The 70-foot (21 m) tug sank in approximately 100 feet (30 m) of water off the , a reef near Matinicus Island off the coast of Maine. Her crew of three was rescued.[3]
While disabled and under tow, the 83-foot (25.3 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea near Saint Paul Island. The vessel Sea Producer (United States) rescued her entire crew of four.[5]
The oil tanker′s captain deliberately ran her aground on the coast of Mozambique 40 kilometres (25 miles; 22.6 nautical miles) north of Maputo. She was soon salvaged.
The 85-foot (25.9 m) longlinefishing vessel burned and sank approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The two people on board survived.[5]
The US$10 million, 121-foot (36.9 m) luxury yacht – the world’s largest private sport fishing vessel at the time – sank in five minutes in bad weather with 20-knot (37-km/hr) winds and 10-to-12-foot (3 to 4 m) seas in the Atlantic Ocean off southern New Jersey in 428 feet (130 m) of water. The six men on board abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, early on 14 August, four hours after Lady Anna sank.[23]
The cruise ship sank in the Straits of Malacca after being rammed by fishing vessel Turfu 51 (Republic of China) with the loss of two of the 534-plus people on board. Survivors were rescued by (Russia) and (Bahamas).[25][26]
After the 40-foot (12.2 m) salmontroller ran aground in Southeast Alaska, her crew attempted repairs, but she sank without loss of life 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.[1]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1992
Ship
Country
Description
EPC 22
United States
After her engine broke down during a storm, the 28-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel blew ashore and sank in Bristol Bay on the coast of Alaska.[28]
The Robert H. Smith-classdestroyer minelayer was on a military exercise in Saros Bay when struck by two Sea Sparrow missiles fired by the aircraft carrierUSS Saratoga (United States Navy), killing five of her crew. The ship was consequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1992
Ship
Country
Description
Emerald Pacific
United States
The 137-gross ton, 107.5-foot (32.8 m) fishing vessel caught fire near Valdez, Alaska. The two people on board abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued. The fire was extinguished, but Emerald Pacific was declared a total loss.[28]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1992
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Anne
United States
While tied up side-by-side with the fishing vessel Silver Bullit (United States), which had been towing her, and the vessel New Star (United States), which Silver Bullit also had been towing, to make repairs after Silver Bullit struck a rock, the 29-foot (8.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire and sank without loss of life near (55°53′N158°50′W / 55.883°N 158.833°W / 55.883; -158.833 (Mitrofania Island)) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[5]
Miss Anngel
United States
The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing trawler sank approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) southwest of Kodiak Island, Alaska, after a series of large waves struck and flooded her. Her crew of three survived.[5]
New Star
United States
While tied up side-by-side with the fishing vessel Silver Bullit (United States), which had been towing her, and the fishing vessel Mary Anne (United States), which Silver Bullit also had been towing, to make repairs after Silver Bullit struck a rock, the 49-foot (14.9 m) vessel was destroyed by fire and sank without loss of life near (55°53′N158°50′W / 55.883°N 158.833°W / 55.883; -158.833 (Mitrofania Island)) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[30]
Typhoon Colloeen: The bulk carrier foundered in the Pacific Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of the Philippines with the loss of all 28 crew.[32]
The yacht was abandoned off Eastbourne, East Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Duke of Kent(Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Gulmaid subsequently drove ashore.[35]