vessel wrecked at Biorka Island near Sitka. Had sailed from Sendai, Japan, making for Edo. Damaged in a storm and drifted to Biorka Island. Fifteen survivors were brought by Russians to Unalaska then Okhotsk. | |
USS Wasmuth | United States Navy | 29 December 1942 | A Clemson-class destroyer sunk by her own depth charges in the Aleutian Islands. | |
W. H. Dimond | United States | 2 February 1914 | The 390-ton three-masted barquentine was wrecked having run aground on Bird Island, Alaska, carrying general cargo from San Francisco to Unga Island. |
Arizona
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Charles H. Spencer | United States | 1921 | A steamboat that sank in a flood near Lee's Ferry. |
Arkansas
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Homer | United States | 26 April 1864 | A paddle steamer that was captured by the Union Army and scuttled at Camden. | |
USS Linden | United States Navy | 22 February 1864 | A steamer sunk after striking a snag on the Arkansas River. | |
USS Queen City | United States Navy | 24 June 1864 | A steamer blown up by Confederates after capture on the White River. | 34°41′36″N 91°19′02″W / 34.6934°N 91.3173°W / 34.6934; -91.3173 (USS Queen City (1863)) |
California
Main article: List of shipwrecks of CaliforniaConnecticut
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Chewink | United States Navy | 31 July 1947 | Sunk off New London in 1947. | |
Elmer S. Dailey | United States | 1974 | A wooden barge that sank in Bridgeport Harbor. | 41°10.42′N 73°11.14′W / 41.17367°N 73.18567°W / 41.17367; -73.18567 (Elmer S. Dailey) |
USS G-2 | United States Navy | 30 July 1919 | G-class submarine, sank at mooring near Niantic Bay. | |
USS Guardfish | United States Navy | 10 October 1961 | A submarine sunk as target off New London. | |
USS Mary Alice | United States Navy | 5 October 1918 | A patrol vessel that was accidentally rammed by USS O-13 off Penfield Reef Light. | |
Priscilla Dailey | United States | 1974 | A wooden barge that sank in Bridgeport Harbor. | 41°10.42′N 73°11.14′W / 41.17367°N 73.18567°W / 41.17367; -73.18567 (Priscilla Dailey) |
Delaware
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Cherokee | United States Navy | 26 February 1918 | A tugboat that foundered in a gale off Fenwick Island. | 38°50′N 74°48′W / 38.84°N 74.8°W / 38.84; -74.8 (USS Cherokee (ID-458)) |
USS Gallup | United States Navy | 21 February 1918 | A minesweeper that ran aground at Cape Henlopen. | |
Ice Boat No. 3 | United States | 5 February 1905 | She was between the two breakwaters when Ice Boat No. 3's paddlewheels became jammed by ice, and, unable to manoeuvre, the vessel was dragged by the ice floes over the recently sunken barge Santiago, one of whose broken masts pierced the ice boat's hull below the waterline. Within minutes, water had extinguished Ice Boat No. 3's furnaces and the order was given to abandon ship. Unable to launch a lifeboat because of the surrounding ice, the crew were forced to leap for safety onto the ice floes, the ice boat sinking shortly thereafter, at about 6 am. | |
USNS Mission San Francisco | United States | 7 March 1957 | A fleet oil tanker, collided with the Liberian freighter Elna II while passing New Castle, caught fire and exploded. | |
Monroe | United States | 30 January 1914 | The ocean liner collided with Nantucket in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Delaware Capes and sank with the loss of 41 of the 140 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Nantucket. |
Florida
Main article: List of shipwrecks of FloridaGeorgia
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Carrier Dove | United States | 3 March 1876 | A medium clipper that ran aground near Tybee Island. | |
CSS Chattahoochee | Confederate States Navy | 17 April 1865 | A Confederate gunboat that had sunk on the Appalachicola River in Florida when its boiler had exploded, then been raised and returned to Columbus for repairs. She was scuttled in the Chattahoochee River to prevent her capture by Union troops. | |
CSS Georgia | Confederate States Navy | 21 December 1864 | A Civil War ironclad floating battery scuttled off Savannah. | 32°5′5″N 81°2′9″W / 32.08472°N 81.03583°W / 32.08472; -81.03583 (CSS Georgia (battery)) |
Golden Ray | Marshall Islands | 18 September 2019 | A car carrier that capsized in St. Simons Sound. Scrapping operations were completed October 2021. | |
CSS Muscogee | Confederate States Navy | April 1865 | A Confederate ironclad ram that was burned and scuttled in the Chattahoochee River near Columbus. | |
USS Noble | United States Navy | 1862 | A bark that was scuttled as a blockship near Savannah. | |
USS Phoenix | United States Navy | 5 December 1861 | A whaler that was scuttled as a breakwater off Tybee Island. | |
Rattlesnake | Confederate States | 28 February 1863 | A Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in the Ogeechee River. | |
Republic | United States | 25 October 1865 | Sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Savannah. | |
USS South America | United States Navy | 8 December 1861 | A whaler that was beached at Tybee Island. | |
USS Water Witch | United States Navy | 19 December 1864 | A sidewheel gunboat burned to avoid capture at White Bluff. |
Great Lakes
Main article: List of shipwrecks in the Great LakesGuam
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Aratama Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | 1944 | An Imperial Japanese Navy transport sunk in Talofofo Bay. | |
SMS Cormoran | Imperial German Navy | 7 April 1917 | A German steamer scuttled in Apra Harbor to avoid capture at the start of American involvement in World War I. | 13°27′33″N 144°39′15″E / 13.45917°N 144.65417°E / 13.45917; 144.65417 (SMS Cormoran (1909)) |
Kitsugawa Maru | Japan | A Japanese merchant freighter sunk by torpedo in Apra Harbor. | ||
Tokai Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | 1943 | An Imperial Japanese Navy armed transport sunk in Apra Harbor. |
Hawaii
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Arizona | United States Navy | 7 December 1941 | A battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. | 21°21′53″N 157°57′00″W / 21.364775°N 157.950112°W / 21.364775; -157.950112 (USS Arizona (BB-39)) |
USS Barbero | United States Navy | 7 October 1964 | A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor. | |
Bering | Russia | January 1815 | The Russian-American Company ship (also spelled Behring; formerly Atahualpa, an American maritime fur trade vessel) wrecked at Waimea Bay, Oahu. | |
