| United States. Life-Saving Service | 14 |
| Lifesaving--United States | 5 |
| Barbour Boat Works | 3 |
| Landing craft--United States | 3 |
| Naval architecture--United States | 3 |
| Ships--Drawings | 3 |
| Shipwrecks--New York (State) | 3 |
| United States. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Ships | 3 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American | 3 |
| Augusta (Ga.)--Newspapers | 2 |
| Buffalo (N.Y.)--Newspapers | 2 |
| Destroyer escorts | 2 |
| Lifeboat crew members | 2 |
| Lifesaving--New York (State) | 2 |
| Lifesaving--Rhode Island--Newport | 2 |
| New York (N.Y.)--Newspapers | 2 |
| Olive (Steamboat) | 2 |
| Shipwrecks--New Jersey | 2 |
| Shipwrecks--North Carolina--Bertie County | 2 |
| Shipwrecks--North Carolina--Hatteras | 2 |
| Shipwrecks--United States | 2 |
| Steamboats--North Carolina | 2 |
| Aircraft carriers--United States | 1 |
| Battleships | 1 |
| Bebas (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Blockade | 1 |
| Boats and boating--North Carolina--Lookout, Cape | 1 |
| Boats and boating--Safety measures | 1 |
| Boston (Mass.)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Bridges, Lloyd | 1 |
| Buccaneers | 1 |
| Cape Lookout Yacht Club | 1 |
| Carriers--United States | 1 |
| Commercial law--United States | 1 |
| Crawford, Harold L. | 1 |
| Derelicts | 1 |
| Dredges--United States | 1 |
| Eddystone Lighthouse (England) | 1 |
| Ferries--North Carolina--Manteo | 1 |
| Freight and freightage--United States | 1 |
| Harbors--North Carolina | 1 |
| Hazardous occupations--England | 1 |
| Hazardous occupations--United States | 1 |
| Inland water transportation--North Carolina | 1 |
| Kimball, Sumner I. (Sumner Increase), 1834-1923 | 1 |
| Liability insurance--United States | 1 |
| Liberty ships--United States--History | 1 |
| Lifeboat crew members--Rhode Island--Newport | 1 |
| Lifeboats--Rhode Island--Newport | 1 |
| Lifesaving | 1 |
| Lifesaving--Delaware | 1 |
| Lifesaving--Maine | 1 |
| Lifesaving--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach | 1 |
| Lifesaving--New Jersey | 1 |
| Lifesaving--New Jersey--Atlantic City | 1 |
| Lifesaving--New York (State)--Bellport | 1 |
| Lifesaving--North Carolina--Hatteras | 1 |
| Lifesaving--Oregon | 1 |
| Lifesaving--Washington (State) | 1 |
| Lighthouse keepers--England | 1 |
| Lighthouses--England | 1 |
| Los Angeles (Calif.)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Majestic (Steamship : 1889) | 1 |
| Major (Destroyer escort) | 1 |
| Maritime law--United States | 1 |
| Marshalltown (Iowa)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Naval history, Modern--20th century | 1 |
| North Carolina (Battleship : BB-55) | 1 |
| North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | 1 |
| North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | 1 |
| North Carolina. Department of Transportation | 1 |
| Nuclear ships | 1 |
| Nuclear submarines | 1 |
| Philadelphia (Pa.)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Pirates | 1 |
| Pneumatic machinery | 1 |
| Portland (Me.)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Portland (Or.)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Rickover, Hyman George | 1 |
| Roswell (N.M.)--Newspapers | 1 |
| Sailors--United States | 1 |
| Schooners | 1 |
| Schooners--United States | 1 |
| Shipping--North Carolina | 1 |
| Ships | 1 |
| Ships--New Jersey--Atlantic City | 1 |
| Ships--United States | 1 |
| Shipwrecks | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--Delaware | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--Maine | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Nantasket Beach | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--New Jersey--Atlantic City | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--New York (State)--Bellport | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--Oregon | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--Rhode Island--Newport | 1 |
| Shipwrecks--Washington (State) | 1 |
| Spanish Main | 1 |
| Tankers--North Carolina--Morehead City | 1 |
| Tugboats--North Carolina--Morehead City | 1 |
| United States Power Squadrons | 1 |
| United States. Coast Guard Auxiliary--Posters | 1 |
| United States. Navy--Officers | 1 |
| Waterways--North Carolina | 1 |
| West Indies--History | 1 |
| Women pirates | 1 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American | 1 |
| Yacht clubs--North Carolina--Lookout, Cape | 1 |
| Young women | 1 |
| Zebulon B. Vance (Ship) | 1 |
