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...
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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....
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...
Bow Mariner
The Bow Mariner was a 570 ft Singapore flagged tanker enroute from New York to Houston, TX. The tanker was southbound off the coast of Virginia when it caught fire, exploded and sank. She...
U-352
German U-boat U-352 was sunk in Onslow Bay, North Carolina by USCGC Icarus on May 9, 1942. She rests at a depth of 112 ft. NOAA Ship Nancy Foster surveyed the wreck site of...
Valiant
The Valiant was a palacial yacht (162′ x 26′) built in 1926 by Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Christened the Aras by her original owner, she was soon renamed the Valiant when she was...
Star of Scotland
The STAR OF SCOTLAND was originally the Q-Ship HMS MISTLETOE built in 1918 for the British Admiralty. She displaced 1250 tons and had a length of 262 ft. HMS MISTLETOE acted as a submarine...
Humble SM-1
HUMBLE SM-1 was a former World War II landing ship, medium (LSM-251). Built in 1944 by the Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Pedro, CA. Commissioned on December 31, 1944, Lt. Randall Mann Snow,...