Shipwrecks !! A Selective Bibliography
Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service. Washington DC: G. P. O., 18991914. VK1323.U5
Wrecks on the Great Lakes and off the coasts of the United States
Berman, Bruce D. Encyclopedia of American Shipwrecks. Boston: Mariners Press, 1972.
REF VK1270.B46
Large vessels, notable wrecks, loss of life
Butler, William S. Tragedy at Sea. Louisville, KY: Butler + Keeney + Farmer, 1995.
VK1250.B88 1995
Photos of wrecks of some major vessels
Charles, Joan. Mid-Atlantic Shipwreck Accounts to 1899: Over 1400 entries for New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina. Hampton,
VA: The Author, 1997. VK1270.C43 1997
Charles, Joan. Mid-Atlantic Shipwreck Accounts II to 1914: Over 1,700 entries for New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Virginia, Chesapeake
Bay, North Carolina. Hampton, VA: the Author, 1999. REF VK1270.C432 1999
Emmerson, John C, Jr, Comp. Shipwrecks Along the North Carolina & Virginia Coasts.
Portsmouth VA: the Author, copy of typescript, 1956. VK1273.N6E6
Not comprehensive, but lists some others have missed
Farb, Roderick M. Shipwrecks: Diving the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Hillsborough, NC:
Menasha Ridge, 1985. GV840.S78F36
North Carolina shipwrecks, indexed
Gentile, Gary. Ironclad Legacy: Battles of the USS Monitor. Philadelphia, PA: G. Gentile
Productions, 1993. E595M7G46 1993
Includes the shipwreck of the Monitor off Cape Hatteras
Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of Delaware and Maryland. Philadelphia: G. Gentile
Productions, 1990. VK1273.D3G46 1990
Dive guide
Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of New Jersey (Central). Philadelphia: G. Gentile
Productions, 2001. VK1273.N4G462 2001
Dive guide
Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of New Jersey (North). Philadelphia: G. Gentile
Productions, 2000. VK1273.N4G46 2000
Dive guide
Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of North Carolina From the Diamond Shoals North.
Philadelphia, PA: Gary Gentile Productions, 1993. VK1273.N6G462 1993
Dive guide
Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of North Carolina from Hatteras Inlet South. Philadelphia,
PA: Gary Gentile Productions, 1992. VK1273.N6G46 1992
Dive guide
Gentile, Gary. Shipwrecks of Virginia. Philadelphia, PA: G. Gentile Productions, 1992.
VK1273.V8G46 1992
Dive guide
Harker, Jess. The North Carolina Diver’s Handbook: A Guide to Diving in the Graveyard
of the Atlantic. Chapel Hill, NC: Marine Grafics, 1976. VK1273.N6H2
Hocking, Charles. Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam: Including
Sailing Ships and Ships of War List in Action: 1824-1962. London: Lloyd’s
Register of Shipping, 1969. REF VK1250.H61
Large vessels, notable wrecks, loss of life
Keatts, Henry. U-Boats. Kings Point, NY: American Merchant Marine Museum Press,
1986. D782.K25
Diving on shipwrecks of World War II
Krotee, Walter. Shipwrecks off the New Jersey Coast. Philadelphia, 1965.
VK1273.N4K7
Lane, Kris E. Pillaging the Empire: Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750. Armonk, NY: M.E.
Sharpe, 1998. F2161.L36 1998
Treasure wrecks
Lloyd’s War Losses: The Second World War, 3 September 1939-14 August, 1945.
London; New York: Lloyd’s of London Press, 1989-1991. REF D810.T8L56
Index of vessels in Vol. 2
Lloyd’s Weekly Casualty Reports. Colchester: Lloyd’s of London Press. REF HE592.L45
Primarily vessels expensive enough to be insured by Lloyds. The Library has July 11,
1950- April 3, 1982.
Marx, Robert F. Shipwrecks in the Americas. New York: Bonanza Books, 1983.
VK1250.M37
Reprint of Shipwrecks of the Western Hemisphere 1492-1825, c1975
McClung, Michael. Sunken Ships of Virginia. 1970. VK1273.V8M3
Typescript for the Mariners’ Museum
Moore, Arthur R. A Careless Word- a Needless Sinking: A History of the Staggering Losses
Suffered by the U S Merchant Marine…During World War II. Kings Point NY: American
Merchant Marine Museum, 1983. REF D810.T8M6
Two main alphabetical sections and a few supplements; no general index
Pouliot, Richard A. Shipwrecks on the Virginia Coast and the Men of the United States
Life-Saving Service. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1986. G525.P59
Rattray, Jeannette Edwards. Perils of the Port of New York: Maritime Disasters from
Sandy Hook to Execution Rocks/ Illustrated with Maps,Charts and Photos. New
York: Dodd, Meade, 1973. VK1273.N5R31
Riebe, Alan R. Chronicles of Shipwrecks & Sunken Treasure, 900-1900 A.D. A Guide for
Undersea Explorers Beaufort N C: Seven Seas Pub., (2002?) VK1250.R54 2002
Riebe, Alan R. Treasure Wrecks Around the Globe, 900-1900 AD…. Outer Banks, N C:
A. Riebe, 1992. G525.R49 1992
Sands, John O. Yorktown’s Captive Fleet. Charlottesville VA: published for the
Mariners’ Museum Press by the Univ. Press of Virginia, 1983. E241.Y6S26
Shipwrecks of the American Revolution
Shipping Gazette & Lloyd’s List Weekly Summary (Title varies). London: Lloyd’s, 1884 1922. PER HE561.L75 OO
Has 2 or more sections in each issue on marine disasters
Shomette, Donald G. Shipwrecks of the Civil War: the Encyclopedia of Union and
Confederate Naval Losses. Washington: Donic, 1973. E591.S369
Shomette, Donald G. Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake: Maritime Disasters on Chesapeake
Bay and its Tributaries, 1608-1978. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1982.
G525.S5525
Stick, David. Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast…
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1952. VK1273.N6 S7
North Carolina shipwrecks including World War II period
Stick, David. A List of Vessels Probably Lost on the North Carolina Coast. 1959.
VK1273.N6S8 O
(Photocopy of a typescript)
Compiled by Elaine Killam, November 2001