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The '''list of shipwrecks in December 1944''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[December 1944]].
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==1 December==
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 4|F 310|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''[[Artilleriefährprahm]]'', a converted Type A ''[[Marinefährprahm]]'', was sunk.
}}
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 11||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The ''Artilleriefährprahm'' struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Ems (river)|Ems]].<ref name=seekrieg194411>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-11.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, November |access-date=27 September 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Empire Dace||6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[ferry]] (716 GRT, 1942) struck a mine and sank in the [[Gulf of Patras]] off [[Missolonghi]], Greece. 20 crew, 2 gunners and 56 British troops were killed.<ref name="Empire Dace">{{cite web |url=https://patraikosgulf.wordpress.com/μετά-τον-πόλεμο/ |title=Empire Dace |publisher=patraikosgulf.wordpress.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Korsvik||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated cargo ship]] (1,183 GRT, 1883) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Skaggerak]] by Allied aircraft with the loss of 82 lives.<ref name=HomeK>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsk.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with K |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://skipshistorie.net/Oslo/OSL372OlavRingdalsRederi/Tekster/OSL37219370100000%20KORSVIK.htm |title=Korsvik |publisher=skipshistorie.net |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Saar''
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing trawler]] was shelled and sunk in the Baltic Sea by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-51||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53451&sid=5eee7d91ad64152f9b8f9cc7003b427c |title=Soviet submarines in the Baltic (redone) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
}}
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==2 December==
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|ship={{ship|Japanese tanker|Akikawa Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy MI-29: The Standard 2AT [[tank ship|tanker]] (a.k.a. ''Awagawa Maru'') was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[East China Sea]] west of [[Yakushima Island]] ({{coord|30|24|N|128|17|E}}) by {{USS|Sea Devil|SS-400|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 249 troops, seven guards and eighteen crewmen were killed. One hundred and eighty-six survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese transport|Konan Maru No. 1||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}). Seventy-nine other survivors in the No. 2 lifeboat drifted ashore on [[Suwanosejima]] on 3 December. Later, two died on the island.<ref name="Japanese Escorts">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-66_t.htm |title= Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Hawaii Maru}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy MI-29: The ''Hawaii Maru''-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea west of Yakushima Island ({{coord|30|24|N|128|17|E}}) by {{USS|Sea Devil|SS-400|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all hands; 1,843 troops of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] 23rd Infantry Division, 60 other troops, 83 gunners and 148 crewmen were killed. 60 explosive motor boats aboard were also lost.<ref name="Japanese Escorts"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kong Halfdan|1923|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,463 GRT, 1923) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off Stora Pölsan, Sweden ({{coord|57|46|N|11|24|E}}). All crew survived.<ref name="HomeK"/>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Northcoates|FY 548|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Castle|trawler|1}} (277 GRT, 1919) foundered in heavy weather in the English Channel ({{coord|51|49|N|05|11|W}}) while under tow due to engine failure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?568 |title=Northcoates, trawler 1918–1944 |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Seeburg|927|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[target ship]] was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-407||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) in the Baltic Sea off [[Gotenhafen]] ({{coord|54|39|N|18|39|E}}). Raised in 1954 and rebuilt for Polish service as ''Jastarnia''.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614120|shipname=Seeburg |accessdate=26 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant484>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=484 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese communications vessel|142||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The communications vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] by {{HMS|Sturdy|P248|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Dezember |access-date=30 September 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref>
}}
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==3 December==
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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|CD-64||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy HI-83: The [[Type D escort ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] east of [[Hainan]], China ({{coord|18|36|N|111|54|E}}) by {{USS|Pipefish|SS-388|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her captain and 184 crew members were lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-64_t.htm|title=Japanese escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|Cooper|DD-695|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Ormoc Bay]]: The {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in [[Ormoc Bay]], [[Leyte]], Philippines ({{coord|10|54|N|124|36|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Take|1944|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) with the loss of 191 of her 357 crew.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Cornwallis||2}}
|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (5,458 GRT, 1921) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Gulf of Maine]] {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off [[Mount Desert Island]], [[Maine]], United States ({{coord|43|59|N|68|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-1230||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 43 of her 48 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing vessel ''Notre Dame'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref name=Cornwallis>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3382.html |title=Cornwallis |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Francis Asbury||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and was damaged in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|51|21|N|3|00|E}}). Of her 41-man merchant complement and 28-man armed guard, 9 of the former and 6 of the latter were killed. Forty-six from both groups were injured, and one merchant sailor and one armed guard died later of their injuries. She drifted aground off Ostend, Belgium, where she was sunk by gunfire as a menace to navigation.<ref name=LibF>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsF.html |title=Liberty Ships – F |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=USNChrono1944>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html |title=US Navy Chronology 1944 |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuwa|1944|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Ormoc Bay]]: The {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer|2}} was shelled and sunk in Ormoc Bay by {{USS|Allen M. Sumner|DD-692|6}}, {{USS|Cooper|DD-695|6}} and {{USS|Moale|DD-693|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}). About half her crew was lost.<ref name=AMS>{{cite DANFS | title = DD-693 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd692txt.htm | accessdate = 24 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kuwa_t.htm |title=Kuwa |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Revoljucija||2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy KB 35]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] ({{coord|68|44|N|37|49|E}}) by {{GS|U-1163||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 23 crew.
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|Shoei Maru No. 8 Go||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
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|ship=''TID 44''
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|TID|tug|1}} sank a [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]] whilst assisting a [[Landing Ship, Tank]]. She was refloated on 16 March 1945. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Empire335>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=335 }}</ref>
}}
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==4 December==
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|ship={{SS|Dirschau||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Łeba|Leba]], [[Pomerania]] ({{coord|54|47|N|17|28|E}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606655|shipname=Dirschau |accessdate=26 October 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese oiler|Hakko Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Imperial Japanese Army]]-[[Chartering (shipping)|chartered]] Standard Merchant 1TL-class tanker was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] west of [[Palawan Island]] ({{coord|13|12|N|116|37|E}}) by {{USS|Flasher|SS-249|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twenty-four passengers and 24 crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort|CD-17||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese minelayer|Yurishima||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hakko_t.htm |title=Civilian Tankers in Imperial Army Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kishinami||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Yūgumo|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Palawan Island ({{coord|13|12|N|116|37|E}}) by {{USS|Flasher|SS-249|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 90 of her 240 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort|CD-17||2}} and {{Ship|Japanese minelayer|Yurishima||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kishin_t.htm |title= Long Lancer|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS 6||2}} and {{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS 9||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}}s were sunk by US aircraft near [[Mindoro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/ts%201944.htm |title=SS 6 and SS 9 |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==5 December==
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|ship={{SS|Albert Janus|1916|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy BE-1075-AL: The cargo ship was sunk in [[Ørstafjorden]], [[Norway]], by [[de Havilland Mosquito]] aircraft of [[No. 143 Squadron RAF|143]], [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]]. Three crewmen were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=1142376 |shipname=Albert Janus |accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwrecked.eu/norway/more/ajanus/ajanus.htm |title=Albert Janus |publisher=www.shipwrecked.eu |access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Antoine Saugrain||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in [[Leyte Gulf]] by Japanese aircraft. She was taken in tow but was torpedoed again on 6 December and sank. A total of 376 troops, 26 gunners, and 42 crewmen were rescued by {{USS|San Pedro|PF-37|6}}, {{USS|Coronado|PF-38|6}}, (both {{navy|USA|1912}}), and {{ship|USAS|LT-454}} ({{army|USA|1912}}).<ref name=LibA>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html |title=Liberty Ships – A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine chaser|BO-230||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: The [[SC-497-class submarine chaser|''BO-201''-class submarine chaser]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] ({{coord|69|29|N|35|12|E}}) by {{GS|U-365||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all hands.<ref name=BO230>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3383.html |title=BO-230 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=17 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Cyrus}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The unmanned {{sclass|Cybele|mine destructor vessel|1}} (3,980 t, 1944) was wrecked in the [[Seine Estuary]] after breaking her tow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/shipinfo.php?ShipID=2910 |title=Cyrus |publisher=www.worldnavalships.com |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://northeastmaritime.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15352 |title=Cyrus |publisher=northeastmaritime.co.uk |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Hira||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[river gunboat]] was bombed and severely damaged by [[Chinese Nationalist Air Force|Nationalist Chinese]] aircraft after running aground near [[Anking]], China ({{coord|30|30|N|117|00|E}}). She was scrapped in July 1945.<ref name="Combinedfleet Hozu">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hozu_t.htm|title=Combinedfleet Hozu |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Hozu||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Seta|gunboat}} was bombed and sunk by [[Chinese Nationalist Air Force|Chinese]] aircraft after running aground near [[Anking]], China ({{coord|30|30|N|117|00|E}}).<ref name="Combinedfleet Hozu"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hozu Maru No. 16||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The picket ship was damaged in an air attack at [[Rabaul]], [[New Guinea]] and beached in [[Karavia Bay]]. Salvaged post war by HMAS ''Reserve'' and used as a tender at [[Madang]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBpF94zRT28C&q=Shinko+maru+No.+2%2C+1945&pg=PA146 |title=Rabaul's forgotten fleet |publisher=googlebooks |access-date=26 April 2019|isbn=9780646173948 |year=1994}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|LCT-328}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|LCT Mk 3|landing craft tank}} (350/625 t, 1942) was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[Missolonghi]], Greece. Two crew and 13 Indian soldiers were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17836.html |title=LCT-321 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Empire Dace">{{cite web |url=https://patraikosgulf.wordpress.com/μετά-τον-πόλεμο/ |title=Empire Dace |publisher=patraikosgulf.wordpress.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|LSM-20}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:Lsm-20 sunk.jpg|thumb|USS ''LSM-20'']] World War II: The [[Landing Ship Medium|landing ship medium]] was sunk in the [[Philippine Sea]] off [[Leyte]], Philippines by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft attack. Five sailors were killed and another nine were wounded. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Flusser|DD-368|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Flusser>{{cite DANFS | title = DD-368 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd368txt.htm | accessdate = 18 January 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|LSM-149}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The [[Landing Ship Medium|landing ship medium]] was lost by grounding in the Philippines, or off Sansapor, [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12760.html| title=USS LSM-149 of the US Navy | access-date =5 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lapwing''
|flag=
|desc=The oil vessel was wrecked on the beach {{convert|500|ft}} from the jetty at [[Fort McRee]], Florida, at the mouth of [[Pensacola Bay]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks  |isbn=9781561641635 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>    
}}
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|ship={{Ship|Soviet ship|Proletarij||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy PK 20]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north of [[Tsyp-Navolok Cape]] ({{coord|69|57|N|32|53|E}}) by {{GS|U-995||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 29 of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by [[MO-class small guard ship|''MO-426'']] ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).<ref name=Proletarij>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3384.html |title=Proletarij |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Radbod|1910|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft off [[Ålesund]], Norway.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1129150|shipname=Radbod |accessdate=15 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-82||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper sank on this date.
