American Shipwrecks Episodes

Two WWII era converted T2 tankers split in half during a violent nor'easter off Cape Cod on February 18, 1952.

Seven US Navy Destroyers are lost in the US Navy's worst peacetime disaster in its history.

A lighthouse keeper's family heroically aids survivors of a Christmas Eve shipwreck.

The former WW2 era tanker Marine Sulphur Queen disappeared without a trace in 1963.

The Open Boat is a fictional account of four men surviving in a small dinghy following being shipwrecked.

Author Stephen Crane survived the shipwreck of SS Commodore in 1897 and wrote "The Open Boat" based on his expierience.

The luxury Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish vessel Stockholm in 1956.

The SS Eastland capsized in the Chicago River killing 844 people in 1915.

The USCGC Tampa was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918 and found over 100 years later.

Oliver Hazard Perry scores an unlikely victory over the British for control of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

An American whaleship is wrecked in a storm and its sailors stranded in Palau.

The Glenesslin mysteriously crashed into the cliffs of Oregon in calm weather.

The 5-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering was found mysteriously abandoned in 1921, with no trace of the crew.

The USS Narcissus sank in 1866 during a storm at the mouth of Tampa Bay, Florida.

The Titan submersible imploded on June 18, 2023, killing all 5 people on board.

On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all 5 on board.

The Lac La Belle was lost in 1872 on Lake Michigan and found 150 years later.

20 men struggle to survive after their whaleship is destroyed by a whale in the south Pacific.

The Deadliest Passenger Ship Disaster off the Coast of the United States Since 1934

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.

The Star of Bengal ran aground in Alaska on Sept 20, 1908 with the loss of 111 people.

The SS Andaste and its entire crew were lost in 1929 on Lake Michigan.

The Marine Electric sank during a storm in 1983, killing 31 of 34 on board.

The Exxon Valdez spilled over 10 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in 1989.