American Shipwrecks Episodes

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.

A civil war era ship sunk by a Confederate raider is found off the waters of Long Island.

Deb Whitcraft of the New Jersey Maritime Museum shares personal stories about her experiences.

The luxury cruise liner Morro Castle burned off the coast of New Jersey in 1934.

Researchers from the University of Rhode Island have mapped numerous shipwrecks in Lake Ontario

The SS Central America was lost with millions of dollars of gold.

The H.L. Hunley sunk the USS Housatonic in 1864.

The French ship Le Lyonnais sank after being rammed by the American vessel Adriatic on on November 2, 1856.

The Princess Sophia was a Canadian passenger steamship that tragically sank on October 25, 1918, after striking Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Alaska. Caught in a severe snowstorm with strong winds and poor visibility, the ship ran aground and was unable to be evacuated due to worsening weather. Despite rescue ships waiting nearby, conditions prevented any safe transfer of passengers. When the storm intensified, the Princess Sophia broke apart and sank, killing all 353 people on boar...

Only 316 of 1,195 survived after being sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945.

Three men were hanged for mutiny on board the USS Somers on December 1, 1842.