List of shipwrecks in October 1945
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Cormorant |  United Kingdom |
Loaded with obsolete chemical munitions, the cargo ship was scuttled 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Ireland at 55°30′N 11°00′W / 55.500°N 11.000°W.[1] |
3 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grenada | United Kingdom |
World War II: The fishing vessel (183 GRT) was sunk by a mine in the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) south of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Nine crewmen were killed. The only survivor was rescued by the British steamer Fort Souris ( United Kingdom).[2] |
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duburg |  Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.[3] |
| Louise Schröder | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[4] |
| Muriel |  Sweden |
World War II: The cargo ship (1,296 GRT, 1918) struck a mine and sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of one crew. |
| Patagonia | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[5] |
| Pillau | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[6] |
| Triton | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was scuttled off Jutland with a cargo of obsolete ammunition.[7] |
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS MFV 118 |  Royal Navy |
The MFV-1-class motor fishing vessel burned at Portsmouth.[8] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chales M. Hall |  United States |
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 She was subsequently withdrawn from service and laid up in the James River, Virginia, United States.[9] |
| Glenn's Ferry | United States |
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.[10] |
7 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Juta | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off the Welsh coast. All twenty crew were rescued by a naval trawler.[11] |
| Westbank Park |  Canada |
The Park ship ran aground in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico, and was wrecked.[12] |
| USS YP-239 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked in the typhoon.[13] |
| USS YP-289 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked in the typhoon.[13] |
8 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kiri Marti |  Japan |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Pacific Ocean on Miyake Shima. Survivors were rescued by USS Colahan ( United States Navy).[14] |
| Kuri |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
The Momi-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Pusan, Korea, while serving as a minesweeper.[15] |
| Patrol No. 3 | United States |
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 / 55.533°N 131.717°W) on the east side of Grant Island (55°33′14″N 131°43′05″W / 55.5539°N 131.718°W) in Clover Pass (55°28′20″N 131°47′30″W / 55.4722°N 131.7917°W) in Southeast Alaska.[16] |
9 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brockholst Livingston | United States |
Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan. She was declared a total loss.[17] |
| USCGC CG-83301 |  United States Coast Guard |
Typhoon Louise: The cutter was wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.[18] |
| USS Cinnabar | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The Trefoil-class concrete barge was driven aground at Baten Ko, Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Was struck from the Navy List and sold.[19] |
| USS Dorsey | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The high-speed minesweeper, a former Wickes-class destroyer, was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed on 1 January 1946.[20] |
| USS Extricate | United States Navy |
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 | United States Army |
Typhoon Louise: The Design 381 coastal freighter was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa.[21][22] |
| USS Feldspar | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The Trefoil-class concrete barge was driven aground at Baten Ko, Okinawa. She was refloated and repaired such that she left Buckner Bay for Subic Bay, towed by USS Pawnee ( United States Navy) on 25 January 1946.[23] |
| USS Greene | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The high-speed transport, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was driven ashore in a typhoon on the north shore of Okinawa, Japan and was declared a constructive total loss. The wreck was destroyed on 11 February 1946.[24] |
| Harrington Emerson | United States |
Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa and was wrecked.[25] |
| BRL-3071 | United States Army |
Typhoon Louise: The 265 foot B5-BJ2 class concrete hulled barge was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. Attempts to pump her out occurred 24-28 October, but failed.[26] |
| USS Industry | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The coastal minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. The wreck was sunk in December 1945. |
| Jack Singer | United States |
Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was declared a constructive total loss.[27] |
| USS Lamberton | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The miscellaneous auxiliary, a former Wickes-class destroyer, was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was refloated and repaired. |
| USS Lignite | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The Trefoil-class concrete barge was driven aground Buckner Bay, Okinawa. She was refloated on 16 October.[28] |
| USS LSM-15 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The LSM-1-class landing ship sank in a typhoon at the entrance to Buckner Bay, Okinawa when she rammed into USS YP-289 ( United States Navy) detonating depth charges on the naval trawler's stern. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by the repair ship USS Vestal ( United States Navy). Raised in 1957 and re-sunk in deeper water.[29][30][31] |
| USS LSM-143 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The LSM-1-class landing ship went aground on a reef in a typhoon at the entrance to Buckner Bay, Okinawa.[32] |
| USS LST-568 | United States Navy |
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. The vessel was scuttled east of Samar on 7 March 1946.[33][34] |
| USS LST-826 | United States Navy |
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 | United States Navy |
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| USS Ocelot | United States Navy |
 Typhoon Louise: The Service Squadron command ship was wrecked in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during a typhoon and was abandoned. The wreck was sold for scrap in 1948. |
| USS PC-590 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The PC-461-class patrol craft grounded on a reef, broke in two and sank in a typhoon in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. The hulk was destroyed on 23 February 1946.[18][35] |
| USS PC-814 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The PC-461-class patrol craft foundered in a typhoon in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan.[36] |
| USS PC-1128 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The PC-461-class patrol craft grounded in a typhoon in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. 18 crew were lost. The wreck was destroyed in March 1946.[37][38] |
| USS SC-636 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa.[39] |
| USS SC-999 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser driven ashore during a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed on 14 December 1945.[40] |
| USS Silica | United States Navy |