USS Carbonero | United States Navy | 27 April 1975 | A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target. | |
Carrier Dove | United States | 21 November 1921 | A schooner that struck a reef off Molokai. | |
Carthaginian II | United States | December 2005 | A sailing boat that was sunk as an artificial reef. | 20°51′45.8″N 156°40′30.7″W / 20.862722°N 156.675194°W / 20.862722; -156.675194 (Carthaginian II) |
Cleopatra's Barge | Hawaii | 6 April 1824 | The royal yacht of King Kamehameha II that ran aground in Hanalei Bay. | |
USS Darter | United States Navy | 7 January 1992 | A submarine that was disabled in a collision with Kansas Getty, and sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor. | |
Ehime Maru | Japan | 9 February 2001 | A Japanese fishery high school training ship sank about 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the south coast of Oahu, after a collision with United States Navy submarine USS Greeneville. Nine of its crewmembers were killed, including four high school students. | |
I-18 | Imperial Japanese Navy | A Japanese midget submarine depth-charged at Pearl Harbor. | ||
I-401 | Imperial Japanese Navy | 31 May 1946 | An I-400-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Kalaeloa. | |
Kad’yak | Russia | 1816 | The Russian-American Company ship (also spelled Kad’iak and Kodiak; formerly Myrtle), wrecked at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu. | |
USS LST-480 | United States Navy | 21 May 1944 | A tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor. | |
USNS Mission San Miguel | United States | 8 October 1957 | A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef. | |
USS S-28 | United States Navy | 4 July 1944 | An S-class submarine that sunk off Oahu. | |
USS Saginaw | United States Navy | 29 October 1870 | A sloop-of-war that ran aground off Kure Atoll. | |
San Pedro | 1996 | Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef. | ||
USS Stickleback | United States Navy | 29 May 1958 | A Balao-class submarine sunk in a collision with USS Silverstein. | |
USS Tinosa | United States Navy | November 1960 | A Gato-class submarine that was scuttled after being used as an anti-submarine warfare target. | |
USS Utah | United States Navy | 7 December 1941 | A former battleship converted to a training and target ship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. | 21°22′8″N 157°57′45″W / 21.36889°N 157.96250°W / 21.36889; -157.96250 (USS Utah (BB-31)) |
YO-257 | United States Navy | 1989 | Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef. |
Indiana
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Lucy Walker | United States | 23 October 1844 | Sank in the Ohio River near New Albany. |
Kansas
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Arabia | United States | 5 September 1856 | A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River. The wreck now lies under a field in Kansas City. | 39°10′24.97″N 94°40′12.89″W / 39.1736028°N 94.6702472°W / 39.1736028; -94.6702472 (Arabia (steamboat)) |
Kentucky
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Commercial Dixie | United States | 1990s | Originally an Admirable-class minesweeper (USS Fixity) that was decommissioned and later sank in the Ohio River at Maysville. | 38°38′43″N 83°44′21″W / 38.6452°N 83.7391°W / 38.6452; -83.7391 (USS Fixity (AM-235)) |
Louisiana
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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CSS Arkansas | Confederate States Navy | 5 August 1862 | A Confederate ironclad ram that was destroyed by her crew on 5 August 1862, near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | 30°29′14″N 91°12′5″W / 30.48722°N 91.20139°W / 30.48722; -91.20139 (CSS Arkansas) |
USS Carolina | United States Navy | 27 December 1814 | A schooner sunk by British forces near New Orleans. | |
USS Covington | United States Navy | 5 May 1864 | A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria. | |
El Cazador | Spain | 1784 | A Spanish brig carrying silver currency, sank 50 miles (80 km) south of New Orleans, discovered by a fishing trawler in 1993. | |
El Nuevo Constante | Spain | September 1766 | A merchant ship that ran aground after taking damage during a hurricane. The wreck was rediscovered in 1979. | 29°34.837′N 92°39.299′W / 29.580617°N 92.654983°W / 29.580617; -92.654983 (El Nuevo Constante) |
CSS Governor Moore | Confederate States Navy | 24 April 1862 | A gunboat that took heavy damage in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and was scuttled to prevent capture. | |
Kentucky | June 1865 | A riverboat that ran aground near Shreveport on the Red River while carrying a large number of Confederate soldiers. Not believed to be in danger, the ship was not evacuated. The ship sank at night taking approximately 200 lives. The wreck was rediscovered in 1994. | ||
Joe Webre | United States | 2 October 1893 | A steamship lost in the 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane. | |
USS Lancaster | United States Navy | 25 March 1863 | A steamboat that was sunk by Confederate forces off Port Hudson. | |
CSS Louisiana | Confederate States Navy | 28 April 1862 | An ironclad that burned, exploded, and sunk near Fort St. Philip on the Mississippi River. | 29°21′48″N 89°27′41″W / 29.36333°N 89.46139°W / 29.36333; -89.46139 (CSS Louisiana) |
CSS Manassas | Confederate States Navy | 24 April 1862 | An ironclad warship that was run aground by USS Mississippi in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. | |
CSS McRae | Confederate States Navy | 28 April 1862 | A gunboat that took heavy damage in a battle with USS Iroquois, and was scuttled off Algiers. | |
MTC-602 | 9 September 1965 | A barge that sank in the Mississippi River during Hurricane Betsy. The barge was raised on 12 November 1965. | ||
New York | 7 September 1846 | Sunk in a hurricane off the coast while carrying $40,000 in gold and silver. 17 people out of 53 passengers/crew perished. | ||
Robert E. Lee | United States | 30 July 1942 | A passenger freighter torpedoed by U-166. | |
USS Signal | United States Navy | 19 April 1864 | A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria. | |
U-166 | Kriegsmarine | 30 July 1942 | A German U-boat sunk by a depth charge from a US Navy patrol boat. | 28°37′N 90°45′W / 28.617°N 90.750°W / 28.617; -90.750 (German submarine U-166 (1941)) |
USS Varuna | United States Navy | 24 April 1862 | A steamship that sank in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. | |
