List of shipwrecks in October 1945
The list of shipwrecks in October 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1945.
October 1945 | ||||||
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Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date | |||
References |
1 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Empire Cormorant | Loaded with obsolete chemical munitions, the cargo ship was scuttled 120 nautical miles (138 miles; 222 km) northwest of Ireland at 55°30′N 11°00′W. |
4 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duburg | The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.[1] | |
Louise Schröder | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[2] | |
Patagonia | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[3] | |
Pillau | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[4] |
5 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS MFV 118 | The MFV-1-class motor fishing vessel burned at Portsmouth.[5] |
6 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chales M. Hall | The Liberty ship struck a submerged object and was damaged in the River Seine, France. She was subsequently withdrawn from service and laid up in the James River, Virginia, United States.[6] | |
Glenn's Ferry | The T2 tanker ran aground on Batag Island, Philippines, exploded and was burnt out. She was on a voyage from Los Angeles, California to Manila, Philippines.[7] |
7 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Juta | The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off the Welsh coast. All twenty crew were rescued by a naval trawler.[8] | |
Westbank Park | The Park ship ran aground in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico and was wrecked.[9] | |
USS YP-239 | The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked by Typhoon Louise: .[10] | |
USS YP-289 | The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked by Typhoon Louise: .[10] |
8 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kiri Marti | The cargo ship ran aground in the Pacific Ocean on Miyake Shima. Survivors were rescued by USS Colahan ( | |
Kuri | The Momi-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Pusan, South Korea while being used as a minesweeper.[12] | |
Patrol No. 3 | The 8-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the north end of Joe Island (55°32′N 131°43′W) on the east side of Grant Island (55.5539°N 131.718°W) in Clover Pass (55.4722°N 131.7917°W) in Southeast Alaska.[13] |
9 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brockholst Livingston | Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan. She was declared a total loss.[14] | |
USCGC CG-83301 | Typhoon Louise: The cutter was wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.[15] | |
USS Dorsey | Typhoon Louise: The high-speed minesweeper, a former Wickes-class destroyer, was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was destroyed on 1 January 1946. | |
USS Extricate | Typhoon Louise: The Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed with explosives on 4 March 1946. | |
FS-406 | Typhoon Louise:The Design 381 Coastal Freighter was driven ashore and wrecked in a Typhoon at Okinawa.[16][17] | |
USS Greene | Typhoon Louise: The seaplane tender, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kutaka, Japan and was declared a constructive total loss. | |
Harrington Emerson | Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa and was wrecked.[18] | |
USS Industry | Typhoon Louise: The coastal minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon at Buckner Bay on Okinawa. The wreck was sunk in December 1945. | |
Jack Singer | Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was declared a constructive total loss.[19] | |
USS Lamberton | Typhoon Louise: The miscellaneous auxiliary, a former Wickes-class destroyer, was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was refloated and repaired. | |
USS LSM-15 | Typhoon Louise: The medium landing ship sank in a typhoon off Okinawa. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by the repair ship USS Vestal ( | |
USS LST-568 | Typhoon Louise: The tank landing ship was driven aground during a typhoon at Okinawa. She was pulled off the next day. She went to the Philippines where she was decommissioned and stripped. Scuttled east of Samar 7 March, 1946.[21][22] | |
USS LST-826 | Typhoon Louise: The tank landing ship was driven aground during a typhoon at Okinawa. Her hulk was stripped and sold for scrapping in 1947. | |
USS Nestor | ||
USS Ocelot | Typhoon Louise: The unclassified miscellaneous vessel was wrecked in Buckner Bay on Okinawa during a typhoon and was abandoned. The wreck was sold for scrap in 1948. | |
USS PC-590 | Typhoon Louise: The PC-461-class patrol craft foundered in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.[15] | |
USS Silica | Typhoon Louise: The Trefoil-class concrete barge was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 January 1946.[23] | |
USS SC-636 | Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa.[24] | |
USS Snowbell | Typhoon Louise: The Ailanthus-class net laying ship, was driven onto a reef off Okinawa in a typhoon and was declared a total loss. Her hulk was destroyed with explosives on 14 January 1946. | |
USS Southard | Typhoon Louise: The high-speed minesweeper, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was driven onto a reef off Tsuken Shima, Japan, in a typhoon and was declared a total loss. | |
USS Southern Seas (a.k.a. Lyndonia) | Typhoon Louise: The accommodation ship collided with five other vessels in Buckner Bay during a typhoon and sank off Okinawa with the loss of 13 crew members and one passenger.[25] | |
USS Weehawken | Typhoon Louise: The minelayer sank at Tsuken Shima, Japan, during a typhoon. She broke in two a week later and was declared a total loss. | |
USS Vandalia | Typhoon Louise: The tanker was driven ashore on Naha Island, Okinawa, and damaged beyond economical repair. She was abandoned on 20 November and sold for scrapping on 31 December. |
12 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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FS-163 | The Design 381 Coastal Freighter sank in a Typhoon.[26][27] | |
HMT Loch Eribol | The naval trawler collided off Start Point, Devon with Sidney Sherman ( |
15 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Zhong’anlun | The ferry, with 1,000 passengers aboard sank when crossing the Yangtze River. Some 800 people died. | |
T-523 | The T-181-class minesweeper was damaged by Japanese mines and declared a constructive total loss.. | |
T-610 | The T-181-class minesweeper was sunk by Japanese mines. |
16 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cassius Hudson | The Liberty ship struck a mine in the Gulf of Trieste. She was taken in tow but struck another mine and sank (45°32′N 13°12′E).[6] | |
Takliwa | The cargo liner ran aground and then caught fire at Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Indonesia. All 1,083 on board were rescued by HMS Sainfoin ( |
17 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Balkan | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[30] | |
Drau | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[31] | |
Emmy Friederich | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[32] | |
Erika Schunemann | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[33] | |
Joshua W. Alexander | The Liberty ship was wrecked at Graves, Massachusetts.[34] | |
HMT Lord Beaconsfield | The minesweeping naval trawler was wrecked one nautical mile south west of Red Head, Angus.[35] | |
Olga Siemers | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[36] |
21 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Medford | The trawler out of New Bedford, Massachusetts was cut in two by USAT Thomas H. Barry ( |
22 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kronprinsen | The cargo ship ran aground at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and returned to service. |
24 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles C. Glover | The Liberty ship ran aground in the Loire. She was refloated but declared a total loss.[6] |
25 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Danegarth | The tug collided with a floating lock gate in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of one crew member.[39] |
26 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Saltburn | The Hunt-class minesweeper sank in the Solent off Horse Sand Fort. | |
Swarthy | The tug sank in the Solent off Horse Sand Fort whilst attempting to assist HMS Saltburn ( |
29 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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I-363 | World War II: The I-361-class submarine was sunk by a mine in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 36 lives; 10 crewmen rescued. Raised and scrapped in January 1966.[41] |
30 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Wairuna | Loaded with obsolete chemical munitions, the cargo ship was scuttled 120 nautical miles (138 miles; 222 km) northwest of Ireland at 55°30′N 11°00′W. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ha-104 | The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled off Shimizu, Japan.[42] |
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- "Drau (1142833)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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Ship events in 1945 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
Ship commissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
Shipwrecks: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
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