Disasters at Sea

When a bulk carrier is swallowed up by a typhoon, grieving families form their own investigation.

Deadly flooding sinks the Alaska Ranger in March 2008, forcing the crew to abandon ship into the frigid waters off the coast of Alaska.

Investigators struggle to determine why a rock discharge carrier capsized in a shipping channel.

MV Explorer sinks in Antarctica, stranding 144 passengers and crew in inflatable rafts.

Deadly flooding sinks the Alaska Ranger in March 2008, forcing the crew to abandon ship into the frigid waters off the coast of Alaska; their retrieval marks the largest cold water rescue in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.

A violent crack tears the MSC Napoli apart.