USS Bugara (SS-331)
The USS Bugara (SS-331) was a Balao-class submarine built for the U.S. Navy by the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut. She was launched 2 July 1944 and commissioned on 15 November of the same...
Wrecks and Obstructions Blog
West Point Barges
Two sunken steel wrecks known as the West Point Barges (aka the Four Mile Rock Barges) were former Navy LSMs (Landing Ship Medium). LSM-429 and LSM-473 were operated as freight barges (O & H 45...
SS Governor
The SS Governor (417 ft x 48 ft) was an iron hulled coastwise passenger steamer built by the New York Shipbuilding Co. in 1907. She served the west coast ports of Seattle, San Francisco,...
Olympic II
The Olympic II was an iron hulled sailing ship built in Belfast, Ireland in 1877. Originally named the Star of France, she sailed in the Australian wool trade for many years before eventually being...
USS Sturtevant (DD-240)
USS Sturtevant (DD-240) was a Clemson-class destroyer (a flush-decker) built for the U.S. Navy by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. Sturtevant was laid down 23 November 1918 and launched on 29 July 1920. Sturtevant...
Coimbra
On 15 January 1942 the British steam tanker Coimbra (422 ft x 60 ft) was struck and sunk by two torpedoes fired by German submarine U-123 off the coast of Long Island, New York....
Ostfriesland
Ostfriesland was a 546′ German battleship built at Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1908. She was launched in September 1909 and commissioned into the Imperial German Navy in May 1911. Following World War I Ostfriesland surrendered...
USAT Mauna Loa
The Mauna Loa was a World War II US Army Transport ship. The Mauna Loa was sunk during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin, Australia on 19 February 1942. This was the same...
RMS Lusitania
100 years ago this month (May 7, 1915) British ocean liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-20 off the coast of Cork, Ireland. U-20 fired a single torpedo sending the...
USCGC Sagebrush
USCGC Sagebrush (WLB-399) was a 180-foot US Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender. Her keel was laid down on 15 July 1943; she was launched on 30 September 1943 and commissioned on 1 April 1944....