The Aleutians & the Bering Sea
The stormiest water on the American coast
A thousand-mile chain of volcanic islands separates the North Pacific from the Bering Sea, with passes that run like rivers.
The Aleutian passes carry enormous tidal streams, and fog covers the chain for much of the year while gales follow one another across it. Vessels bound for the Bering Sea fisheries and, later, the wartime campaign in the western islands navigated poorly charted water far from any aid. A ship in trouble here was days from help, so damage that would be survivable elsewhere often ended in total loss.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableEliza Anderson
AH-WR-0470Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Alaska
1898 · Sidewheel Steamer
AvailableOneida
AH-WR-0662Sanak Island, Alaska
1890 · Salmon Packer
AvailableSelendang Ayu
AH-WR-0401Unalaska Island, Alaska
2004 · Bulk Freighter
AvailableSS John Straub
AH-WR-0664Sanak Island, Alaska
1944 · Liberty Ship
AvailableSS Nevada
AH-WR-0663Amatignak Island, Alaska
1932 · Steam Cargo Ship
AvailableSS Northwestern
AH-WR-0202Unalaska, Alaska
1942 · Passenger Steamship
AvailableStar of Falkland
AH-WR-0914Akun Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1928 salmon season · Sailing Cargo Ship
AvailableTae Woong No. 603
AH-WR-0402Bering Sea
Date not established · Fishing Vessel
AvailableUmnak Native
AH-WR-0471Inanudak Bay, Umnak Island, Alaska
1933 · Motor Vessel
Historical ListingUSRC Perry
AH-WR-0918St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
1910 · Revenue Cutter
Historical ListingUSS Abner Read (stern section)
AH-WR-0469Kiska Island, Alaska
1943 · Destroyer · 290 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Grunion
AH-WR-0203Kiska Island, Alaska
1942 · Submarine
Historical ListingUSS S-27
AH-WR-0230Amchitka Island, Alaska
1942 · Submarine
Historical ListingUSS Worden
AH-WR-0229Amchitka Island, Alaska
1943 · Destroyer