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-377||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=The Type MT-1 minesweeper sank in an accident in the [[Gulf of Riga]].
}}
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==6 December==
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 27|F 442|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''[[Artilleriefährprahm]]'', a converted Type C ''[[Marinefährprahm]]'', was wrecked. Salvaged by the Soviets.
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Banshu Maru No. 31||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy TAMA-34: The transport was [[torpedoed]] and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] west of Dalupiri Island ({{coord|18|45|N|120|49|E}}). All 23 crewmen were killed.<ref name="Japanese Sub Chasers">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-33_t.htm |title= Japanese Sub Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Bullen|K469|6}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Captain|frigate}} (1,432/1,823 t, 1943) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Cape Wrath]], [[Sutherland]] ({{coord|58|30|N|5|03|W}}) by {{GS|U-775||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 71 of her 168 crew.
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Fukuyo Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAMA-34: The ''Daifuku Maru No. 1''-class transport was torpedoed, blew up and sank in the South China Sea north of Bagui Bay, [[Luzon]], Philippines ({{coord|30|24|N|128|17|E}}) by {{USS|Trepang|SS-412|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 913 naval personnel, 66 gunners and 94 crewmen were killed.<ref name="Japanese Sub Chasers"/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Jinyo Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAMA-34: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea north of Bagui Bay, Luzon ({{coord|18|30|N|121|57|E}}) by {{USS|Trepang|SS-412|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 1,383 troops and 44 crewmen were killed.<ref name="Japanese Sub Chasers"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shinto Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by {{USS|Segundo|SS-398|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-297||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC/41]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|16|nmi|km}} west of [[Yesnaby]], [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom by a [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 201 Squadron RAF|201 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of all 50 crew.<ref name=U297>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u297.htm |title=U-297 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese ore carrier|Yasukuni Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAMA-34: The ''Yasukuni Maru''-class ore carrier was torpedoed and damaged in the South China Sea north of Bagui Bay, Luzon ({{coord|18|30|N|121|57|E}}) by {{USS|Segundo|SS-398|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Torpedoed and damaged again on 7 December by {{USS|Razorback|SS-394|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was beached and abandoned on Fugo Island {{convert|37|mi}} north of Cape Mayraira ({{coord|18|59|N|120|56|E}}). Three troops and 25 crewmen killed. The ship was bombed and destroyed by United States Navy carrier aircraft on 15 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/YasukuniO_t.htm |title=Japanese Ore Carriers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 December 2013}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|YCF-42}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The car float broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Cape Lookout, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=6 December 2013}}
</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==7 December==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Akagisan Maru|1924|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy TA-8: The ''Akagisan Maru''-class transport was beached at [[San Isidro, Leyte]], Philippines ({{coord|11|23|N|124|23|E}}) to facilitate landing of troops. She was bombed and destroyed by United States [[Fifth Air Force]] aircraft and [[Vought F4U Corsair]] aircraft of squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313, [[United States Marine Corps]]. All 69 gunners and 58 crewmen were killed.<ref name="Long Lancers">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/taops3.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Akagisan_t.htm |title=Akagisan Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|BO-229||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: The [[SC-497-class submarine chaser|''BO-201''-class submarine chaser]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] ({{coord|69|28|N|34|19|E}}) by {{GS|U-997||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 23 of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Soviet patrol craft|BO-227||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).<ref name=BO229>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3386.html |title=BO-229 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ditmar Koel|1939|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy BE-1081-ST: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in Bjørnefjord, Norway by {{HNoMS|MTB 653}} and {{HNoMS|MTB 717}} (both {{navy|Norway}}). 36 crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5613997 |shipname=Ditmar Koel |accessdate=24 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Hakuba Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TA-8: The transport was beached at San Isidro, ({{coord|11|23|N|124|23|E}}) to facilitate landing of troops. She was bombed and destroyed by United States Fifth Air Force aircraft and Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313, United States Marine Corps.<ref name="Long Lancers"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Kenjo Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAMA-34: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] east of [[Camiguin]], the Philippines ({{coord|18|52|N|121|57|E}}) by {{USS|Razorback|SS-394|6}} and {{USS|Segundo|SS-398|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name="Japanese Sub Chasers"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LSM-318}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Landing Ship Medium|landing ship medium]] was sunk by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft in [[Ormoc Bay]], [[Leyte]], the Philippines. Two crew were killed and about ten wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12917.html |title=LSM-318 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/295269452 |title=LSM 318 Loss report |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17238 |title=LSM 318 |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Mahan|DD-364|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer}} was damaged in the [[Camotes Sea]] by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft and was abandoned. She was scuttled by {{USS|Walke|DD-723|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Six crewmen were missing and 13 were seriously wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/293484264 |title=Casualties of USS Mahan |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Nichiyo Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TA-8: The Type 1A Standard cargo ship was beached at San Isidro, Leyte ({{coord|11|23|N|124|23|E}}) to facilitate landing of troops. She was bombed and destroyed by United States Fifth Air Force aircraft and Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313, United States Marine Corps.<ref name="Long Lancers"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nordenham||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed by {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-309||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Ventspils]], Latvia ({{coord|57|24|N|22|00|E}}), and was beached near [[Hanko, Finland]]. She sank on 9 December.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1143128|shipname=Nordenham |accessdate=26 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant475>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=475 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Samsip||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] (7,219 GRT, 1943) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and was damaged in the [[Scheldt]], Belgium. The wreck was scuttled by a [[Royal Navy]] ship. Six crew were killed.<ref name=LibS>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships – S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Sambo%20to%20Samuta.html |title=Samsip |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Shinsei Maru No. 5||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TA-8: The transport was beached at San Isidro, Leyte ({{coord|11|23|N|124|23|E}}) to facilitate landing of troops. She was bombed and destroyed by United States 5th Air Force fighter-bomber aircraft, and United States Marine Corps [[Vought F4U Corsair]] aircraft of squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313.<ref name="Long Lancers"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shirouma Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy TA-8: The transport was beached at [[San Isidro, Leyte]], Philippines ({{coord|11|23|N|124|23|E}}) to facilitate landing of troops. She was bombed and destroyed by United States [[Fifth Air Force]] aircraft and [[Vought F4U Corsair]] aircraft of squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313, [[United States Marine Corps]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nichiyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-11||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TA-8: The {{sclass2|No.1|landing ship}} (high speed transport) was beached at San Isidro {{convert|30|mi}} north of Ormoc, the Philippines ({{coord|11|23|N|124|23|E}}) to facilitate landing of troops. She was bombed and destroyed by United States Fifth Air Force aircraft and Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313, United States Marine Corps.<ref name="Long Lancers"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1606 Julius Fock||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off [[Gleźnowo|Steinort]], [[Pomerania]] by Soviet [[Douglas A-20 Havoc]] aircraft. 13 crewmen killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name="Rufleet">{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Ward|DD-139|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:USS Ward (DD-139) afire.jpg|thumb|USS ''Ward'']]
World War II: The {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer|2}} was hit by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft in Ormoc Bay and was abandoned. She was scuttled by {{USS|O'Brien|DD-725|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Wreck found in 2017. The whole crew was saved, with only one injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/ward.html |title=Ward |publisher=www.history.navy.mil |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==8 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R 56||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The minesweeper was attacked in Bömmelenfjord by [[Fairey Firefly]] aircraft of [[771 Naval Air Squadron|771 Squadron]], [[Fleet Air Arm]], based on {{HMS|Implacable|R86|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She caught fire and capsized.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shoei Maru|1918|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of [[British Malaya|Malaya]] by {{USS|Hammerhead|SS-364|6}} and {{USS|Paddle|SS-263|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). 42 crewmen were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-30_t.htm |title=Shoei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==9 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Havda|1881|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[passenger ship]] (677 GRT, 1881) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Florø]], Norway by [[Bristol Beaufighter]] aircraft of [[No. 455 Squadron RAF|455 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of five lives.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=HomeHa>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsh1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Ha |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Jun'yō||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Hiyō|aircraft carrier}} was torpedoed and heavily damaged in the [[Strait of Formosa]] by {{USS|Plaice|SS-390|6}}, {{USS|Redfish|SS-395|6}} or {{USS|Sea Devil|SS-400|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}). 19 crewmen were killed. Withdrawn from service and saw out the war as a guard ship, she was subsequently declared a [[constructive total loss]] and scrapped post-war.