List of shipwrecks in October 1945

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1945.

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1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1945
Ship State Description
Empire Cormorant  United Kingdom Loaded with obsolete chemical munitions, the cargo ship was scuttled 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Ireland at 55°30′N 11°00′W / 55.500°N 11.000°W / 55.500; -11.000.[1]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1945
Ship State Description
Grenada  United Kingdom World War II: The fishing vessel (183 GRT) was sunk by a mine in the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) south of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. Nine crewmen were killed. The only survivor was rescued by the British steamer Fort Souris ( United Kingdom).[2]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1945
Ship State Description
Duburg  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.[3]
Louise Schröder  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[4]
Muriel  Sweden World War II: The cargo ship (1,296 GRT, 1918) struck a mine and sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of one crew.
Patagonia  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[5]
Pillau  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[6]
Triton  United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled off Jutland with a cargo of obsolete ammunition.[7]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1945
Ship State Description
HMS MFV 118  Royal Navy The MFV-1-class motor fishing vessel burned at Portsmouth.[8]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1945
Ship State Description
Chales M. Hall  United States The
River Seine, France. She was subsequently withdrawn from service and laid up in the James River, Virginia, United States.[9]
Glenn's Ferry  United States The
Los Angeles, California to Manila, Philippines.[10]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1945
Ship State Description
Juta  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off the Welsh coast. All twenty crew were rescued by a naval trawler.[11]
Westbank Park  Canada The Park ship ran aground in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico and was wrecked.[12]
USS YP-239  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked in the typhoon.[13]
USS YP-289  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked in the typhoon.[13]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1945
Ship State Description
Kiri Marti  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Pacific Ocean on Miyake Shima. Survivors were rescued by USS Colahan ( United States Navy).[14]
Kuri  Imperial Japanese Navy The Momi-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Pusan, Korea, while serving as a minesweeper.[15]
Patrol No. 3  United States The 8-
Clover Pass (55°28′20″N 131°47′30″W / 55.4722°N 131.7917°W / 55.4722; -131.7917 (Clover Pass)) in Southeast Alaska.[16]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1945
Ship State Description
Brockholst Livingston  United States
Okinawa, Japan. She was declared a total loss.[17]
USCGC CG-83301  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The cutter was wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.[18]
USS Dorsey  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The high-speed minesweeper, a former Wickes-class destroyer, was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed on 1 January 1946.[19]
USS Extricate  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The Anchor-class rescue and salvage ship
was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed with explosives on 4 March 1946.
FS-406  United States Army
Okinawa.[20][21]
USS Greene  United States Navy
constructive total loss. The wreck was destroyed on 11 February 1946.[22]
Harrington Emerson  United States
Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa and was wrecked.[23]
USS Industry  United States Navy
Buckner Bay
on Okinawa. The wreck was sunk in December 1945.
Jack Singer  United States
constructive total loss.[24]
USS Lamberton  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The miscellaneous auxiliary, a former Wickes-class destroyer
, was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was refloated and repaired.
USS LSM-15  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by the repair ship USS Vestal ( United States Navy). Raised in 1957 and re-sunk in deeper water.[25][26]
USS LSM-143  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa.[27]
USS LST-568  United States Navy
tank landing ship was driven aground during a typhoon at Okinawa. She was pulled off the next day. She went to the Philippines where she was decommissioned and stripped. The vessel was scuttled east of Samar on 7 March 1946.[28][29]
USS LST-826  United States Navy
tank landing ship
was driven aground during a typhoon at Okinawa. Her hulk was stripped and sold for scrapping in 1947.
USS Nestor  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The Aristaeus-class repair ship
was driven aground in a typhoon off Okinawa. She was declared a total loss and consequently scrapped.
USS Ocelot  United States Navy
USS Ocelot

Buckner Bay on Okinawa during a typhoon
and was abandoned. The wreck was sold for scrap in 1948.

