List of shipwrecks of the United States

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.

Alabama

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
American Diver	February 1863	An experimental Confederate submarine that sank in Mobile Bay while under tow during a storm.
Eliza Battle	1 March 1858	A commercial steamboat that caught fire and sank in the Tombigbee River, and subsequently entered Alabama folklore as a ghost ship.
CSS Gaines	5 August 1864	A Confederate side-wheel gunboat sunk in Mobile Bay after heavy damage during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
CSS Huntsville	12 April 1865	A Confederate ironclad warship scuttled in Spanish River to avoid capture.
USS Philippi	5 August 1864	A Union side-wheel gunboat sunk in Mobile Bay after heavy damage during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
CSS Phoenix	7 August 1864	A Confederate ironclad warship scuttled at Dog River.
USS Rodolph	1 April 1864	A Union stern-wheel tinclad minesweeper and gunboat sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) in Mobile Bay.
USS Tecumseh	5 August 1864	A Union monitor warship sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
CSS Tuscaloosa	12 April 1865	A Confederate ironclad warship scuttled in Spanish River to avoid capture.

Alaska

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
FV Alaska Ranger	23 March 2008	A factory ship that flooded and sank off Unalaska.
Al-Ki	1 November 1917	A passenger steamer, wrecked on Point Augusta.
SS Aleutian	26 May 1929	A passenger steamer which sank after striking a submerged pinnacle rock.
Bear	1916	A passenger steamer, in surf broadside.
FV Big Valley	15 January 2005	A crabbing vessel that sank off Saint Paul Island.
USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson	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.
SS Coldbrook	16 June 1942	Also known as Colebrook; a Hog Islander merchant ship grounded off Middleton Island.
W H Dimond	2 February 1914	The 390-ton 3-masted barquentine was wrecked having run aground on Bird Island, Alaska, carrying general cargo from San Francisco to Unga Island
PS Eliza Anderson	March 1898	A steamboat that was abandoned and washed ashore at Dutch Harbor.
Farallon	5 January 1910	A passenger steamer, wrecked in the Cook Inlet.
USS Grunion	30 July 1942	Discovered in the Bering Sea in August 2007.
I-24	11 June 1943	A Type C submarine that was sunk by USS Larchmont near Shemya.
I-31	13 May 1943	A Type B1 submarine sunk by gunfire near Attu Island.
SS Islander	15 August 1901	A Canadian steamship sunk in Lynn Canal.
Jabez Howes		A three-mast 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	2 April 1860	A merchant ship that struck a rock off Spruce Island. The wreck was rediscovered in 2003.
Mariposa	18 November 1917	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 the 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	5 July 1942	A Hatsuharu-class destroyer that was torpedoed by USS Triton off Agattu Island.
Nissan Maru	19 June 1942	Japanese armed freighter sunk by U.S. bombers in Kiska Harbor.
FV Northern Belle	20 April 2010	A fishing vessel that sank in the Gulf of Alaska.
Oboro	17 October 1942	A Fubuki-class destroyer that was sunk by US aircraft northeast of Kiska.
Olga	1909	A whaling schooner wrecked near Nome, Alaska.
Olympia	10 December 1910	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.
SS Portland	12 November 1910	A steam ship which struck the rocks off Cordova.
SS Princess Kathleen	7 September 1952	A passenger steamer, sunk near Point Lena. When she went aground at Point Lena rock, the vessel was a mile and a half off course. She was the flagship of the Canadian Pacific Lines.
SS Princess Sophia	25 October 1918	A passenger liner sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, with 343 lives lost.
MS Prinsendam	4 October 1980	A cruise ship that caught fire and sank off Baranof Island.
USS Rescuer	31 December 1942	A Rescuer-class rescue and salvage ship that was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands.
USS S-27	19 June 1942	An S-class submarine that ran aground off Amchitka.
MV Selendang Ayu	8 December 2004	A cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Unalaska Island, causing an oil spill.
Torrent	15 July 1868	A wooden bark ship that foundered in a storm and went ashore in Cook Inlet.
USS Wasmuth	29 December 1942	A Clemson-class destroyer sunk by her own depth charges in the Aleutian Islands.

Arizona

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Charles H. Spencer	1921	A steamboat that sank in a flood near Lee's Ferry.

Arkansas

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
SS Homer	26 April 1864	A paddle steamer that was captured by the Union Army and scuttled at Camden.
USS Linden	22 February 1864	A steamer sunk after striking a snag on the Arkansas River.

