List of shipwrecks of North Carolina

This is a list of shipwrecks located off the coast of North Carolina.

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Ship	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
USS Aeolus (ARC-3)	August 1988	Sunk as an artificial reef.	34°16.685′N 76°38.659′W / 34.278083°N 76.644317°W
Adventure	10 June 1718	Sloop under the command of Blackbeard. Ran aground attempting to kedge the Queen Anne's Revenge off the bar near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.[1]
SS Allan Jackson	18 January 1942	American tanker; torpedoed off Hatteras by U-66.[2]	35°37′N 74°20′W / 35.617°N 74.333°W
Altoona	22 October 1878	Ran aground at Cape Hatteras.
MV Amerikaland	3 February 1942	Swedish freighter; torpedoed off Cape Hatteras by U-106.[3]	36°36′N 74°10′W / 36.600°N 74.167°W
CSS Appomattox	10 February 1862	A steamboat that was scuttled to prevent capture near Elizabeth City.
SS Ario	15 March 1942	Torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-158.[4]	34°20′N 76°39′W / 34.33°N 76.65°W
SS Ashkhabad	29 April 1942	Russian tanker; torpedoed by U-402 off Cape Lookout.[5]	34°21.908′N 76°21.081′W / 34.365133°N 76.351350°W
SS Arabutan	7 March 1942	Brazilian freighter; torpedoed off Hatteras by U-155.[4]
USS Aster	7 October 1864	Ran aground at Kure Beach.[6]
USS Atik	26 March 1942	Q-ship; torpedoed by U-123.[7]	34°52′N 69°58′W / 34.867°N 69.967°W
USS Atlanta	December 1869	An ironclad warship that sank off Cape Hatteras.	35°15′16″N 75°31′12″W / 35.25458°N 75.51995°W
Atlas	9 April 1942	American tanker; torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-552.[8]	34°27′N 76°16′W / 34.45°N 76.27°W
MV Australia	16 March 1942	American tanker; torpedoed off Cape Hatteras by U-332.[9]	35°07′N 75°22′W / 35.12°N 75.37°W
USS Bainbridge (1842)	21 August 1863	Capsized off Cape Hatteras.
USS Bazely	9 December 1864	Sank in Roanoke River near Jamseville after striking a mine while attempting to aid USS Otsego.
HMT Bedfordshire	11 May 1942	Anti-submarine trawler torpedoed by German submarine U-588 off the coast of Ocracoke Island.[10]	34°10′N 76°41′W / 34.167°N 76.683°W
USCGC Bedloe	September 1944	Formerly USCGC Antietam; sank off Oregon Inlet in the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane.[11]
CSS Bendigo	January 1864	Iron-hulled sidewheel blockade runner; ran aground in Lockwood's Folly Inlet.[6]
CSS Black Warrior	20 February 1859	Burned at Elizabeth City.
MV Bluefields	15 July 1942	Nicaraguan freighter; torpedoed off Cape Hatteras by U-576.[12][13]
Bounty	29 October 2012	Replica of the original HMS Bounty. Sank during Hurricane Sandy with 16 people aboard.	33°54′N 73°50′W / 33.900°N 73.833°W
British Splendour	7 April 1942	British tanker; torpedoed by U-552 off the coast of Ocracoke Island.[14][15]	35°04′N 75°11′W / 35.07°N 75.19°W
SS Buarque	15 February 1942	Brazilian passenger and cargo ship; torpedoed by U-432.[16]	36°35′N 75°20′W / 36.58°N 75.33°W
SS Byron D. Benson	4 May 1942	Tanker; torpedoed by U-552.[17]
Carroll A. Deering	January 1921	A five-masted commercial schooner that ran aground in late January off the coast of Cape Hatteras. When the wreck was discovered and boarded, it was found to have been completely abandoned. Its crew were never heard from again.	35°15′45″N 75°29′30″W / 35.262440°N 75.491695°W
SS Caribsea	11 March 1942	Torpedoed by U-158 off Cape Lookout.[18]	34°40′N 76°10′W / 34.67°N 76.16°W
SS Carl Gerhard	23 September 1929	Ran aground off Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
SS Cassimir	26 February 1942	Sank following collision with SS Lara off Cape Lookout.
SV Catherine M. Monahan	24 August 1910	Four-masted schooner; foundered after running aground on Diamond Shoals.
