Explore Shipwrecks Search the registry and the chart together. Positions come from each record's cited sources, and accuracy varies from surveyed to general area. Coverage spans United States waters and the surrounding waters of Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda.
Availability All statuses Available Registered A&H Historical Listing Region All regions The Florida Keys Door County & Lake Michigan The Channel Islands Isle Royale & Lake Superior Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine The Outer Banks The Salish Sea Thunder Bay & Lake Huron Whitefish Point & Eastern Lake Superior Apostle Islands & Western Lake Superior The Lake Erie Islands Cape Cod & Nantucket Shoals The Straits of Mackinac Annapolis & the Upper Chesapeake The Potomac & the Virginia Chesapeake Lake Ontario & the St. Lawrence Tangier Sound & the Eastern Shore Georgian Bay & the North Channel Boston Harbor & Massachusetts Bay Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan Saginaw Bay & the Michigan Thumb Buzzards Bay & Vineyard Sound Narragansett Bay & the Rhode Island Coast Delaware Bay & the Approaches The Georgia & South Carolina Coast Long Island Sound & the Connecticut Shore Texas & the Western Gulf Penobscot Bay & Midcoast Maine Southern California & Catalina The Isles of Shoals & the New Hampshire Coast The Aleutians & the Bering Sea Long Island & the New York Approaches The New Jersey Coast The Minnesota North Shore Manitou Passage Chesapeake Bay Florida's Atlantic Coast The Gulf of Mexico San Francisco & the Northern California Coast The Columbia River Bar & Oregon Coast The Inside Passage & Alaska The British Columbia Coast Baja California & the Mexican Pacific The Sea of Cortez The Mexican Gulf Coast & Campeche Cuba & the Greater Antilles The Bahamas The Lesser Antilles Bermuda The Gulf of St Lawrence Nova Scotia & Sable Island Newfoundland The Hawaiian Islands The Labrador Sea Hudson Bay & Hudson Strait Puget Sound & Discovery Bay Lake Washington Lake Tahoe Lake Champlain Lake George The Finger Lakes Flathead Lake Great Salt Lake Hudson River New York Harbor Vessel type All vessel types Aircraft carrier Airship Anti-submarine trawler Armed galleon Armed merchant ship Armed ship Armed sloop Armed transport steamer Armed trawler Armored cruiser Armored cruiser (second-class battleship) Army gunboat Army transport Army transport / cargo ship Army tug Attack cargo ship Attack transport / training ship Auxiliary cruiser Auxiliary motor minesweeper Auxiliary schooner Aviso Barge Barge (possibly converted steamship hull) Bark Barkentine Barque Barquentine Bateau Bateau (fleet of seven) Battleship Blockade runner Brig Brig or brigantine Brig-of-war Brig-sloop Brig-sloop of war Brigantine Bulk carrier Bulk cement carrier Bulk freight propeller Bulk freighter Bulk freighter (automobile carrier) Bulk ore carrier Buoy tender Cable repair ship Cable ship Cable-laying barge Canal barge Canal barkentine Canal boat Canal schooner Canal sloop Car ferry barge Cargo and passenger liner Cargo and passenger steamer Cargo and passenger steamship Cargo freighter Cargo ship Cargo steamer Cargo steamship Cargo vessel Cargo/fishing vessel Cargo/passenger freighter Centerboard schooner Chinese junk Clipper ship Coal barge Coal schooner Coast Guard cutter Coast Guard patrol boat Coastal cargo ship Coastal collier Coastal freight and passenger steamer Coastal freighter Coastal passenger steamer Coastal steamer Coastal steamship Coastal tanker Coastal tankship Coasting schooner Coasting steamship Collier Concrete cargo ship Concrete oil tanker Corvette Cutter Deck barge Destroyer Destroyer escort Destroyer escort / high-speed transport Diving tender Dock landing ship Dredge Dredge barge Dredger Dutch colonial merchant ship Eastern-rig dragger Emigrant ship Excursion and packet steamer Excursion steamer Express passenger steamer