California

Main article: List of shipwrecks of California

Connecticut

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Chewink	31 July 1947	Sunk off New London in 1947.
Elmer S. Dailey	1974	A wooden barge that sank in Bridgeport Harbor.
USS G-2	30 July 1919	G-class submarine, sank at mooring near Niantic Bay.
USS Guardfish	10 October 1961	Sunk as target off New London.
USS Mary Alice	5 October 1918	A patrol vessel that was accidentally rammed by USS O-13 off Penfield Reef Light.
Priscilla Dailey	1974	A wooden barge that sank in Bridgeport Harbor.

Delaware

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Cherokee	26 February 1918	A tugboat that foundered in a gale off Fenwick Island.
USS Gallup	21 February 1918	A minesweeper that ran aground at Cape Henlopen.
Ice Boat No. 3	5 February 1905	She was between the two breakwaters when No. 3's paddlewheels became jammed by ice, and, unable to manoeuvre, the vessel was dragged by the ice floes over a recently sunken barge, the Santiago, one of whose broken masts pierced the ice boat's hull below the waterline. Within minutes, water had extinguished 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	7 March 1957	A fleet oil tanker, collided with the Liberian freighter Elna II while passing New Castle, caught fire and exploded.
Monroe	30 January 1914	The ocean liner collided with SS 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 Florida

Georgia

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Carrier Dove	3 March 1876	A medium clipper that ran aground near Tybee Island.
CSS Georgia	21 December 1864	A Civil War ironclad floating battery scuttled off Savannah.
CSS Muscogee	April 1865	A Confederate ironclad ram, was captured and burned off the coast of Georgia.
Rattlesnake	28 February 1863	A Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in Ogeechee River.
USS Noble	1862	A barque that was scuttled as a blockship near Savannah.
USS Phoenix	5 December 1861	A whaler that was scuttled as a breakwater off Tybee Island.
USS South America	8 December 1861	A whaler that was beached at Tybee Island.
SS Republic	25 October 1865	Sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Savannah.
USS Water Witch	19 December 1864	A sidewheel gunboat burned to avoid capture at White Bluff.

Great Lakes

Main article: List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes

Guam

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Aratama Maru	1944	A Japanese Navy transport sunk in Talofofo Bay.
SMS Cormoran	7 April 1917	A German steamer scuttled in Apra Harbor to avoid capture at the start of American involvement in World War I.
Kitsugawa Maru		A Japanese merchant freighter sunk by torpedo in Apra Harbor.
Tokai Maru	1943	A Japanese Navy armed transport sunk in Apra Harbor.

Hawaii

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Arizona	7 December 1941	A battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
USS Barbero	7 October 1964	A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor.
USS Carbonero	27 April 1975	A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target.
Carrier Dove	21 November 1921	A schooner that struck a reef off Molokai.
Carthaginian II	December 2005	A sailing boat that was sunk as an artificial reef.
Cleopatra's Barge	6 April 1824	The royal yacht of King Kamehameha II that ran aground in Hanalei Bay.
USS Darter	7 January 1992	A submarine that was disabled in a collision with Kansas Getty, and sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor.
Ehime Maru (えひめ丸)	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-18tou		A Japanese midget submarine depth-charged at Pearl Harbor.
I-401	31 May 1946	An I-400-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Kalaeloa.
USS LST-480	21 May 1944	A tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor.
USNS Mission San Miguel	8 October 1957	A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef.
USS S-28	4 July 1944	An S-class submarine that sunk off Oahu.
USS Saginaw	29 October 1870	A sloop-of-war that ran aground off Kure Atoll.
USS Stickleback	29 May 1958	A Balao-class submarine sunk in a collision with USS Silverstein.
USS Tinosa	November 1960	A Gato-class submarine that was scuttled after being used as an anti-submarine warfare target.
USS Utah	7 December 1941	A former battleship converted to a training and target ship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
YO-257	1989	Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef.
San Pedro	1996	Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef.

Indiana

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Lucy Walker	23 October 1844	Sank in the Ohio River near New Albany.

Kansas

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Arabia	5 September 1856	A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River. The wreck now lies under a field in Kansas City.

Kentucky

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Fixity		An Admirable-class minesweeper that sank in Ohio River at Maysville.