SS Central America	12 September 1857	A sidewheel steamer carrying 10 tons of gold when it was caught up in a Category 2 hurricane.	31°35′N 77°02′W / 31.583°N 77.033°W
SS Chilore	15 July 1942	Freighter; torpedoed by U-576 and subsequently ran aground off Cape Hatteras.[19]
USS Chopper (SS-342)	21 July 1976	Sunk off Cape Hatteras, while being rigged as a tethered underwater target.
SS Ciltvaira	19 January 1942	Latvian freighter; torpedoed off Nags Head.[20]	34°58′N 75°10′W / 34.967°N 75.167°W
City of Atlanta	19 January 1942	American freighter; torpedoed by U-123.[2]	35°42′N 75°21′W / 35.7°N 75.35°W
City of Houston	23 October 1878	Foundered off Frying Pan Shoals in a storm.
USS Columbia	14 January 1863	Ran aground off Masonboro Inlet.
USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974)	7 June 2006	Sunk as a target, along with her sister ship, Stump.
CSS Curlew	7 February 1862	Sunk in battle off Roanoke Island.	35°53′08″N 75°45′41″W / 35.88565°N 75.76131°W
USS Cythera	2 May 1942	A patrol boat that was torpedoed by U-402.[21]	33°30′N 75°40′W / 33.500°N 75.667°W
USS Dionysus	1978	Sunk off Pea Island as an artificial reef.
SS Dixie Arrow	26 March 1942	American tanker; torpedoed off Cape Hatteras by U-71.[22]	34°59′N 75°33′W / 34.98°N 75.55°W
CSS Ellis	24 November 1862	A gunboat that ran aground in New River and was destroyed to prevent capture.	34°43′04″N 77°25′31″W / 34.7179°N 77.4254°W
SS E.M. Clark	18 March 1942	American tanker; torpedoed off Diamond Shoals by U-124.[23]	34°50′N 75°35′W / 34.84°N 75.58°W
Empire Gem	24 January 1942	British tanker; torpedoed off Diamond Shoals by U-66.[24]	35°06′N 74°58′W / 35.100°N 74.967°W
Empire Thrush	14 April 1942	Torpedoed by U-203.
SS Equipoise	27 March 1942	Panamanian freighter; torpedoed by U-160.[25]	36°36′N 74°45′W / 36.6°N 74.75°W
Esso Nashville	21 March 1942	American tanker; torpedoed by U-124; stern section was salvaged.[26]	33°35′N 77°22′W / 33.58°N 77.37°W
Explorer (tugboat)	12 December 1919	Sunk off Nags Head.
CSS Fanny	10 February 1862	A steamboat and balloon carrier that ran aground near Elizabeth City.
CSS Forrest	10 February 1862	A gunboat that was burned to prevent capture at Elizabeth City.
SS F.W. Abrams	15 June 1942	American tanker; struck a naval mine at Diamond Shoals.[27]
Fenwick Island	7 December 1968	Foundered in a storm.
Francis E. Waters	23 October 1889	Blown ashore by a storm, and now on display at Nags Head town hall.[28]	35°56.067′N 075°36.721′W / 35.934450°N 75.612017°W
G.A. Kohler		Victim of a tropical cyclone.
General E. L. F. Hardcastle	17 August 1899	Merchant sailing vessel; sank during the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane in Pamlico Sound.
George E. Klinck	7 March 1941	American lumber schooner; foundered in a storm near Diamond Shoals Lightship.
SS George Weems	20 May 1909	Burned and sank off Frying Pan Shoals.
SS Glanayron	22 May 1896	British cargo ship; ran aground on outer Diamond Shoals.
Governor Ames	13 December 1909	A schooner that was wrecked in a gale off Cape Hatteras.	35°43′37″N 75°20′24″W / 35.727°N 75.340°W
Gray Ghost		Sunk and later recovered near Belhaven.
SV Helen H. Benedict	1914	Wooden schooner; ran aground 2 miles south of Nag's Head.
SV Hereford	April 1907	Norwegian barque; wrecked off Hatteras Island.
SS Hesperides	9 October 1897	British cargo ship; stranded on Diamond Shoals.
SS Home	7 October 1837	A steam packet ship sunk off Ocracoke Inlet in the 1837 Racer's Storm hurricane.	35°14′42″N 75°30′53″W / 35.2451°N 75.5146°W
USS Home	12 October 1870	A steamship that sank off Cape Hatteras.
