List of shipwrecks in 2002

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The list of shipwrecks in 2002 includes

ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2002
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2002
Ship State Description
Willy  Cyprus The tanker ran aground at Kingsand, Cornwall, England.[1]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2002
Ship State Description
Unnamed barge  United States The retired 109-foot (33.2 m)
North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, at 40°07.370′N 073°56.765′W / 40.122833°N 73.946083°W / 40.122833; -73.946083 (Wedding Barge). Her wreck is nicknamed the "Wedding Barge."[2]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 2002
Ship State Description
Meridian  United States The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Marmot Bay (58°00′N 152°06′W / 58.000°N 152.100°W / 58.000; -152.100 (Marmot Bay)) in the Kodiak Archipelago approximately 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) north of Kodiak, Alaska. The fishing vessel Carlsen Point ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[3]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 2002
Ship State Description
Le Perrain  France The fishing vessel was abandoned 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) north of the Outer Hebrides and eighteen men were airlifted by a RAF Lossiemouth, 202 squadron, Sea King helicopter. One man, the skipper, was swept overboard and was missing.[4]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2002
Ship State Description
Kodima Norway The cargo ship ran aground in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, England.[5] She was refloated on 16 February and towed to Falmouth.

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 2002
Ship State Description
Vehar  United States The 39-foot (12 m) crab fishing vessel sank after striking a rock near Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)), 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) south of Kodiak, Alaska. Her crew of three abandoned ship in survival suits and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[6]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 2002
Ship State Description
Contentment  United States The 35-foot (10.7 m)
North Pacific Ocean approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of King Cove, Alaska. Her crew of two was rescued by the fishing vessel Coastal Pilot ( United States).[7]
Tradewind  United States The 51-foot (16 m)
life raft and were rescued by the fishing vessel Temptation ( United States).[8]

March

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2002
Ship State Description
Camadan  Turkey The cargo ship sunk in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta (35°31′N 14°32′E / 35.51°N 14.53°E / 35.51; 14.53). All the crew were rescued.[9]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 2002
Ship State Description
Gilbert Sea  Honduras Cargo ship seized for carrying cocaine and sunk as an artificial reef 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Lake Worth Inlet, Florida.[10]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2002
Ship State Description
Belmonte
  Brazilian Navy The decommissioned
landing ship
was sunk as a target.

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 2002
Ship State Description
Northern Dawn  United States The 33-foot (10.1 m)
life raft, from a which a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[11]

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 2002
Ship State Description
Jawgal  Libya The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria. Fifteen of her 24 crew members lost their lives.[12]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 2002
Ship State Description
Bob′s Big Boat  United States The retired 150-or-167-foot (45.7 or 50.9 m) (source gives both lengths)
North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[13]

May

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 2002
Ship State Description
Sea Spray  United States The 32-foot (9.8 m)
bowpicker was destroyed by fire in Nushagak Bay off of Bristol Bay on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska. The only person aboard ran her aground and escaped onto the shore.[14]

17 May

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 2002
Ship State Description
Libby No. 12  United States The 43-foot (13.1 m)
harbormaster rescued the only person aboard.[15]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 2002
Ship State Description
Unidentified barge  United States The retired 42-foot (12.8 m)
Barnegat, New Jersey, at 39°45.973′N 074°01.459′W / 39.766217°N 74.024317°W / 39.766217; -74.024317 (Unidentified barge).[16]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 2002
Ship State Description
Genei Maru No. 7  Japan The 97-foot (29.6 m)
Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[17]

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 2002
Ship State Description
Clipper Cheyenne  Bahamas The
semi-submersible dock ship sank at Foynes, County Limerick, Ireland. She was later salvaged and towed to a French port.[18]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 2002
Ship State Description
USS Hepburn  United States Navy The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target.

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 2002
Ship State Description
USS Wainwright  United States Navy The decommissioned
guided-missile cruiser was sunk by explosive charges off Puerto Rico after being used as a missile, torpedo
, and aircraft target on 11 and 12 June.

