List of shipwrecks in 1999

The list of shipwrecks in 1999 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1999.

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1999
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Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Beth Dee Bob  United States The 84-foot (25.6 m) clam dredger sank in heavy seas in the North Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) off Manasquan, New Jersey, in 120 feet (37 m) of water. Three of her four-member crew were lost at sea; the fourth was lifted from the water by a United States Coast Guard helicopter but died in the hospital.[1]

8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Cape Fear  United States Overloaded with clams, the 112-foot (34.1 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger sank off New Bedford, Massachusetts, with the loss of two lives. The fishing vessel Misty Dawn ( United States) rescued her three survivors. Cape Fear was refloated during the summer of 1999 and was scuttled as an artificial reef in 2000.[2]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Nowitna  United States The 125-foot (38.1 m) opilio crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) west of Cold Bay, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of six.[3]

15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Delilah  United States The retired 86-foot (26.2 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware in 75 feet (22.9 m) of water at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W.[4]

18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Adriatic  United States The 74-foot (22.6 m) clam dredger sank in bad weather in 65 feet (20 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) due east of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, with the loss of her entire crew of four.[5]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Gregory Lind  United States The 26-foot (7.9 m) sea cucumber and sea urchin dive boat was destroyed by fire while at a pier in Ketchikan, Alaska. All three people on board survived.[6]

30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Atlantos  United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) cod-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in Blying Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska south of Pilot Rock (59°44′30″N 149°28′00″W). The fishing vessels Dolphin and Iceberg ( United States) rescued her crew of three.[7]
Kavkaz  United States The 36-foot (11.0 m) longline cod-fishing vessel iced up and capsized 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Point Pogibshi (59°25′30″N 151°53′00″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska, trapping her crew of two brothers underneath her overturned hull until 31 January, when the crew of the cutter USCGC Roanoke Island ( United States Coast Guard) cut through the hull with a chainsaw and extracted them. One of the Kavkaz′s crewmen died of hypothermia, but the other survived.[8]

February

3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Northern Aurora  United States The 30-foot (9.1 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized due to icing 150 yards (137 meters) off Caines Head Beach (59°59′N 149°23′W) in the Caines Head State Recreation Area on the south-central coast of Alaska and washed ashore on the western coast of Fox Island (59.9272°N 149.3289°W / 59.9272; -149.3289 (Fox Island)) approximately 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Seward with the loss of one life. There was one survivor.[3]

4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1999
ShipCountryDescription
New Carissa  Panama
New Carissa

The cargo ship ran aground and broke apart in Coos Bay, Oregon. The stern section remained on the beach until scrapped in 2008.

10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Harta Rimba  Indonesia The ship foundered off Borneo with the loss of over 280 lives. Nineteen survivors were rescued.[9]

18 February
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Sea Quail  United States With her helmsman asleep at the wheel, the 74-foot (22.6 m) fishing vessel struck Ikognak Rock (57°56′N 152°50′W) in Whale Passage near Kodiak, Alaska, and sank. Her crew of four was rescued from a life raft by the fishing vessel Midnight Sun ( United States).[10]

22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Helen  United States The 50-foot (15.2 m) codfish trawler was destroyed 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of King Cove, Alaska, by a fire that began in a stateroom. Her crew of two survived.[11]

March

12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Alska  United States The 63-foot (19.2 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized and sank without loss of life in Hallo Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska west of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel T-Mike ( United States) rescued one of her four crew members; a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the other three.[7]
St. George  United States The retired 97-foot (29.6 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[12]

18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Lin J  United States The 96-foot (29.3 m) crab-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in the Bering Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Saint Paul Island with the loss of her entire five-man crew.[13]

April

20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Algorail  Canada The bulk carrier ran aground in the Fox River at Green Bay, Wisconsin. The ship was later freed, but the tugboats used to free the ship caused damage to docks at Green Bay.[14]

May

8 May
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Controller Bay  United States After her captain fell asleep at her wheel with the self-steering gear on, the 78-foot (23.8 m) fishing vessel ran onto rocks near Cave Point (54°47′10″N 164°37′00″W) on Cape Mordvinof (54.9294444°N 164.4397222°W / 54.9294444; -164.4397222 (Cape Mordvinof)) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. She broke up in high winds and heavy surf. Wearing survival suits, her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Shaman ( United States).[15]

9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1999
ShipCountryDescription
BRP Sierra Madre  Philippine Navy The Cotobato-class LST was deliberately run aground on the Ayungin Shoal in a territorial dispute with China.