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/junyo.htm |title=Junyo |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-387||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] ({{coord|69|41|N|33|12|E}}) by {{HMS|Bamborough Castle|K412|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 51 crew.<ref name=U387>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u387.htm |title=U-387 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==10 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Charlestown|I21|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|Town|destroyer}} (1,090/1,390 t, 1919) collided with {{HMS|Florizel|J404|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) in the [[North Sea]] off [[Harwich]], [[Essex]], United Kingdom and was damaged. She was not repaired.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-11US-HMS_Charlestown.htm |title=Charlestown |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Dan Beard||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[Liberty ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Irish Sea]] off [[Strumble Head]], [[Pembrokeshire]], United Kingdom ({{coord|51|56|N|5|29|W}}) by {{GS|U-1202||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 29 of her 67 crew.<ref name=LibD>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsD.html |title=Liberty Ships – D |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=DB>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3388.html |title=Dan Beard |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gudrun|1923|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off [[Egersund]], Norway by [[de Havilland Mosquito]] aircraft of [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5606087 |shipname=Gudrun |accessdate=27 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LCT-1075}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[landing craft tank]] was set on fire at [[Leyte]], Philippines by a [[kamikaze]] hitting the [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|Marcus Daly||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) while she was alongside receiving cargo. The burning wreck was consequently beached. One crew was killed, two missing and ten wounded, one dying of his wounds later.<ref name=KI>{{cite web |url=http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/background/ships-sunk/index.htm |title=47 Ships Sunk by Kamikaze Aircraft |first=Bill |last=Gordon |publisher=Kamikaze Images |access-date=2 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=LCT1075>{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/18/181075wd.htm |title=Landing Craft Tank LCT-1075 |publisher=Navsource |access-date=2 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=Kamikaze145>{{cite book |title=Kamikaze Attacks of World War II: A Complete History of Japanese Suicide Strikes on American Ships, by Aircraft and Other Means |first=Robin L. |last=Rielly |publisher=McFarland |year=2010 |page=145 |isbn=978-0-7864-4654-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/image/295208906 |title=LCT 1075 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|PT-323}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[PT boat]] was damaged by a [[kamikaze]] off Leyte ({{coord|10|33|N|125|14|E}}). Two crew were killed and 11 wounded. She was beached and abandoned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10250.html |title=PT-323 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05323.htm |title=PT-323 |publisher=www.navsource.org |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>

}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|William S. Ladd||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was sunk in Leyte Harbour by a Japanese kamikaze attack. There was no dead and only 16 wounded.<ref name=LibWZ>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW-Z.html |title=Liberty Ships – W – Z |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=Kamikaze145/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==11 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser|CHa-76||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser|''CHa-1''-class auxiliary submarine chaser]] was sunk in the [[East China Sea]] ({{coord|33|48|N|128|20|E}}) by {{USS|Sea Owl|SS-405|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 531||2}}
|flag=[[File:War flag of the Italian Social Republic.svg|22px]] [[Italian Social Republic#Navy|Marina Nazionale Repubblicana]]
|desc=World War II: The ''MAS 526''-class [[MAS boat]] was sunk off southern France by ''Sabre'' ({{Navy|Free France}}). There were 5 killed, 6 wounded and 12 prisoners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=901&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 526 |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195433/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=901&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=10 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.departement06.fr/documents/Import/decouvrir-les-am/rr174-operationsnavales.pdf |title=MAS 531 |publisher=www.departement06.fr |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|MMS 257}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|MMS|minesweeper}} was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] off the mouth of the [[Scheldt]]. Two of her crew were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13962.html |title=MMS 257 |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=SweepScheldt>{{cite web |url=http://www.wildfire3.com/sweeping-the-scheldt.html |title=Sweeping the Scheldt |publisher=www.wildfire3.com |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mino Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Operation TA-9: The Type 1B Wartime Standard cargo ship/transport was bombed and damaged {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off [[Palompon]], Leyte Philippines, by [[Vought F4U Corsair]] aircraft of [[United States Marine Corps]] squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313. sinking the next day ({{coord|11|20|N|124|10|E}}).  One gunner and 43 crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Mino_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Reid|DD-369|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer}} was sunk in the [[Philippine Sea]] off [[Leyte]], Philippines ({{coord|9|57|40|N|124|56|01|E}}) by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft attack with the loss of at least 103 crew. One hundred and fifty survivors were rescued.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Tasmania Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Operation TA-9: The ''Shanghai Maru''-class transport was bombed and sunk {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Palompon, ({{coord|11|20|N|124|10|E}}) by Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of United States Marine Corps squadrons VMF 211, 218, and 313. 1,053 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers, 96 shipboard gunners and 48 crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tasmania_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==12 December==
{{For|the sinking of the Japanese tanker ''Yuho Maru'' on this date|List of shipwrecks in November 1944#26 November}}
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Erica Schünemann||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The transport ship was sunk in a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] air raid on [[Liepāja]], Latvia.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Inca|1916|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coastal]] [[tank ship|tanker]] was sunk in a Soviet air raid on Liepāja.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Lookout||2}}
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=The cargo ship, one of the seized Danish ships, ''Anna Maersk'', operated under Panamanian flag for the [[War Shipping Administration]], struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the [[North Sea]] off [[Vlissingen]], [[Zeeland]], Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/11955 |title=Lookout |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign Passenger and Cargo Ships Taken Over by U.S Maritime Commission during World War II |publisher=American Merchant Marine at War |date=21 March 2011 |url=http://www.usmm.org/foreign.html |access-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=Jordan446>{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=446 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Minna Cords||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was sunk in a Soviet air raid on Liepāja.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-12|1942|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.1|landing ship}} was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged, torpedoed again and sunk just after midnight on 13 December in the [[Luzon Channel]] ({{coord|20|34|N|118|45|E}}) by {{USS|Pintado|SS-387|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}})<ref name="Submarine USS Pintado">{{cite web |url=http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=713 |title=Submarine USS Pintado |publisher=ww2db.com |access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.12_t.htm |title=Japanese No.1-class landing ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-104|1942|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[No.101-class landing ship|''No. 103''-class]] landing ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Channel ({{coord|20|34|N|118|45|E}}) by {{USS|Pintado|SS-387|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name="Submatine USS Pintado">{{cite web |url=http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=713 |title=Submarine USS Pintado |publisher=ww2db.com |access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-159|1942|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Ormoc Bay]]: Convoy TA-9: The [[No.101-class landing ship|''No. 103''-class]] landing ship was shelled and sunk in [[Ormoc Bay]], Philippines ({{coord|11|20|N|124|10|E}}) by [[United States Army]] field artillery, mortars, [[tank destroyer]]s and by {{USS|Coghlan|DD-606|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/taops3.htm |title=Table of Operations III |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HNoMS|Tunsberg Castle}}
|flag={{navy|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy RA 62]]: The {{sclass2|Flower|corvette}} struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Barents Sea]] ({{coord|70|43|N|30|07|E}}) with the loss of five of her 120 crew.<ref name=TC>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tunsbergcastle.html |title=Tunsberg Castle |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uzuki|1925|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Ormoc Bay]]: Convoy TA-9: The {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in Ormoc Bay ({{coord|11|03|N|124|23|E}}) by {{USS|PT-490}} and {{USS|PT-492}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). Her captain and 170 crewmen were killed; There were 59 survivors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Uzuki_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-416||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] collided with {{ship|German minesweeper|M 203||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] northwest of [[Pillau]], [[East Prussia]] ({{coord|54|58|N|19|33|E}}) with the loss of 36 of her 41 crew.<ref name=U416>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u416.htm |title=U-416 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 5101 Blitz||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The naval trawler/''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' (223 GRT, 1939) was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Wartheland||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off [[Davik]], Norway by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. Three German soldiers and the Norwegian [[Maritime pilot|pilot]] were killed. She was broken up in place in 1950.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=1125631 |shipname=Wartheland |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shipwrecked.eu/norway/sogn/wartheland/wartheland.html |title=Wartheland |publisher=www.shipwrecked.eu |access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūzuki||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: [[Battle of Ormoc Bay]]: Convoy TA-9: The {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer|2}} was bombed and sunk {{convert|65|nmi|km}} north-west of [[Cebu]], Philippines ({{coord|11|20|N|124|10|E}}) by [[United States Army]] and [[United States Marine Corps]] aircraft with a loss of 20 crewmen. One hundred and twenty survivors, including her captain, were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiri|1944|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yuzuki_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z35||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The destroyer struck a mine and sank after entering a German minefield northeast of [[Tallinn]] in the [[Gulf of Finland]]. 262 crew were killed, or 70 taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Z35Z36>{{cite web|url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/miszellen/44-12-12.htm |title=Z35 & Z36 |publisher=www.wlb-stuttgart.de |access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=f6d7e71e659c267c0aba97081d602b7f |title=Soviet Naval Battles - Black Sea during WW2 (update 2022) |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z36||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The destroyer struck a mine and sank after entering a German minefield northeast of [[Tallinn]] in the [[Gulf of Finland]]. Sunk with all 278 crew.<ref name=Z35Z36/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=53917&sid=f6d7e71e659c267c0aba97081d602b7f |title=Soviet Naval Battles - Black Sea during WW2 (update 2022) |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==13 December==