USCGC White Alder | United States Coast Guard | 7 December 1968 | A coastal buoy tender sunk in the Mississippi River near White Castle following a collision. |
Maine
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Alice E. Clark | 1 July 1909 | A four-masted schooner, struck Islesboro Ledge (off Islesboro, Penobscot Bay) in fog. | ||
Amaretto | 1 July 1985 | A fishing vessel, sunk by pirates two miles (3.2 km) off the coast of Owls Head. | ||
Annie C. Maguire | United Kingdom | 24 December 1886 | A barque that ran aground at Portland Head Light. | 43°37′22″N 70°12′29″W / 43.62283°N 70.20799°W / 43.62283; -70.20799 (Annie C. Maguire shipwreck) |
USS Eagle Boat 56 | United States Navy | 23 April 1945 | An Eagle-class patrol craft that was sunk by U-853 off Cape Elizabeth. | 43°33′28″N 70°09′44″W / 43.5577°N 70.1621°W / 43.5577; -70.1621 (USS Eagle Boat 56 (PE-56)) |
Edward J. Lawrence | United States | 26 December 1925 | Last surviving six-masted schooner that sank off Portland after shipboard fire while moored. | |
Georgia | Canada | January 1875 | A Canadian screw steamer - formerly of the Confederate States Navy. | |
Mary Barrett | A 241-foot (73 m) five-masted schooner built at Bath in 1901. It was intentionally sunk at Robinhood Cove in Georgetown. Known locally as Mary Barrett's Bones. | 43°50′41″N 69°43′56″W / 43.844612°N 69.732199°W / 43.844612; -69.732199 (Mary Barrett) | ||
Nottingham | Great Britain | 11 December 1710 | A British galley which struck rocks and sank near Boon Island. | |
USS S-21 | United States Navy | 23 March 1945 | An S-class submarine that was sunk as a target. |
Maryland
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Blenny | United States Navy | 7 June 1989 | A Balao-class submarine that was scuttled as an artificial reef off Ocean City, Maryland. | |
USS Cherokee, (a.k.a. "The Gunboat") | United States Navy | 26 February 1918 | Built in New Jersey in 1891, and initially named Edgar F. Luckenbach. Cherokee spent a year in the service of the U.S. Navy. In February 1918, she foundered off Fenwick Island lightship during a gale while en route to Washington, D.C. | 38°50′N 74°48′W / 38.84°N 74.8°W / 38.84; -74.8 (USS Cherokee (ID-458)) |
Governor R. M. McLane | United States | Maryland state steamer, 1884–1945, serving in State Oyster Police Force during Oyster Wars and as State Fishery Force "flagship" and briefly commissioned in U.S. Navy during WW I then the state until 1945 that sunk in Baltimore harbor. | 39°16′28″N 76°36′00″W / 39.274528°N 76.600057°W / 39.274528; -76.600057 (Governor R. M. McLane) | |
The Mallows Bay wrecks | Includes as many as 152 World War I-era merchant ships abandoned after the salvage company went bankrupt. | |||
U-1105 | Kriegsmarine | 19 September 1949 | A Type VII-C/41 U-boat that was wrecked off Piney Point. | 38°08′10″N 76°33′10″W / 38.13611°N 76.55278°W / 38.13611; -76.55278 (German submarine U-1105) |
Massachusetts
Main article: List of shipwrecks of MassachusettsMichigan
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Alpena | United States | 15 October 1880 | A sidewheel steamer built by Thomas Arnold of Gallagher & Company at Marine City, Michigan in 1866. She was operated by the Goodrich Line after being purchased from Gardner, Ward & Gallagher in April 1868. Alpena sank in Lake Michigan in the "Big Blow" storm on October 15, 1880, with the loss of all 80 on board | |
USS Althea | United States Navy | 12 March 1920 | A former pleasure cruiser/patrol craft that was sunk by ice off Detroit. | |
Cyprus | United States | 11 October 1907 | The lake freighter sank during a storm on Lake Superior. The ship went down in 460 feet (140 m) of water about 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Deer Park in Luce County. All but one of the 23 members of the crew perished. | 46°47′N 85°36′W / 46.79°N 85.60°W / 46.79; -85.60 (SS Cyprus) |
Quincy Dredge Number Two | United States | 1967 | A dredge that sank in Torch Lake. | 47°8′39″N 88°27′35″W / 47.14417°N 88.45972°W / 47.14417; -88.45972 (Quincy Dredge Number Two) |
Three Brothers | United States | 27 September 1911 | She was carrying a load of hardwood worth of $4,200 from Boyne City to Chicago. After leaving Boyne City the vessel was sailing in heavy weather, and the hull began to leak more than usual. In order to save the vessel the captain elected to drive the vessel ashore on South Manitou Island, where she landed just 200 yards (180 m) east of the lifesaving station |
Minnesota
Mississippi
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Baron DeKalb | United States Navy | 13 July 1863 | A City-class ironclad warship that was sunk by a naval mine near Yazoo City. | |
USS Cairo | United States Navy | 12 December 1862 | A river gunboat that struck a naval mine in the Yazoo River. The wreck was raised in 1964 and is currently on display at Vicksburg National Military Park. | 32°22′33″N 90°52′0″W / 32.37583°N 90.86667°W / 32.37583; -90.86667 (USS Cairo (1861)) |
Josephine | A side-wheel steamer foundered off the barrier islands. | |||
USS Lily | United States Navy | 28 May 1863 | A tugboat that collided with USS Choctaw in the Yazoo River. | |
USS Petrel | United States Navy | 22 April 1864 | A steamboat that was burned in the Yazoo River. | |
Star of the West | Confederate States | March 1863 | A steamship that was scuttled as a blockship near Greenwood. |
Missouri
Montana
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Butte | 1883 | A steamboat that burned near Fort Peck on the Missouri River. | ||
Chippewa | 10 May 1861 | A steamboat built in 1859, that burned near the mouth of the Poplar River in the Missouri River. | ||
James D. Rankin | 1877 | A steamboat that wrecked on the Yellowstone River. | ||
Oakes | 1892 | A steamboat that sank in the North Fork of the Flathead River. | ||
Red Cloud | 11 July 1882 | A steamboat that sunk near the Red Cloud Bend of the Missouri River. | ||
Tacony | 1870 | A steamboat that was deliberately sunk near Fort Peck on the Missouri River. Part of the hull was pulled up in 1935 during the construction of the Fort Peck Dam. | ||
Yellowstone | 1867 | A steamboat that sank in the Yellowstone River. |
Nebraska
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Bertrand | United States | 1 April 1865 | A steamboat that sunk in the Desoto Bend of the Missouri River. | 41°31′24″N 96°1′44″W / 41.52333°N 96.02889°W / 41.52333; -96.02889 (Bertrand (steamboat)) |
Pirate | United States | April 1839 | A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River near Bellevue. |
Nevada
