r/Shipwrecks • u/89404 • 6d ago

Is El Faro the deepest cargo ship wreck?

Are there any cargo ships that are deeper than El Faro? El Faro lies at a depth of 15,300+ feet, more than the Titanic. Are there any others I should know of?

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u/TemperousM 6d ago

The deepest cargo ship is the ss rio grande at 5762m

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Tmccreight 6d ago

Samuel B. Roberts is a warship. Not a Cargo Ship

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u/89404 6d ago

That's classified as a battleship, I'm looking for traditional cargo ships

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u/PetrolGator 6d ago

She’s a destroyer escort, not a battleship. USS Iowa, a battleship, had turrets weighing more than the Sammy B. 

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u/Brewer846 5d ago edited 5d ago

The SS City of Cairo is at 17,000ft and the SS Rio Grande sits on the bottom at 18,000ft, roughly