While the U.S. has lost numerous vessels in combat operations since its founding, there have been thousands of accidents ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

The SS Eastland rolled onto its side while tied to a Chicago dock. Poor design, overcrowding, and ignored warnings led to one of the worst civilian maritime disasters in American history ...

The huge steamboat steamed upstream against the powerful current of the Mississippi River. It was mid-April and the spring rains had fueled a torrent of muddy, brown water which overflowed the banks ...

If you haven’t heard of the Sultana, it’s not because Doug Stout, and Dan Fleming, and Chris Evans, and a number of us local historians haven’t tried to let you know about it. On April 27, 1865, after ...

The 2015 sinking of the SS El Faro, which killed all 33 mariners aboard, has led to safety reforms in the maritime industry. Advocacy from victims' families has helped empower crew members to speak up ...

Ten years ago this week, one of the worst maritime disasters in American history took place in the Bahamas. Thirty-three crew members of the container ship SS El Faro sailed directly into Hurricane ...

As compensation battles over the X-Press Pearl disaster stall, the MSC Elsa 3 accident off Kerala has inflicted new damage on ...