Louisiana

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
CSS Arkansas	6 August 1862	An ironclad warship that was scuttled in the Battle of Baton Rouge.
USS Carolina	27 December 1814	A schooner sunk by British forces near New Orleans.
El Cazador	1784	A Spanish brig carrying silver currency, sank 50 miles (80 km) south of New Orleans, discovered by a fishing trawler in 1993.
USS Covington	5 May 1864	A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria.
El Nuevo Constante	September 1766	A merchant ship that ran aground after taking damage during a hurricane. The wreck was rediscovered in 1979.
CSS Governor Moore	24 April 1862	A gunboat that took heavy damage in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and was scuttled to prevent capture.
USS Lancaster	25 March 1863	A steamboat that was sunk by Confederate forces off Port Hudson.
CSS Louisiana	28 April 1862	An ironclad that burned, exploded, and sunk near Fort St. Philip on the Mississippi River.
CSS Manassas	24 April 1862	An ironclad warship that was run aground by USS Mississippi in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip.
CSS McRae	28 April 1862	A gunboat that took heavy damage in a battle with USS Iroquois, and was scuttled off Algiers.
SS 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.
SS Robert E. Lee	30 July 1942	A passenger freighter torpedoed by U-166.
USS Signal	19 April 1864	A gunboat that was scuttled to prevent capture off Alexandria.
U-166	30 July 1942	A German U-boat sunk by a depth charge from a US Navy patrol boat.
USS Varuna	24 April 1862	A steamship that sank in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip.
USCGC White Alder	7 December 1968	A coastal buoy tender sunk in the Mississippi River near White Castle following a collision.

Maine

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Alice E. Clark	1 July 1909	A 4-masted schooner, struck Islesboro Ledge (off Islesboro, Penobscot Bay) in fog.
Amaretto	1 July 1985	A fishing vessel, sunk by pirates two miles off the coast of Owls Head.
Annie C. Maguire	24 December 1886	A barque that ran aground at Portland Head Light.
USS Eagle Boat 56	23 April 1945	An Eagle-class patrol boat that was sunk by U-853 off Cape Elizabeth.
SS Georgia	January 1875	A Canadian screw steamer - formerly of the Confederate States Navy.
Nottingham	11 December 1710	A British galley which struck rocks and sank near Boon Island.
Mary Barrett		A 241-foot five masted schooner built in Bath in 1901. It was intentionally sunk in Robinhood Cove in Georgetown. Known locally as Mary Barrett's Bones.
USS S-21	23 March 1945	An S-class submarine that was sunk as a target.

Maryland

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Blenny	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")	26 February 1918	Built in New Jersey in 1891, and initially named the Edgar F. Luckenbach. The 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.
USS Governor R. M. McLane		A steamboat that sunk near Baltimore.
The Mallows Bay wrecks		Includes as many as 152 WWI-era merchant ships abandoned after the salvage company went bankrupt.
U-1105	19 September 1949	A Type VII-C/41 U-boat that was wrecked off Piney Point.

Massachusetts

Main article: List of shipwrecks of Massachusetts

Michigan

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
SS Alpena	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. The Alpena sank in Lake Michigan in the "Big Blow" storm on October 15, 1880 with the loss of all 80 onboard
USS Althea	12 March 1920	A pleasure cruiser that was sunk by ice off Detroit.
SS Cyprus	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) N of Deer Park in Luce County. All but one of the 23 members of the crew perished
Three Brothers	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 captain Sam Christopher elected to drive the vessel ashore on South Manitou Island, where she landed just 200 yards (180 m) east of the lifesaving station
Quincy Dredge Number Two	1967	A dredge that sank in Torch Lake.

Minnesota

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Essex	14 October 1931	A steamship that was burned near Duluth.
SS Hesper	4 May 1905	The steamship sank off the coast of Silver Bay in Lake Superior in a late spring snowstorm.
Madeira	28 November 1905	The schooner-barge was under the tow of the steamer William Edenborn when she was caught in a fierce storm with winds around 70 to 80 miles per hour, blowing snow onto the deck and kicking up huge swells. The tow line was cut loose and she crashed into a cliff called Gold Rock, near Beaver Bay, and sank. One life was lost.
SS Thomas Wilson	7 June 1902	The 1,713 grt whaleback freighter left the Duluth harbor carrying a load of Mesabi iron ore. The hatches were not yet closed, because the weather was clear and calm. She was in collision with the wooden steamer George Hadley.