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Tahoe | United States | 29 August 1940 | A steamship that operated in Lake Tahoe at the turn of the 20th century. Scuttled in 1940, rediscovered in 2002, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. |
New Hampshire
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS O-9 | United States Navy | 20 June 1941 | An O-class submarine that sank off Portsmouth. |
New Jersey
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Adonis | Struck shore at Deal Beach. | |||
USS Algol | United States Navy | 18 November 1991 | An Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef in Shark River. | 40°07′37″N 73°39′23″W / 40.1269°N 73.6564°W / 40.1269; -73.6564 (USS Algol (AKA-54)) |
Arundo | Netherlands | 28 April 1942 | Dutch cargo steamer of 5,163 tons built in 1930. When en route from New York for Table Bay and Durban she was torpedoed by U-136 and sunk. Six crew lost from a total crew of 43 | 40°10′N 73°41′W / 40.17°N 73.68°W / 40.17; -73.68 (SS Arundo) |
Atlantus | United States | 8 June 1926 | Sank in a storm. | 38°56′40″N 74°58′19″W / 38.94444°N 74.97194°W / 38.94444; -74.97194 (SS Atlantus) |
Ayuruoca | Sank in a collision. | |||
Beth Dee Bob | Foundered in a storm. | |||
Brunette | Sank in a collision. | |||
Carolina | United States | 2 June 1918 | A passenger liner sunk by U-151 off Atlantic City. | |
Chappara | Struck a naval mine. | |||
Choapa | Sank in a collision. | |||
Delaware | Burned then sank under tow. | |||
Goulandris | Sank in a collision. | |||
Gulftrade | Torpedoed. | |||
USS Jacob Jones | United States Navy | 28 February 1942 | Sunk by a U-boat. | 38°37′N 74°32′W / 38.617°N 74.533°W / 38.617; -74.533 (USS Jacob Jones (DD-130)) |
Lana Carol | Foundered off Manasquan Inlet. | |||
Malta | Ran aground near Belmar. | |||
Maurice Tracy | Sank in a collision. | |||
USRC Mohawk | United States Navy | 1 October 1917 | A revenue cutter that sank in a collision with Vennacher off Sandy Hook. | |
USS Moonstone | United States Navy | 16 October 1943 | Sank in a collision with USS Greer off Cape May. | 38°30′03″N 74°06′40″W / 38.5008°N 74.111°W / 38.5008; -74.111 (USS Moonstone (PYc-9)) |
Morro Castle | United States | 8 September 1934 | Caught fire off Long Beach Island. | |
Park City | Sank in a collision. | |||
Persephone | Torpedoed. | |||
Pinta | Sank in a collision. | |||
Pliny | Ran aground on Deal Beach. | |||
Rjukan | Ran aground. | |||
USCS Robert J. Walker | United States Coast Guard | 21 June 1860 | A survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
R.P. Resor | United States | 28 February 1942 | Torpedoed by U-578 | |
Rusland | Struck wreck of Adonis. | |||
San Saba | Struck a naval mine. | |||
Sindia | 1901 | Ran aground on the beach of Ocean City. | ||
USS St. Augustine | United States Navy | 6 January 1944 | A gunboat that was accidentally rammed by Camas Meadows off Cape May. | |
Stolt Dagali | Sank in a collision. | |||
USS Tarantula | United States Navy | 28 October 1918 | A patrol boat that collided with Frisa off Fire Island. | |
Tolten | Torpedoed. | |||
U-869 | Kriegsmarine | 11 February 1945 | A German submarine thought to have been sunk near Gibraltar until its wreck was discovered off the coast of New Jersey in 1991. | 39°19′48″N 73°12′00″W / 39.33000°N 73.20000°W / 39.33000; -73.20000 (German submarine U-869) |
Vega | Capsized under tow. | |||
Vizcaya | Sank in a collision. | |||
Washington Irving | United States | 1 June 1926 | A sidewheeler that collided with an oil barge on the North River and sunk off Jersey City. | |
Western World | United Kingdom | Ran aground. | ||
HMS Zebra | Royal Navy | 22 October 1778 | A sloop-of-war that ran aground at Little Egg Harbor. | 39°34′41″N 74°18′00″W / 39.578°N 74.300°W / 39.578; -74.300 (HMS Zebra (1777)) |
New York
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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A.E. Vickery | United States | 17 August 1889 | A schooner that struck a reef near Rock Island Light. | 44°16.820′N 76°01.183′W / 44.280333°N 76.019717°W / 44.280333; -76.019717 (A.E. Vickery) |
USS Baldwin | United States Navy | 5 June 1961 | A Gleaves-class destroyer that ran aground near Montauk, and although recovered, was deemed not worth repairing, and subsequently scuttled. | |
Bessie White | February 1922 | A Canadian schooner, recently revealed by Superstorm Sandy on Fire Island (south of Long Island) lost in fog while transporting coal. | ||
Cadet | A steamboat that was wrecked in Lake George. | |||
USS California | United States Navy | 19 July 1918 | An armored cruiser sunk by a torpedo or mine near Fire Island. | 40°32′15″N 73°2′13.92″W / 40.53750°N 73.0372000°W / 40.53750; -73.0372000 (USS California (ACR-6)) |
Champlain II | United States | 16 July 1875 | A passenger steamboat ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near Westport on Lake Champlain. | 44°12′21″N 73°22′39″W / 44.20583°N 73.37750°W / 44.20583; -73.37750 (Champlain II) |
Charles R. Morse | 1866 | A schooner, went missing and suspected to have rammed the SS Oregon off Long Island. | ||
HMS Culloden | Royal Navy | 23 January 1781 | British ship that ran aground at Montauk during the American Revolution. | |
Forward | A motor launch that was wrecked in Lake George. | |||
General Slocum | United States | 15 June 1904 | A steamboat that caught fire and sank near North Brother Island, with over 1,000 deaths. | |
Glückauf | Germany | March 1893 | An oil tanker that ran aground at Fire Island. | |
Gwendoline Steers | United States | 30 December 1962 | A tugboat that sunk on the approach to Huntington Bay. | |
Harold | United States | 26 September 1903 | The barge moved out of dock at the South Street Seaport in New York City with 7,700 silver and lead ingots, bound for American Smelting and Refining Company in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The silver and the smelters belonged to the Guggenheim family. The barge sank, and was never recovered. | |
Holland III | United States | November 1883 | A prototype submarine built by John Philip Holland and stolen by the Fenian Brotherhood, who accidentally sunk it off Whitestone. | |
HMS Hussar | Royal Navy | 23 November 1780 | A frigate that sank near Long Island Sound. | |
USRC Jefferson | United States | 15 December 1847 | A cutter wrecked off Gardiners Point Island. | |
John Milton | United States | 6 December 1856 | A ship that was wrecked in a snowstorm at Hampton Bays. | |
Keystorm | 26 October 1912 | A steel freighter that struck Scow Island shoal. | 44°25.777′N 75°49.350′W / 44.429617°N 75.822500°W / 44.429617; -75.822500 (SS Keystorm) | |