13 May
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Unga  United States The 37.5-foot (11.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska. The only person on board at the time survived.[16]

17 May
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Windward  United States The 41-foot (12.5 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Nichols Bay 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Wearing survival suits, both of her crew members abandoned ship in a life raft, from which a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[17]

20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Sun Vista  Bahamas The cruise ship suffered an engine room fire while in the Strait of Malacca. All 1,090 passengers and crew were rescued before the ship sank on 21 May.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Caprice  United States The 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel ran aground in early May near False Pass, Alaska, after her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel. She was refloated and returned to service.[15]

June

6 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Caprice  United States During a voyage from Seward to Kodiak, Alaska, the 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast of Nuka Island on the south-central coast of Alaska after her engine room flooded. All four members of her crew put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, and the fishing vessel Kaia ( United States) rescued them.[15]

15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified motor torpedo boat  Korean People's Army Naval Force First Battle of Yeonpyeong: The motor torpedo boat was sunk by South Korean ships.[18]

16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Reward  United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board abandoned ship in a survival suit and was rescued by the fishing vessel Tammy Sue ( United States).[19]

17 June
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Nordic Dancer  United States The charter vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak Island near the tip of Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska.[3]

30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Su-Ce-K  United States The 44-foot (13.4 m) salmon troller was destroyed by an electrical fire that began in her engine room and sank in 300 feet (91 meters) of water off Sitka, Alaska. Her crew of two survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel Destiny ( United States).[10]

July

7 July
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1999
ShipCountryDescription
David T  United States While no one was aboard, the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon-fishing vessel was destroyed in Refuge Cove (55°24′N 131°45′W) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her galley stove.[20]
Irene  United States The 37-foot (11.3 m) charter fishing vessel sank near the entrance to Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Flat Island (56.3136111°N 133.3280556°W / 56.3136111; -133.3280556 (Flat Island)). United States Coast Guard helicopters rescued all eight people on board.[21]

13 July
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Equalizer  United States The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska by an engine explosion and ensuing fire. The fishing vessel Butterfly ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[22]
Wanderer  United States The 75-foot (22.9 m) salmon fishing vessel ran aground and sank in 480 feet (150 m) of water in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska after her captain fell asleep at the helm. All three people on board were rescued by the fishing vessel Riptide ( United States).[17]

14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1999
ShipCountryDescription
USS William C. Lawe  United States Navy The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

19 July
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Belle-Tech  United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel was wrecked on the Gilanta Rocks (54°51′00″N 130°56′30″W) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a small boat and was rescued by the cutter USCGC Liberty ( United States Coast Guard).[23]
Imperial Eagle  Malta The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Qawra, Malta, as an artificial reef.[24]

August

14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Crest  United States The 48-foot (14.6 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank in 360 feet (110 m) of water off Chasina Point (55°16′50″N 132°01′30″W) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[15]

24 August
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Ever Decent  Panama The container ship collided with the cruise ship Norwegian Dream ( Bahamas) in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and caught fire. She was beached and all 40 crew were rescued by helicopter.[25][26]

25 August
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Hang On  United States The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska. An Alaska Department of Fish and Game vessel rescued the only person on board.[27]

September

2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Tadoussac  Canada The lake freighter collided with a bridge in the Welland Canal. Neither the ship nor the bridge received significant damage.[28]

4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Chubby  United States The 29-foot (8.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Haines, Alaska.[15]

13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1999
ShipCountryDescription
USCGC Red Oak United States Coast Guard The decommissioned coastal buoy tender was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°53.125′N 074°40.816′W.[29]

19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandria C  United States After a fire broke out in her engine room while she was moored alongside other vessels at Old Harbor, Alaska, the 39-gross ton, 56-foot (17.1 m) salmon-fishing vessel′s was towed away from the other vessels and beached. Attempts to bring the fire under control failed, and she burned to the waterline, becoming a total loss.[7]

23 September
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Northern Traveler  United States While no one was on board, the 29-foot (8.8 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank at Round Island (58°36′N 159°58′W) in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska.[3]

October

1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Rachel Harvey Jersey The fishing vessel struck rocks in stormy seas 200 yards (180 m) off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. All six crew members were rescued, but one was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.

