List of shipwrecks of the United States
Ship Sunk date Notes
A.E . Vickery 17 August 1889 A schooner that struck a reef near Rock Island Light
USS Baldwin 5 June 1961 A Gleaves -class destroyer that ran aground near Montauk , and although recovered , was deemed not worth repairing , and subsequently scuttled
Bessie White February 1922 A Canadian schooner , recently revealed by superstorm Sandy on Fire Island ( south of Long Island ) lost in fog while transporting coal
Cadet A steamboat that was wrecked in Lake George
USS California 19 July 1918 An armored cruiser sunk by a torpedo or mine near Fire Island
Champlain II 16 July 1875 A passenger steamboat ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near Westport on Lake Champlain
Charles R. Morse 1866 A schooner , went missing and suspected to have rammed the SS Oregon off Long Island
HMS Culloden 23 January 1781 British ship that ran aground at Montauk during the American Revolution
Forward A motor launch that was wrecked in Lake George
PS General Slocum 15 June 1904 A steamboat that caught fire and sank near North Brother Island , with over 1,000 deaths
Glückauf March 1893 An oil tanker that ran aground at Fire Island
MV Gwendoline Steers 30 December 1962 A tugboat that sunk on the approach to Huntington Bay
Harold 26 September 1903 The barge moved out of dock at the South Street Seaport in New York City with 7,700 silver and lead ingots , bound for American Smelting and Refining Company in Perth Amboy , New Jersey . The silver and the smelters belonged to the Guggenheim family . The barge sank , and was never recovered
Holland III November 1883 A prototype submarine built by John Philip Holland and stolen by the Fenian Brotherhood , who accidentally sunk it off Whitestone
HMS Hussar 23 November 1780 A frigate that sank near Long Island Sound
USRC Jefferson 15 December 1847 A cutter wrecked off Gardiners Point Island
John Milton 6 December 1856 A ship that was wrecked in a snowstorm at Hampton Bays
Land Tortoise c. 1758 A radeau that was intentionally sunk in Lake George during the French and Indian Wars
Lexington 14 January 1840 A paddlewheel steamship which caught fire north of Long Island
HMS Liverpool 11 February 1778 A Coventry -class frigate wrecked in Jamaica Bay
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This is a list of shipwrecks located in or around the United States of America.