List of shipwrecks in 1945

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

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Ship Country Description
Akagi Maru  Japan The merchant ship sank in a typhoon. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
Alice L. Pendleton  United States The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349-gross register ton four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[1]
 Bulgaria World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Thessaloniki, Greece. The wreck was scrapped in situ in March 1948.[2]
 Netherlands World War II: The burnt out cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Rotterdam, South Holland.[3]
Elbing  Germany World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at . She was later repaired and returned to service.
 Kriegsmarine The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[4]
 Kriegsmarine The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[5]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[6]
 Kriegsmarine The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[7]
 Kriegsmarine The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[8]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[9]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.[10]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.[11]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[12]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[13]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[14]
 Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[15]
, , , ,
and 		 Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.[16]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The Q/Gyoraitei No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.[17]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.[18]
, , and  Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.[19]
, , , ,
, , , ,
, , , and 		 Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.[20]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 15-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.[21]
 United States The Liberty ship was damaged in a typhoon. She was refloated but collided with a United States Navy tug and was declared a constructive total loss.[22]
, , , and  Imperial Japanese Navy The H-2-class motor gun boats were lost in 1944 or 1945.[23]
,  Imperial Japanese Navy The H-61-class motor gun boats were lost in 1945.[24]
 Kriegsmarine The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.[25]
 Kriegsmarine The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.[26]
 Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in early 1945.[27]
 Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in early 1945.[28]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled off Malta.[29]
 Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1945.[30]
Prince George  Canada The steamer was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. She later was towed away and scrapped.
 Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.[31]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.[32]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in Spring 1945.[33]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1945.[34]
 Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1945.[35]
 Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The incomplete SS-class landing ship was sunk at Osaka in 1945.[36]
Saginaw II  United States The 92-gross register ton, 70.2-foot (21.4 m) scow sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska at 57°35′N 136°05′W / 57.583°N 136.083°W / 57.583; -136.083 (Saginaw II), between (57°30′34″N 135°55′44″W / 57.5094°N 135.9288°W / 57.5094; -135.9288 (Slocum Arm)) and (57°33′54″N 136°06′33″W / 57.5651°N 136.1091°W / 57.5651; -136.1091 (Khaz Bay)).[37]
San Marco  Regia Marina End of World War II: The target ship, a former San Giorgio-class armored cruiser captured by the Germans in September 1943, was found sunk in the harbor at La Spezia, Italy, at the end of World War II.
UF-2  Kriegsmarine End of World War II: The Aurore-class submarine was scuttled at Gotenhafen, Pomerania sometime after 5 July.
U-3502  Kriegsmarine World War II: The Type XXI submarine was bombed and damaged at Hamburg. She was consequently withdrawn from service on 3 May and scrapped post-war.[38]
 Kriegsmarine The Vorpostenboot, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.[39]
W. P. Few  United States The Liberty ship became stranded and was declared a constructive total loss.[40]

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