Editing Nantucket (section)

===Transportation disasters===
[[File:Line5125 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The ''[[Argo Merchant]]'' ran aground on December 15, 1976. A silvery oil slick can be seen coming from the center holds in the foreground.]]

Nantucket waters were the site of several noted transportation disasters:
* On May 15, 1934, the ocean liner [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']], sister ship to [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], rammed and sank the [[Nantucket Lightship LV-117]] in heavy fog, roughly 45 miles south of Nantucket Island. Four men survived out of a crew of 11.
* On July 25, 1956, the Italian ocean liner [[SS Andrea Doria|SS ''Andrea Doria'']] collided with the [[MS Stockholm (1948)|MS ''Stockholm'']] in heavy fog {{convert|45|mi|km}} south of Nantucket, resulting in the deaths of 51 people (46 on the ''Andrea Doria'', 5 on the ''Stockholm'').
* On August 15, 1958, [[Northeast Airlines Flight 258]] crashed on approach to [[Nantucket Memorial Airport]], killing 25 of the 34 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19580815-1 | title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-2 N90670 Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK) }}</ref>
* On December 15, 1976, the [[oil tanker]] ''[[Argo Merchant]]'' ran aground {{convert|29|mi|km}} southeast of Nantucket. Six days later, on December 21, the wrecked ship broke apart, causing a large [[oil spill]].
* On October 31, 1999, [[EgyptAir Flight 990]], traveling from [[New York City]] to [[Cairo]], crashed approximately {{convert|60|mi|km}} south of Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.