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List of shipwrecks in September 1945

Summary

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

1 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945
Ship State Description
Thekla   Germany The cargo ship exploded at Florø, Norway, during loading of ammunition. Nineteen people were killed; seven Germans, ten Norwegians imprisoned on charges of treason, one British soldier and one Norwegian guard.[1]

2 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1945
Ship State Description
Unknown tug   Imperial Japanese Army The tugboat struck a mine and sank off Pusan, South Korea. 22 killed.[2]

5 September edit

8 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship State Description
Empress of Russia   Canada The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
L'Audacieuse   French Navy First Indochina War; Battle of Hong Hai: The auxiliary patrol boat/naval junk was scuttled to prevent capture. Eight crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[3]

10 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship State Description
Unknown Unknown The tug was wrecked at Rabaul, New Guinea. Salvaged by HMAS Reserve (  Royal Australian Navy) on 23 September and towed to Madang on 26 September. Sold in 1946.[4]

11 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1945
Ship State Description
USS PC-815   United States Navy The PC-461-class submarine chaser sank in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, at 32°37′54″N 117°14′12″W / 32.63167°N 117.23667°W / 32.63167; -117.23667 with the loss of one crew member after colliding with the destroyer USS Laffey (  United States Navy).

12 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1945
Ship State Description
Marianne Toft   Denmark The cargo ship collided with Cornelius Ford (  United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of ten of her twenty crew.[5]

13 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1945
Ship State Description
Empire Simba   United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°30′N 11°00′W / 55.500°N 11.000°W / 55.500; -11.000) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[6]

15 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1945
Ship State Description
T-175   Imperial Japanese Navy The No. 103-class landing ship was heavily damaged in a typhoon off Urasaki and beached. Scrapped in 1948.[7]

16 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945
Ship State Description
USS AFD-13   United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The mobile floating drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[8]
HMS BYMS-275   Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-383   Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-384   Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-424   Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-454   Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
Richard V. Oulahan   United States Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[10]
USS SC-632   United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa. The sunken hulk was destroyed on 9 March 1948.[11]
USS YMS-98   United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[12]
USS YMS-341   United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[12]

17 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945
Ship State Description
John A. Rawlins   United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[13]

18 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945
Ship State Description
CHa-160   Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The CHa-1-class submarine chaser sank off Yoshimi during a typhoon.
Cha-228   Imperial Japanese Navy The CHa-1-class submarine chaser foundered at Sasebo in a storm.
USS YMS-478   United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[14]

19 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945
Ship State Description
CDa-1 and CDa-2   Imperial Japanese Navy The incomplete CDa-1-class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.
Mandal   Norway The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[15]
Minerve   France The Minerve-class submarine was being towed to France from England, but broke free in heavy weather and was wrecked on Portland Bill.[16]

22 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1945
Ship State Description
USS LST-553   United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[9]
USS LST-768   United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[9]
Prince George   Canada The passenger steamer (3,372 GRT, 1910) caught fire after running aground in fog off Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. After her 103 crewmen and 10 passengers abandoned ship, the fire began to threaten facilities in the harbor at Ketchikan, so the tug General Kennedy (  Canada) towed her to Pennock Island in Tongass Narrows, where the fire burned itself out. One fireman was killed. The wreck eventually was refloated and scrapped.[17]

24 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945
Ship State Description
Nordhavet   Denmark The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Dominion of Newfoundland (46°47′N 54°08′W / 46.783°N 54.133°W / 46.783; -54.133).[18]

25 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1945
Ship State Description
Edinburgh Castle   United Kingdom The passenger ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown, Sierra Leone by HMT Cape Warwick, HMS Launceston Castle and HMS Portchester Castle (all   Royal Navy).[19]

29 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945
Ship State Description
Empire Patrol   United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) off Port Said, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew and the 496 refugees she was carrying. She was taken in tow but capsized and sank two days later when still 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Port Said.[20]
USS Roche   United States Navy The Cannon-class destroyer escort struck a mine and was damaged in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of three of her 216 crew. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and sunk off Yokosuka, Japan on 11 March 1946.

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