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|ship={{SS|Boltenhof|1911|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was sunk in an Allied air raid on [[Swinemünde]]. She was refloated in 1946, repaired and entered [[soviet Union|Soviet]] service as ''Kuznarenko''.<ref name=Merchant467>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=467 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Myōkō||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Myōkō|cruiser}} was [[torpedo]]ed and severely damaged in the [[Java Sea]] by {{USS|Bergall|SS-320|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was towed in to [[Singapore]] where it was found that she was unrepairable. She saw out the war as a floating anti-aircraft battery.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Nashville|CL-43|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Brooklyn|cruiser|2}} was severely damaged off [[Negros Island]], Philippines by a [[kamikaze]] attack. Repairs took until 15 April 1945 to complete.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-365||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Arctic Ocean]] east of [[Jan Mayen]], Norway ({{coord|70|43|N|8|07|E}}) by [[Fairey Swordfish]] aircraft of [[813 Naval Air Squadron|813 Squadron]], [[Fleet Air Arm]] based on {{HMS|Campania|D48|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 50 crew.}}
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==14 December==
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|ship={{HMS|Aldenham|L22|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}} (1,050/1,490 t, 1942) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Adriatic Sea]] {{convert|45|nmi|km}} south-east of [[Pula|Pola, Italy]] with the loss of 121 of her 184 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Atherstone|L05|6}}, {{ship|HMHDML|1168}} and {{ship|HMML|238}} (all {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=NH44/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-28||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Type D escort ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk {{convert|100|nmi|km}} north-west of [[Manila]], Philippines ({{coord|15|50|N|119|45|E}}) by {{USS|Blenny|SS-324|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One hundred and fifteen crewmen were lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144012 |title=CD-28 Escort Vessel 1944-1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Choun Maru No. 7||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] by {{HMS|Shalimar|P242|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Clara L-M Russ|1927|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport was sunk by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] aircraft, at [[Liepāja]], Latvia.<ref name="Rufleet"/> She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Merchant468>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=468 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Erika Schunemann|1921|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport was sunk by Soviet aircraft at Liepāja, Latvia.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|author=Jürgen Rohwer|title=Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TpDlFI453RcC&pg=PA378|year=2005|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-59114-119-8}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Inka|1921|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was sunk by Soviet aircraft at Liepāja, Latvia.<ref name="books.google.com"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Minna Cords|1921|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport was lost in a collision, or sunk by Soviet aircraft, at Liepāja, Latvia.<ref name="books.google.com"/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5605343 |shipname=Minna Cords |accessdate=26 October 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''North Wind''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 2,448-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|298.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Passenger ship|passenger]] [[Steamship|steamer]] was wrecked in the [[Shumagin Islands]] off the [[Alaska Peninsula]] near [[Simeonof Island]] at {{coord|54|52|N|159|10|W|name=SS ''North Wind''}}.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksn>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Oryoku Maru||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Korkuryu Maru''-class auxiliary transport was bombed and damaged by aircraft from {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and beached off [[Suesute Point]]. Patched and refloated at high tide. She was bombed and damaged again the next day by aircraft from USS ''Hornet''. She ran onto rocks on [[Caimon Reef]], capsized and sank {{convert|300|yd|m}} off [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay|Olongapo Navy Base]] ({{coord|14|45|N|120|13|E}}). 728 killed, including 442 Japanese civilian evacuees, 286 [[prisoners of war]], 38 gunners and ten crewmen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-60.htm |title=Japanese Sub Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Oryoku_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Otterburg||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The transport was sunk by Soviet aircraft, at Liepāja, Latvia.<ref name="Rufleet"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Perseus|1910|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off [[Moss, Norway]].<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5608062|shipname=Perseus |accessdate=13 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Schauenberg||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The Hansa A Type [[cargo ship]] was severely damaged in an Allied air raid on [[liepāja|Libau]].
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-106||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[landing ship]] was sunk off [[Luzon]], Philippines by aircraft based on {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|Taisho Maru No. 5||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[guard boat]] was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|100|nmi|km}} north-west of Manila ({{coord|16|27|N|119|43|E}}) by {{USS|Blenny|SS-324|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144013 |title=Taisho Maru No. 5 1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==15 December==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 82|F 400|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''[[Artilleriefährprahm]]'', a converted Type C ''[[Marinefährprahm]]'', was sunk in a collision off Thybören. There were 2 dead, 3 missing and 45 survivors. SHe was salvaged by the Soviets and put in service as {{ship|Soviet landing craft|BD-323||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) in February 1946.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=400 |title=AF 82 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-54||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[Type D escort ship]] was sunk in the [[Luzon Channel]] north of Calaya Island ({{coord|19|25|N|121|25|E}}) by [[United States Navy]] carrier-based aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?178081 |title=CD-54 Escort Vessel 1944-1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Delphin|1910|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in [[Hohwacht Bay]].<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fort Maisonneuve||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Fort ship]] (7,128 GRT, 1943) struck a mine and sank in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|51|53|N|3|21|E}}). Four crew were killed.<ref name=FortKS>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html |title=Fort Ships K-S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cadzandgeschiedenis.nl/images1900-heden/1944maisonneuve.html |title=Fort Maisonneuve |publisher=www.cadzandgeschiedenis.nl |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?767 |title=SS Fort Maisonneuve |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-472}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:LST-472.jpg|thumb|USS ''LST-472'']]
World War II: The {{sclass|LST-1|landing ship tank}} was damaged in the [[South China Sea]] off [[Mindoro]], Philippines by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] attack. She was scuttled by {{USS|Hall|DD-583|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Three crew were missing and four died of their wounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/293469636 |title=Report of LST-472 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/WW2USCas.htm |title=US Navy Casualties in WWII |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-738}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:LST-738 burning off Mindoro, with USS Moale (DD-693) assisting, 15 December 1944 (NH 97259).jpg|thumb|USS ''LST-738'' and USS ''Moale''. Smoke from USS ''LST-742'' in the left background.]]World War II: The {{sclass|LST-542|landing ship tank}} was damaged in the South China Sea off Mindoro by a Japanese kamikaze attack. {{USS|Moale|DD-693|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) rescued 88 survivors before ''LST-738'' was scuttled by {{USS|Hall|DD-583|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Momo|1944|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Matsu|destroyer}} was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk {{convert|140|nmi|km}} west-south-west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon ({{coord|16|00|N|117|39|E}} by {{USS|Hawkbill|SS-366|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with a loss of her captain and 91 crew members, there were 36 wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/momo_t.htm |title=Momo |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S 198||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[E-boat|Type 1939/40]] ''[[schnellboot]]'' was sunk at [[IJmuiden]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands by [[Avro Lancaster]] aircraft of [[No. 617 Squadron RAF|617 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] using [[Tallboy (bomb)|Tallboy]] bombs. Ten of her crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name="Schnellboot 1939/1940">{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html |title=Schnellboot 1939/1940 |publisher=german-navy.de accessed |access-date=24 November 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-106|1942|2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[No.101-class landing ship|''No.103''-class]] [[landing ship]] was sunk off the west coast of Luzon, south of [[Lingayen Gulf]] ({{coord|15|30|N|119|50|E}}) by United States Navy carrier-based aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143965 |title=T-106LS Landing Ship 1944 |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=15 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.106_t.htm |title=T-106 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==16 December==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Ferndale|1925|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy BE-102-AL: The cargo ship (4,302 GRT, 1925) was bombed and sunk at [[Krakhellesund]], Norway by [[de Havilland Mosquito]] aircraft of [[No. 143 Squadron RAF|143]], [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]]. The crew survived while three German Flak gunners were killed.<ref name=HomeF>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsf.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with F |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Jusan Maru I-Go||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The transport ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the [[Bonin Islands]] by {{USS|Finback|SS-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German trawler|M 4241 Jacques-Jean||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The minesweeper/naval trawler (244 GRT, 1905) was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4243 Herzog Albrecht||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minesweeper, a converted ''Neuwerk''-class naval trawler (470 t, 1918), was scuttled in the mouth of the [[Loire River]].
