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The Worst Naval Disaster in US History
by Eileen Schmidt on 5/8/2012
1 votes
At 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Ph(...)
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The cursed sisters of Titanic
by William Cody Gilliam on 5/8/2012
11 votes
Though the loss of life is much smaller than Titanic's, her sister ships, Olympic and Britannic, lau(...)
Halifax Explosion
by C on 5/7/2012
2 votes
The Halifax Explosion is the second largest man-made explosion (after the Hiroshima bomb) and the la(...)
s.s. sultana
by major harris on 5/7/2012
1 votes
this sank in 1865, just after the civil war ended.
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The Eastland Disaster
by Eileen Schmidt on 5/7/2012
2 votes
WHERE: Docked between LaSalle and Clark streets on the south bank of the Chicago River. WHO: The Wes(...)
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MS Estonia
by Erik on 5/7/2012
2 votes
The sinking of Estonia was the deadliest shipwreck disaster to have occurred in the Baltic Sea in pe(...)
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SS Sultana
by Justin on 5/7/2012
0 votes
The greatest maritime disaster in the U.S., the explosion and sinking of the Sultana near Memphis, T(...)
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Sinking by sail by salute?
by Kelly on 5/7/2012
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MS Estonia
by Graig on 5/7/2012
0 votes
It is the deadliest shipwreck disaster to have occurred in the Baltic Sea in peacetime, costing 852(...)
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