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Twenty-six barges broke loose in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania going down stream sinking an unknown number of small boats at Peggy's Harbor marina. One barge sank near Dashields Locks and Dam. [50] [51] Unknown vessel unknown A vessel, carrying migrants, capsized and sank off Djibouti. At least 16 children and 27 adults were ...
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. [34] Red Cloud ...
A wooden boat carrying migrants from Haiti that capsized near West Caicos. General Pershing United States: 11 July 1921 A schooner that was wrecked on Endymion Rock. Molasses Reef Wreck: Unknown Unknown Early 16th-century Spanish shipwreck, the earliest European shipwreck in the Americas to be scientifically excavated. Trouvadore Spain: March 1841
The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York.It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point includes a variety of displays, from the famous lighthouse to a 1940s-era lifeboat to the restored lighthouse keeper’s quarters to the 200 ...
The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Michigan off the coast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.It protects 38 known historically significant shipwrecks ranging from the 19th-century wooden schooners to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers, as well as an estimated 60 undiscovered shipwrecks.
Near Rock of Ages Light [4: Isle Royale National Park: The Cumberland was a wooden-hulled side paddlewheeler built in 1871. In July 1877, she began taking on water after leaving Thunder Bay, and struck a reef near the Rock of Ages Light. The day was clear and dry, and passengers and crew were removed without difficulty.
Researchers looked at archival materials and found 176 shipwrecks near the Bahamas between 1526 and 1976. Most shipwrecks were due to reefs and storms, the researchers found.