Mississippi

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Baron DeKalb	13 July 1863	A City-class ironclad warship that was sunk by a mine near Yazoo City.
USS Cairo	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.
Josephine		A side-wheel steamer foundered off the barrier islands.
USS Lily	28 May 1863	A tugboat that collided with USS Choctaw in the Yazoo River.
USS Petrel	22 April 1864	A steamboat that was burned in the Yazoo River.
Star of the West	March 1863	A steamship that was scuttled as a blockship near Greenwood.

Missouri

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Far West	October 1883	A steamboat that sunk near St. Charles on the Missouri River.
USS Inaugural	1 August 1993	A decommissioned minesweeper, anchored at St. Louis as a floating museum from 1968 until the Great Flood of 1993. During the flood, the Inaugural was ripped from its moorings and carried a mile downstream, where it came to rest on its side, partially submerged, and where it remains to this day.
USS Mingo	November 1862	A steamboat that sunk off Cape Girardeau.
Montana	22 June 1884	Large paddle wheeler, beached after collision with bridge near Bridgeton.
Nadine	10 September 1878	A steamboat built in 1872 that sank at the mouth of the Missouri River. Several lives lost.
USS Naiad	1 June 1868	A steamboat that sank at Napoleon.
Saluda	9 April 1852	A steamship that exploded near Lexington.

Montana

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
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	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Bertrand	1 April 1865	A steamboat that sunk in the Desoto Bend of the Missouri River.
Pirate	April 1839	A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River near Bellevue.

Nevada

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
SS Tahoe	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	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS O-9	20 June 1941	An O-class submarine that sank off Portsmouth.

New Jersey

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Adonis		Struck shore at Deal Beach.
USS Algol	18 November 1991	An Andromeda-class attack cargo ship sunk as an artificial reef in Shark River.
USS Arundo		Torpedoed.
SS Atlantus	8 June 1926	Sank in a storm.
Ayuruoca		Sank in a collision.
Beth Dee Bob		Foundered in a storm.
Brunette		Sank in a collision.
SS Carolina	2 June 1918	A passenger liner sunk by U-151 off Atlantic City.
Chappara		Struck a naval mine.
SS Choapa		Sank in a collision.
Delaware		Burned then sank under tow.
Goulandris		Sank in a collision.
SS Gulftrade		Torpedoed.
USS Jacob Jones	28 February 1942	Sunk by a U-boat.
Lana Carol		Foundered off Manasquan Inlet.
Malta		Ran aground near Belmar.
Maurice Tracy		Sank in a collision.
USRC Mohawk	1 October 1917	A revenue cutter that sank in a collision with SS Vennacher off Sandy Hook.
USS Moonstone	16 October 1943	Sank in a collision with the USS Greer off Cape May.
SS Morro Castle	8 September 1934	Caught fire off Long Beach Island.
Park City		Sank in a collision.
Persephone		Torpedoed.
SS Pinta		Sank in a collision.
Pliny		Ran aground on Deal Beach.
Rjukan		Ran aground.		$25 Dollar Wreck	21 June 1860	An A survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ]]
R.P. Resor	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	6 January 1944	A gunboat that was accidentally rammed by Camas Meadows off Cape May.
Stolt Dagali		Sank in a collision.
USS Tarantula	28 October 1918	A patrol boat that collided with SS Frisa off Fire Island.
Tolten		Torpedoed.
U-869	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.
Vega		Capsized under tow.
Vizcaya		Sank in a collision.
PS Washington Irving	1 June 1926	A sidewheeler that collided with an oil barge on the North River and sunk off Jersey City.
Western World		Ran aground.
HMS Zebra	22 October 1778	A sloop that ran aground at Little Egg Harbor.

