New York Harbor
The crowded gateway of American immigration and trade
The busiest harbor in America also became the scene of its deadliest maritime disaster.
Steam ferries, excursion boats and freighters crowded the East River and Upper Bay through the nineteenth century. Collisions and fires in these crowded waters produced some of the worst death tolls in American maritime history.
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Records in These Waters
AvailableA.T. Stewart
AH-WR-0444New York Harbor, New York
1869 · Pilot Boat
AvailableAjace
AH-WR-2021Rockaway, New York
1881 · Bark (or Barque)
AvailableAyuruoca
AH-WR-0205Sandy Hook, New Jersey
1945 · Cargo Steamship · 150 to 185 feet deep
AvailableBaltimore
AH-WR-0313New York Harbor
Date not established · Ferry
AvailableBlack Warrior
AH-WR-0204Rockaway, Queens, New York
1859 · Sidewheel Steamship · 30 to 40 feet deep
Historical ListingBouker No. 2
AH-WR-0906East River, New York City
1926 · Tugboat
AvailableCaprice
AH-WR-0318New York Harbor approaches
Date not established · Pilot Boat
AvailableEnchantress
AH-WR-0910New York Harbor approaches
March 1888, during the Great Blizzard of 1888; formally removed from service March 13, 1888. · Pilot Schooner
AvailableFinance
AH-WR-2030Sandy Hook, New Jersey
1908 · Passenger-Cargo Steamer
Historical ListingFulton
AH-WR-1006Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York
1829 · Steam Floating Battery
Historical ListingGeneral Slocum
AH-WR-0191New York, New York
1904 · Steamship
Historical ListingHMS Hussar
AH-WR-0905Hell Gate, East River, New York City
1780 · Frigate
Historical ListingHMS Jersey
AH-WR-1001Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn, New York
1783 · Prison Hulk
Historical ListingHMS Liverpool
AH-WR-1005Jamaica Bay, Queens/Brooklyn, New York
1778 · Frigate
Historical ListingHMS Mercury
AH-WR-1004Approaches to New York Harbor
1777 · Sixth-Rate Warship
AvailableIoannis P. Goulandris
AH-WR-0767Approaches to New York Harbor, the Mud Hole
1942 · Freighter · 185-200 deep
AvailableJohn D. Jones
AH-WR-0445New York Harbor, New York
1871 · Pilot Boat
AvailableJohn T. Hawkes
AH-WR-0908Whitehall Street ferry slip, Manhattan, New York Harbor
1903 · Canal Boat
AvailableJohnson Barge No. 17
AH-WR-0865Black Tom Island (former), Liberty State Park, Jersey City, New York Harbor
1916 · Barge
AvailableObservation
AH-WR-0912East River near Rikers Island, the Bronx, New York
1932 · Steamer
AvailablePoling Brothers No. 9
AH-WR-0316Arthur Kill, New York
1974 · Tank Barge
AvailableSS El Estero
AH-WR-0864Caven Point, Bayonne, New Jersey, New York Harbor
1943 · General Cargo Steamship
AvailableSS Main
AH-WR-0315Hoboken, New Jersey
1900 · Ocean Liner
AvailableSS Princess Anne
AH-WR-0243Rockaway, Queens, New York
1920 · Passenger Steamer
AvailableSS Saale
AH-WR-0314Hoboken, New Jersey
1900 · Ocean Liner
AvailableSS Zulia
AH-WR-0317New York Harbor
Date not established · Tanker
AvailableTijger
AH-WR-0244Lower Manhattan, New York
Late 1613, month not established · Trading Ship
Historical ListingUSRC Mohawk
AH-WR-0774Sandy Hook approaches to New York Harbor
1917 · Revenue Cutter · 100 ft deep
Historical ListingUSS Turner
AH-WR-0206Ambrose Channel, New York
1944 · Destroyer
AvailableWestfield
AH-WR-0909Whitehall Street ferry terminal, Manhattan, New York Harbor
1871 · Ferry