USS Huron	24 November 1877	Ran aground off Nags Head.
Paddle steamer Idaho	18 February 1895	Foundered in a storm while under tow
USS Indra (ARL-37)	4 August 1992	Sunk as artificial reef.
USS Iron Age	11 January 1864	Ran aground at Lockwood's Folly Inlet while attempting to refloat CSS Bendigo.[6]
SS Isle of Iona	14 December 1914	British cargo ship; wrecked near Hatteras Inlet.
USCGC Jackson	September 1944	Sank off Oregon Inlet in the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane.
John D. Gill	12 March 1942	Torpedoed by U-158.[4]
John Hunter	10 October 1910	Disappeared off of Cape Hatteras.
SS Kassandra Louloudis	17 March 1942	Greek cargo ship; torpedoed off Diamond Shoals by U-124.[29]
USS Keshena	19 July 1942	Navy tug; struck a naval mine off Cape Hatteras while attempting to rescue SS Chilore.[19]
MV Koll	6 April 1942	Norwegian tanker; torpedoed by U-571.[30]
Kyzickes		Ran aground near Kill Devil Hills.
SS Lancing	7 April 1942	Norwegian tanker; torpedoed by U-552 off Cape Hatteras.[31]
Laura A. Barnes		Ran ashore on Coquina Beach.
SS Liberator	19 March 1942	Freighter; torpedoed off Diamond Shoals by U-552.[32]	35°05′N 75°30′W / 35.08°N 75.50°W
SS Ljubica Matkovic	24 June 1942	Yugoslavian freighter; torpedoed by U-404.[33]
Lois Joyce		Sank in surf in Oregon Inlet.
USS Louisiana	24 December 1864	Set afire and exploded at Fort Fisher.[6]
USS Mahackemo (YTB-223)	11 September 1948	Sank off Cape Hatteras while under tow.
SS Malchace	9 April 1942	American freighter; torpedoed by U-160.[34]	34°28′N 75°56′W / 34.47°N 75.93°W
SS Manuela	25 June 1942	American freighter; torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-404.[35]
USS Margaret	14 April 1942	A cargo ship that was sunk by U-571 off Cape Hatteras.	35°12′N 75°14′W / 35.2°N 75.23°W
SS Marlin	18 October 1965	Liberian cargo ship; foundered after her cargo shifted.
SS Marore	27 February 1942	Torpedoed off Kinnakeet station by U-432.	35°33′N 74°58′W / 35.55°N 74.97°W
SS Merak	6 August 1918	American tanker; ran aground on Diamond Shoals while avoiding torpedoes from U-140.
Metropolis	1878	Sunk off Corolla.
SS Mirlo	16 August 1918	Torpedoed by U-117 off Wimble Shoal Buoy.
SS Modern Greece	1862	Sunk at Kure Beach.
USS Monitor	31 December 1862	Lost off Cape Hatteras while under tow by Rhode Island.[6]	35°0′6″N 75°24′23″W / 35.00167°N 75.40639°W
SS Naeco	23 March 1942	Tanker; torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-124.[36]
CSS Neuse	March 1865	Burned to avoid capture in Neuse River; currently installed beside the river at the Governor Caswell Memorial.	35°16′1.33″N 77°37′17.8″W / 35.2670361°N 77.621611°W
USS New Jersey (BB-16)	5 September 1923	Bombed as a target off Cape Hatteras.
SS Nordal	25 June 1942	Panamanian cargo ship; torpedoed by U-404.[33]
SS Normannia	17 January 1924	Foundered in a storm at Frying Pan Shoals.
SS Northeastern	30 December 1904	American tanker; ran aground on Diamond Shoals.
SS Norvana	19 January 1942	American freighter; torpedoed off Cape Hatteras by U-123.[37]
CSS North Carolina	27 September 1864	A gunboat that sank off Southport.	33°54′49″N 78°1′8″W / 33.91361°N 78.01889°W
SS Olympic	22 January 1942	Panamanian tanker; torpedoed off Hatteras by U-130.[38]	36°01′N 75°30′W / 36.017°N 75.500°W
SS Oriental	16 May 1862	Sank near Oregon Inlet.
USS Otsego	9 December 1864	Sank in the Roanoke River after striking two mines near Jamesville.
