The Mettawee-classgasoline tanker ran aground and capsized off Iwo Jima, Japan. She was a total loss.
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1945
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea or East China Sea by USS Shad (United States Navy).[4][13]
Hanshin Maru
Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II: The guardboat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido by USS Tench (United States Navy).[4]
USS LCI(L)-90
United States Navy
World War II: The landing craft infantry (large) was damaged beyond repair in the Pacific Ocean by a kamikaze attack.[4]
Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II: The Sokuten-classminelayer was heavily damaged by American aircraft with the stern breaking off and sinking off Kyushu. The ship was beached and later broken up.[14]
World War II: The Fletcher-classdestroyer was sunk by a Japanese kamikaze attack using an Aichi D3A aircraft. All 273 crew were rescued by and (both United States Navy).
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Sea Dog (United States Navy).[4]
Soviet Navy
World War II: The Project T 351L Type MT-1 minesweeper was sunk in the by mines.[29]
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Skate (United States Navy).[21]
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Skate (United States Navy).[21]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1945
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Bowfin (United States Navy).[4]
Concrete Barge No. 30
United States
World War II: The barge was scuttled as the final piece of a breakwater/artificial port at Iwo Jima. Wreck raised above water by volcanic land lift in the 21st Century.[30]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Bonefish (United States Navy) with the loss of 30 lives.[4][5]
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Skate (United States Navy.[4]
Soviet Union
World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the west end of La Perouse Strait by USS Skate or USS Spadefish (both United States Navy). Five crewmen were killed. Survivors sailed to Japan.[4][32]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1945
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The former Kriegsmarine ammunition ship sank after an explosion in . The explosion heavily damaged former Kriegsmarine (captured Danish) torpedo boats , , , and (all Kriegsmarine). They were not repaired.[33]
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Spadefish (United States Navy).[4]
World War II: Battle of Okinawa: The Fletcher-classdestroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan by a kamikaze aircraft attack with the loss of 152 of her 340 crew.
World War II: The Wa-101-class auxiliary minesweeper was sunk at Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies by American carrier-based aircraft. Raised and repaired post-war, and put in Dutch, and later Indonesian, service.[36]
World War II: The cargo ship (a.k.a. Hiroi Maru) was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk by USS Apogon (United States Navy). Thirty-nine passengers were killed. Survivors were rescued by CH-15 (Imperial Japanese Navy).[37]
Heiwa Maru
Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II: The patrol boat was sunk in the East China Sea by USS Dentuda (United States Navy).[4]
Reiko Maru
Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II: The patrol boat was sunk in the East China Sea by USS Dentuda (United States Navy).[4]
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Tinosa (United States Navy).[4]
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk by USS Apogon and USS Dace (both United States Navy). Seven passengers and 49 crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by CH-15 (Imperial Japanese Navy).[4][39]
World War II: The high-speed transport, a former Clemson-classdestroyer, was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan by a kamikaze aircraft attack while acting as a kamikaze decoy after being heavily damaged on 25 May.
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by USS Parche (United States Navy).[4]
Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Sea Dog (United States Navy).[4]
United States Navy
World War II: The LSM-1-classlanding ship medium was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa by a kamikaze aircraft attack. Thirty-eight survivors were rescued by USS Steady (United States Navy).[44]
Japan
World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by USS Sea Dog (United States Navy).[4]
22 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1945
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
World War II: The incomplete I-201-classsubmarine, only 90% complete, was bombed and sunk at Kure by Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft. Raised post-war and scrapped.[45]
I-352
Japan
World War II: The incomplete I-351-class submarine, only 90% complete, was bombed and sunk at Kure by Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft. Raised post-war and scrapped.[46]
World War II: Convoy No. 1624: The transport was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean south of Todogasaki, Honshu (39°25′N142°04′E / 39.417°N 142.067°E / 39.417; 142.067) by USS Parche (United States Navy). She was beached on Iwate Ken to prevent sinking, later broke in two. The wreck was abandoned later after being bombed by American carrier-based aircraft. A crewman was killed.[52]
World War II: The Kaidai type submarine was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 480 nautical miles (890 km) east of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands (15°28′N153°39′E / 15.467°N 153.650°E / 15.467; 153.650) by a United States Navy Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon aircraft.[58]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1945
Ship
Country
Description
Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II: The salvage ship struck a mine and was beached at Jizo saki. Refloated and scrapped, probably post War.[59]
World War II: The cargo ship was mined and sunk off Sado Island. Raised, repaired and put in British service as Empire Evenlode (United Kingdom).[61]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1945
Ship
Country
Description
Caliche
Soviet Union
World War II: The vessel was scuttled by the U.S. as a piece of a breakwater/artificial port at Iwo Jima before 13 June. Wreck raised above water by volcanic land lift in the 21st century.[62]
Chetverti Krabalov
Soviet Union
World War II: The vessel was scuttled by the U.S. as a piece of a breakwater/artificial port at Iwo Jima before 13 June. Wreck raised above water by volcanic land lift in the 21st century.[63]
Gilyak
Soviet Union
World War II: The vessel was scuttled by the U.S. as a piece of a breakwater/artificial port at Iwo Jima before 13 June. Wreck raised above water by volcanic land lift in the 21st century.[64]
Toyotu Maru
Imperial Japanese Navy
World War II: The vessel was scuttled by the U.S. as a piece of a breakwater/artificial port at Iwo Jima before 13 June. Wreck raised above water by volcanic land lift in the 21st century.[65]
USS YC-1272
United States Navy
The open lighter, beached on the south side of the Cerritos Channel at San Pedro, California, was lost sometime in June.[66]
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