Yarmouth Castle Burning: The Deadliest Passenger Ship Disaster off the Coast of the United States Since 1934

The total loss of SS Yarmouth Castle in 1965 is the deadliest passenger ship disaster off the American coast since the burning of SS Morro Castle in 1934.

Eighty—four passengers and two crew died in the early—morning hours of November 13, 1965, when the cruise liner SS Yarmouth Castle caught fire and sank near Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas. Four others would die later from their injuries.

The ship had 552 people aboard on her weekend round trip between Miami and Nassau. Her total loss ...