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The list of shipwrecks in 1974 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1974 .
January
1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1974
Ship
State
Description
Transocean III
United States
The
7 January
16 January
19 January
22 January
27 January
29 January
Unknown date
February
1 February
3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1974
Ship
State
Description
Collette
United States
The 16-
4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1974
Ship
State
Description
Suzanna II
United States
The
9 February
10 February
13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1974
Ship
State
Description
Normar
United States
The 95-foot (29.0 m)
15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1974
Ship
State
Description
Martin D
United States
The 147-capsize and sink. There was one survivor.
[16]
19 February
22 February
Unknown date
March
5 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1974
Ship
State
Description
Lucky Debonair
United States
Last seen on 3 March near Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.
[21]
6 March
8 March
10 March
23 March
27 March
April
4 April
8 April
15 April
May
6 May
9 May
12 May
16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1974
Ship
State
Description
Master Deviedem
Soviet Union
The tanker sank after colliding with a French ferry 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi) north of Tunisia.[30]
19 May
24 May
26 May
June
1 June
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1974
Ship
State
Description
Albacore
United States
The
20 June
23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1974
Ship
State
Description
Miss Alaska
United States
The 197-
28 June
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1974
Ship
State
Description
No. 863
Republic of Korea Navy
The patrol ship was sunk by three North Korean ships. 28 crewmen were killed.[20]
July
1 July
13 July
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1974
Ship
State
Description
Elizabeth
United States
The 12-
16 July
21 July
23 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1974
Ship
State
Description
Skagway Helen
United States
The
29 July
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1974
Ship
State
Description
Emmonak
United States
The Saint Lawrence Island.
[32]
August
1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1974
Ship
State
Description
Tula
United States
The
2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1974
Ship
State
Description
Skippy Jack
United States
The
8 August
9 August
11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1974
Ship
State
Description
Produce
Norway
The tanker ran aground off Durban , South Africa. All 33 crew were rescued.[38]
12 August
22 August
30 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1974
Ship
State
Description
Keta
United States
The 7-
September
2 September
3 September
5 September
9 September
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1974
Ship
State
Description
Kim
United States
The
13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1974
Ship
State
Description
Verona
United States
The
18 September
19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1974
Ship
State
Description
Aries
United States
During a voyage from life raft and was rescued by a Canadian fishing vessel.
[27]
Focomar
Cyprus
The
23 September
26 September
29 September
30 September
October
4 October
13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1974
Ship
State
Description
Barge 221
United States
The 1,255-
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1974
Ship
State
Description
Crescent
United States
The 24-
15 October
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1974
Ship
State
Description
Helenka B
United States
The
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1974
Ship
State
Description
Eurabia Sun
Lebanon
The cargo ship sank off the coast of the Netherlands . All 28 crew were rescued.[52]
Great Luck
Cyprus
The turnaround of the freighter (4,300 GRT) failed after the auxiliary diesel emgine failed in a storm. The ship was moored at Scharhörn until its salvage on November 17.[53]
29 October
November
1 November
4 November
19 November
21 November
23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1974
Ship
State
Description
Quicksilver
United States
The 15-
24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1974
Ship
State
Description
Geranium
Liberia
During a voyage from North Pacific Ocean approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) south of
Kiska in the
Aleutian Islands . Seaarchers found only an empty
lifeboat and a large number of floating logs.
[58]
28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1974
Ship
State
Description
Yuyu Maru
Japan
The tanker was bombed and torpedoed by Cape Inubo
.
December
4 December
24 December
25 December
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1974
Ship
State
Description
A. Mackenzie
United States
The United States Army Corps of Engineers dredge was sunk in a collision at the entrance to the Houston-Galveston shipping channel . The wreck was removed two months later.[62]
Berkshire No. 7
United States
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport , Connecticut , in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Elmer S. Dailey and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Elmer S. Dailey
United States
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport , Connecticut , in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
RVNS Long Dao
Republic of Vietnam Navy
Vietnam War : The Long Dao -class landing ship was probably sunk by North Vietnamese 126th Special Naval Commandos.[63]
Priscilla Dailey
United States
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport , Connecticut , in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Elmer S. Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Ridgetown
Canada
The bulk carrier was scuttled as a breakwater at Port Credit, Ontario sometime in the summer of 1974.
[64]
Southern Explorer
United States
The 87-foot (27 m) vessel sank without loss of life near Sand Point , Alaska .[13]
RVNS Than Tien
Republic of Vietnam Navy
Vietnam War : The Long Dao -class landing ship was probably sunk by North Vietnamese 126th Special Naval Commandos.[63]
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