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Throughout history, boats have been one of the most efficient ways to transport everything from vital supplies to humans. But this efficiency can come with a price, as human error and nature’s power sometimes leads to disaster. Many of the following maritime incidents have become immortalized by legends and song while others have disappeared into history. Here are the top 10 shipwrecks and maritime disasters in or near United States waters.

In today’s age of 24/7 cable news, internet bloggers, cellphone video cameras and other technology, even the most insignificant stories are quickly subjected to public scrutiny. But before all that technology was available, news traveled at a much slower pace. Major events in our nation’s history were learned about days or even weeks afterward.

Many of these epic events have long since faded into obscurity, unknown even to people with a passion for history. Here are five disasters that have been lost in U.S. history.