Land Tortoise | Royal Navy | c. 1758 | A radeau that was intentionally sunk in Lake George during the French and Indian Wars. | 43°25′16″N 73°42′30″W / 43.42111°N 73.70833°W / 43.42111; -73.70833 (Land Tortoise (shipwreck)) |
Lexington | United States | 14 January 1840 | A paddlewheel steamship which caught fire north of Long Island. | |
HMS Liverpool | Royal Navy | 11 February 1778 | A Coventry-class frigate wrecked in Jamaica Bay. | 40°35′25″N 73°51′16″W / 40.5902°N 73.8545°W / 40.5902; -73.8545 (HMS Liverpool (1758)) |
Morania | 29 October 1951 | The result of a gasoline explosion that wrecked Penobscot as well. Closest shipwreck to the mouth of the Buffalo River | ||
Narragansett | 11 June 1880 | A passenger paddle steamer of the Stonington Line that burned and sank on 11 June 1880, after a collision with her sister ship Stonington in heavy fog at 23:30 in Long Island Sound. Approximately 50 passengers, but only one crewman, died. | ||
Nisbet Grammer | United Kingdom | 31 May 1926 | A British-built (by Cammell Laird & Company at Birkenhead, England in 1923) canaller, a steamship used to carry grain, coal and other products sunk after being hit by SS Dalwarnic off Somerset, New York. The ship was en route to Montreal from Buffalo, New York. All crew were saved and taken aboard Dalwarnic. Ship was named after one other co-owners of the ship. | |
USS Ohio | United States Navy | 1884 | A ship of the line that burned in Greenport Harbor. | |
Oregon | United Kingdom | 6 March 1886 | A passenger liner that was sunk off Long Island following a collision with a schooner believed to be the Charles R. Morse. | 41°31′00″N 71°44′00″W / 41.5167°N 71.7333°W / 41.5167; -71.7333 (SS Oregon (1883)) |
Rusland | Belgium | 19 March 1877 | The Belgian Red Star Line owned ocean liner ran aground at Long Island. All 125 passengers were taken ashore. There were attempts made to salvage ship, but it broke in two on 16 April and was declared a total loss. | |
Roy A. Jodrey | Canada | 20 November 1974 | A bulk carrier that struck a buoy, then ran aground on Pullman Shoal near the United States Coast Guard Station at Wellesley Island. | 44°19.923′N 75°56.010′W / 44.332050°N 75.933500°W / 44.332050; -75.933500 (Roy A. Jodrey) |
USS Salmon | United States Navy | 5 June 1993 | A Sailfish-class submarine that was sunk as a target near Hudson Canyon. | 40°25′22″N 73°40′52″W / 40.4229°N 73.6811°W / 40.4229; -73.6811 (USS Salmon (SSR-573)) |
Savannah | United States | 5 November 1821 | The first steamship to cross the Atlantic, before running aground off Long Island. | |
Sea Bear | 14 March 2015 | A tug boat that sank off of Fire Island, New York, with loss of one of her four crew members. | ||
USS Spikefish | United States Navy | 4 August 1964 | A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Long Island. | |
USS Turner | United States Navy | 3 January 1944 | A destroyer; exploded and sunk at Ambrose Light. | 40°27′00″N 73°48′00″W / 40.45000°N 73.80000°W / 40.45000; -73.80000 (USS Turner (DD-648)) |
USS Verdi | United States Navy | 31 July 1931 | A patrol vessel that was wrecked off Watch Island. | |
Vierge Marie | 9 November 1854 | A barque that came ashore carrying nuts from the Canary Islands and immigrants. | Between Amagansett and Montauk. | |
Washington | United States Navy | 1 December 1917 | A schooner that ran aground at the entrance to the Ambrose Channel. | |
Wiawaka bateaux | Royal Navy | 1758 | The wrecks of seven British and colonial bateaux that were scuttled in Lake George in 1758. |
North Carolina
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Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Island City | United States | 1864 | A steamboat that sank near Fort Buford on the Missouri River. | |
Rose Bud | United States | 25 May 1880 | A steamboat built in 1878, that sank in the Missouri River near Bismarck. |
Ohio
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Abeona | United States Navy | 7 March 1872 | The gunboat caught fire and was destroyed in the Ohio River at Cincinnati | |
Anthony Wayne | United States | 28 April 1850 | A sidewheel steamer that sank after two of her boilers exploded. | |
USS Carondelet | United States Navy | 1873 | Sank in the Ohio River during a flood. | 38°41′13″N 83°34′39″W / 38.687049°N 83.577544°W / 38.687049; -83.577544 |
Moselle | United States | 25 April 1838 | A riverboat that exploded off Cincinnati. |
Oregon
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Puerto Rico
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Antonio López | Spain | 1898 | A transoceanic steamer belonging to the Compañía Transatlántica Española. | 18°28′48″N 66°13′50″W / 18.48000°N 66.23056°W / 18.48000; -66.23056 (Antonio López) |
Rhode Island
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates | |
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USS Bass | United States Navy | 12 March 1945 | V-boat scuttled off Block Island as a sonar target in 1945. | ||
Black Point | 5 May 1945 | A steel collier sunk by U-853 after World War II hostilities had ceased. | |||
HMS Cerberus | Royal Navy | 5 August 1778 | A frigate that was burnt in Narragansett Bay to prevent capture by the French, along with HMS Lark. | ||
USS Cero | United States Navy | 21 October 1918 | A patrol vessel that caught fire in Narragansett Bay. | ||
HMS Endeavour | Royal Navy | 4 August 1778 | British Royal Navy troop transport vessel previously commanded by James Cook on his first voyage of discovery. Scuttled as part of a blockade in Newport Harbor in 1778. | ||
USS G-1 | United States Navy | 21 June 1921 | A G-class submarine that was sunk as a target in Narragansett Bay. | ||
HMS Gaspée | Royal Navy | 9 June 1772 | British customs ship burned and sunk by American patriots in the lead-up to the American Revolution. | ||
USS L-8 | United States Navy | 26 May 1926 | A L-class submarine sunk in a navy torpedo test off Newport, three miles (4.8 km) south of Brenton Reef Light. | ||
HMS Lark | Royal Navy | 5 August 1778 | A Richmond-class frigate that was burnt in Narragansett Bay to prevent capture by the French, along with HMS Cerberus. | ||
USS Leyden | United States Navy | 21 January 1903 | A steamboat and tug that foundered off Block Island. | ||
HMS Liberty | Royal Navy | 19 July 1769 | A British ship that was burned by American colonists off Goat Island. | ||
USS Sealion | United States Navy | 8 July 1978 | A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Newport. | ||
