List of shipwrecks in 1945

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The list of shipwrecks in 1945 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1945.

Operator Ship Class Cause Location Notes
January 5 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Ommaney Bay Casablanca class escort carrier World War II: Crippled by a Japanese Kamikaze and scuttled Pacific Ocean near the Philippine Islands
February 17 Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy Lark World War II: Damaged beyond repair by U 968
February 21 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Bismarck Sea Casablanca class aircraft transport World War II: Sunk by two Japanese Kamikaze aircraft Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima
February 23 Flag of the United States United States Henry Bacon World War II: Sunk by Luftwaffe Ju.88 and He.111 torpedo bombers Barents Sea
March 20 Naval flag of United Kingdom Royal Navy Lapwing World War II: Sunk by U 968
March 23 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Gneisenau Gneisenau class battlecruiser World War II: Sunk as a blockship Gdynia harbor Later refloated and scrapped
April 8 Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe Boelcke Karl Meyer class seaplane tender World War II: Sunk by Soviet aircraft
April 8 Balkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe Hans Albrecht Wedel Hana Albrecht Wedel class seaplane tender World War II: Sunk by Soviet aircraft
April 9 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Admiral Scheer Deutschland class pocket battleship World War II: Sunk by Royal Air Force bombers Kiel harbor
April 10 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Seydlitz Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser World War II: Scuttled Kiel harbor
April 25 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Graf Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier World War II: Scuttled while incomplete Stettin, West Pomerania Raised and captured (or salvaged) by the Soviet Union in 1947
April 28 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 56 World War II: Sunk by Royal Air Force aircraft Kiel
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Admiral Hipper Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser End of World War II: Scuttled Kiel harbor
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 8 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 14 German Type IIB submarine End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 60 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 61 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 62 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 120 End of World War II: Scuttled Bremerhaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 121 End of World War II: Scuttled Bremerhaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 137 German Type IID submarine End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 139 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 140 German Type IID submarine End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 141 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 142 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 146 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 148 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 152 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 2 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 153 End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
May 3 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Cap Arcona World War II: Sunk by Royal Air Force fighters-bombers Bay of Lübeck
May 3 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 57 End of World War II: Scuttled Kiel
May 3 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 58 End of World War II: Scuttled Kiel
May 4 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Lützow Deutschland class pocket battleship End of World War II: Scuttled Baltic Sea Later raised by the Soviet Union
May 5 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 17 German Type IIB submarine End of World War II: Scuttled Wilhelmshaven
July 16 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Gamble Wickes class destroyer End of World War II: Sunk for disposal Pacific Ocean outside Apra Harbor, Guam
July 25 Naval flag of Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Eian Maru World War II: Sunk by United States aircraft Pacific Ocean
October 9 Naval flag of United States United States Navy Dorsey Wickes class destroyer Grounded by a typhoon Pacific Ocean on Okinawa Later destroyed on 1 January 1946
December 22 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 143 Aftermath of World War II: Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight
December 22 Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 145 Aftermath of World War II: Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight
Naval flag of Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot 149 Aftermath of World War II: Sunk as part of Operation Deadlight


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Ship launches: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Ship commissionings: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Ship decommissionings: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Shipwrecks: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
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