List of shipwrecks in 1968
The list of shipwrecks in 1968 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1968.
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Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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References |
January
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Attu | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire on the beach at Skagway, Alaska.[1] |
Denver | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska.[2] |
Seattle | ![]() |
The 1,357-ton barge was destroyed by fire at Ugashik, Alaska.[3] |
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ioannis K | ![]() |
The Liberty ship was wrecked on the coast of Vietnam (10°19′23″N 107°05′11″E).[4] |
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Abercrombie | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the ships and aircraft of the USS Bon Homme Richard carrier battle group (![]() |
9 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC Coos Bay | ![]() |
![]() Coos Bay sinking. ![]() |
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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St Romanus | ![]() |
The trawler issued a mayday on this date which was heard but not responded to. Lost with all twenty crew. |
Unidentified fishing vessel | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk by North Korean ships.[5] |
15 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cessnock | ![]() |
The dredger capsized and sank in the River Clyde during a storm. Three crew were killed.[6] |
18 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Little Joe | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Seal Bay on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report did not specify in which of many Seal Bays along the Alaskan coast the incident took place.[7] |
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elpis | ![]() |
Sank between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands. |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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INS Dakar | ![]() |
The Leviathan-class submarine disappeared in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on her delivery voyage to Israel. Claims that Assyout (![]() |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kingston Peridot | ![]() |
The trawler was last reported off Iceland on this date, lost with all twenty crew. |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minerve | ![]() |
The Daphné-class submarine sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 25 nautical miles (29 miles; 46 km) from Toulon, France, with the loss of her entire crew of 52. Wreck found 2019. [8] |
February
4 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ross Cleveland | ![]() |
The trawler capsized and sank off Isafjordur, Iceland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. |
5 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pacific Fir | ![]() |
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the South China Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) east of Tai Tung, Taiwan. (22°37′N 121°42′E) and was abandoned. Beached at Koto Soh but broke in two, a total loss.[9] |
6 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Bache | ![]() |
USS Bache aground. |
13 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Spyridon | ![]() |
![]() Spyridon sinking |
15 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Delfini | ![]() |
The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Osaka, Japan.[11] |
19 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Capitaine Frangos | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after colliding with an unidentified ship at the entrance to the Dardanelles, Turkey. Fifteen of her twenty crew were killed.[12] |
20 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Saufley | ![]() |
The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Key West, Florida. |
22 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Parvati Jayanti | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground near Casablanca, Morocco. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[4] |
25 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Crusader | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground in the Panama Canal, blocking it.[13] |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shozan Maru | ![]() |
The bulk carrier struck a rock in the Panama Canal and sank. Refloated the following day.[14] |
27 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Archon Raphael | ![]() |
The Liberty ship sank near Djibouti City.[15] |
29 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chirikof | ![]() |
The crab-fishing vessel sank off Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff without oars. The cargo ship Chena (![]() ![]() |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Bayonne | ![]() |
The decommissioned Tacoma-class patrol frigate was sunk as a target. |
C-165 | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was sunk off South Vietnam when her cargo exploded when the high endurance cutter USCGC Winona (![]() |
C-235 | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was sunk off South Vietnam when her cargo exploded when the patrol craft fast USS PCF-14 (![]() |
C-43B | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was beached after being shelled by U.S. ships, then scuttled with demolition charges. Three members of her crew were killed and her commanding officer and executive officer were wounded.[19] |
3 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Eagle | ![]() |
![]() USS Preserver with the sunken Ocean Eagle off Puerto Rico, 1968. |
6 March
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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K-129 | ![]() |
The Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean 90 nautical miles (104 miles; 167 km) southwest of Hawaii with the loss of all 98 crew members.[21] |
9 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Universal Trader | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground on the coast of Ceylon (6°24′N 81°47′E), caught fire and was abandoned. She broke in two on 18 March, a total loss.[22] |
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hi Krooyer | ![]() |
The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Sule Skerry, Orkney Islands following and on-board explosion. One of her five crew was killed.[23] |
14 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Four unidentified naval trawlers | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were sunk by U.S. aircraft off the coast of South Vietnam.[24] |
Unidentified naval trawler | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler sunk by gunfire off the coast of South Vietnam by the cutter USCGC Point Ellis (![]() ![]() |
Four unidentified naval trawlers | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were beached at Trieu Phong, South Vietnam, to facilitate unloading and then scuttled.[26] |