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Parat||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The salvage [[tugboat|tug]] (135 GRT, 1905) was bombed and sunk at Krakhellesund, Norway by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. There was no casualties.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=HomeP>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shoei Maru|1936|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Shoei Maru''-class auxiliary transport (1,986 GRT 1936) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] about 5.4 nautical miles east of [[Cape Christina]], west of [[Sunda Strait]] ({{coord|05|57|S|104|44|E}}) by {{HMS|Stoic|P231|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). 12 crewmen were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shoei1986_t.htm |title=Shoei Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|War Diwan||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the [[Scheldt]] and broke in two with the loss of five of her 42 crew. The bow section was refloated on 4 May 1952 and taken in to [[Vlissingen]], [[Zeeland]], Netherlands.<ref name=Jordan515>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=515 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==17 December==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinfuku Maru||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The ''Shinfuku Maru''-class auxiliary transport (a.k.a. ''Shinhuku Maru'' and ''Shinpuku Maru'') was bombed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] {{convert|30|mi}} west of [[Manila]], Philippines ({{coord|13|40|N|115|50|E}}) by US Navy [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated PB4Y]] aircraft of Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-104.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shinfuku_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-772||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south of [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland ({{coord|51|16|N|8|05|W}}) by {{HMS|Nyasaland|K587|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 48 crew. 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==18 December==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Belgium Maru|1920|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was sunk in the [[South China Sea]] ({{coord|14|35|N|120|55|E}}) by [[United States Navy]] carrier-based aircraft.<ref name=Jordan540/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Finlande|1937|2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The trawler foundered off [[Peterhead]], Scotland.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1168561|shipname=Finlande |accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German net tender|Gemma||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[net tender]] was sunk at [[Gotenhafen]], [[German-occupied Poland]] by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Heinz Horn||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Gotenhafen by Royal Air Force aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194412/> She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Merchant471>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=471 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Hull|DD-350|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[Typhoon Cobra (1944)|Typhoon Cobra]]: The {{sclass|Farragut|destroyer|||1934}} foundered in the [[Philippine Sea]] ({{coord|14|57|N|127|58|E}}) with the loss of 98 of her 160 crew. Forty-one survivors were rescued by {{USS|Tabberer|DE-418|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), the rest of the survivors rescued on 20 December.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Leverkusen|1937|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at [[Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia|Danzig]], Germany,<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614938|shipname=Leverkusen |accessdate=11 June 2012}}</ref> or at Gotenhafen.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Monaghan|DD-354|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[Typhoon Cobra (1944)|Typhoon Cobra]]: The {{sclass|Farragut|destroyer|2||1934}} foundered in the [[Philippine Sea]] ({{coord|14|57|N|127|58|E}}) with the loss of 94 of her 100 crew. Survivors rescued on 20 December.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|PT-300}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[PT boat]] was sunk off [[Mindoro]], Philippines ({{coord|12|19|N|121|05|E}}) by a [[kamikaze]] attack. Four crew were killed, four missing and six of the seven survivors were wounded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16731.html |title=PT 300 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=18 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/ptboat/PT-300.html |title=PT 300 |publisher=www.pacificwrecks.com |access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German battleship|Schleswig-Holstein||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[training ship]], a former {{sclass|Deutschland|battleship}}, was bombed and sunk in shallow waters in [[Gotenhafen]] by Royal Air Force aircraft. Raised post-war and used as training hulk.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Seelöwe||2}}
|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,922 GRT, 1940) was bombed and sunk at [[Gotenhafen]] by Royal Air Force aircraft. Refloated in 1946 and repaired. Entered Polish service in 1949 as ''Warta''.<ref name=HomeBo>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Bo through Bø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Silverlaurel||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy BTC 10]]: The cargo ship (6,142 GRT, 1939) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[English Channel]] south of the [[Eddystone Lighthouse]] ({{coord|50|07|45|N|4|39|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-486||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 65 crew were rescued by {{SS|Monkstone||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Silverlaurel>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3390.html |title=Silverlaurel |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Jordan511>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=511 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Spence|DD-512|6}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[Typhoon Cobra (1944)|Typhoon Cobra]]: The {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|2}} foundered in the Philippine Sea ({{coord|14|57|N|127|58|E}}) with the loss of 312 of her 336 crew. Fourteen survivors were rescued by {{USS|Tabberer|DE-418|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), the rest of the survivors rescued on 20 December.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Steel Traveller|1922|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy ATM 16: The [[United States Army]]-chartered cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Scheldt]]. She split in two and sank near Buoy NF 16 ({{coord|51|24|46|N|3|20|21|E}}). Two crewmen were killed. A passenger, 26 gunners and 45 crewmen were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|La Combattante||2}} ({{navy|Free France}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isthmianlines.com/ships/sa_steel_traveler.htm |title=SS Steel Traveller USMM cargo ship |publisher=Isthmianlines.com |access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=Jordan586>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=586 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T10||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Type 35 torpedo boat]] was bombed and sunk off Gotenhafen by Royal Air Force aircraft.<ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=6111459 |shipname=T10 |accessdate=20 July 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Theresia L M Russ||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by a Royal Air Force air raid on Gotenhafen. She was later repaired and entered British service as ''Empire Concrete''.<ref name=Merchant478>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=478 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Trude Schünemann||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Gotenhafen by Royal Air Force aircraft.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-1209||2}}
|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] hit the [[Wolf Rock, Cornwall|Wolf Rock]] between the [[Isles of Scilly]] and [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom and was consequently scuttled with the loss of nine of her 44 crew. The survivors were picked up by [[Royal Navy]] vessels.<ref name=Corin>{{cite book |last=Corin |first=J |title=Penlee Lifeboat |year=1983 |publisher=Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution |location=Penzance |isbn=0-9508611-0-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120 120] |author2=Farr, G |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120}}</ref><ref name=U1209>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1209.htm |title=U-1209 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Unitas|1937|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The factory ship was sunk at Gotenhafen by Royal Air Force aircraft with the loss of 25 lives. She had been refloated by May 1945.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=Merchant479>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=479 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German fleet tender|Waldemar Kophamel||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[submarine tender]] was bombed and sunk by aircraft off the German coast. Raised in 1950 and transferred to the Soviet Union in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fleettender/waldemarkophamel/history.html |title=Waldemar Kophamel – History |date=25 June 2003 |work=German Naval History |access-date=19 July 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Warthe|1939|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Gotenhafen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] by Allied aircraft. She was refloated in 1945. Subsequently repaired and entered Polish service in May 1949 as ''Warta''.<ref name=Jordan558>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=558 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Zähringen||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The target ship, a former {{sclass|Wittelsbach|battleship|2}}, was bombed and sunk at Gotenhafen by Royal Air Force aircraft.}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==19 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese ore carrier|Hida Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The Type 1K [[ore carrier]] was bombed and damaged at [[Hong Kong]] by four [[North American P-51 Mustang]]s of the United States [[Fourteenth Air Force]]. She was beached in a sinking condition. The wreck was bombed again on 16 January 1945 by [[United States Navy]] carrier-based aircraft. The wreck was totally abandoned on 4 May 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hida_t.htm |title=Japanese Type 1K Ore Carriers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|L-25||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}
|desc=The incomplete {{sclass|Leninets|submarine}} sank {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off [[Pitsunda]] whilst being towed from [[Tuapse]] to [[Sevastopol]].<ref name=Cherneyshev>{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shinfuku Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship, which had been [[torpedo]]ed and damaged on 6 December by {{USS|Segundo|SS-398|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), was sunk west of [[Manila]], Philippines by [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft of the United States Navy.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-262||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] was bombed and damaged at [[Gotenhafen]], [[Province of Pomerania (1815-1945)|Pomerania]] by a Soviet air raid. She was stricken from the navy register in April 1945. The wreck was scrapped in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/boats/u262.htm |title=U-262 |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-737||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] collided with {{ship|German auxiliary ship|MRS-25||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in [[Vestfjorden]], Norway and sank with the loss of 31 of her 51 crew.<ref name=U737>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u737.htm |title=U-737 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6116146|shipname=MRS-25 |accessdate=20 July 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1116||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|KUJ|trawler|0}} [[submarine chaser]] was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] off Feiestein, Norway.<ref name="Warshipsww2.Eu">{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1225 |title=Germany Submarine Chasers, Class KUJ |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808053143/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1225 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Unryū||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[aircraft carrier]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[East China Sea]] ({{coord|29|59|N|124|03|E}}) by {{USS|Redfish|SS-395|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 1,239 of her 1,386 crew. Survivors, an officer and 146 crewmen, were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shigure|1935|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==20 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bryteren||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship (56 GRT, 1914) collided with {{MV|Bretagne|1937|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) at [[Oslo]], Norway, and sank with the loss of one crew member. Raised in 1945, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=HomeBo/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hiyoshi Maru No. 2 GO|1936|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy No. 3217: The transport was damaged by a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[Chichijima]], Japan, and was beached. She was refloated on 6 January 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hiyoshi2_t.htm|title=Japanese Transports|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hokuryu Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc= The cargo ship ran aground and sank about {{convert|250|m}} off the south east coast of [[Teuri Island]] ({{coord|44|25|N|141|18|E}}) in the [[Sea of Japan]] in a blinding blizzard with the loss of two crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hokuryu_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-359}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[landing ship tank]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] north-east of the [[Azores]], Portugal ({{coord|42|04|N|19|08|W}}) by {{GS|U-870||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 107 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|ST|Moose Peak||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref name=GWI>{{cite DANFS | title = George W, Ingram | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/escorts/de62.txt | accessdate = 29 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=LST359>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3392.html |title=USS LST-359 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese supply ship|Mamiya||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The supply ship was torpedoed and damaged in the [[South China Sea]] ({{coord|17|48|N|114|09|E}}) by {{USS|Sealion|SS-315|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was torpedoed again by USS ''Sealion'' and sunk on 21 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/momo_t.htm |title=Japanese Supply Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|SF 312||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Siebelfahre'' Type 43 was sunk in the port of [[Klaipėda|Memel]] by Soviet bombers. She was later raised and repaired.<ref name="Rufleet"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=489 |title=SF 312 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shoeki Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk south of the [[Celebes Islands]] by [[North American B-25 Mitchell]] aircraft of the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]].<ref name=seekrieg194412/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Tanga|1918|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was severely damaged in an Allied air raid on [[Liepāja]], Latvia. She was seized as a [[prize of war|prize]] in April 1945. Offered to Sweden, but repaired in 1947 for [[allied-occupied Germany|German]] owners.<ref name=Jordan571>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=571 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==21 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[Chinese gunboat Ming Sen|Hitonose]]''
