List of shipwrecks in September 1945

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

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945
Ship State 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]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1945
Ship State Description
Unknown tug  Imperial Japanese Army The tugboat struck a mine and sank off Pusan, South Korea. 22 killed.[2]

5 September

For the loss of the Dutch passenger ship Christiaan Huygens on this date, see List of shipwrecks in August 1945 § 26 August.

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1945
Ship State Description
Robert Battley United States The Liberty ship ran aground at Bilaa Point, Mindanao, Philippines. She was on a voyage from Batangas, Philippines to San Francisco, California. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged. Consequently withdrawn from service.[3]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship State Description
Empress of Russia Canada The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
L'Audacieuse  French Navy First Indochina War; Battle of Hong Hai: The auxiliary patrol boat/naval junk was scuttled to prevent capture. Eight crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[4]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship State Description
Joseph Carrigan United States The Liberty ship struck a mine off Labuan, Malaya and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Morotai, Netherlands East Indies to Labuan. She put in to Manila, Netherlands East Indies, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[5]
Unknown Flag unknown The tug was wrecked at Rabaul, New Guinea. She was salvaged by HMAS Reserve ( Royal Australian Navy) on 23 September and towed to Madang on 26 September. Sold in 1946.[6]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1945
Ship State 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 State 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.[7]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1945
Ship State Description
Empire Simba United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°30′N 11°00′W / 55.500°N 11.000°W / 55.500; -11.000) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[8]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1945
Ship State Description
T-175  Imperial Japanese Navy The No. 103-class landing ship was heavily damaged in a typhoon off Urasaki and beached. Scrapped in 1948.[9]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945
Ship State Description
USS AFD-13  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The mobile floating drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[10]
HMS BYMS-275  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-383  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-384  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-424  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
HMS BYMS-454  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[11]
Richard V. Oulahan United States Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[12]
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.[13]
USS YMS-98  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[14]
USS YMS-341  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[14]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945
Ship State Description
John A. Rawlins United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[15]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945
Ship State Description
CHa-160  Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The CHa-1-class submarine chaser sank off Yoshimi during a typhoon.
Cha-228  Imperial Japanese Navy The CHa-1-class submarine chaser foundered at Sasebo in a storm.
USS YMS-478  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[16]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945
Ship State Description
CDa-1 and CDa-2  Imperial Japanese Navy The incomplete CDa-1-class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.
Mandal Norway The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[17]
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.[18]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1945
Ship State Description
USS LST-553  United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[11]
USS LST-768  United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[11]
Prince George Canada The passenger steamer (3,372 GRT, 1910) caught fire after running aground in fog off Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. After her 103 crewmen and 10 passengers abandoned ship, the fire began to threaten facilities in the harbor at Ketchikan, so the tug General Kennedy ( Canada) towed her to Pennock Island in Tongass Narrows, where the fire burned itself out. One fireman was killed. The wreck eventually was refloated and scrapped.[19]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945
Ship State Description
Nordhavet Denmark The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Dominion of Newfoundland (46°47′N 54°08′W / 46.783°N 54.133°W / 46.783; -54.133).[20]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1945
Ship State Description
Edinburgh Castle United Kingdom The passenger ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown, Sierra Leone by HMT Cape Warwick, HMS Launceston Castle and HMS Portchester Castle (all  Royal Navy).[21]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945
Ship State 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.[22]
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.

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1945
Ship State Description
Two unidentified LCVPs  United States Navy Typhoon Jean: The LCVPs, being transported as deck cargo on USS Feldspar ( United States Navy), were washed overboard and lost in the Pacific Ocean between The Philippines and Okinawa.[23]

References

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  2. ^ "Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ^ Sawyer & Mitchell 1985, p. 177.
  4. ^ "Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War and other conflicts". Sovietempire.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ^ Sawyer & Mitchell 1985, p. 103.
  6. ^ Rabaul's forgotten fleet. googlebooks. 1994. ISBN 9780646173948.
  7. ^ "Collision in Thick Fog". The Times. No. 50246. London. 13 September 1945. col C, p. 2.
  8. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 408.
  9. ^ "T.103 Class Landing Ships". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Casualties, Navy & Coast Guard ships WWII". history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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  12. ^ "Liberty Ships - R". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Submarine Chaser Photo Archive: SC-632". NavSource. 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  14. ^ a b "USS YMS 98 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Liberty Ships - Joaquin - Johns". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  16. ^ "DD736". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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  20. ^ Jordan 1999, p. 406.
  21. ^ Jordan 1999, pp. 518–19.
  22. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  23. ^ "Feldspar (IX-159) - Barrett & Hilp B7-D1 Barge of WWII". thecretefleet.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

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