SS Papoose	19 March 1942	Tanker; torpedoed and sank off Oregon Inlet.[39][40][41]	34°17′N 76°39′W / 34.283°N 76.650°W
USS Peterhoff	6 March 1864	Mistaken for a blockade runner and rammed by USS Monticello off Kure Beach.[6]
Pevensey		Blockade runner, sank off Atlantic Beach.
SS Phantom	1863	Steel-hulled blockade runner; sunk at Topsail Inlet.
USS Pilgrim		A patrol vessel that was scuttled off Harkers Island as a breakwater.	34°42′44″N 76°35′20″W / 34.71226°N 76.58878°W
Porta Allegra		Dredge; sank for unknown reasons.[42]
Portland		Ran aground at Cape Lookout.
SS Proteus	19 August 1918	Sank following collision with tanker SS Cushing in heavy fog, southwest of Diamond Shoals.	34°45.918′N 75°47.010′W / 34.765300°N 75.783500°W
Queen Anne's Revenge	10 June 1718	A French frigate that was captured by pirates and became Blackbeard's flagship, eventually running aground at Beaufort Inlet. She was discovered in 1996, near Atlantic Beach by Intersal, Inc.[43]
CSS Raleigh	7 May 1864	Ran aground at Cape Fear.[6]
El Salvador	29 August 1750	Spanish merchantman ran aground during a hurricane near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina [44]	34°41.44′N 76°41.20′W / 34.69067°N 76.68667°W
SS San Delfino	9 April 1942	British tanker; torpedoed by U-203.[45]
SS Santiago	12 March 1924	American cargo and passenger ship; foundered off Cape Hatteras in a storm.
USS Schurz	21 June 1918	Sank in a collision with SS Florida.
CSS Sea Bird	10 February 1862	Rammed and sunk by USS Commodore Perry (1859) off Elizabeth City.	36°17′07″N 76°10′30″W / 36.285242°N 76.175079°W
HMT Senateur Duhamel	5 June 1942	Rammed by USS Semmes which mistook it for a U-boat.[46]
USS South Wind	11 October 1861	A schooner that was scuttled in the Ocracoke Inlet.
MV Southern Isles	5 October 1951	American bulk carrier; broke apart and sank.
USS Southfield	19 April 1864	Sank following collision with CSS Albemarle on Roanoke River, near its mouth at Albemarle Sound.
USCGC Spar (WLB-403)	October 2004	Scuttled in 108 feet (33 m) of water, 30 miles (48 km) off Morehead City, as an artificial reef.
HMCS St. Laurent	12 January 1980	A Canadian destroyer; sank off Cape Hatteras while under tow to breakers.
SS Strathairly	24 March 1891	Ran aground near Chicomacomico.
SS Stormy Petrel	1864	Iron-hulled sidewheel blockade runner; sunk at Kure Beach.[6]
Suloide	26 March 1943	Brazilian cargo ship; sank after striking the submerged wreck of the W. E. Hutton.
SS Tamaulipas	10 April 1942	American tanker; torpedoed off Cape Lookout by U-552.[45]	34°25′N 76°00′W / 34.42°N 76.0°W
USS Tarpon (SS-175)	8 June 1957	Foundered off Cape Hatteras.	34°45.195′N 75°46.025′W / 34.753250°N 75.767083°W
SS Theodore Parker	4 June 1974	Sunk as an artificial reef.
SS Tiger	1 April 1942	American tanker; torpedoed by U-754.[30]
USS Tiru	19 July 1979	A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target off Cape Hatteras.	36°N 73°W / 36°N 73°W
U-352	9 May 1942	Sunk by depth charges from USCGC Icarus.[47][48]	34°21′N 76°35′W / 34.350°N 76.583°W
U-576	15 July 1942	Sunk off Hatteras by depth charges from aircraft and gunfire from SS Unicoi.[19]	34°31′N 75°13′W / 34.51°N 75.22°W
U-701	7 July 1942	Sunk off Cape Hatteras by depth charges from aircraft.[49]	35°14.330′N 75°06.690′W / 35.238833°N 75.111500°W
U-85	14 April 1942	Sunk off Bodie Island by gunfire from USS Roper.[50]	35°33′N 75°08′W / 35.55°N 75.13°W
SS Ulysses	11 April 1942	American passenger and cargo ship; torpedoed by U-160 south of Cape Hatteras.[51]
USS Underwriter	2 February 1864	Captured and burned by Confederate forces off New Bern.