Ferry Fifth-rate frigate Fishing dragger Fishing schooner Fishing trawler Fishing tug Fishing vessel Fleet tug Fleet tug / Coast Guard cutter Former tug Four-masted barquentine schooner Four-masted schooner Freight and passenger steamer Freight steamer Freighter Freighter/tugboat Frigate Frigate (small) Fuel barge Full-rigged sailing ship (bark) Full-rigged ship Galleon Galley Galley/slave ship, later pirate vessel General cargo steamship General cargo vessel German submarine Great Lakes bulk freighter Gunboat Halibut fishing boat Harbor tugboat Harbor-defense ram Heavy cruiser Hopper barge Hopper dredge Horse-powered ferry Hospital ship Inland passenger ferry Inland steamboat Inland/coastal steamboat Inter-island steamer Iron-hulled steamer Ironclad Ironclad floating battery Ironclad ram Ironclad turret warship Kelp harvester Ketch Lake freighter Lake schooner Landing craft repair ship Landing ship, tank Letter of marque / privateer schooner Liberty ship Light aircraft carrier Lighter Lighthouse tender Lightship Lightvessel Lumber barge Lumber schooner Lumber steamer Mail and passenger steamer Mailboat / freighter Man-of-war Manila galleon Menhaden fishing vessel Merchant galley Merchant sailing ship Merchant sailing vessel Merchant ship Merchant slave ship Merchant steamship Merchant vessel Merchantman Midget submarine Mine planter Minesweeper Missile-tracking ship Monitor Motor cargo ship Motor launch Motor merchant Motor tanker Motor vessel Motor yacht Motorship Museum ship (former cargo schooner) Naval auxiliary Naval brig Naval gunboat Naval patrol vessel Naval schooner Naval sloop-of-war Naval transport (flûte) Naval vessel Navy auxiliary vessel Net laying ship / fish packer Ocean freighter Ocean liner Oceanographic research vessel Offshore patrol vessel Offshore supply vessel Oil tanker Ore carrier Package freight propeller Package freight steamer Package freighter Package freighter (canaller) Packet ship Packet steamer Paddle steamer Paddle-wheel steamer Passenger and cargo steamer Passenger and cargo steamship Passenger and freight launch Passenger and freight steamer Passenger and freight steamer (later barge) Passenger and freight steamship Passenger and mail steamer Passenger and mail steamship Passenger and package freighter Passenger and package steamer Passenger and rail ferry Passenger ferry Passenger freighter Passenger galleon Passenger launch Passenger liner Passenger ship Passenger sidewheel steamer Passenger steamboat Passenger steamer Passenger steamship Passenger steamship, later bulk oil/fuel carrier Passenger-cargo steamer Passenger-cargo steamship Passenger-freighter Passenger-package freighter Passenger/freighter Patrol boat Patrol boat / cutter Patrol craft Patrol cutter Patrol steamer Patrol vessel Patrol yacht Pilot boat Pilot schooner Pinky Pirate frigate Pirate prize ship Pirate vessel Post ship Prison hulk Privateer Privateer brig Privateer brigantine Privateer schooner Privateer ship Privateer sloop Privateer/pirate vessel Propeller Propeller-driven steamboat Propeller-driven steamer Protected cruiser Push tugboat Racing schooner yacht Railroad car ferry Railroad car ferry barge Ram schooner Refrigerated cargo freighter Refrigerated cargo ship Refrigerated cargo vessel Research vessel Revenue cutter Rigid airship River monitor River steamer River/bay packet steamer Royal Mail steam packet Royal Navy fifth-rate frigate Royal Navy fourth-rate ship-of-the-line Royal yacht Sailboat Sailing bark Sailing barque Sailing canal boat Sailing cargo ship Sailing freighter Sailing frigate Sailing gunboat Sailing merchant ship Sailing schooner Sailing ship Sailing ship (formerly hybrid steamship) Sailing supply ship Sailing vessel Sailing warship Salmon packer Sandsucker Sandsucker (bulk sand dredge) Scallop dragger Schooner Schooner barge Schooner-barge Scow schooner Scow-schooner Screw gunboat Screw