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 Country 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.

3 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1945
Ship Country 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).[1]

4 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.[2]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[3]
 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.
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[4]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[5]

5 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The burned at Portsmouth.[6]

6 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States The Liberty ship struck a submerged object and was damaged in the River Seine, France. She was subsequently withdrawn from service and laid up in the James River, Virginia, United States.[7]
 United States The T2 tanker ran aground on , Philippines, exploded and was burnt out. She was on a voyage from Los Angeles, California to Manila, Philippines.[8]

7 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off the Welsh coast. All twenty crew were rescued by a naval trawler.[9]
 Canada The Park ship ran aground in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico and was wrecked.[10]
 United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The was wrecked in the typhoon.[11]
 United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked in the typhoon.[11]

8 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Pacific Ocean on Miyake Shima. Survivors were rescued by USS Colahan ( United States Navy).[12]
Kuri  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force The Momi-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Pusan, South Korea while being used as a minesweeper.[13]
Patrol No. 3  United States The 8-gross register ton, 33.3-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the north end of (55°32′N 131°43′W / 55.533°N 131.717°W / 55.533; -131.717 (Joe Island)) on the east side of (55°33′14″N 131°43′05″W / 55.5539°N 131.718°W / 55.5539; -131.718 (Grant Island)) in 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.[14]

9 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan. She was declared a total loss.[15]
 United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The cutter was wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.[16]
USS Dorsey  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The high-speed minesweeper, a former Wickes-class destroyer, was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was destroyed on 1 January 1946.
USS Extricate  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The rescue and salvage ship was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was destroyed with explosives on 4 March 1946.
 United States Army Typhoon Louise: The Design 381 coastal freighter was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa.[17][18]
USS Greene  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The seaplane tender, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kutaka, Japan and was declared a constructive total loss.
 United States Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa and was wrecked.[19]
USS Industry  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The coastal minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon at Buckner Bay on Okinawa. The wreck was sunk in December 1945.
 United States Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was declared a constructive total loss.[20]
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.
 United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The medium landing ship sank in a typhoon off Okinawa. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by the repair ship USS Vestal ( United States Navy).[21]
USS LST-568  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The 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. Scuttled east of Samar 7 March 1946.[22][23]
USS LST-826  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The 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
USS Nestor and USS Ocelot
Typhoon Louise: The 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

Typhoon Louise: The unclassified miscellaneous vessel was wrecked in Buckner Bay on Okinawa during a typhoon and was abandoned. The wreck was sold for scrap in 1948.

 United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The PC-461-class patrol craft foundered in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.[16]
USS Silica  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The Trefoil-class concrete barge was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 January 1946.[24]
USS SC-636  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa.[25]
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 , Japan, in a typhoon and was declared a total loss.
USS Southern Seas (a.k.a. Lyndonia)  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The 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.[26]
USS Weehawken  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The minelayer sank at , Japan, during a typhoon. She broke in two a week later and was declared a total loss.
USS Vandalia  United States Navy Typhoon Louise: The tanker was driven ashore on , Okinawa, and damaged beyond economical repair. She was abandoned on 20 November and sold for scrapping on 31 December.

12 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States Army The Design 381 coastal freighter sank in a typhoon.[27][28]
 Royal Navy The naval trawler collided off Start Point, Devon with ( United States) and sank. The crew were rescued.[29]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1945
Ship Country Description
Zhong’anlun  China The ferry, with 1,000 passengers aboard sank when crossing the Yangtze River. Some 800 people died.
T-523  Soviet Navy The T-181-class minesweeper was damaged by Japanese mines and declared a constructive total loss.[30]
 Soviet Navy The T-181-class minesweeper was sunk by Japanese mines.[30]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1945
Ship Country 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).[7]
Takliwa  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground and then caught fire at Indira Point, 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 Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[31]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[32]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[33]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[34]
 United States The Liberty ship was wrecked at .[35]
 Royal Navy The minesweeping naval trawler was wrecked one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south west of .[36]
 Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.[37]

21 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1945
Ship Country 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.[38][39]

22 October[]

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

24 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 United States The Liberty ship ran aground in the Loire. She was refloated but declared a total loss.[7]

25 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1945
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug collided with a floating lock gate in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of one crew member.[40]

26 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1945
Ship Country Description
HMS Saltburn  Royal Navy The Hunt-class minesweeper sank in the Solent off Horse Sand Fort.
 United Kingdom The tug sank in the Solent off Horse Sand Fort whilst attempting to assist HMS Saltburn ( Royal Navy).[41]

29 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1945
Ship Country Description
I-363  Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The I-361-class submarine was sunk by a mine in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 36 lives; 10 crewmen rescued. Raised and scrapped in January 1966.[42]

30 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1945
Ship Country Description
Wairuna  Germany 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.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1945
Ship Country Description
HMIS Ahmedabad  Royal Indian Navy The Basset-class trawler/minesweeper was driven ashore in a cyclone. Later refloated.[43]
Ha-104  Imperial Japanese Navy The captured submarine was scuttled off Shimizu, Japan.[44]

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Ship events in 1945
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Ship commissionings: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1950
Ship decommissionings: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950
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