New York

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
A.E. Vickery	17 August 1889	A schooner that struck a reef near Rock Island Light.
USS Baldwin	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	1919-1922	A Canadian schooner, recently revealed by superstorm Sandy on Block Island, lost in fog while transporting coal.
Cadet		A steamboat that was wrecked in Lake George.
USS California	19 July 1918	An armored cruiser sunk by a torpedo or mine near Fire Island.
Champlain II	16 July 1875	A passenger steamboat ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near Westport on Lake Champlain.
Charles R. Morse	1866	A schooner, went missing and suspected to have rammed the SS Oregon off Long Island.
HMS Culloden	23 January 1781	British ship that ran aground at Montauk during the American Revolution.
Forward		A motor launch that was wrecked in Lake George.
PS General Slocum	15 June 1904	A steamboat that caught fire and sank near North Brother Island, with over 1,000 deaths.
Glückauf	March 1893	An oil tanker that ran aground at Fire Island.
MV Gwendoline Steers	30 December 1962	A tugboat that sunk on the approach to Huntington Bay.
Harold	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	November 1883	A prototype submarine built by John Philip Holland and stolen by the Fenian Brotherhood, who accidentally sunk it off Whitestone.
HMS Hussar	23 November 1780	A frigate that sank near Long Island Sound.
USRC Jefferson	15 December 1847	A cutter wrecked off Gardiners Point Island.
John Milton	6 December 1856	A ship that was wrecked in a snowstorm at Hampton Bays.
Land Tortoise	c. 1758	A radeau that was intentionally sunk in Lake George during the French and Indian Wars.
Lexington	14 January 1840	A paddlewheel steamship which caught fire north of Long Island.
HMS Liverpool	11 February 1778	A Coventry-class frigate wrecked in Jamaica Bay.
Morania	29 October 1951	The result of a gasoline explosion that wrecked the Penobscot, as well. Closest shipwreck to the mouth of the Buffalo River
SS Narragansett	11 June 1880	A passenger paddle steamer of the Stonington Line that burned and sank on June 11, 1880 after a collision with her sister ship SS Stonington in heavy fog at 23:30 in Long Island Sound. Approximately 50 passengers, but only one crewman, died.
SS Nesbit Grammer	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 on 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	1884	A ship of the line that burned in Greenport Harbor.
SS Oregon	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.
Rusland	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.
USS Salmon	5 June 1993	A Sailfish-class submarine that was sunk as a target near Hudson Canyon.
SS Savannah	5 November 1821	The first steamship to cross the Atlantic, before running aground off Long Island.
Sea Bear	14 March 2015	Tug boat that sank off of Fire Island, NY with loss of one of her four crew members.
USS Spikefish	4 August 1964	A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Long Island.
USS Turner	3 January 1944	A destroyer; exploded and sunk at Ambrose Light.
USS Verdi	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.
Wiawaka bateaux	1758	The wrecks of seven British and colonial bateaux that were scuttled in Lake George in 1758.
Washington	1 December 1917	A schooner that ran aground at the entrance to the Ambrose Channel.

North Carolina

Main article: List of shipwrecks of North Carolina

North Dakota

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Island City	1864	A steamboat that sank near Fort Buford on the Missouri River.
Rose Bud	25 May 1880	A steamboat built in 1878, that sank in the Missouri River near Bismark.

Ohio

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Abeona	7 March 1872	The gunboat caught fire and was destroyed in the Mississippi River at Cincinnati
USS Carondelet	1873	Sank in the Ohio River during a flood.
Moselle	25 April 1838	A riverboat that exploded off Cincinnati.

Oregon

Main article: List of Oregon shipwrecks

Pennsylvania

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Elizabeth M	9 January 2005	A towboat that sank in the Ohio River.
USS Rush	8 December 1917	She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Philadelphia when she struck a submerged log at the entrance to the back channel of League Island Navy Yard and was wrecked. All hands were saved.

Rhode Island

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Black Point	5 May 1945	A steel collier sunk by U-853 after World War II hostilities had ceased.
HMS Cerberus	5 August 1778	A frigate that was burnt in Narragansett Bay to prevent capture by the French, along with HMS Lark.
USS Cero	21 October 1918	A patrol vessel that caught fire in Narragansett Bay.
USS G-1	21 June 1921	A G-class submarine that was sunk as a target in Narragansett Bay.
HMS Gaspée	9 June 1772	British customs ship burned and sunk by American patriots in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
HMS Lark	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	21 January 1903	A steamboat and tug that foundered off Block Island.
HMS Liberty	19 July 1769	A British ship that was burned by American colonists off Goat Island.
USS Sealion	8 July 1978	A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Newport.
USS Snowden	27 June 1969	An Edsall-class destroyer escort that was sunk as a target off Newport.
U-853	6 May 1945	Sunk off Block Island by USN blimps' rockets.

