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
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1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945
Ship Country Description
Thekla  Germany The cargo ship exploded at Florø, Norway, during loading of ammunition. Nineteen people were killed; seven Germans, ten Norwegians imprisoned on charges of treason, one British soldier and one Norwegian guard.[1]

5 September

For the loss of the Dutch passenger ship Christiaan Huygens on this date, see the entry for 26 August 1945.

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship Country Description
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.[2]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1945
Ship Country Description
USS PC-815  United States Navy The PC-461-class submarine chaser sank in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, at 32°37′54″N 117°14′12″W / 32.63167°N 117.23667°W / 32.63167; -117.23667 with the loss of one crew member after colliding with the destroyer USS Laffey ( United States Navy).

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1945
Ship Country Description
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.[3]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945
Ship Country Description
USS AFD-13  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The Mobile Floating Drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[4]
HMS BYMS-275, HMS BYMS-383,
HMS BYMS-384, HMS BYMS-424 and
HMS BYMS-454
 Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[5]
Richard V. Oulahan  United States Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[6]
USS SC-632  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa. The sunken hulk was destroyed on 9 March 1948.[7]
USS YMS-98  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweepers foundered off Okinawa.[8]
USS YMS-341  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweepers foundered off Okinawa.[8][9]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945
Ship Country Description
John A. Rawlins  United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[10]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945
Ship Country Description
CHa-228  Imperial Japanese Navy The CHa-1-class submarine chaser foundered at Sasebo in a storm.[11]
USS YMS-748  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[12]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945
Ship Country Description
CDa-1 and CDa-2  Imperial Japanese Navy The incomplete CDa-1 class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.[13]
Mandal  Norway The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[14]
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.[15]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1945
Ship Country Description
USS LST-553  United States Navy The Landing Ship, Tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[5]
USS LST-768  United States Navy The Landing Ship, Tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[5]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945
Ship Country Description
Nordhavet  Denmark The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Newfoundland, Canada (46°47′N 54°08′W / 46.783°N 54.133°W / 46.783; -54.133).[16]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945
Ship Country Description
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.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1945
Ship Country Description
CHa-160  Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The CHa-1-class submarine chaser sank off Yoshimi during a Typhoon, either 18/9/44 or 18/9/45.[17]

References

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  2. "Liberty Ships - Jonas - Justo". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. "Collision In Thick Fog". The Times (50246). London. 13 September 1945. col C, p. 2.
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  5. 1 2 3 Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1945, Juli". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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  8. 1 2 "USS YMS 98 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  9. "USS YMS 341 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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  12. "DD736". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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  14. "Kos Whale Catchers". Warsailors. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  15. "Free French submarine Minerva ashore at Portland in 1945". isleofportlandpictures.org.uk. 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
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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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