List of shipwrecks in September 1945
The list of shipwrecks in September 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1945.
| September 1945 | ||||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
10 September
- Joseph Carrigan (
United States): World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. She arrived at Manila, Philippines where she was declared a constructive total loss.[1]
12 September
- Marianne Toft (
Denmark): The cargo ship collided with Cornelius Ford (
United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of ten of her twenty crew.[2]
15 September
- Minerve (
France): The Minerve-class submarine was being towed to France from England, but broke free in heavy weather and was wrecked on Portland Bill.[3]
16 September
- USS AFD-13 ( United States Navy): The Mobile Floating Drydock was sunk in a Typhoon off Okinawa.[4]
- Richard V. Oulahan ( United States): The Liberty ship came ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan and was declared a constructive total loss.[5]
- USS YMS-98, and USS YMS-341 ( United States Navy): The YMS-1-class minesweepers foundered in a Typhoon off Okinawa.[6][7]
17 September
- John A. Rawlins ( United States): The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[8]
18 September
- USS YMS-748 ( United States Navy): Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[9]
19 September
- Mandal (
Norway): The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Vest-Agder.[10]
29 September
- Empire Patrol (
United Kingdom: The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) off Port Said, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew and the 496 refugees she was carrying. She was taken in tow but capsized and sank two days later when still 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Port Said. - USS Roche ( United States Navy): The Cannon-class destroyer escort struck a mine and was damaged in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of three of her 216 crew. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and sunk off Yokosuka, Japan on 11 March 1946.
References
- ↑ "Liberty Ships - Jonas - Justo". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Collision In Thick Fog" The Times (London). Thursday, 13 September 1945. (50246), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ "Free French submarine Minerva ashore at Portland in 1945". isleofportlandpictures.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "Casualties, Navy & Coast Guard ships WWII". history.navy.mil. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ↑ "Liberty Ships - R". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "USS YMS 98 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ↑ "USS YMS 341 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ↑ "Liberty Ships - Joaquin - Johns". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "DD736". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ "Kos Whale Catchers". Warsailors. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
| Ship events in 1945 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
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