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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 [ ]
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 She was subsequently withdrawn from service and laid up in the James River , Virginia , United States.[7]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 [ ]
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
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
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