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 2002
Ship State Description
Carrie of Camaret  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland. All eleven people on board were rescued but the vessel was a total loss.[19]
Dark Star  United States The 43-foot (13.1 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel was abandoned in the Bering Sea after she struck a submerged object northwest of Unalaska, Alaska, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Spray Cape (53°36′50″N 167°09′20″W / 53.61389°N 167.15556°W / 53.61389; -167.15556 (Spray Cape)) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[20]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 2002
Ship State Description
Gotland  Germany The 24.3-metre (79 ft 9 in) sailing vessel, a converted former KFK-class naval trawler, sank after a gust of wind put her on her side (54°34′N 10°10′E / 54.567°N 10.167°E / 54.567; 10.167). The four people on board were rescued by Orban ( The Netherlands). The wreck was raised on 6 July 2002.[21]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 2002
Ship State Description
PKM-357  Republic of Korea Navy
Second Battle of Yeonpyeong: The Chamsuri-class patrol ship was shelled and sunk by No. 684 ( Korean People's Navy). The vessel was later raised.[22]

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2002
Ship State Description
Barbara Jean  United States The 42-foot (12.8 m)
seiner burned to the waterline and sank in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water near Point Baker, Alaska, in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Ruffies One ( United States) rescued the only person aboard.[23]
USS Rathburne  United States Navy The decommissioned
RIMPAC 02
exercise.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 2002
Ship State Description
HMS Nottingham  Royal Navy The Type 42 destroyer ran aground on Wolf Rock, Lord Howe Island, Australia and was severely damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service in July 2004.

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 2002
Ship State Description
USS White Plains  United States Navy The decommissioned
RIMPAC 02
exercise.

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 2002
Ship State Description
USS Harold E. Holt  United States Navy The decommissioned
RIMPAC 02
exercise.

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 2002
Ship State Description
Ana Palmira  United States The retired 80-foot (24.4 m)
North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[13]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 2002
Ship State Description
Victor  United States During a voyage from
life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[6]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 2002
Ship State Description
Riptide  United States The 30-foot (9.1 m) gillnet fishing vessel sank without loss of life in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) north of Juneau, Alaska, after colliding with the 51-foot (15.5 m) fish tender Ola Jean ( United States). Ola Jeean rescued her crew.[24]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 2002
Ship State Description
A R 5  United States The 100-foot (30.5 m) fish tender struck a rock and sank in 1,080 feet (330 m) of water in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ratz Harbor (55°53′15″N 132°35′45″W / 55.88750°N 132.59583°W / 55.88750; -132.59583 (Ratz Harbor)), 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) south of Thorne Bay, Alaska. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a 16-foot (4.9 m) skiff and was rescued by the cruise ship Norwegian Sky ( Bahamas).[25]
Reaper  United States During a voyage from
life raft.[24]

August

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 2002
Ship State Description
Kalitan  United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) troller burned to the waterline at Hidden Falls Hatchery in Kasnyku Bay (57°13′00″N 134°52′30″W / 57.21667°N 134.87500°W / 57.21667; -134.87500 (Kasnyku Bay)) on the coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[26]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2002
Ship State Description
Bismihita'la  Liberia The cargo ship developed a severe list 500 nautical miles (930 km) off Cape Town, South Africa due to No. 2 hold flooding. Crew rescued by Mineral York ( Liberia). Ship taken in tow by tug Suhaili. She was scuttled on 17 September at 25°12′S 9°23′E / 25.200°S 9.383°E / -25.200; 9.383[27]

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 2002
Ship State Description
Mantank  United States The retired 224-foot (68.3 m) water
North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, in 120 feet (36.6 m) of water at 38°58.688′N 074°11.410′W / 38.978133°N 74.190167°W / 38.978133; -74.190167 (Mantank).[28][29]
Vincent Tibbetts
 		 United States The retired 244-foot (74.4 m)
North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, in 135 feet (41.1 m) of water at 38°58.358′N 074°11.429′W / 38.972633°N 74.190483°W / 38.972633; -74.190483 (Vincent Tibbetts).[29][30]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2002
Ship State Description
Bligh Reef  United States The two-member crew of the 52-foot (15.8 m)
life raft near the Copper River Delta (60°25′N 145°00′W / 60.417°N 145.000°W / 60.417; -145.000 (Copper River Delta)) on the south-central coast of Alaska 31 nautical miles (57 km; 36 mi) southwest of Cordova, Alaska, after her steering failed in heavy seas and several attempts by the fishing vessel Snug Harbor ( United States) to tow her failed when towlines parted. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them from the raft.[23]
Southwicks  United States The retired 62-foot (18.9 m)
Holgate, New Jersey, at 39°28.560′N 074°11.300′W / 39.476000°N 74.188333°W / 39.476000; -74.188333 (Southwicks).[31]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 2002
Ship State Description
Sparrowcastle  United States The 58-foot (18 m)
life raft.[14]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 2002
Ship State Description
Dakota  United States The 50-foot (15.2 m)
Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The two people aboard abandoned ship in a skiff and reached the beach, where a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[20]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2002
Ship State Description
Le Joola  Senegal The passenger ferry capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gambia with the loss of at least 1,863 of the over 2,000 people on board.