USS Snowden | United States Navy | 27 June 1969 | An Edsall-class destroyer escort that was sunk as a target off Newport. | ||
U-853 | Kriegsmarine | 6 May 1945 | Sunk off Block Island by US Navy blimps' rockets. | 41°13′01″N 71°27′00″W / 41.217°N 71.450°W / 41.217; -71.450 (German submarine U-853) |
South Carolina
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Actaeon | Royal Navy | 29 June 1776 | Frigate burned at Charleston; reported as discovered by NUMA in 1981. | |
USS Amazon | United States Navy | 20 December 1861 | A bark that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
Anchor Wreck | Located near Myrtle Beach. | |||
USS American | United States Navy | 20 December 1861 | A bark that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
CSS Charleston | Confederate States Navy | 18 February 1865 | An ironclad warship that was scuttled at Charleston to prevent capture. | 32°47′29″N 79°55′21″W / 32.79139°N 79.92250°W / 32.79139; -79.92250 (CSS Charlestown) |
Civil War Wreck | Located near Myrtle Beach. | |||
City of Richmond | Located near Myrtle Beach. | |||
USS Dixon | United States Navy | 21 July 2003 | A submarine tender that was sunk as a target off Charleston. | 31°16′17.9″N 73°57′46.2″W / 31.271639°N 73.962833°W / 31.271639; -73.962833 (USS Dixon (AS-37)) |
CSS Georgiana | Confederate States Navy | 19 March 1863 | Iron-hulled Confederate cruiser destroyed off Isle of Palms with cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000, while attempting to run past the federal blockade fleet into Charleston. | 32°46′47″N 79°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 79.75972°W / 32.77972; -79.75972 (SS Georgiana) |
Governor | November 1861 | A side wheel steamer used for federal transport, carrying a marine battalion of 600 under Major John G Reynolds. It sank off Georgetown after a gale and a hit from a rescue vessel. It foundered for three days. Seven men were killed. | ||
HEBE & St Cathan | Located near Myrtle Beach. | |||
USS Housatonic | United States Navy | 17 February 1864 | Sunk by CSS Hunley, becoming the first warship in history to be sunk by a submarine. | 32°43′7″N 79°48′17″W / 32.71861°N 79.80472°W / 32.71861; -79.80472 (USS Housatonic (1861)) |
CSS H. L. Hunley | Confederate States Navy | 17 February 1864 | Sank three times in its eight-month career, sinking for the final time shortly after its attack on USS Housatonic. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1978. | 32°44′N 79°46′W / 32.733°N 79.767°W / 32.733; -79.767 (H. L. Hunley (submarine)) |
USS Keokuk | United States Navy | 8 April 1863 | An experimental ironclad steamer, sunk in the First Battle of Charleston Harbor. | 32°41′36″N 79°52′19″W / 32.69333°N 79.87194°W / 32.69333; -79.87194 (USS Keokuk) |
USS Kingfisher | United States Navy | 28 March 1864 | A bark that ran aground on the banks of the Combahee River. | |
Mary Bowers | Confederate States | 31 August 1864 | Iron-hulled sidewheel steamer of 680 tons, stranded on the wreck of CSS Georgiana while attempting to run the federal blockade into Charleston. | 32°46′47″N 79°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 79.75972°W / 32.77972; -79.75972 (Mary Bowers) |
USS Meteor | United States Navy | 9 January 1862 | A sailing ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
USS New England | United States Navy | 25 January 1862 | A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
Norseman | Confederate States | Iron-hulled propeller steamer, ran on wreck of CSS Georgiana and stranded one-half mile (0.80 km) inshore while attempting outbound run through the federal blockade of Charleston with a cargo of cotton. The vessel was owned by George Trenholm (aka the "real Rhett Butler"). | ||
Ozama | United States | 23 November 1894 | An American steamer that ran aground on the shoals at Cape Romain. The wreck was rediscovered in 2013. | |
USS Patapsco | United States Navy | 15 January 1865 | Struck a naval mine at Charleston. | 32°45′55″N 79°53′29″W / 32.765252°N 79.891281°W / 32.765252; -79.891281 (USS Patapsco (1862)) |
USS Peri | United States Navy | 25 January 1862 | A ship of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
Pipe Wreck | Located near Myrtle Beach. | |||
USS Potomac | United States Navy | 9 January 1862 | A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
Raccoon | Confederate States | Blockade runner at Charleston. | ||
USS Rebecca Sims | United States Navy | 20 December 1861 | A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
USS Robin Hood | United States Navy | 20 December 1861 | A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
Ruby | Confederate States | Blockade runner run aground at Folly Island, Charleston. | ||
USS Stephen Young | United States Navy | 25 January 1862 | A brig that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
Stonewall Jackson | Confederate States | Blockade runner grounded and burned at Isle of Palms, Charleston. | ||
USS Tenedos | United States Navy | 20 December 1861 | A bark that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
USS Timor | United States Navy | 26 January 1862 | A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor. | |
United States | United States | 3 April 1881 | Wrecked off Cape Romain | |
USS Vermilion | United States Navy | 4 March 1988 | A Tolland-class attack cargo ship that was sunk as an artificial reef off Myrtle Beach. | |
USS Weehawken | United States Navy | 6 December 1863 | American Civil War monitor at Charleston. | 32°42′57″N 79°53′25″W / 32.7157°N 79.8903°W / 32.7157; -79.8903 (USS Weehawken (1862)) |
William Lawrence | United States | February 1899 | A cargo ship that was wrecked in a storm off Hilton Head Island. |
South Dakota
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Urilda | United States | 24 April 1869 | A steamboat that sank in the Kate Sweeney Bend of the Missouri River near Vermillion. | |
Western | United States | 29 March 1881 | A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River near Yankton. |
Tennessee
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Chattanooga | A paddlewheel steamer that sank in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga. | |||
CSS Colonel Lovell | Confederate States Navy | 6 June 1862 | A cottonclad warship that was rammed by USS Queen of the West and USS Monarch in the First Battle of Memphis. | |
Eclipse | 27 January 1865 | A Mississippi River steamboat that exploded near Johnsonville. | ||
M.E. Norman | United States Army | 8 May 1925 | A steamboat that sank near Memphis. | |