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. Refloated and sunk in deeper water in 1947 or later.[41][42] |
| USS Snowbell | United States Navy |
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 | United States Navy |
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 | United States Navy |
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.[43] |
| USS Vandalia | United States Navy |
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. |
| USS Weehawken | United States Navy |
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 YMS-99 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The YMS-1-class minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon on Okinawa. The vessel was refloated on 2 November 1945 and destroyed in 1945 or 1946.[44][45] |
| USS YMS-146 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The YMS-1-class minesweeper went aground on a reef in a typhoon in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan.[46] |
| USS YMS-383 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered in a typhoon in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan.[47] |
| USS YMS-424 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The YMS-1-class minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. The wreck was destroyed on 10 December 1945.[48][49] |
| USS YMS-454 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The YMS-1-class minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon on Tsuken Island. The wreck was destroyed on 20 December 1945.[50][51] |
| USS YP-239 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The naval trawler was driven ashore at Baten Ko, Buckner Bay, Okinawa.[52] |
| USS YP-289 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The 110-foot (34 m) naval trawler was sunk when she was rammed into by USS LSM-15 ( United States Navy) detonating depth charges on the naval trawler's stern in Buckner Bay, Okinawa.[53][54] |
| USS YP-520 | United States Navy |
Typhoon Louise: The naval trawler was driven ashore and broke in half at Baten Ko, Buckner Bay, Okinawa.[55][56] |
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Gallery | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cordouan, Gironde, France. She was towed in to Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[57] |
12 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FS-163 | United States Army |
The Design 330 coastal freighter was lost in a typhoon, possibly in the South West Pacific Theatre.[58] |
| HMT Loch Eribol | Royal Navy |
The naval trawler collided off Start Point, Devon with Sidney Sherman ( United States) and sank. The crew were rescued.[59] |
13 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oceana | United Kingdom |
World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Heligoland (54°00′N 7°52′E / 54.000°N 7.867°E and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Hamburg Allied-occupied Germany. She was towed in to Hamburg. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[60] |
15 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T-523 |  Soviet Navy |
The T-181-class minesweeper was damaged by Japanese mines and declared a constructive total loss. |
| T-610 | Soviet Navy |
The T-181-class minesweeper was sunk by Japanese mines. |
| Zhong’anlun |  China |
The ferry, with 1,000 passengers aboard sank when crossing the Yangtze River. Some 800 people died. |
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cassius Hudson | United States |
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 / 45.533°N 13.200°E).[9] |
| Takliwa | United Kingdom |
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 ( Royal Navy). The ship later broke up, a total loss. |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balkan | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[61] |
| Drau | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[62][63] |
| Emmy Friederich | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[64] |
| Erika Schunemann | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[65] |
| Joshua W. Alexander | United States |
The Liberty ship was wrecked at The Graves, Massachusetts.[66] |
| Kirov | Soviet Navy |
The Kirov-class cruiser struck a mine in the Baltic Sea and was damaged. She was taken in to Kronstadt for repairs.[67] |
| HMT Lord Beaconsfield | Royal Navy |
The minesweeping naval trawler was wrecked one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south west of Red Head, Angus.[68] |
| Olga Siemers | Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[69][7] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sergei Lazo |  Soviet Union |
The cargo ship ran aground at Tsun Wan, Hong Kong.[70] |
| Simferopol | Soviet Union |
World War II: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tsun Wan. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped.[70] |
| Svirstroi | Soviet Union |
World War II: The cargo ship ran aground at Tsun Wan. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped.[70] |
21 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Medford | United States |
The trawler out of New Bedford, Massachusetts was cut in two by USAT Thomas H. Barry ( United States Army) outbound from New York Port of Embarkation for Le Havre, France at about 40°41′N 67°18′W / 40.683°N 67.300°W, 150 miles (241 km) east of New Bedford. Medford's casualties were one killed, six missing and ten rescued.[71][72] |
22 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kronprinsen |  Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and returned to service. |
23 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transport |  Belgium |
The 140.4-foot (42.8 m), 342-ton trawler foundered in heavy weather off Buoy CH4 near the Noord Hinder lightship (51°37′N 03°18′E / 51.617°N 3.300°E).[73][74] |
24 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles C. Glover | United States |
The Liberty ship ran aground in the Loire. She was refloated but declared a total loss.[9] |
25 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Danegarth | United Kingdom |
The tug collided with a floating lock gate in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of one crew member.[75] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Saltburn | Royal Navy |
The Hunt-class minesweeper sank in the Solent in a gale after fouling the defense boom off Horse Sand Fort. 63 crew were rescued by the Bembridge Life Boat and 25 by the Selsey Lifeboat.[76] |
| HMT Swarthy | Royal Navy |
The tug sank in the Solent in a gale after fouling the defense boom off Horse Sand Fort whilst attempting to assist HMS Saltburn ( Royal Navy). 14 crew were rescued by the lifeboat Jesse Lumb. Her master and two crew abandoned ship on a Carley float and came ashore near Longstone Harbor.[77][76] |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Moorwood | United Kingdom |
The coaster struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and holed. She was beached on the Maplin Sands. Moorwood was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and completed her voyage. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[78] |
| Norteloide |  Brazil |
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire off Cape São Thomé. She was taken in tow, but was abandoned off Macahe on 31 October. She came ashore between São Thomé and Macahe the next day and was a total loss.[79] |
29 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| I-363 | Imperial Japanese Navy |
World War II: The I-361-class submarine was sunk by a mine in the Philippine Sea off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 36 lives; 10 crewmen were rescued. The submarine was raised and scrapped in January 1966.[80] |