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Empire of Japan}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The [[repair ship]] sank after colliding with the [[merchant ship]] ''Kosho'' ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}). She was raised, repaired and returned to service.<ref>Chesneau, Roger, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1980, {{ISBN|0-8317-0303-2}}, p. 413.</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-460}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[landing ship tank]] was damaged in the [[Sulu Sea]] by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft attack and was abandoned.<ref name=Young>{{cite DANFS | title = DD-580 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd580txt.htm | accessdate = 30 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-749}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LST-542|landing ship tank}} was sunk in the Sulu Sea by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft attack with the loss of many lives. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Converse|DD-509|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Michael J. Goulandris|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked on the South West Reefs, {{convert|3+1/2|nmi|km}} south of [[Point D'Entrecasteaux]], [[Western Australia]].<ref name=Jordan523>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=523 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Reshitl'nyj||2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The [[gunboat]] was rammed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] off [[Mys Korabel'naya Pakhta]] by {{GS|U-995||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 28 of the 31 people on board. Survivors were rescued by [[MO-class small guard ship|''MO-251'']] ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=Reshitlnyj>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3528.html |title=Reshitl'nyj |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Samtucky||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HX 327]]: The cargo ship (7,219 GRT, 1943) was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|44|22|N|63|23|W}}) by {{GS|U-806||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was beached off [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada. Later repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Samtucky>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3393.html |title=Samtucky |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Trostburg|1918|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at [[Hamburg]], Germany. Wreck scrapped in the [[Soviet Union]] from August 1950.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5603950|shipname=Trostburg |accessdate=9 December 2012}}</ref> Also reported as being refloated in 1947, repaired and returned to Soviet service in 1950 as ''Magnitogorsk''.<ref name=Jordan576>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=576 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1113||2}} and {{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1702||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|KUJ|trawler|0}} naval trawler/[[submarine chaser]]s struck mines and sank off the [[Feistein Lighthouse]], Norway.<ref name="Warshipsww2.Eu"/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6134588|shipname=Uj.1702 |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1116|KUJ 11|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|KUJ|trawler|0}} naval trawler/[[submarine chaser]] was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Weichselland|1906|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank near [[Stavanger]], Norway ({{coord|58|50|N|5|29|E}}).<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1123682|shipname=Weichselland |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref>}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==22 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Arita Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy HI-82: The Type 2TL standard [[tank ship|tanker]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] {{convert|25|nmi|km}} east of [[Quảng Ngãi]], [[French Indochina]] ({{coord|15|07|N|109|05|E}}) by {{USS|Flasher|SS-249|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Fifty-seven crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Arita_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 Dec 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese torpedo boat|Chidori|1933|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Chidori|torpedo boat}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] ({{coord|34|30|N|138|02|E}}) {{convert|90|nmi|km}} west-south-west of [[Yokosuka]] by {{USS|Tilefish|SS-307|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Tilefish>{{cite DANFS | title = Tilefish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss307.txt | accessdate = 5 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/chidor_t.htm |title=IJN Chidori |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 December 2012}}
</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Eberhard|1913|2}}
|flag=[[Luftwaffe]]
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank off [[Rixhöft]], [[Pomerania]].<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5603479|shipname=Eberhard |accessdate=26 October 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kenzui Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagu|Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TAMA-36: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|9|nmi|km}} north of North San Fernando, [[Luzon]], Philippines by {{USS|Blenny|SS-324|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One thousand, seven hundred and forty-two troops were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ikuna_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|LST-563}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=[[File:LST-563 broached.jpg|thumb|right|USS ''LST-563'' aground on [[Clipperton Island]].]]The [[landing ship tank]] was wrecked on Clipperton Island ({{coord|10|18|N|109|13|W}}). Several attempts made at salvaging her but efforts were abandoned in February 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14076 |title=LST 563 LST(Landing Ship Tank) |publisher=Wrecksite.com |access-date=22 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Omurosan Maru|1937|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy HI-82: The ''Otowasan Maru''-class auxiliary tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea {{convert|25|mi}} east of Quang Ngai, [[French Indochina]] ({{coord|15|07|N|109|05|E}}) by {{USS|Flasher|SS-249|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Two crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Omurosan_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 Dec 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Otowasan Maru|1936|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy HI-82: The ''Otowasan Maru''-class auxiliary tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} east of Quảng Ngãi, ({{coord|15|07|N|109|05|E}}) by {{USS|Flasher|SS-249|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Fifty-six troops, a passenger, her captain and 62 crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Otowasan_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 Dec 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant255>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=255 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-402||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[R boat|Type R-401 minesweeper]] was sunk by a mine off Feiestein, Norway.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German customs vessel|Reporter||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The customs vessel was sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] by Soviet [[Petlyakov Pe-2]] aircraft.<ref name="Rufleet">{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German police vessel|SW.31||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[police vessel]] was sunk in the Baltic Sea by Soviet [[Petlyakov Pe-2]] aircraft.<ref name="Rufleet"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 1211 Narvik||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}):
|desc=The ''Seeteufel''-class naval whaler/submarine chaser was wrecked at Ulvenfeuer.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|Vs 60 Fredericus Rex||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea north of [[Usedom]], Pomerania.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German naval drifter|Vs 134|KFK 323|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The KFK 2-class naval drifter/''Vorpostenboot'' was sunk in a collision.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Yaei Maru No. 6||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Strait of Malacca]] by {{HMS|Terrapin|P323|6}} and {{HMS|Trenchant|P331|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==23 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Dumfries|1935|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy MKS 71]]: The cargo ship (5,149 GRT, 1935) was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[English Channel]] south-east of [[St. Catherine's Point]], [[Isle of Wight]] ({{coord|50|22|48|N|1|42|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-322||2}} or {{GS|U-772||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 59 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Balsam|K72|6}} and {{HMS|Pearl|T22|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Dumfries>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3396.html |title=Dumfries |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Empire427/><ref name=Merchant495>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-489||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The  [[M-class minesweeper (Germany)|Type 1940 minesweeper]] was torpedoed and sunk in [[Bømlafjorden]], Norway by {{HNoMS|MTB 712}} ({{navy|Norway}}). Of the 75 crew on board, 46 were killed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hegland |first=Jon Rustung |title=Angrep i skjærgården – Norske motortorpedobåters operasjoner fra Shetland 1941–1945 |publisher=Dreyers Forlag A/S |location=Oslo |year=1989 |page=203 |isbn=82-09-10533-7 |language=no}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S 185||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[E-boat|Type 1939/40]] ''[[schnellboot]]e'' was shelled and sunk in a battle against {{HMS|Curzon|K513|6}}, {{HMS|Kittiwake|L30|6}} and {{HMS|Torrington|K577|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). Six crew were killed and 22 captured.<ref name="Schnellboot 1939/1940"/><ref name=SBKanal1944>{{cite web |url=http://s-boot.net/sboote-km-kanal44.html |title=S Boote Kanal 1944 |publisher=s-boot.net |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|S-192||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[E-boat|Type 1939/40]] ''[[schnellboot]]e'' was shelled and sunk in a battle against {{HMS|Curzon|K513|6}}, {{HMS|Kittiwake|L30|6}} and {{HMS|Torrington|K577|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). There were no survivor.<ref name="Schnellboot 1939/1940"/><ref name=SBKanal1944/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Slemish|1909|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy WEG 71: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by {{GS|U-772||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Empire427/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Assault demolition motorboats
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Fifty [[Maru-ni Type explosive motor boat]]s were destroyed in their base in a cave on [[Corregidor]], Philippines, when an engine compartment fire detonated the explosives on board one boat as the boats are preparing to sortie. One hundred crewmen were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PhilippinesEMB.htm |title=Japanese Explosive Motor Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 January 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==24 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[Alan-A-Dale]]''
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was sunk at [[Antwerp]], Belgium by a German [[Biber (submarine)|Biber]] [[midget submarine]]. All 65 crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[New York City|New York]], United States to Antwerp.<ref name=Merchant12>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=12 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet guard boat|BMO-594||2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|MO|guard ship|0}} [[guard ship|small guard ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Cape Pakri]] by {{GS|U-637||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3397.html |title=BMO-594 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-30||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|CH-28|submarine chaser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] off [[Kuching]] ({{coord|02|42|N|111|05|E}}) by {{USS|Barbero|SS-317|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-30_t.htm |title=Japanese Submarine Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMCS|Clayoquot|J174|6}}
|flag={{naval|Canada|1911}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy XB 139]]: The {{sclass|Bangor|minesweeper|1}} (672/875 t, 1941) was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off the ''[[Sambro Lightship]]'' ({{flag|Canada|1921}}) ({{coord|44|25|N|63|20|W}}) by {{GS|U-806||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 81 crew.<ref name=NH44>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4400-60ALL.htm |title=Naval Events, January-December 1944 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Clayoquot>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3398.html |title=HMCS Clayoquot (J 174) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Empire Path||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (6,140 GRT, 1943) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and was damaged in the [[English Channel]] off [[Dunkerque]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]], France ({{coord|51|22|N|2|25|E}}). She was beached but her back was broken. Declared a total loss.<ref name=Ships>{{cite book | first = and Sawyer, L A| last = Mitchell, W H | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| page = not cited | publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Junpo Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off [[Makassar]], [[Netherlands East Indies]] ({{coord|01|10|N|108|20|E}}) by {{USS|Barbero|SS-317|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3063.html|title=Barbero (SS-317)|work=uboat.net|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Leopoldville|1929|2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy WEP 3]]: The [[troopship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off [[Cherbourg]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France ({{coord|49|45|N|1|34|W}}) by {{GS|U-486||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 819 of the 2,374 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Brilliant|H84|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{USS|PC-1225}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Robert J. Walker||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the south coast of [[New South Wales]], Australia ({{coord|36|32|S|150|45|E}}) by {{GS|U-862||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of the 69 people on board. Survivors – a passenger, 26 gunners, and 40 crewmen, were rescued by {{HMAS|Quickmatch|G92|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}). She sank the next day.<ref name=LibR>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsR.html |title=Liberty Ships – R |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=RJW>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3400.html |title=Robert J. Walker |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship No. 8|T-8|1942|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|No.1|landing ship}} was sunk off [[Chichi Jima]] ({{coord|25|10|N|141|00|E}}) by {{USS|Case|DD-370|6}} and {{USS|Roe|DD-418|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name="Imbiblio">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/JANAC-Losses-3.html |title=Japanese Naval and Merchant ship losses |publisher=Imbiblio |access-date=24 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-157|1942|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[No.101-class landing ship|No. 103-class landing ship]] was shelled and set on fire off [[Iwo Jima]] ({{coord|24|47|N|141|20|E}}) by {{USS|Case|DD-370|6}} and {{USS|Roe|DD-418|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). She was beached in shallow water, but burned out.<ref name="Imbiblio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.157_t.htm |title=T.103 Class Landing Ships |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==25 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1944 |sort=Cargo ship}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Dakins|K550|6}}
