J.A. Bisso
J.A. Bisso was a steel steam screw tugboat (102 ft x 24 ft) of 246 gross tons and 1200 indicated horsepower. Originally named Alaska, she was built at Sorel, Quebec in 1906. Alaska was...
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USRC Mohawk
USRC Mohawk was a steel steam powered revenue cutter (206 ft x 32 ft) built for the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service by William R. Trigg Company at Richmond, Virginia. She was commissioned into the...
Johanna Smith
The Johanna Smith (257 ft x 50 ft) was a wooden hulled lumber schooner build in North Bend Oregon in 1917. Built during the first world war, shortages prohibited the installation of engines in...
Sandy Hook
The Sandy Hook was a 168-foot pilot boat that sank off New Jersey on April 27, 1939. She was heading out in a dense fog to meet the Norwegian passenger liner Oslofjord. Unfortunately the...
Monfalcone
Be sure to read to the end. This ship has a colorful history and a special connection to Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. The 282 foot five-masted barkentine Monfalcone was built in...
Andrea Doria
The Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line home ported in Genoa, Italy, most famous for her sinking in 1956. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had...
U-853
German submarine U-853 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 21 August 1942 by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen. She was commissioned...
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...