SS Venore	23 January 1942	American freighter; torpedoed off Hatteras by U-66.[52]	34°50′N 75°20′W / 34.833°N 75.333°W
SS Veturia	20 February 1918	British freighter; ran aground on Diamond Shoals in fog.
USS Virginia (BB-13)	5 September 1923	Bombed as target off Cape Hatteras.
SS W.E. Hutton	18 March 1942	American fuel tanker; torpedoed by U-124 off Cape Lookout.[39][53]	34°05′N 76°40′W / 34.08°N 76.67°W
SS West Ivis	25 January 1942	American freighter; torpedoed off Hatteras by U-125.[52]	35°03′N 73°10′W / 35.050°N 73.167°W
EM[54] Wilcox (WYP-333)	30 September 1943	Foundered off Nags Head in a storm.[55]
SS William Rockefeller	28 June 1942	American tanker, torpedoed by U-701.[56]	35°14′11″N 75°2′1″W / 35.23639°N 75.03361°W
USS Yancey (AKA-93)	1990	Sunk as an artificial reef off Morehead City.
SS York	22 January 1942	Freighter; torpedoed by U-66.
SS Zane Gray	1974	Liberty ship sunk off Pea Island as an artificial reef.

References

1. D. Moore. (1997) "A General History of Blackbeard the Pirate, the Queen Anne's Revenge and the Adventure". In Tributaries, Volume VII, 1997. pp. 31–35. (North Carolina Maritime History Council)
2. Blair, p. 466.
3. Blair, p. 32–33.
4. Blair, p. 516.
5. Hickam, p. 178.
6. "Abandoned Shipwreck Act Guidelines: Part IV. Shipwrecks in the National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service Archeology Program. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
7. Blair, p. 534–535.
8. Hickam, p. 127.
9. Blair, p. 517.
10. Hickam, p. 202.
11. "US Coast Guard Patrol Craft" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. p. 19. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
12. Hickam, p. 286.
13. Blair, p. 626.
14. "Wreck of the British Splendour". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
15. Hickam, p. 124.
16. Hickam, p. 43–44.
17. Hickam, p. 123–124.
18. Hickam, p. 55–56.
19. Blair, p. 627.
20. Hickam, p. 14–17.
21. Hickam, p. 179.
22. Hickam, p. 99–101.
23. Hickam, p. 79–81.
24. Hickam, p. 21.
25. Hickam, p. 114.
26. Hickam, 91–93.
27. Hickam, p. 253–254.
28. Schooner Frances E. Waters, Waymarking.
29. Hickam, p. 76–79.
30. Blair, p. 539.
31. Hickam, p. 125.
32. Hickam, p. 88.
33. Hickam, p. 270.
34. Hickam, p. 127–128.
35. Hickam, p. 271.
36. Hickam, p. 93–98.
37. Hickam, p. 20.
38. Blair, p. 764.
39. Barnette, Michael C. (2006). "Scrambled History: A Tale of Four Misidentified Tankers" (PDF). Wreck Diving Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
40. Barnette, Michael C. (2007). "The Wreck of the Papoose". Association of Underwater Explorers. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
41. Hickam, p. 85.
42. Hudy, Paul. "Porta Allegra aka Lobster Wreck". nc-wreckdiving.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
43. "QAR Discovered". lat3440.com. Intersal, Inc. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
44. "El Salvador". Intersal, Inc.
45. Hickam, p. 128.
46. Hickam, p. 201.
47. Blair, p. 574–575.
48. "German sub sank near U.S.". http://chronicle.augusta.com. The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 11 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
49. Blair, p. 609.
50. Blair, p. 542.
51. Hickam, p. 162–163.
52. Blair, p. 469.
53. Hickam, p. 85–86.
54. "EM" was a Coast Guard prefix for "Emergency Manning" ships, not technically USCG cutters but chartered for patrols.
55. United States Coast Guard. "EM Wilcox, WYP-333 (Ex-Rowland)" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
56. Blair, p. 607.

Sources

• Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-Boat War. The Hunters, 1939–1942. Random House.
• Hickam, Homer H. Jr. (1989). Torpedo Junction. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute.
• "NPS Archaeology Program, Shipwrecks in the National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. Retrieved 5 August 2013.

External links

• NOAA Wrecks and Obstructions Database