USS PC-590  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. The hulk was destroyed on 23 February 1946.[18][30]
USS PC-814  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan.[31]
USS PC-1128  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. 18 crew were lost. The wreck was destroyed in March 1946.[32][33]
USS SC-636  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa.[34]
USS SC-999  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser driven ashore during a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed on 14 December 1945.[35]
USS Silica  United States Navy
concrete barge was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 January 1946.[36]
USS Snowbell  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The Ailanthus-class net laying ship, was driven onto a reef
off Okinawa in a typhoon and was declared a total loss. Her hulk was destroyed with explosives on 14 January 1946.
USS Southard  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The high-speed minesweeper, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was driven onto a reef off Tsuken Shima
, Japan, in a typhoon and was declared a total loss.
USS Southern Seas  United States Navy
accommodation ship collided with five other vessels in Buckner Bay during a typhoon and sank off Okinawa with the loss of 13 crew members and one passenger.[37]
USS Vandalia  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The tanker was driven ashore on Naha Island
, Okinawa, and damaged beyond economical repair. She was abandoned on 20 November and sold for scrapping on 31 December.
USS Weehawken  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The minelayer sank at Tsuken Shima
, Japan, during a typhoon. She broke in two a week later and was declared a total loss.
USS YMS-99  United States Navy
Okinawa. The vessel was refloated on 2 November 1945 and destroyed in 1945 or 1946.[38][39]
USS YMS-146  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan.[40]
USS YMS-383  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan.[41]
USS YMS-424  United States Navy
Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Japan. The wreck was destroyed on 10 December 1945.[42][43]
USS YMS-454  United States Navy
Typhoon Louise: The YMS-1-class minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon on Tsuken Island. The wreck was destroyed on 20 December 1945.[44][45]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1945
Ship State Description
Empire Gallery  United Kingdom The
Cordouan, Gironde, France. She was towed in to Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[46]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1945
Ship State Description
FS-163  United States Army The Design 330 coastal freighter was lost in a typhoon, possibly in the South West Pacific Theatre.[47]
HMT Loch Eribol  Royal Navy The naval trawler collided off Start Point, Devon with Sidney Sherman ( United States) and sank. The crew were rescued.[48]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1945
Ship State Description
Oceana  United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off Heligoland (54°00′N 7°52′E / 54.000°N 7.867°E / 54.000; 7.867 and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Hamburg Allied-occupied Germany. She was towed in to Hamburg. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[49]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1945
Ship State Description
T-523  Soviet Navy The T-181-class minesweeper was damaged by Japanese mines and declared a constructive total loss.
T-610  Soviet Navy The T-181-class minesweeper was sunk by Japanese mines.
Zhong’anlun
 		 China The ferry, with 1,000 passengers aboard sank when crossing the
Yangtze River
. Some 800 people died.

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1945
Ship State Description
Cassius Hudson  United States The Liberty ship struck a mine in the Gulf of Trieste. She was taken in tow but struck another mine and sank (45°32′N 13°12′E / 45.533°N 13.200°E / 45.533; 13.200).[9]
Takliwa  United Kingdom The
Great Nicobar, Indonesia. All 1,083 on board were rescued by HMS Sainfoin ( Royal Navy
). The ship later broke up, a total loss.

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1945
Ship State Description
Balkan  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[50]
Drau  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[51][52]
Emmy Friederich  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[53]
Erika Schunemann  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[54]
Joshua W. Alexander  United States The Liberty ship was wrecked at Graves, Massachusetts.[55]
Kirov  Soviet Navy The
Cronstadt for repairs.[56]
HMT Lord Beaconsfield  Royal Navy The minesweeping naval trawler was wrecked one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south west of Red Head, Angus.[57]
Olga Siemers  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[58][7]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1945
Ship State Description
Sergei Lazo  Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground at
Tsun Wan, Hong Kong.[59]
Simferopol  Soviet Union World War II: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tsun Wan. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped.[59]
Svirstroi  Soviet Union World War II: The cargo ship ran aground at Tsun Wan. She was refloated in 1950 and scrapped.[59]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1945
Ship State Description
Medford  United States The trawler out of New Bedford, Massachusetts was cut in two by USAT Thomas H. Barry ( United States Army) outbound from New York Port of Embarkation for Le Havre, France at about 40.41º north, 67.18º west, 150 miles (241 km) east of New Bedford. Medford's casualties were one killed, six missing and ten rescued.[60][61]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1945
Ship State Description
Kronprinsen  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at
Orkney Islands
, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and returned to service.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1945
Ship State Description
Charles C. Glover  United States The
Loire. She was refloated but declared a total loss.[9]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1945
Ship State Description
Danegarth  United Kingdom The tug collided with a floating lock gate in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of one crew member.[62]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1945
Ship State Description
HMS Saltburn  Royal Navy The
Solent in a gale after fouling the defense boom off Horse Sand Fort. 63 crew were rescued by the Bembridge Life Boat and 25 by the Selsey Lifeboat.[63]
HMT Swarthy  Royal Navy The tug sank in the Solent in a gale after fouling the defense boom off Horse Sand Fort whilst attempting to assist HMS Saltburn ( Royal Navy). 14 crew were rescued by the lifeboat Jesse Lumb. Her master and two crew abandoned ship on a Carley float and came ashore near Longstone Harbor.[64][63]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1945
Ship State Description
Moorwood  United Kingdom The coaster struck a sunken wreck in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and holed. She was beached on the Maplin Sands. Moorwood was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and completed her voyage. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[65]
Norteloide Brazil Brazil The
São Thomé and Macahe the next day and was a total loss.[66]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1945
Ship State Description
I-363  Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The I-361-class submarine was sunk by a mine in the Philippine Sea off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 36 lives; 10 crewmen were rescued. The submarine was raised and scrapped in January 1966.[67]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1945
Ship State Description
Wairuna  United Kingdom Loaded with obsolete chemical munitions, the cargo ship was scuttled 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Ireland at 55°30′N 11°00′W / 55.500°N 11.000°W / 55.500; -11.000.[68]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1945
Ship State Description
HMIS Ahmedabad  Royal Indian Navy The Basset-class trawler/minesweeper was driven ashore in a cyclone. Later refloated.[69]
Ha-104  Imperial Japanese Navy The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled off Shimizu, Japan.[70]

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