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However, after an appeal by the White Star Line, this was revisited, and a careful analysis showed that Atlantic did indeed have sufficient coal for the journey to New York. The report concluded with: "We are satisfied that the steamship Atlantic on her last voyage was supplied with sufficient coal for a voyage to New York at that season of the ...
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
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting the USS Monitor sinking in a storm off Cape Hatteras on the night of 30–31 December 1862.Along the Outer Banks, navigational challenges posed by the Diamond Shoals area off Cape Hatteras, caused the loss of thousands of ships and an unknown number of human lives.
The Atlantic Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas: the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the English Channel, the Labrador Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the North Channel, the Norwegian Sea, and the waters of West Africa
USS Home United States: 12 October 1870 Steamship that sank off Cape Hatteras. USS Huron United States: 24 November 1877 Ran aground off Nags Head. Idaho: 18 February 1895 The paddle steamer foundered in a storm while under tow USS Indra United States Navy: 4 August 1992 Sunk as artificial reef. USS Iron Age United States Navy: 11 January 1864
The destruction of U-701 happened on July 7, 1942, near Cape Hatteras, and was the last sinking of a German submarine in Torpedo Alley. American Lockheed Hudson aircraft from the United States Army 396th Bombardment Squadron attacked the surfaced U-701 with depth charges. The attack was successful and the U-boat sank with 29 hands.
Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...
Perhaps reassured by Atlantic steaming away, McNeil steered Ogdensburg back onto its regular course. [12] Many passengers on Atlantic were awakened by the collision, but the crew of Atlantic made no effort to alert all the passengers. [15] [14] Water flowing in through the hole in Atlantic soon flooded the boilers, bringing the ship to a halt. [15]