South Carolina

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
HMS Actaeon	29 June 1776	Frigate burned at Charleston; reported as discovered by NUMA in 1981.
USS Amazon	20 December 1861	A barque that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
Anchor Wreck		Located near Myrtle Beach.
USS American	20 December 1861	A barque that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
CSS Charleston	18 February 1865	An ironclad warship that was scuttled at Charleston to prevent capture.
Civil War Wreck		Located near Myrtle Beach.
City of Richmond		Located near Myrtle Beach.
USS Dixon	21 July 2003	A submarine tender that was sunk as a target off Charleston.
CSS Georgiana	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.
SS 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 3 days. Seven men lost.
HEBE & St Cathan		Located near Myrtle Beach.
USS Housatonic	17 February 1864	Sunk by CSS Hunley, becoming the first warship in history to be sunk by a submarine.
CSS H. L. Hunley	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.
USS Keokuk	8 April 1863	An experimental ironclad steamer, sunk in the First Battle of Charleston Harbor.
USS Kingfisher	28 March 1864	A barque that ran aground on the banks of the Combahee River.
Mary Bowers	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.
USS Meteor	9 January 1862	A sailing ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
USS New England	25 January 1862	A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
Norseman		Iron-hulled propeller steamer, ran on wreck of CSS Georgiana and stranded a half mile 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").
SS Ozama	23 November 1894	An American steamer that ran aground on the shoals at Cape Romain. The wreck was rediscovered in 2013.
USS Patapsco	15 January 1865	Struck a naval mine at Charleston.
USS Peri	25 January 1862	A ship of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
Pipe Wreck		Located near Myrtle Beach.
USS Potomac	9 January 1862	A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
Raccoon		Blockade runner at Charleston.
USS Rebecca Sims	20 December 1861	A whaler that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
USS Robin Hood	20 December 1861	A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
Ruby		Blockade runner run aground at Folly Island, Charleston.
USS Stephen Young	25 January 1862	A brig that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
Stonewall Jackson		Blockade runner grounded and burned at Isle of Palms, Charleston.
USS Tenedos	20 December 1861	A barque that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
USS Timor	26 January 1862	A ship that was part of the Stone Fleet scuttled at Charleston Harbor.
SS United States	3 April 1881	Wrecked off Cape Romain
USS Vermilion	4 March 1988	A Tolland-class attack cargo ship that was sunk as an artificial reef off Myrtle Beach.
USS Weehawken	6 December 1863	American Civil War monitor at Charleston.
SS William Lawrence	February 1899	A cargo ship that was wrecked in a storm off Hilton Head Island.

South Dakota

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Urilda	24 April 1869	A steamboat that sank in the Kate Sweeney Bend of the Missouri River near Vermillion.
Western	29 March 1881	A steamboat that sank in the Missouri River near Yankton.

Tennessee

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Chattanooga		A paddlewheel steamer that sank in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga.
CSS Colonel Lovell	6 June 1862	A cottonclad warship that was rammed by USS Queen of the West and USS Monarch in the Battle of Memphis.
Eclipse	27 January 1865	A Mississippi River steamboat that exploded near Johnsonville.
M.E. Norman	8 May 1925	A steamboat that sank near Memphis.
Pennsylvania	13 June 1858	A steamboat that sank near Memphis.
Sultana	27 April 1865	A Mississippi River paddlewheeler that exploded four miles (6 km) south of Memphis, killing an estimated 1,600 passengers.

Texas

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Anona	1944	A steam yacht sunk in the Viosca Knoll area.
La Belle	1686	A barque-longue of French explorer La Salle's expedition, which ran aground in Matagorda Bay.
City of Waco	9 November 1875	The Mallory Line (New York) Steamer sunk after a fire aboard off Galveston. 56 lives were lost.
USS Elizabeth	15 November 1918	A patrol vessel that was wrecked at the mouth of the Brazos River.
SS Grandcamp	16 April 1947	Accidental detonation of 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate aboard this French-registered vessel killed 581 pople in the Texas City disaster.
Gulfpenn	13 May 1942	A fuel tanker torpedoed by U-boat U-506.
Hannah Elizabeth	19 November 1835	Two-masted schooner sunk near Pass Cavallo.
USS Hatteras	11 January 1863	A US Navy gunboat sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston during the American Civil War.
Heredia	1943	A United Fruit Company freighter torpedoed by a submarine.
Mary		A steamship that ran aground at Aransas Pass.
SS Nicaragua	16 October 1912	Ran aground on Padre Island.
Oaxaca	26 July 1942	A Mexican freighter torpedoed by U-171 near Port O'Connor.
OMI Charger	9 October 1993	An oil tanker that exploded near Galveston.
San Esteban	29 April 1554	A Spanish cargo ship that was wrecked in a storm on the Padre Island sandbars. The wreck was discovered in 1970.
Sheherezade		An oil tanker sunk by a torpedo.

