List of shipwrecks in September 1945

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The list of shipwrecks in September 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1945.

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Thekla  Germany The cargo ship exploded at Florø, Norway, during loading of ammunition. Nineteen people were killed; seven Germans, ten Norwegians imprisoned on charges of treason, one British soldier and one Norwegian guard.[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Unknown tug  Imperial Japanese Army A tugboat struck a mine and sank off Pusan, South Korea. 22 killed.[2]

5 September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Robert Battley United States The Liberty ship ran aground at Bilaa Point, Mindanao, Philippines. She was on a voyage from Batangas, Philippines to San Francisco, California. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged. Consequently withdrawn from service.[3]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Empress of Russia Canada Canada The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
L'Audacieuse  French Navy First Indochina War; Battle of Hong Hai: The auxiliary patrol boat/naval junk was scuttled to prevent capture. Eight crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[4]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Joseph Carrigan United States The Liberty ship struck a mine off Labuan, Malaya and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Morotai, Netherlands East Indies to Labuan. She put in to Manila, Netherlands East Indies, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[5]
Unknown Flag unknown A tug was wrecked at Rabaul, New Guinea. She was salvaged by HMAS Reserve ( Royal Australian Navy) on 23 September and towed to Madang on 26 September. Sold in 1946.[6]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
USS PC-815  United States Navy The PC-461-class submarine chaser sank in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, at 32°37′54″N 117°14′12″W / 32.63167°N 117.23667°W / 32.63167; -117.23667 with the loss of one crew member after colliding with the destroyer USS Laffey ( United States Navy).

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Marianne Toft Denmark The cargo ship collided with Cornelius Ford ( United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of ten of her twenty crew.[7]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Empire Simba United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°30′N 11°00′W / 55.500°N 11.000°W / 55.500; -11.000) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[8]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
T-175  Imperial Japanese Navy The No. 103-class landing ship was heavily damaged in a typhoon off Urasaki and beached. Scrapped in 1948.[9]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
USS AFD-13  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The mobile floating drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[10]
HMS BYMS-275  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-383  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-384  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-424  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-454  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
Richard V. Oulahan United States Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[12]
USS SC-632  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa. The sunken hulk was destroyed on 9 March 1948.[13]
USS YMS-98  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[14]
USS YMS-341  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[14]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
John A. Rawlins United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[15]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
CHa-160  Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The CHa-1-class submarine chaser sank off Yoshimi during a typhoon.
Cha-228  Imperial Japanese Navy The CHa-1-class submarine chaser foundered at Sasebo in a storm.
USS YMS-478  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[16]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
CDa-1 and CDa-2  Imperial Japanese Navy The incomplete CDa-1-class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.
Mandal Norway The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[17]
Minerve  France The Minerve-class submarine was being towed to France from England, but broke free in heavy weather and was wrecked on Portland Bill.[18]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
USS LST-553  United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[11]
USS LST-768  United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[11]
Prince George Canada The passenger steamer (3,372 GRT, 1910) caught fire after running aground in fog off Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. After her 103 crewmen and 10 passengers abandoned ship, the fire began to threaten facilities in the harbor at Ketchikan, so the tug General Kennedy ( Canada) towed her to Pennock Island in Tongass Narrows, where the fire burned itself out. One fireman was killed. The wreck eventually was refloated and scrapped.[19]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Nordhavet Denmark The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Dominion of Newfoundland (46°47′N 54°08′W / 46.783°N 54.133°W / 46.783; -54.133).[20]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1945
ShipStateDescription
Edinburgh Castle United Kingdom The passenger ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown, Sierra Leone by HMT Cape Warwick, HMS Launceston Castle and HMS Portchester Castle (all  Royal Navy).[21]

29 September

30 September

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