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass2|Captain|frigate}} (1,432/1,823 t, 1943) was severely damaged by a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[North Sea]] off [[Ostend]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium. Declared a total constructive loss.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5656.html |title=HMS Dakins (K 550) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=15 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Manila Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] by {{USS|Mingo|SS-261|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Mingo>{{cite DANFS | title = Mingo | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss261.txt | access-date = 4 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Reisui Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary [[minesweeper]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Strait of Makassar]] by {{HMS|Terrapin|P323|6}} and {{HMS|Trenchant|P331|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Tango Maru|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Bali Sea]] ({{coord|7|46|S|115|09|E}}) by {{USS|Rasher}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).<ref name=Merchant477>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=477 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[Japanese landing ship No.113|T-113]]''
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The  [[No.101-class landing ship|No. 103-class landing ship]] was sunk at [[Masinloc]], Luzon, Philippines ({{coord|15|30|N|119|55|E}}) by US carrier aircraft from Task Force 38.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.113_t.htm |title=T.103 Class Landing Ships |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==26 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Affleck|K462|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The {{sclass2|Captain|frigate}} (1,432/1,823 t, 1943) was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[English Channel]] {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off [[Cherbourg]], [[Manche]], France by {{GS|U-486||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Seven crew were killed. She was towed to Cherbourg but was declared a [[constructive total loss]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3402.html |title=Affleck |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Benjamin Ide Wheeler||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] sank after a [[kamikaze]] attack in [[Leyte Gulf]] with the loss of two crew. The wreck was refloated and used as a stationary [[depot ship]]. The vessel was scrapped in 1948.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Biwi||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] (790 GRT, 1940) was torpedoed and sunk off [[Olskjær]], Norway by {{HNoMS|MTB 627}} and {{HNoMS|MTB 717}} (both {{navy|Norway}}). Raised post-war, repaired and entered Swedish service as ''Servus''.<ref name=HomeBa>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Ba through Bl |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Capel|K470|6}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Captain|frigate|2}} (1,192/1,436 t, 1943) was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north-east of Cherbourg ({{coord|49|50|N|1|41|W}}) by {{GS|U-486||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 76 of her 156 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3401.html |title=Capel |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|James H. Breasted||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was damaged in the [[Philippine Sea]] at [[Mindoro]], Philippines by Japanese ships and then bombed, probably by an American aircraft. She was later written off as a total loss. All 33 crewmen and 27 Armed Guards survived.<ref name=LibJ>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJ-Ji.html |title=Liberty Ships J – Ji |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html |title=USN Chronology 1944 |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kiyoshimo||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Yūgumo|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged by [[United States Army]] aircraft off [[Mindoro]], Philippines. She was then torpedoed and sunk {{convert|145|nmi|km}} south of [[Manila]] ({{coord|12|20|N|121|00|E}}) by {{USS|PT-223}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Eighty-two crewmen were killed, 74 were wounded. One hundred and sixty-nine survivors, including her captain, were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashimo||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) and five by United States Navy [[PT boat]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kiyosh_t.htm |title=Kiyoshimo |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''RT-52 Som''
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] off [[Cape Svyatoy Nos, Murmansk Oblast|Cape Svyatoy Nos]] by {{GS|U-995||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of her 32 crew. The survivor was taken on board ''U-995'' as a [[prisoner of war]].<ref name=Som>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3574.html |title=RT-52 Som |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2342||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type XXIII submarine|Type XXIII]] [[submarine]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] north of [[Swinemünde]], [[Province of Pomerania (1815-1945)|Pomerania]] ({{coord|54|01|08|N|14|15|20|E}}) with the loss of seven crew. The wreck was dispersed in 1954. 
}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

==27 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Baltenland|1904|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] ({{coord|55|13|N|16|57|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-56||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).<ref name=Jordan548>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=548 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Daicho Maru||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ''Daicho Maru''-class auxiliary transport ship blew up and sank while loading ammunition at [[Jakarta|Djakarta, Java]]'s port, Tanjung Priok ({{coord|06|15|S|106|45|E}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Daicho_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |accessdate=6 February 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German armed yacht|HR 1 Varouni||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[armed yacht]] was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Jamaica Planter|1936|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HX 326]]: The cargo ship (4,098 GRT, 1936) collided with the [[tank ship|tanker]] {{SS|Wellesley|1943|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|21|45|N|3|14|22|W}}). All crew survived.<ref name=HX326W>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx326.html |title=Convoy HX 326 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=18 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant483>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=483 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|T-7|1942|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|No.1|landing ship}} was shelled and sunk off [[Iwo Jima]] ({{coord|24|47|N|141|20|E}}) by {{USS|Fanning|DD-385|6}}, {{USS|Cummings|DD-365|6}}, and {{USS|Dunlap|DD-384|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name="ibiblio.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJN/JANAC-Losses/JANAC-Losses-3.html |title=Japanese Naval and Merchant ship losses |publisher=Imbiblio |access-date=27 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.7_t.htm |title=Japanese No.1-class landing ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[Japanese landing ship No.132|T-132]]''
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[No.101-class landing ship|No. 103-class landing ship]] was torpedoed and sunk at Iwo Jima ({{coord|24|47|N|141|20|E}}) by {{USS|Fanning|DD-385|6}}, {{USS|Cummings|DD-365|6}}, and {{USS|Dunlap|DD-384|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name="ibiblio.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.132_t.htm |title=T.103 Class Landing Ships |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-877||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXC/40]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] north-west of the [[Azores]], Portugal ({{coord|46|25|N|36|38|W}}) by {{HMCS|St. Thomas|K488|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) using [[Squid (weapon)|Squid]]. All 56 crew were rescued by HMCS ''St. Thomas''.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Empire Javelin||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy TBC 1: The [[Landing Ship, Infantry|Landing Ship, Infantry (Large)]] was sunk in the [[English Channel]] north-east of [[Cherbourg]], [[Manche]], France ({{coord|50|5|N|1|0|W}}), either by a [[naval mine|mine]], or by {{GS|U-772||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|French frigate|L'Escarmouche||2}} ({{navy|Free France}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11908 |title=Empire Javelin LSI LS 1943–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=Empire427>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=427 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MS|Holmengraa||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The naval [[tank ship|tanker]] was bombed and sunk by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft off [[Horten]], Norway with the loss of 13 lives.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=6115346|shipname=Holmengraa |accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwrecked.eu/norway/vestfold/holmeng/holmengraa.htm |title=Holmengraa |publisher=www.shipwrecked.eu |access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|John Burke||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was sunk in the [[Philippine Sea]] off Mindoro by a Japanese [[kamikaze]] attack. The ship exploded and sank killing all 28 gunners and 40 crewmen.<ref name=LibJo>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJo.html |title=Liberty Ships – Joaquin – Johns |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|La France|1909|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer (616 GRT, 1909) was bombed and sunk at [[Skudeneshavn]], Norway by [[de Havilland Mosquito]] aircraft of [[No. 143 Squadron RAF|143]], [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]]. Refloated in 1946, repaired and returned to Norwegian commercial service.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=HomeL>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsl.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with L |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|LST-750}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LST-542|landing ship tank}} was damaged in the [[Sulu Sea]] off Los Negros ({{coord|09|01|N|122|30|E}}) by a Japanese kamikaze attack. She was scuttled by {{USS|Edwards|DD-619|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/11812.html |title=USS LST 750 of the US Navy |publisher=UBoat.com |access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese supply ship|Nozaki||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Nozaki''-class supply ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] {{convert|50|nmi}} northeast of [[Nha Trang]], [[French Indochina]] by {{USS|Dace|SS-247|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twenty-five survivors were rescued on 29 December off [[Cam Rahn Bay]] by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kaya|1944|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kashi|1944|2}}, and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sugi|1944|2}} (all {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nozaki_t.htm |title=Japanese Supply Ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-735||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine#Type VIIC|Type VIIC]] submarine was bombed and sunk by [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft off [[Horten]], Norway with the loss of 39 of the 40 crew on board at the time.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= Unknown motor boat
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The motor boat was shelled by ''PC-24 Marjan'' ({{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} [[Yugoslav Partisans]]) and exploded in Sv. Petar harbor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=5 September 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==29 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Arthur Sewall||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy TBC 21]]: The [[Liberty ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[English Channel]] {{convert|7|nmi|km}} south-east of [[Portland Bill]], [[Dorset]] ({{coord|50|28|N|2|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-322||2}} or {{GS|U-772||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her 69 crew. She was towed to [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] by {{HMS|Pilot|W03|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) but was declared a total loss.<ref name=AS>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3405.html |title=Arthur Sewall |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Empire427/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Black Hawk||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy TBC 21]]: The [[Liberty ship]] was torpedoed and damaged in the English Channel by {{GS|U-322||2}}or {{GS|U-772|2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 69 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Dahlia|K59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). She broke in two, with the stern section sinking. The bow section was beached and later scrapped.<ref name=LibB>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsB.html |title=Liberty Ships – B |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=BH>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3406.html |title=Black Hawk |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Empire427/>
}}
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|ship={{Ship|HMMTB|782}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[motor torpedo boat]] (90/107 t, 1944) was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] off the [[Scheldt]] with the loss of three of her crew.<ref name=SweepScheldt/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/17341.html |title=MTB 782 |publisher=www.uboat.net |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MS|Nordvard|1925|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[U-boat]] support ship (4,111 GRT, 1925) was bombed and sunk off [[Moss, Norway|Moss]], Norway by [[de Havilland Mosquito]] aircraft of [[No. 143 Squadron RAF|143]], [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]]. One hundred and sixteen crew were killed.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5606395 |shipname=Nordvard |accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?93683 |title=Nordvard Cargo Ship 1925–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 December 2012}}