Pennsylvania | United States | 13 June 1858 | A steamboat that sank near Memphis. | |
Sultana | United States | 27 April 1865 | A Mississippi River paddlewheeler that exploded four miles (6.4 km) south of Memphis, killing an estimated 1,600 passengers. | 35°11′26″N 90°6′52″W / 35.19056°N 90.11444°W / 35.19056; -90.11444 (SS Sultana) |
Texas
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Anona | 1944 | A steam yacht sunk in the Viosca Knoll area. | ||
La Belle | France | 1686 | A barque-longue of French explorer La Salle's expedition, which ran aground in Matagorda Bay. | |
City of Waco | United States | 9 November 1875 | The Mallory Line (New York) steamer sunk after a fire aboard off Galveston. 56 lives were lost. | |
USS Elizabeth | United States Navy | 15 November 1918 | A patrol vessel that was wrecked at the mouth of the Brazos River. | |
Grandcamp | France | 16 April 1947 | Accidental detonation of 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate aboard this French-registered vessel killed 581 people in the Texas City disaster. | 29°22′39″N 94°53′29″W / 29.37750°N 94.89139°W / 29.37750; -94.89139 (SS Grandcamp) |
Gulfpenn | 13 May 1942 | A fuel tanker torpedoed by U-boat U-506. | ||
Hannah Elizabeth | United States | 19 November 1835 | Two-masted schooner sunk near Pass Cavallo. | |
USS Hatteras | United States Navy | 11 January 1863 | A US Navy gunboat sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston during the American Civil War. | |
Heredia | United States | 19 May 1942 | A United Fruit Company freighter torpedoed by German submarine U-506. | |
Mary | A steamship that ran aground at Aransas Pass. | |||
Nicaragua | 16 October 1912 | Ran aground on Padre Island. | 26°41′34″N 97°19′06″W / 26.69280°N 97.31820°W / 26.69280; -97.31820 (SS Nicaragua) | |
Oaxaca | Mexico | 26 July 1942 | A Mexican freighter torpedoed by U-171 near Port O'Connor. | 28°22′N 96°11′W / 28.367°N 96.183°W / 28.367; -96.183 (Oaxaca (ship)) |
OMI Charger | United States | 9 October 1993 | An oil tanker that exploded near Galveston. | |
San Esteban | Spain | 29 April 1554 | A Spanish cargo ship that was wrecked in a storm on the Padre Island sandbars. The wreck was discovered in 1970. | 26°33.20′N 97°25.52′W / 26.55333°N 97.42533°W / 26.55333; -97.42533 (San Esteban (1554 shipwreck)) |
Selma | United States | 19 March 1922 | A concrete oil tanker scuttled off Pelican Island after running aground off Tampico, Mexico. | |
Sheherezade | An oil tanker sunk by a torpedo. |
Vermont
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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A.R. Noyes | 17 October 1884 | A standard canal boat that broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, Lake Champlain. | ||
General Butler | United States | 9 December 1876 | A sailing canal boat that hit breakwater near Burlington on Lake Champlain. | |
O.J. Walker | United States | 11 May 1895 | A sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington. | |
Phoenix | United States | 4 September 1819 | A steamer that caught fire near Colchester Shoal. | |
Unknown horse ferry | The only known example of a horse-powered ferry on Lake Champlain, found in Burlington Bay. | |||
Water Witch | United States | 26 April 1866 | A schooner that foundered in a gale off Diamond Island. |
Virginia
Wake Island
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Dashing Wave | United Kingdom | 31 August 1870 | A British tea clipper that struck a reef and sank. | |
Hayate | Imperial Japanese Navy | 11 December 1941 | A Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines. | 19°10′N 166°22′E / 19.167°N 166.367°E / 19.167; 166.367 (Japanese destroyer Hayate) |
Kisaragi | Imperial Japanese Navy | 11 December 1941 | A Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines. | 18°55′N 166°17′E / 18.917°N 166.283°E / 18.917; 166.283 (Japanese destroyer Kisaragi) |
Libelle | Bremen | 4 March 1866 | A German barque that shipwrecked on the eastern reef during a gale. |
Washington
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Admiral Sampson | United States | 26 August 1914 | A cargo liner that collided with Princess Victoria near Point No Point. | |
Alice Gertrude | United States | 11 January 1907 | A steamboat that was wrecked in a snowstorm at the entrance to Clallam Bay. | |
USS Bugara | United States Navy | 1 June 1971 | A Balao-class submarine that sunk under tow off Cape Flattery. | |
Catala | Canada | 1 January 1965 | A steamship that ran aground in a storm in Grays Harbor. | 46°56′35″N 124°06′43″W / 46.943°N 124.112°W / 46.943; -124.112 (SS Catala) |
Dix | United States | 18 November 1906 | A steamboat that collided with Jeanie off Duwamish Head. | |
Dode | United States | 20 July 1910 | A steamboat that struck a rock off Marrowstone Island. | |
Falcon | United States | after June 1919 | A launch that sank for unknown reasons in Lake Washington, off Kirkland. The wreck was discovered in 2006. | |
USS General M. C. Meigs | United States Navy | 9 January 1972 | A General John Pope-class troop transport that ran aground under tow in a storm. | 48°17′10″N 124°41′15″W / 48.286095°N 124.687566°W / 48.286095; -124.687566 (USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116)) |
Governor | United States | 1 April 1921 | A coastal steamship built in 1907 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation that sank after being struck by USSB West Hartland during foggy weather at Puget Sound. | |
Great Republic | United States | 19 April 1879 | An American steamboat accidentally run aground on sand and subsequently destroyed by waves near the mouth of the Columbia River. | 46°16′41″N 124°01′26″W / 46.278°N 124.024°W / 46.278; -124.024 (SS Great Republic) |
Grundl | 15 September 1968 | A 50-foot (15 m) yacht capsized and sank when hit by a 35-foot (11 m) at Grays Harbor Bar. Three people were killed with one survivor. | ||
Healys-1 | United States | Unknown | Originally a YMS-1-class minesweeper (USS YMS-416) that was decommissioned and later sank in Lake Washington. | |
Hector | United States | April 1913 | A tugboat that sank after an internal explosion off Purdy Spit. | |
Hojunmaru | Japan | 1834 | Japanese junk that was sailing for Edo, but damaged and drifted for over a year before wrecking near Cape Flattery. Only three survived: Iwakichi (28 years old), Kyukichi (15), and Otokichi (14). | |
Isabella | United Kingdom | 1830 | A Hudson's Bay Company British supply ship. Remains are in 40 feet (12 m) of water off Cape Disappointment near Astoria. Site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. | |
