Rough seas
During World War I, German submarines, or U-boats, patrolled the North Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea, and their approaches. U-boats, such as the one...
Saved!
The French ocean liner Sontay was torpedoed by a German submarine on April 16, 1918, while bound for Marseilles from Saloniki. The ship sank quickly, and 45...
Sequence of events
This chart records the dates and times surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It shows when the U.S. aircraft departed from the U.S.S. Ticonderoga and the...
Shipshape records
The quarterly muster roll for the U.S.S. West Virginia provides the name, service number, rate, date of enlistment, and date of reporting on board the ship for...
Sinking of U.S.S. Maine
Captain Charles S. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S.S. Maine sent this telegram from the steamer S.S. City of Washington to Washington announcing the...
S.S. Acropolis Manifest
This manifest, or passenger list, for the S.S. Acropolis shows foreign nationals coming into the Port of New York from Constantinople, Turkey, on May 24, 1921....
S.S. Leviathan at Southampton
Originally built as the S.S. Vaterlandfor the Hamburg American Line in 1913, this transatlantic liner was once the largest passenger vessel in the world....