Vermont

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
A.R. Noyes	17 October 1884	A standard canal boat that broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, Lake Champlain.
General Butler	9 December 1876	A sailing canal boat that hit breakwater near Burlington on Lake Champlain.
O.J. Walker	11 May 1895	A sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington.
Phoenix	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	26 April 1866	A schooner that foundered in a gale off Diamond Island.

Virginia

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Amaganzette		Swamped.
USAS American Mariner	October 1966	A research vessel that was sunk as a target in Chesapeake Bay.
Anglo African		Sunk off Cape Charles.
USS Beale	24 June 1969	A Fletcher-class destroyer that was sunk as a target in Chesapeake Bay.
USS Charles F. Hughes	26 March 1969	A Benson-class destroyer that was sunk as a target.
USS Coos Bay	9 January 1968	A Barnegat-class seaplane tender that was sunk as a target.
USS Cumberland	8 March 1862	A frigate that was rammed by CSS Virginia at Newport News.
USCGC Cuyahoga	26 November 1978	Collided with MV Santa Cruz II off Smith Point. Raised and re-sunk as an artificial reef off the Virginia Capes.
USS Despatch	10 October 1891	A steamship that was wrecked in a gale off Assateague Island.
Doxie Girl
CSS Drewry	24 January 1865	A gunboat that was wrecked in the Battle of Trent's Reach.
Ethel C.
Eureka		Sank in a collision.
CSS Florida	28 November 1864	A cruiser that collided with USAT Alliance at Newport News.
Francis E. Powell		Torpedoed.
CSS Fredericksburg	4 April 1865	An ironclad warship that was scuttled in the James River to prevent capture.
USS Guavina	14 November 1967	A Gato-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Cape Henry.
Gulf Hustler		Swamped.
USS Gyatt	11 June 1970	A Gearing-class destroyer that was sunk as a target.
Hanks		Swamped.
USS Henry Andrew	24 August 1862	A steamship that ran aground off Cape Henry.
CSS Jamestown	15 May 1862	A steamship that was sunk as a blockship near Drewry's Bluff.
SS John Morgan	1 June 1943	Collided with SS Montana.
USS John W. Weeks	19 November 1970	An Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer that was sunk as a target.
Juno	1802	Spanish ship lost in a storm; still owned by Spain according to a ruling of the Fourth Circuit (Virginia v. Spain).
USS Katahdin	September 1909	An ironclad warship that was sunk as a target in Rappahannock River.
Kingston Ceylonite		Torpedoed.
La Galga	1750	Sank in a tropical cyclone; Spain claimed ownership to the wreck, but the Fourth Circuit (Virginia v. Spain) ruled that Spain had expressly abandoned it in 1763.
Lillian Luckenbach		Sank in a collision.
USS Manta	16 July 1969	A Balao-class submarine that was sunk as a target off Norfolk.
SS Marine Electric	12 February 1983	A 605-foot bulk carrier that sank 30 miles east of Chincoteague. An investigation by the United States Coast Guard found that the ship had been in an un-seaworthy condition, and that many of its inspection reports had been faked.
Merida	13 May 1911	Collided with SS Admiral Farragut.
USS Mona Island	1975	A repair ship that was scuttled as an artificial reef off Wachapreague.
USS Moore	13 June 1975	An Edsall-class destroyer escort that was sunk as a target.
Ocean Venture		Torpedoed.
SMS Ostfriesland	21 July 1921	A Helgoland-class battleship sunk as a target off Cape Hatteras.
Ironsides	29 August 1873	A steamship that was stranded at Hog Island.
USS R-8	19 August 1936	An R-class submarine sunk as a target off Cape Henry.
Santore		Struck a naval mine.
USS Saxis	7 July 1917	A patrol vessel that was wrecked off West Point.
USS Scurry	14 August 1967	An Admirable-class minesweeper that was sunk as a target off the Virginia Capes.
SS SeaBreeze	December 2000	A cruise ship that sank off the coast of Virginia.
USS Sumpter	24 June 1863	A steamship that sank in a collision near Smith Island.
USS Teaser	27 December 1918	A patrol vessel that caught fire in the Hampton Roads.
USS Texas	21 March 1911	A pre-dreadnought battleship that was sunk as a target in Tangier Sound.
SS Tiger	1 April 1942	Torpedoed by U-754 in Chesapeake Bay.
USS Tills	3 April 1969	A Cannon-class destroyer escort that was sunk as a target.
USCGC Unimak		A Casco-class cutter that was sunk as an artificial reef.
SS Vestris	12 November 1928	A steamship that sank in a storm off Norfolk.
CSS Virginia	11 May 1862	An ironclad warship that was scuttled off Craney Island to prevent capture.
USS Washington	25 February 1924	An incomplete battleship; construction work ceased upon the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in February 1922. The ship was ultimately sunk as a target.
Winthorp
USS Witek	4 July 1969	A Gearing-class destroyer that was sunk as a target.
William D. Sanner		Collision in the Chesapeake Bay.