Lamut | Soviet Union | 31 March 1943 | A Russian steamship that ran aground south of Cape Flattery during a violent storm. | |
Leona | United States | 1912 | A steamship that burned on the Lewis River near La Center. | |
USS Memphis | United States Navy | 13 May 1883 | A steamship that caught fire at Seattle. | 47°37′12″N 122°22′37″W / 47.620°N 122.377°W / 47.620; -122.377 (USS Memphis (1862)) |
North Pacific | United States | 18 July 1903 | A steamboat that ran aground off Marrowstone Point Light. | |
Pacific | United States | 6 November 1875 | The paddle steamer sank after being in collision with Orpheus off Cape Flattery. At least 318 lives lost. | |
Sv. Nikolai | Russia | 1 November 1808 | Russian-American Company schooner, sailed south from Sitka to locate a suitable site for a permanent post in Oregon Country. Wrecked on the Olympic Peninsula near Rialto Beach. The crew was marooned for about 18 months, clashing with the Hoh then enslaved by the Makah. They were rescued in May 1810 at Neah Bay by the American merchant vessel Lydia. | |
T.W. Lake | United States | 5 December 1923 | A steamboat that foundered off Lopez Island. | |
Yosemite | United States | 9 July 1909 | A steamboat that was wrecked at Port Orchard Narrows. |
Wisconsin
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Appomattox | United States | 2 November 1905 | The wooden steamship went aground in smoke and fog on the Wisconsin coast of Lake Michigan, near Milwaukee in 1905. Crews worked for two weeks in an effort to free the ship, but eventually it broke up, and was abandoned as a total constructive loss. | |
Atlanta | United States | 18 March 1906 | Steamer from the Goodrich line that caught fire and burned 10 nautical miles (19 km) northeast of Port Washington in Lake Michigan. Captain Delos H. Smith rescued 74 of 75 from the burning ship. | |
Daniel Lyons | United States | 18 October 1878 | The schooner was in collision with schooner Kate Gillett off Algoma in Lake Michigan. There was no loss of life | |
Fleetwing | United States | 26 September 1888 | Ran aground and sunk in Lake Michigan. | |
Frank O'Connor | United States | 3 October 1919 | A bulk carrier that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin | |
Grape Shot | United States | November 1867 | A schooner that was run aground by a gale off the coast of Plum Island. There were no casualties. | |
Hanover | United States | November 1867 | A schooner that struck a shoal near the Strawberry Islands | |
Hetty Taylor | United States | 26 August 1880 | She was a schooner that encountered a squall and sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In 2005, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. There were no casualties. | |
Joys | United States | 23 December 1898 | She was at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. At about 1:00 a.m., the captain saw flames from the wheelhouse and sounded the alarm. The crew was able to escape, but in the ensuing chaos the ship was carried in the current toward the canal office and government warehouse. Eventually, efforts from those on land were successful in towing the vessel away from land, where it then burned to the waterline and sank. | |
L. R. Doty | United States | October 1898 | Largest wooden steamship on the Great Lakes, sunk in a storm with no survivors. Its wreck was located in June 2010. | |
Louisiana | United States | 1913 | Burned in a gale. | |
Lucerne | United States | 17/18 November 1886 | The commercial schooner sank with all hands due to bad weather in Lake Superior, off the coast of Long Island in Chequamegon Bay. The site of the wreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. | |
Marquette | United States | 15 October 1903 | While about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) East of Michigan Island and carrying a cargo of iron ore, she sprang a leak and began to sink. The crew escaped in lifeboats. | |
Milwaukee | United States | 22 October 1929 | Sunk in Lake Michigan from storm damage. | 43°08′11″N 87°49′55″W / 43.13639°N 87.83194°W / 43.13639; -87.83194 (SS Milwaukee) |
Moonlight | United States | 13 September 1903 | She sank in a storm by Michigan Island while hauling iron ore out of Ashland. | |
Noquebay | United States | 2 October 1905 | The wooden schooner caught fire and sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Stockton Island, in Chequamegon Bay. | |
Phoenix | United States | 21 November 1847 | Wooden steamship that caught fire from over-stoked boilers and burned to the waterline off the coast of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, killing at least 190 but perhaps more than 250 of the nearly 300 people on board. 40 people survived in lifeboats and three were rescued from the water. | |
Pretoria | United States | 2 September 1905 | The wooden schooner sank in a storm on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands | |
Senator | United States | 30 October 1929 | A collision with Marquette in a dense fog sank Senator off Port Washington in Lake Michigan. | |
Sevona | United States | 2 September 1905 | The steamboat sank in a storm on Lake Superior near Sand Island. | |
Success | United States | 26 November 1896 | The scow schooner was pushed ashore by a gale during a storm off the coast of Sevastopol, Wisconsin. | |
Tennie and Laura | United States | 2 August 1903 | The schooner was sailing from Muskegon, Michigan, to Milwaukee carrying a cargo of lumber worth roughly $500 at the time. The ship was crewed by two men of which one survived. About 9 nautical miles (17 km) from Port Washington she was caught in a storm. The ship eventually capsized. |
Wyoming
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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E.C. Waters | United States | 1906 | A steamboat that was abandoned in Yellowstone Lake. |
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Further reading
- Bass, George Fletcher, ed. (1996). Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-27892-5.
- Marx, Robert F. (1987). Shipwrecks in the Americas. New York: Dover. pp. 145–191. ISBN 9780486255149. OCLC 16713900.
External links
- WRECKSITE – worldwide free database of 65,000+ wrecks with history, maritime charts and GPS positions
- University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – John E. Thwaites Photographs – images of Southeastern Alaska from 1905 to 1912 including maritime disasters such as the Farallon, Mariposa, Edith, and Jabez Howes shipwrecks
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