Guam, the most strategically important U.S. possession in the Pacific, played a dramatic role in the early moments of America's involvement in both World Wars. In 1941, Japanese pl...
The Avanti sank on Jnauary 22, 1907 as it was transporting lumber from Pensacola to Montevideo, Uruguay. The details of the sinking of the ship are unknown. There are no historical...
The first voyage of Puritan as the newly appointed George M. Cox was also to be its last. On May 25, 1933 the ship left Chicago bound for Port Arthur to begin its new route in the ...
Monarch was built in 1890 by John Dyble, formerly of Parry and Dyble. The combined firm had, in 1882-83, built United Empire, Monarch's running mate. The new ship was built for the...
This site was imaged during a October 2018 expedition with the nonprofit Air/Sea Heritage Foundation to document the largely intact wreck of a rare and historically significant US ...
Isle Royale National ParkAmerica was built to act as an excursion vessel between Michigan ports and Chicago. During this time, as many as 1,200 excursionists would be aboard. In 19...
The Rothesay is a 19th-century wooden side-wheeler (193′ x 28.8 ′ × 7.9 ′) launched on Feb. 2, 1868, in St. John, N.B., Canada. She was carrying passengers between Brockville and M...