20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1999
ShipCountryDescription
KM Bimas Raya II  Indonesia The ship sank west of New Guinea with the loss of about 275 lives. Twenty-six survivors were reported.[30]

21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1999
ShipCountryDescription
God’s Will  United States During a voyage from False Pass to King Cove, Alaska, the 85-foot (25.9 m) fishing trawler sank 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of Cold Bay, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard from a life raft in Cold Bay.[6]
Marva Anne  United States The 58-foot (17.7 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west of Security Bay (56°53′N 134°21′W). Her crew of two put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, from which the fishing vessel Celtic Air ( United States) rescued them.[11]

30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Polar Star  United States With no one on board, the derelict 50-foot (15.2 m) longline fishing vessel sank in Thompson Harbor at Sitka, Alaska.[31]
T-Mike  United States The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Blying Sound on the coast of Alaska 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northeast of McArthur Pass by a fire attributed to a leaking fuel line. Both crew members escaped in a life raft, and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[32]

31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Orcas  United States With no one aboard, the derelict 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Thompson Harbor at Sitka, Alaska.[33]

November

2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Mighty Servant 2  Netherlands The semi-submersible heavy lift ship struck an uncharted rock and capsized off Singkep, Indonesia with the loss of five of her twenty crew. She was raised in 2000 and subsequently scrapped at Alang, India.

3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Mistress  United States The 42-foot (12.8 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in bad weather in the vicinity of Cape Fanshaw (57°11′N 133°33′W) near Petersburg, Alaska. All three people on board – a man and his son and daughter – perished.[11]

5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Bird  United States Authorities deemed the 52-foot (15.8 m) sailboat to have been lost on this date along with the only person on board in Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.[23]

7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Dole America  Liberia The refrigerated cargo ship collided with the Nab Tower in the Solent and ran aground.[34]

12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Xlendi  Malta The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.[35]

18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
#335  United States The retired 80-foot (24.4 m) steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[12]

26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Sleipner  Norway The catamaran ferry struck a rock and sank off Haugesund, Rogaland with the loss of sixteen of the 85 people on board.

December

3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Waldorf  United States The retired 110-foot (33.5 m) crane barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Holgate, New Jersey, at 39°28.780′N 074°11.084′W.[36]

9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Anyo Maru #1  Japan The 190-foot (57.9 m) fishing trawler sank with the loss of 12 lives in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) south of Cape Navarin (62.2778°N 179.0961°E / 62.2778; 179.0961 (Cape Navarin)) on the coast of Siberia and 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi) west of Saint Matthew Island. There were 24 survivors.[7]

12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Erika  Malta The tanker broke in two and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France.

23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Asia South Korea  Philippines The ferry sank off Cebu. Of the 600 people on board,[37] 44 were killed.

29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Volganev 248  Russia The tanker ran aground in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul, Turkey and broke in two. The bow section sank.[38]

31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Tombstone  United States The 35-foot (10.7 m) pleasure craft ran aground on the northwest side of Shelter Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and sank. A United States Coast Guard rescue boat rescued both people on board.[32]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1999
ShipCountryDescription
Lauren Rose  United States The 33-foot (10.1 m) gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the Copper River Flats on the south-central coast of Alaska on either 28 April or 28 May. The only person aboard survived.[13]
Mr. J  United States The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.[39]
gollark: To stop people doing anything dangerous, everyone will be isolated into 8m³ airtight concrete cubes, so they cannot do dangerous things.
gollark: Anyway, your support for this shows that I might be able to launch Phase Three of my safety plan.
gollark: I am on at least two levels of irony at all times when I am on at least two levels of irony.
gollark: Powdered milk plus a water compartment, alternatively.
gollark: Yes, although the pressure of the outgoing milk stream *could* remove some teeth.

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Ship events in 1999
Ship launches: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ship commissionings: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ship decommissionings: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Shipwrecks: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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