Three unidentified naval trawlers | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were beached at Gio Linh, South Vietnam, to facilitate unloading and then scuttled.[27] |
20 March
23 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Akutan | ![]() |
The motor vessel was wrecked at Kodiak, Alaska.[1] |
29 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jupiter | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground at Cabo San Lorenzo, Mexico (24°47′N 112°19′W) and was abandoned.[15] |
April
7 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Capitàn Leonidas | ![]() |
![]() Wreck of Capitàn Leonidas in 1989 |
10 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Wahine | ![]() |
![]() Salvage of TEV Wahine |
12 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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M P E 110 | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank off Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[29] |
21 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lambda 72 | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated speedboat |
Lambda 100 | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated speedboat. |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alhelli | ![]() |
The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She sank on 24 April at 33°15′N 45°50′W.[31] |
30 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brandaris | ![]() |
The coaster sank in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the mouth of the Gironde. All crew rescued by a Spanish trawler.[32] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Motive | ![]() |
The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by elements of the United States Pacific Fleet. |
May
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cutral Co | ![]() |
The tanker burned and sank at Ensenada, Argentina, after burning oil from the tanker Islas Orcadas (![]() |
Fray Luis Beltran | ![]() |
The tanker burned and sank at Ensenada, Argentina, after burning oil from the tanker Islas Orcadas (![]() |
Islas Orcadas | ![]() |
The tanker suffered an explosion, caught fire, and sank at Ensenada, Argentina.[33] |
10 May
17 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The motor vessel was wrecked at Point Couverden (58°11′25″N 135°03′10″W) in Southeast Alaska.[1] |
21 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Scorpion | ![]() |
![]() Bow section of Scorpion on the ocean bottom, photographed by the bathyscaphe Trieste II. |
28 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Inverrosa | ![]() |
The ore carrier ran aground off Boca Ralon, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 23 May, subsequently laid up and scrapped.[34] |
June
3 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kostis | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground south of Dakar, Senegal 11°18′N 16°48′W, a total loss.[35] |
14 June
17 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pan 60 | ![]() |
The gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed near the False Pass entrance to the Bering Sea by a fire in her galley that went out of control. The only person aboard barely survived by jumping overboard just before a 300-U.S. gallon (250-imperial gallon; 1,136-liter) gasoline tank exploded and swimming 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) to shore in heavy clothing and rubber boots.[37] |
29 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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John D | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire near the small-boat harbor in Homer, Alaska.[38] |
30 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Riachuelo | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target on or about this date. |
July
5 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Southern Exposure | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska 190 nautical miles (350 km; 220 mi) miles east of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W) on Kodiak Island.[3] |
9 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Humaitá | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, United States by United States Navy vessels. |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Magsaysay | ![]() |
The cargo ship caught fire in the South China Sea off South Korea and was abandoned. She was towed into Pusan but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[9] |
23 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC Mackinac | ![]() |
The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean at 36°22′00″N 073°09′00″W by the heavy cruiser USS Newport News, the guided-missile light cruiser USS Springfield, the guided-missile frigate USS King, and the destroyer USS New (all ![]() |
August
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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B B 6 | ![]() |
The 7-ton gasoline-powered screw fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Alitak Cannery at Akhiok (also known as Alitak), Alaska.[39] |
Lula II | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at the Alitak Cannery at Akhiok, Alaska.[7] |
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Walworth | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire off Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[40] |
9 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sealady | ![]() |
The bulk carrier was holed by USS Von Steuben (![]() |
13 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lila Ki | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Twin Points (57°54′45″N 133°59′30″W) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[7] |
14 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Devilfish | ![]() |
![]() The sinking of Devilfish. ![]() |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brownie | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Tonki Bay (58°20′N 152°04′W) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[41] |
17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Traw | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a gunnery target off Baja California, Mexico, by the destroyer USS Bausell (![]() |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Whistler | ![]() |
A tsunami destroyed the motor vessel off of Kokinhenik Bar on the Copper River Delta in Alaska.[40] |
21 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Captain G | ![]() |
The Liberty ship foundered in a typhoon (22°24′N 114°55′E).[4] |
22 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amaryllis | ![]() |
The cargo ship, refloated after running aground in September 1965, is scuttled 0.75 mile off Riviera Beach, Florida, to form an artificial reef. |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Southern Foster | ![]() |
The 438 GRT steam-powered whaler foundered and was lost off South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.[42] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Plover | ![]() |
