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The Torpedo Alley, or Torpedo Junction, off North Carolina, is one of the graveyards of the Atlantic Ocean, named for the high number of attacks on Allied shipping by German U-boats in World War II. Almost 400 ships were sunk, mostly during the Second Happy Time in 1942, and over 5,000 people were killed, many of whom were civilians and ...
Leaking, she stopped for repairs at Newport News, Virginia where she was deemed seaworthy. She developed catastrophic leaks and sank 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) off North Carolina. The use of radio to communicate "S.O.S." messages were among the first recorded, saving 46 lives. [31] [32
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Scout Motors and Richland County are proposing to protect some 5,000 acres near Congaree Park in exchange for destroying more than 100 acres of wetlands and ponds, and miles of streams for a new ...
Motorists drive past flood damage along Craig Creek near Black Mountain, N.C., on Minday after Hurricane Helene. ... “Communities were wiped off the map,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said.
A motor launch that was wrecked in Lake George. General Slocum United States: 15 June 1904 A steamboat that caught fire and sank near North Brother Island, with over 1,000 deaths. Glückauf Germany: March 1893 An oil tanker that ran aground at Fire Island. Gwendoline Steers United States: 30 December 1962
The day after that record was set on May 25, 2000, storms from the same weather system moved into South Carolina, dropping another 4.5-inch hailstone in the town of Florence, causing over $6 ...
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1980 Ship State Description Tom and Al United States During a voyage from Kodiak to Homer, Alaska, with a cargo of shrimp and a crew of two, the 96-gross register ton, 84-foot (25.6 m) motor vessel sank with no loss of life 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) off the Barren Islands and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Shuyak Island.