List of shipwrecks in September 1945
The list of shipwrecks in September 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1945.
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17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
References |
1 September
Ship | State | Description |
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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] |
5 September
- For the loss of the Dutch passenger ship Christiaan Huygens on this date, see the entry for 26 August 1945.
8 September
Ship | State | Description |
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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.[2] |
10 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Joseph Carrigan | United States | World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. She arrived at Manila, Philippines where she was declared a constructive total loss.[3] |
Unknown | Unknown | The tug was wrecked at Rabaul, New Guinea. Salvaged by HMAS Reserve ( Royal Australian Navy) on 23 September and towed to Madang on 26 September. Sold in 1946.[4] |
11 September
Ship | State | Description |
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USS PC-815 | United States Navy | The Template:Sclass- sank in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, at 32°37′54″N 117°14′12″W / 32.63167°N 117.23667°W with the loss of one crew member after colliding with the destroyer USS Laffey ( United States Navy). |
12 September
Ship | State | Description |
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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.[5] |
16 September
17 September
Ship | State | Description |
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John A. Rawlins | United States | The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[11] |
18 September
Ship | State | Description |
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CHa-160 | Imperial Japanese Navy | World War II: The Template:Sclass- sank off Yoshimi during a typhoon.[12] |
CHa-228 | Imperial Japanese Navy | The Template:Sclass- foundered at Sasebo in a storm.[13] |
USS YMS-748 | United States Navy | Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[14] |
19 September
Ship | State | Description |
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CDa-1 and CDa-2 | Imperial Japanese Navy | The incomplete CDa-1-class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.[15] |
Mandal | Norway | The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[16] |
Minerve | France | The Template:Sclass- was being towed to France from England, but broke free in heavy weather and was wrecked on Portland Bill.[17] |
22 September
Ship | State | Description |
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USS LST-553 | United States Navy | The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[7] |
USS LST-768 | United States Navy | The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[7] |
Prince George | Canada | The passenger steamer 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.[18] |
24 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Nordhavet | Denmark | The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Newfoundland (46°47′N 54°08′W / 46.783°N 54.133°W).[19] |
29 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Empire Patrol | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) off Port Said, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew and the 496 refugees she was carrying. She was taken in tow but capsized and sank two days later when still 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Port Said. |
USS Roche | United States Navy | The Template:Sclass- struck a mine and was damaged in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of three of her 216 crew. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and sunk off Yokosuka, Japan on 11 March 1946. |
References
- ^ Kleppa, Hermund (2001). "Minnestein over Andreas Hesjedal". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv (in Norwegian). SFFkl-102048.
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- ^ "Liberty Ships - Jonas - Justo". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Rabaul's forgotten fleet". googlebooks. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Collision In Thick Fog". The Times. No. 50246. London. 13 September 1945. col C, p. 2. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Casualties, Navy & Coast Guard ships WWII". history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1945, Juli". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ a b "USS YMS 98 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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- ^ "Kos Whale Catchers". Warsailors. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "Minerve". uboat.net. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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- ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The world's merchant fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 446. ISBN 1 86176 023 X.