Wake Island

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Libelle	4 March 1866	A German barque that shipwrecked on the eastern reef during a gale.
Hayate	11 December 1941	A Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines.
Kisaragi	11 December 1941	A Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines.

Washington

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
SS Admiral Sampson	26 August 1914	A cargo liner that collided with SS Princess Victoria near Point No Point.
Alice Gertrude	11 January 1907	A steamboat that was wrecked in a snowstorm at the entrance to Clallam Bay.
USS Bugara	1 June 1971	A Balao-class submarine that sunk under tow off Cape Flattery.
SS Catala	1 January 1965	A steamship that ran aground in a storm in Grays Harbor.
Dix	18 November 1906	A steamboat that collided with the Jeanie off Duwamish Head.
Dode	20 July 1910	A steamboat that struck a rock off Marrowstone Island.
Falcon	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	9 January 1972	A General John Pope-class troop transport that ran aground under tow in a storm.
SS Great Republic	19 April 1879	An American steamboat accidentally run aground on sand and subsequently destroyed by waves near the mouth of the Columbia River.
Hector	April 1913	A tugboat that sank after an internal explosion off Purdy Spit.
Isabella	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.
Leona	1912	A steamship that burned on the Lewis River near La Center.
USS Memphis	13 May 1883	A steamship that caught fire at Seattle.
North Pacific	18 July 1903	A steamboat that ran aground off Marrowstone Point Light.
SS Pacific	6 November 1875	The paddle steamer sunk after being in collision with SS Orpheus off Cape Flattery. At least 318 lives lost.
T.W. Lake	5 December 1923	A steamboat that foundered off Lopez Island.
USS YMS-416		A YMS-1-class minesweeper that sank in Lake Washington.
Yosemite	9 July 1909	A steamboat that was wrecked at Port Orchard Narrows.

Wisconsin

Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
SS Appomattox	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	18 March 1906	Steamer from the Goodrich line that caught fire and burned 10 nautical miles (19 km) NE of Port Washington in Lake Michigan. Captain Delos H. Smith rescued 74 of 75 from the burning ship.
Daniel Lyons	18 October 1878	The schooner was in collision with schooner Kate Gillett off Algoma in Lake Michigan. There was no loss of life
Fleetwing	26 September 1888	Ran aground and sunk in Lake Michigan.
Frank O'Connor	3 October 1919	A bulk carrier that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin
Hetty Taylor	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	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	October 1898	Largest wooden steamship on the Great Lakes, sunk in a storm with no survivors. Its wreck was located in June 2010.
Louisiana	1913	Burned in a gale.
Lucerne	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	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.
SS Milwaukee	22 October 1929	Sunk in Lake Michigan from storm damage.
Moonlight	13 September 1903	She sank in a storm by Michigan Island while hauling iron ore out of Ashland.
Noquebay	2 October 1905	The wooden schooner caught fire and sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Stockton Island, in Chequamegon Bay.
Phoenix	21 November 1847	Wooden steamship that caught fire from over-stoked boilers and burned to the waterline off the coast of Sheboygan, WI, 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	2 September 1905	The wooden schooner sank in a storm on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands
Senator	30 October 1929	A collision with the Marquette in a dense fog sank the Senator off Port Washington in Lake Michigan.
Sevona	2 September 1905	The steamboat sank in a storm on Lake Superior near Sand Island.
Tennie and Laura	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, Captain John Sather and First Mate Charles Nordbach. About 9 nautical miles (17 km) from Port Washington she was caught in a storm. The ship eventually capsized, and Mate Morbach died.

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 1905–1912 including maritime disasters such as the Farallon, Mariposa, Edith, and Jabez Howes shipwrecks.