October

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2002
Ship State Description
USS Okinawa  United States Navy The decommissioned
Harpoon missiles before being finished off by a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Portsmouth ( United States Navy
).

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 2002
Ship State Description
USS Towers  United States Navy
guided-missile frigate USS Sides ( United States Navy
).

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2002
Ship State Description
Stadt Arnis  Germany The 15.68-metre (51 ft 5 in) tug sank in rough weather (54°12′N 11°08′E / 54.200°N 11.133°E / 54.200; 11.133). The two crew were rescued by rescue cruiser Bremen ( Germany). The ship was raised on 31 October 2002.[32]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 2002
Ship State Description
Shenandoah  United States While towing the 65-foot (20 m) vessel Mary J ( United States) from Homer to Seward, Alaska, the 48-foot (15 m) fishing vessel disappeared with the loss of both people aboard after sending an automated distress signal from the vicinity of Chugach Bay (59°11′N 151°34′W / 59.183°N 151.567°W / 59.183; -151.567 (Chugach Bay)) off the south-central coast of Alaska, probably while foundering in a storm. Mary J drifted ashore at the entrance to Windy Bay (59°13′21″N 151°29′20″W / 59.22250°N 151.48889°W / 59.22250; -151.48889 (Windy Bay)), and wreckage from Shenandoah later was found in and around Chugach Bay.[14]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 2002
Ship State Description
Galaxy  United States The 171-foot (52.1 m)
Saint Paul Island with the loss of two lives. The United States Coast Guard and the vessels Blue Pacific, Clipper Express, and Glacier Bay (all  United States) rescued her 24 survivors, but Clipper Express lost one of her own crewmen when a rogue wave washed him overboard subsequent to the rescue.[17]
Paper Chase  United Kingdom The yacht was abandoned off Eastbourne, East Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat.[33]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 2002
Ship State Description
Rockett II  United States The 44-foot (13.4 m)
crab-fishing vessel Stormy Sea ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[24]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 2002
Ship State Description
Mercury II  Azerbaijan The cargo ship sank in the Caspian Sea with the loss of 42 of the 51 people on board.[34][35]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2002
Ship State Description
Elisabeth Smit  Netherlands
Elisabeth Smit in 2018
The barquentine-rigged charter ship and former minesweeper was badly damaged at her mooring at Muiden, Netherlands by a storm and abandoned. The wreck was finally broken up in situ in December 2020.[36][37]

November

5 November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 2002
Ship State Description
HMS Trafalgar  Royal Navy The
Fladda-chuain, Scotland. She surfaced and proceeded to Faslane
. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 2002
Ship State Description
Genei Maru No. 7  Japan The 97-foot (29.6 m)
Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[17]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 2002
Ship State Description
HNoMS Orkla  Royal Norwegian Navy The Alta-class minesweeper suffered an engine room explosion, caught fire and capsized the next the day in Harøyfjorden north-west of Flemsøya in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Eleven of the thirty-three crew suffered light smoke inhalation injuries.[38]
Prestige  Greece The oil tanker broke in two and sank off Galicia, Spain, creating the Prestige oil spill, a massive oil spill polluting thousands of kilometers of coastline.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2002
Ship State Description
Nge Zin Thein  Myanmar The ferry sank on a Burmese river with the loss of an unknown number of passengers.[39]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2002
Ship State Description
USS Caron  United States Navy
Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
, during explosives testing.

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 2002
Ship State Description
Princess Pia  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Klaipėda, Lithuania and was holed. She was refloated 16 December and subsequently scrapped in October 2003.[27]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 2002
Ship State Description
Tricolor  Norway The vehicle carrier collided with
Dunquerque, Nord
, France. The wreck was removed in 2004.

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2002
Ship State Description
Nicola  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground on the wreck of Tricolor ( Norway). She was later refloated.[40]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date
Ship State Description
Regina Maris  United States The schooner sank at her moorings at Glen Cove, New York, due to the poor condition of her hull. Efforts to refloat her in 2003 damaged her beyond repair, and she subsequently was scrapped.[41][42]

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