Continental sloopSaratogalost with all hands in a gale off the Bahamas. The only survivors were detailed to a captured vessel which almost capsized in the same storm. Crew of 86 less the prize crew lost.18 Mar. 1781.
Brig USSPickeringbelieved lost with all hands in a gale in Sep. 1800. Last seen 20 Aug. 1800 when she departed for the West Indies. Approximately 105 drowned.
Frigate USSInsurgentdeparted Hampton Roads, VA on 8 Aug. 1800 for West Indies. Never heard from again. Ship and crew of 340 presumed lost in severe West Indies storm on 20 Sep. 1800.
Gun Boat #1lost when driven ashore in hurricane at Savannah, Georgia. 7-8 Sep. 1804.
Gun Boat #2sank in gale off St. Mary's Georgia. 40 died. 5 Oct. 1811.
KetchEtnasank in a hurricane off New Orleans. 2 men drowned. 19 August 1812.
Schooners USSHamiltonandScourgecapsize in a heavy squall on Lake Ontario. Over 80 lost. 8 Aug. 1813.
Gun Boat #164sank in a squall at St. Mary's Georgia. 20 drowned. 16 Sep. 1813.
Schooner USSAlligatorsank in Port Royal Sound during a heavy storm. 23 died. 30 Jun. 1814.
Sloop-of-war USSEpervierdisappeared in the Atlantic with 132 sailors and 2 marines after transiting the Straits of Gibralter on 14 July 1815. She may have encountered a hurricane reported in the Atlantic on 9 August 1815.
Chartered schoonerQuakersank in a gale with all aboard. 41 lost. 6 Mar. 1820.
Schooner USSWildcatlost with all hands in a gale while sailing between Cuba and Thompson's Island, West Indies. Approximately 31 drowned. 28 Oct. 1824.
Schooner USSFerretcapsized in storm off Cuba. 5 died. 4 Feb. 1825.
Brig USSHornetlost with all hands in gale off Tampico, Mexico on 29 Sep. 1829. 145 lost.
Schooner USSSylphbelieved to be lost in an intense storm in August 1831. 13 died. Disappeared after departing Pensacola, Florida, in July 1831.
Schooner USSSea Gulldisappeared, probably sinking in a storm between Tierra del Fuego and Valpariso. 15 drowned. Last seen on 8 May 1839.
Schooner USSGrampuspresumably foundered in a gale off Charleston, South Carolina with all hands. At least 25 drowned. Last heard from on 15 Mar. 1843.
Brig USSSomerscapsized and foundered in a sudden squall while chasing a blockade runner off Vera Cruz, Mexico. 32 died. 8 Dec. 1846.
Brig USSPorpoisedisappeared, presumably sinking during a typhoon. At least 62 lost. Last seen between Formosa and China on 21 Sep. 1854.
Ironclad USSMonitorsank in a storm off Cape Hatteras. 16 died. 31 Dec. 1862.
Brig USSBainbridgecapsized in a storm off Cape Hatteras. Over 90 drowned. 21 Aug. 1863.
Screw steamer USSHuronsank in storm off North Carolina. 98 lost. 24 Nov. 1877.
Screw steamer USSTrenton, Screw sloop USSVandalia, and Gunboat USSNipsicwrecked by a storm at Apia, Samoa. 51 killed. 16 Mar. 1889.
Steam launch from USSYosemitefoundered in the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, Guam in typhoon. Coal Passer Joseph Anderson, Seaman George Aubel, Fireman First Class William Davis, Apprentice First Class Jacob L. Mehaffey and Coxswain Frank Swanson drowned. 13 Nov. 1900.
Iron screw steamer USSNina,last sighted off the Capes of the Chesapeake in a gale. 33 drowned. 15 Mar. 1910.
Armored cruiser No. 10 USSMemphis(ex-USSTennessee) driven ashore and totally wrecked by tidal wave at Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic. 41 killed and 204 injured. 29 Aug. 1916.
Tug USSCherokeefoundered off Fenwick Island Lightship in a heavy gale. 30 died. 26 Feb. 1918.
Patrol vessel USSEaglewhile making passage up Delaware River was struck by a squall and capsized. 9 killed. 11 Jun. 1920.
USSTacoma(C-18) ran aground near Vera Cruz Mexico during a storm. During attempts to free her during the subsequent week Captain Herbert G. Sparrow, Radioman Second Class Edward Thaxter Herrick, Radioman First Class Homer Harry Lussier and Radioman Third Class Solomon Sivin drowned. 16 Jan. 1924.
Rigid airship USSShenandoah(ZR-1) crashed in storm near Marietta OH. 14 killed, 2 injured. 3 Sep. 1925.
Rigid airship USSAkron(ZRS-4) crashed in a storm off New Jersey. 73 killed, 3 injured. 4 Apr. 1933.
BlimpJ-3crashed while searching for survivors of USSAkron, fatally injuring LCDR. David Ervin Cummins and Aviation Chief Metalsmith Pasquale Bettio. 4 Apr. 1933.
Rigid airship USSMacon(ZRS-5) crashed in a storm off California. Radioman First Class Ernest Edwin Dailey and Mess Attendant First Class Florentino Edquiba killed. 12 Feb. 1935.
USSTruxtun(DD-229) and USSPollux(AKS-2) ran aground during a storm in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, and broke up in surf. 204 killed. 18 Feb. 1942.
USSWarrington(DD-383) sank during hurricane off Florida. 248 drowned. 13 Sep. 1944.
Task Force 38 struck by typhoon off the Philippines. Destroyers USSHull(DD-350), USSSpence(DD-512), and USSMonaghan(DD-354) capsized and sank, at least 28 other vessels damaged. About 790 killed and 80 injured. 18 Dec. 1944.
Task Force 38 struck by typhoon in Okinawa area. 36 ships damaged. At least 6 killed and 4 injured. 5 Jun. 1945.
Typhoon passes within 15 miles of Okinawa, severely damaging ships in Buckner Bay anchorage. 12 small ships and landing craft sunk, 222 others beached. 36 killed, 47 missing, 100 seriously injured. 11 Oct. 1945.
USSCochino(SS-345) foundered off Norway after a polar gale caused an electrical fire and two battery explosions. All of her crew were rescued by USSTusk(SS-426), who lost 7 of her own crew in their efforts to assistCochino. 7 drowned. 25 Aug. 1949.
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