List of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks in the United States
- List of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks in the United States
This is a list of fatal, unprovoked shark attacks that occurred in United States territorial waters by decade in "reverse chronological order". Fatal shark attacks that resulted from provocation (e.g. shooting the shark with a speargun) are not included. Neither are attacks that occurred outside U.S. territorial waters (e.g. the shark attacks which occurred after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in WWII would not be included here).
2000s
1970s
1940s
1910s
ee also
* Shark attack
* Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916
* Great white shark
* Tiger shark
* Bull shark
Notes
General References
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* Collier, Ralph S., "Shark Attacks of the Twentieth Century from the Pacific Coast of North America", Scientia Publishing, LLC, ISBN 0-9719717-4-9.
External links
* [http://www.platial.com/bianca2000/map/6282?title=Shark+Attack Platial Map of Shark Attacks]
* [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/ISAF/ISAF.htm International Shark File research]
* [http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/fatal_attacks.htm Shark Research Committee]
* [http://www.sharkattackfile.net/incidentlog.htm Global Shark Attack File]
* [http://www.sharkattacksurvivors.com/ Shark Attack Survivors Online Database and Shark Attack File]
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