gunboat (powder ship) Screw sloop of war Screw steamer Screw steamer / gunboat Screw tug Sealing and expedition ship Sealing schooner Sealing steamer Self-propelled floating artillery battery Self-unloading bulk freighter Self-unloading freighter Self-unloading steamer Ship Ship (fully-rigged sailing vessel) Ship (three-masted, square-rigged) Ship of the line Shrimp boat Side-wheel gunboat Side-wheel paddle steamer Side-wheel passenger and package steamer Side-wheel steamer Side-wheel steamer / commerce raider Side-wheel steamer / gunboat Side-wheel steamship Sidewheel gunboat Sidewheel passenger steamboat Sidewheel passenger steamer Sidewheel steamer Sidewheel steamer (cottonclad gunboat) Sidewheel steamship Sidewheel tug Six-masted schooner Sixth-rate warship Skipjack Slave brig Sloop Sloop of war Sloop-of-war Sloop-of-war (former slave ship, pirate flagship) Small craft Small freighter Small merchant ketch Small sailing craft Small tanker Spanish galleon Standard canal boat State navy brigantine Staysail schooner Steam barge Steam cargo ship Steam dispatch boat Steam ferry Steam floating battery Steam freighter Steam gunboat Steam merchant Steam packet Steam propeller Steam schooner Steam screw Steam screw vessel Steam tanker Steam tender Steam towboat Steam tug Steam tug / gun-running steamer Steam whaler and tug Steam yacht Steam/motor yacht Steambarge Steamboat Steamer Steamship Steel bulk freighter Steel shrimp trawler Steel-hulled cargo steamer Stern trawler Sternwheel steamer Stores ship Storeship Submarine Submarine chaser Submarine chaser, later party fishing boat Submarine rescue and salvage vessel Submarine rescue ship Supply steamer Survey ship Survey steamer Tank barge Tanker Tanker barge Tanker/freighter Three-masted schooner Torpedo boat destroyer Torpedo retriever vessel Trading ship Train ferry Tramp steamer Transport Transport (former bark) Transport steamer Troop transport Tug Tugboat Two-masted schooner Two-masted schooner barge Two-masted scow schooner Type VIIB U-boat Type VIIC U-boat Unprotected cruiser Vehicle-passenger ferry Warship Water supply barge Whale factory ship Whaleback barge Whaleback freighter Whaleback steamer Whaling Bark Whaling Ship Whaling bark Whaling brig Whaling ship Wooden bulk freighter Wooden passenger and package steamer Wooden schooner Wooden schooner-barge Wooden steam barge Wooden steam cargo ship Wooden steamship Work boat Yacht Yard oiler antisubmarine trawler auxiliary fishing dragger auxiliary fishing schooner auxiliary schooner barge bark barkentine barque brig bulk freighter bulk ore carrier bulk steamer canal schooner canal scow cargo motorship cargo steamer cargo steamship centerboard schooner clipper ship concrete tanker destroyer excursion steamer fish tug fishing dragger fishing gillnetter fishing schooner fishing seiner fishing trawler fishing vessel five-masted schooner freighter full-rigged ship gundalow gunboat ironclad lightship lumber steambarge lumber steamer motor yacht naval steam tug ocean freighter passenger and freight steamer passenger steamer passenger steamship patrol boat patrol cutter propeller steamer radeau sailing canal schooner sailing ship sailing whaler schooner schooner-barge scow schooner scow-schooner screw steamer self-unloading barge side-wheel steamer sidewheel steamboat sidewheel steamer sidewheel steamship sloop sloop of war steam barge steam bulk freighter steam tug steam-screw barge steamboat steamship submarine tank barge tanker three-masted canal schooner three-masted schooner three-masted schooner barge tug two-masted schooner wooden bulk freight barge wooden bulk freighter wooden schooner barge wooden steam barge wooden three-masted schooner wooden three-masted schooner barge wooden tug wooden two-masted schooner wooden two-masted schooner barge Era All eras Before 1900 1900–1949 1950 to present Date not established