The motor vessel was wrecked off Point Stanhope Island (56°00′50″N 132°36′10″W) off the west coast of Etolin Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[37] |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Willi Bansch | ![]() |
The 183/1 (Project 183)-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in a collision in heavy fog with Drottingen (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Condor | ![]() |
The decommissioned YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass was sunk as a target. |
September
1 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Peter Pan | ![]() |
The motor vessel was lost off Kodiak Island, Alaska.[37] |
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Atlantic | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska.[1] |
8 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella Baldwin | ![]() |
The survey ship struck a wreck in Da Nang harbour, South Vietnam, and sank. All 12 crew members were rescued by a United States Navy vessel.[45] |
10 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helen J | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank on the south-central coast of Alaska near Icy Bay, northwest of Yakutat.[46] |
16 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Babs | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska.[41] |
23 September
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marsha Ann | ![]() |
The motor vessel was lost off Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[29] |
October
1 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carmen B | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at False Pass, Alaska.[16] |
5 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Evie | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank off Point Stanhope (56°00′50″N 132°36′10″W) in Southeast Alaska.[49] |
10 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dumaguete | ![]() |
The ferry sank near Zamboanga, Mindanao. Only eleven survivors of between 300 and 500 people on board.[50] |
15 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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E Evangelia | ![]() |
The wreck of E Evangelica in January 2008. |
16 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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DSV Alvin | ![]() |
The sunken Alvin photographed on the ocean bottom in June 1969. |
19 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Archerfish | ![]() |
The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California by the submarine USS Snook (![]() |
21 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Paso Tiempo | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank in Thorne Arm (57°56′N 152°50′W) on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.[37] |
Sitakund | ![]() |
The tanker exploded and sank 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Eastbourne, Sussex with the loss of three crew. Thirty-nine crew saved by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Beryl Tollemache (![]() ![]() |
31 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Etnefjell | ![]() |
The second Norwegian tanker in ten days to have an explosion and fire evacuated 29 members of its crew into two lifeboats, 350 nautical miles (650 km) southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland The master, chief mate and first engineer remained behind, and were four days later by USCGC Absecon (![]() |
November
3 November
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Empire Ace | ![]() |
Ran aground off Campbeltown, Argyllshire declared a constructive total loss. |
Steepholm | ![]() |
She was wrecked off South Wales. Four crewmen of the sand dredger were saved by the Atlantic College lifeboat and the Porthcawl lifeboat in partnership with the Mumbles lifeboat. |
24 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Celtic | ![]() |
The 57-gross register ton, 65.5-foot (20.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Ouzinkie Narrows (57.9103°N 152.5086°W) on the southeast end of Spruce Island (57°55′30″N 152°29′50″W) in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.[16] |
Dumbo | ![]() |
The coaster was driven ashore at Las Palmas, Spain, and declared a constructive total loss. |
28 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Review | ![]() |
A storm destroyed the motor vessel at Ketchikan, Alaska.[57] |
December
7 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC White Alder | ![]() |
The buoy tender was sunk in a collision with the motor vessel Helena (![]() |
8 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Jesse Rutherford | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
12 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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North Sea | ![]() |
The crab-fishing vessel was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands on the northwest coast of Unimak Island near Cape Sarichef with the loss of three lives Her sole survivors was rescued by United States Coast Guard personnel.[59] |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gold Sky | ![]() |
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Gibraltar. The crew were rescued by Otto Leonhardt (![]() |
21 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Ermine | ![]() |
The crab-fishing vessel was wrecked on Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak, Alaska. The United States Coast Guard rescued all five people on board.[3] |
22 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helisoma | ![]() |
The tanker struck a Vietcong mine in a South Vietnamese port and was damaged.[60] |
Federal Queen | ![]() |
The schooner capsized and sank off Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Forty-one of the 79 people on board were killed.[61] |
24 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Azuero | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground in the Gironde and broke in two, a total loss.[62] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Beaver | ![]() |
The 14-gross register ton, 42-foot (12.8 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by a storm at Lake Minchumina in central Alaska during or before 1968.[41] |
ARA Comodoro Augusto Lasserre | ![]() |
The survey ship ran aground near Lion Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula. She later was refloated. |
USCGC Dexter | ![]() |
The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target by the United States Navy. |
Matrouh | ![]() |
The corvette sank in 1968 or 1969.[63] |
Manchester Miller | ![]() |
The cargo liner caught fire and sank at New York, United States. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[64] |
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See also
Ship events in 1968 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
Ship commissionings: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
Shipwrecks: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
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