List of shipwrecks in 1946

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The list of shipwrecks in 1946 includes all ships sunk, floundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1946.

	Operator	Ship	Class	Cause	Location	Notes
July 25	United States Navy	Saratoga	Lexington class aircraft carrier	Sunk as a nuclear test target	Pacific Ocean at Bikini Atoll	Operation Crossroads
December	United States Navy	Prinz Eugen	Captured cruiser	Sunk from damage	Pacific Ocean at Kwajalein Atoll	Damaged by nuclear testing in July 1946
December 31	Germany	Schwabenland	Converted merchant type accommodation hulk	Scuttled	Skagerrak	Loaded with gas shells

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• List of shipwrecks

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