Statistics for Deadliest United States Shipwrecks

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Fatalities	Location	Year	Vessel	% Correct
1500*	Near Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, Canada	1912	RMS Titanic	79%
29	Lake Superior	1975	SS Edmund Fitzgerald	60%
51	Off the coast of Nantucket	1956	SS Andrea Doria	35%
1700*	Memphis, TN	1865	Sultana	35%
844	Chicago, IL	1915	SS Eastland	27%
51	Off the coast of Nantucket	1956	MS Stockholm	23%
1021	East River near New York City	1904	PS General Slocum	21%
192	Gloucester, MA	1898	The Portland	6%
400	Chicago, IL	1860	PS Lady Elgin	4%
400*	Off the coast of Georgia	1857	SS Central America	4%
139	Long Island Sound	1840	Lexington	2%
78	Mississippi River, LA	1976	George Prince	0%
115	Long Beach, NY	1837	Mexico	0%
98	Lake Pepin near Lake City, MN	1890	Sea Wing	0%