</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-883 Dvina|No 37|2}}
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy KB 37]]: The [[minesweeper]] was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] south-east of [[Cape Svyatoj Nos]] by {{GS|U-995||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 49 crew.<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref name=T883>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3404.html |title=T-883 (No 37) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Thann|1926|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] struck a mine and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Darß]], [[Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]].<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-322||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC/41]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk in the English Channel south of [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]], [[Dorset]], United Kingdom ({{coord|50|25|N|2|26|W}}) by {{HMCS|Calgary|K231|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) with the loss of all 52 crew.<ref name=U322>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u322.htm |title=U-322 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Venersborg||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship either struck a mine and sank {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off the Utklippan Lighthouse with the loss of nineteen of her twenty crew,<ref name=Times010145>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=1 January 1945 |page=3 |issue=50029 |column=E}}</ref> or was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Soviet submarine|K51|1940|2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vestkap||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was driven ashore in a storm at [[Stokmarknes]], Norway and was a total loss.<ref name=HomeE>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipse.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with E |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Walter Korte||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[buoy tender]] sank in the Baltic Sea off [[Swinemünde]], [[Pomerania]]. Probable cause of loss was striking a mine.<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''130''
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The [[lighter (barge)|lighter]] was sunk in Philippines waters by {{USS|Hawkbill|SS-366|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=seekrieg194412/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==30 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese Transport|Aobasan Maru||2}}<!--not Aobason Maru, cross-checked with Lloyd's register-->
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: Convoy MATA-38: The ''Aosan Maru''-class auxiliary anti-aircraft transport was bombed and sunk at San Fernando, [[Luzon]], Philippines ({{Coord|17|18|N|119|25|E}}) by [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] aircraft of the United States [[Fifth Air Force]]. Twenty-five soldiers, a gunner and three crew members were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144047|title=Aobasan Maru Cargo Ship 1935–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Aobasan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Anti-Aircraft transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=Jordan540>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=540 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-20||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy MATA-38: The [[Type D escort ship]] was bombed and sunk at the mouth of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon ({{coord|06|30|N|120|18|E}}) by [[Douglas A-20 Havoc]], [[North American B-25 Mitchell]] and [[Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. Fifty-two crew members were lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-20_t.htm|title=Combinedfleet CD-20 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-18||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy MATA-38: The [[No.13-class submarine chaser|''CH-13''-class]] [[submarine chaser]] was bombed and sunk at the mouth of Lingayen Gulf ({{coord|06|30|N|120|18|E}}) by Douglas A-20 Havoc, North American B-25 Mitchell and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.<ref name=CH18>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-18_t.htm |title=CH-18 |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hobart Baker||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was bombed and sunk in the [[Philippine Sea]] off [[Mindoro]], Philippines by Japanese aircraft. One crew was killed, another and two gunners were wounded.<ref name=USNChrono1944/><ref name=LibH>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships – H |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Juan de Fuca||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Liberty ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged by a Japanese aircraft, without casualties, in the [[Philippine Sea]] {{convert|20|nmi}} off [[Mindoro]], Philippines. She was beached on Ambulong Island. She was later refloated and towed to [[Subic Bay]]. Repaired and entered [[United States Navy]] service as USS ''Araner''.<ref name=LibJon>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html |title=Liberty Ships – Jonas – Justo |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1942.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kuretake||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy MATA-38: The {{sclass|Wakatake|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[South China Sea]] {{convert|60|nmi|km}} southeast of [[Formosa]] ({{coord|21|00|N|121|24|E}}) by {{USS|Razorback|SS-394|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kuretake_t.htm |title=2nd Class Destroyers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 Dec 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Muroran Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy MATA-38: The ''Sumedono Maru''-class transport was bombed, exploded and sank off [[Santiago Island, Luzon]] north of Lingayen Gulf ({{coord|17|17|N|120|24|E}}) by Douglas A-20 Havoc, North American B-25 Mitchell and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. All 94 passengers and all 71 crewmen were killed. There were only three survivors.<ref name=CH18/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144048|title=Muroran Maru Cargo Ship 1935–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Muroran_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=23 October 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Orestes|AGP-10|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Varuna|motor torpedo boat tender}} was damaged in the [[Pacific Ocean]] by an [[Aichi D3A|Aichi D3A "Val"]] aircraft of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] which crashed into her amidships killing 45 of her 341 crew. She was beached and later towed to [[Leyte]], Philippines by {{USS|LST-708}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Porcupine|IX-126|6}}
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[File:Porcupine IX-126 on fire.jpg|thumb|USS ''Porcupine'']]
World War II: The {{sclass|Armadillo|tanker|0}} [[tank ship|tanker]] was damaged in [[Mangarin Bay]] ({{coord|12|21|N|121|02|E}}) by a Japanese Aichi D3A "Val" aircraft in a kamikaze attack. Seven sailors died and eight were wounded. She was scuttled by {{USS|Gansevoort|DD-608|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tbilisi|1942|2}}
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy KP 24]]: The [[Liberty ship]] was torpedoed and damaged in the [[Barents Sea]] ({{coord|69|56|N|32|29|E}}) by {{GS|U-956||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 47 of the 139 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Soviet submarine hunter|BO-150||2}} and {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-115||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). ''Tbilisi'' was taken in tow by the tugs ''M-2'' and ''M-12'' (both {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}), eventually arriving at [[Murmansk]]. Although she was declared a total loss, she was repaired and returned to service in 1959 when the bow section from {{SS|Horace Gray||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) was fitted at [[Archangelsk]].<ref name=Tbilisi>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3407.html |title=Tbilisi |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Teikai Maru|1924|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy MATA-38: The government owned transport was bombed and damaged north of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon ({{coord|17|17|N|120|24|E}}) by Douglas A-20 Havoc, North American B-25 Mitchell and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. The burning wreck drifted aground on the coast. Twenty-two passengers, fifteen gunners and 23 crew members were lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com//Teikai_t.htm |title=Ex-German Merchants in Japanese Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=7 March 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-772||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[Type VII submarine#Type VIIC|Type VIIC submarine]] was bombed and sunk by a [[Vickers Wellington]] aircraft of [[407 Squadron, RCAF|407 Squadron]], [[Royal Canadian Air Force]].<ref name=Empire427>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=427 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==31 December==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 December 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Achilles|1922|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was sunk off [[Flekkefjord]], Norway by [[de Havilland Mosquito]] aircraft of [[No. 143 Squadron RAF|143]], [[No. 235 Squadron RAF|235]] and [[No. 248 Squadron RAF|248 Squadrons]], [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name=seekrieg194412/><ref>{{csr |register=MSI |id=5605751 |shipname=Achilles |accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Faro||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Hamburg]] in an American air raid.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144053|title=Fargo Cargo Ship 1935–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-445||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Hamburg in an American air raid.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI |id=6116048 |shipname=M-445 |accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mannheim|1906|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Hamburg in an American air raid.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144054|title=Mannheim Cargo Ship 1906–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Palermo|1922|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in Flekkefjord by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235 and 248 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.<ref name=seekrieg194412/> She was refloated in 1946, repaired, and entered Norwegian service in 1947 as ''Nina''.<ref name=Merchant475>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=475 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Rival|1897|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Hamburg in an American air raid.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1108705|shipname=Rival |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 137 Prins Willem IV||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}<!--not commissioned-->
|desc=World War II: The ''[[sperrbrecher]]'' was severely damaged in an Allied air raid on Hamburg whilst under conversion. The conversion was consequently abandoned. She was repaired in 1945 and entered Dutch service as ''Prins Willem IV''.<ref name=Jordan555>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=555 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-906||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The unfinished [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] was bombed and sunk at Hamburg in an American air raid.<ref name=U906>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/nc_906.htm |title=U-906 Uncommissioned U-Boat |publisher=Uboat |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-2530||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type XXI submarine|Type XXI]] [[submarine]] was bombed and sunk at Hamburg in an American air raid. Refloated in January 1945.<ref name=U2530>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2530.htm |title=U-2530 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Unryu Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] near [[Port Blair]], [[Andaman Islands]] by {{HMS|Shakespeare|P221|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). One hundred and forty-nine passengers and crew were killed; two watchmen survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-63_t.htm |title= Japanese Sub Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1944 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=[[Type C Ko-hyoteki-class submarine|''HA-83'']]
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The Type C midget submarine was lost in late December when she ran aground off [[Cebu]], Philippines.<ref name="Japanese Submarines">{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Philippines_t.htm |title=Japanese Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|LCA 1188}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[landing craft assault]] was lost sometime in December.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Italian motor torpedo boat|MAS 430|S-602|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The ''MAS 423''-class [[MAS boat]] was scuttled at [[Šibenik]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=896&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |title=Italian motor torpedo boat Type MAS 423 |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001715/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=896&tridit=lodenice&zobraz=A |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German monitor|Pionier||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''Pionier''-class river monitor was lost sometime in December. Salvaged post war and put in service as {{ORP|Okon}} ({{Navy|Poland}}).
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-10||2}} and {{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-14||2}}
|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: Convoy TA-7, 2nd group: The [[SS-class landing ship|SS craft]] No. 3-class [[landing ship]]s, comprising an unescorted convoy, went missing on the night of 1–2 December, and lost with all hands after departing Palompon, [[Leyte]], Philippines. {{USS|Conway|DD-507|6}}, {{USS|Cony|DD-508|6}}, {{USS|Eaton|DD-510|6}}, and {{USS|Sigourney|DD-643|6}} (all {{navy|USA|1912}}) did report sinking an enemy vessel in the area the convoy would have been in.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/taops3.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-196||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXD2]] [[submarine]] went missing on or after 1 December whilst on patrol in the [[Sunda Strait]] with the loss of all 65 crew. Cause unknown.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-400||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIC]] [[submarine]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the coast of [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom ({{coord|50|33|16|N|5|11|37|W}}) in mid-December with the loss of all 50 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|YCF-42}}
|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}
|desc=The non-self-propelled car float was lost sometime in December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-2.htm |title=Casualties, Navy & Coast Guard ships WWII |publisher=history.navy.mil |access-date=8 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410224418/http://www.history.navy.mil/FAQs/faq82-2.htm |archive-date=10 April 2014}}</ref>}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==References==
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{{shipevents|1944}}
{{WWII shipwrecks}}

[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1944-12]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in December 1944| ]]