List of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
Appearance
This is a list of shipwrecks located in the Pacific Ocean.
North Pacific
Bering Sea
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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I-24 | 11 June 1943 | A Type C submarine that was sunk by USS Larchmont near Shemya, Alaska. | 53°16′N 174°24′E / 53.267°N 174.400°E |
East China Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Ryou-Un Maru | 5 April 2012 | A Japanese fishing boat that was swept out to sea by the March 2011 tsunami, and drifted across the Pacific. It was discovered a year later in Canadian waters, and scuttled by Anacapa 180 miles off the coast of Southeast Alaska. |
Philippine Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Dalniy Vostok | 1 April 2015 | A fishing trawler that foundered and sank south of Zavyalov Island, with at least 57 dead. | 56°29′00″N 150°25′00″E / 56.4833°N 150.4167°E |
USS Herring | 1 June 1944 | A Gato-class submarine that was sunk by Japanese shore batteries in the Kuril Islands. | 48°0′N 153°0′E / 48.000°N 153.000°E |
Naniwa | 26 June 1912 | A Naniwa-class cruiser that ran aground off Urup. | 46°30′N 150°10′E / 46.500°N 150.167°E |
Usugumo | 5 July 1944 | A Fubuki-class destroyer that was torpedoed by USS Skate 330 nautical miles southwest of Paramushiro, Russia. | 47°43′N 147°55′E / 47.717°N 147.917°E |
USS Wahoo | 11 October 1943 | A Gato-class submarine that was sunk by Japanese aircraft in La Pérouse Strait. |
South China Sea
Yellow Sea
South Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Shimakaze | 12 January 1943 | A Minekaze-class destroyer that was torpedoed by USS Guardfish near Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. | 02°51′S 149°43′E / 2.850°S 149.717°E |
Chilean Sea
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Glamorgan | 11 April 2005 | A County-class destroyer that sank under tow off the coast of Chile. | 35°58′0″S 77°22′0″W / 35.96667°S 77.36667°W |
USS La Moure County | July 2001 | A Newport-class tank landing ship that was sunk as a target about 150 miles west of Valparaíso. | 32°49′08″S 74°17′09″W / 32.81889°S 74.28583°W |
Coral Sea
Solomon Sea
Tasman Sea
Ship | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Elingamite | 9 November 1902 | A passenger steamer that ran aground on West Island, one of the Three Kings Islands off New Zealand. | 34°11′10″S 172°01′54″E / 34.186047°S 172.031590°E |
SS Iron Chieftain | 3 June 1942 | A bulk carrier that was torpedoed by I-24 about 27 miles east of Sydney, Australia. | 33°55.892′S 151°45.976′E / 33.931533°S 151.766267°E |
SS Portmar | 16 June 1943 | A merchant vessel that was torpedoed by I-174 about 35 nautical miles east of Smoky Cape, Australia. |
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