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List of shipwrecks in 1945

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

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Ship State Description
Akagi Maru   Japan The merchant ship sank in a typhoon. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
Alice L. Pendleton   United States The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349-gross-register-ton four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[1]
Arare Maru   Imperial Japanese Army or   Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The tanker (possibly renamed Nanjo Maru) was found sunk at Singapore by British forces. Returned to her Dutch owners at time of capture.[2]
Bourgas   Bulgaria World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Thessaloniki, Greece. The wreck was scrapped in situ in March 1948.[3]
Ceram Maru   Japan World War II: The hulk of the Standard Type 2TM tanker was raised in late 1945 in Manila harbor during harbor clearance, taken to deep water and scuttled.[4]
Dinteldyk   Netherlands World War II: The burnt out cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Rotterdam, South Holland.[5]
Dockenhuben   Germany World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in Allied air raids at Hamburg between 30 March and 8 April. She was refloated in 1948, repaired and entered West German service in 1950 as Clare Grammerstorf.[6]
Elbing   Germany World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at Schweinesand. She was later repaired and returned to service.
F 113   Kriegsmarine The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.
F 212   Kriegsmarine The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.
F 823   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.
F 923   Kriegsmarine The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 949   Kriegsmarine The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 964   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 1157   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.
F 1158   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.
F 1165   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 1179   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.
F 1180   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.
F 1192   Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.
Futagami   Imperial Japanese Navy The Hashima-class salvage tugboat sank off Dublon Island, Truk during or after September. The wreck appeared to have been scuttled.[7]
Gemlock   United Kingdom World War II: The cargo ship was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea.[8]
Gyoraitei No. 11   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 14   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 15   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 16   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 17   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 114   Imperial Japanese Navy The Q/Gyoraitei No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 233   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 245   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 254   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 258   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 549   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 869   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 870   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 871   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 872   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 873   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 874   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 875   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 876   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 877   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 879   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 883   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 1113   Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 15-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.
Gutzon Borglum   United States The Liberty ship was damaged in a typhoon. She was refloated but collided with a United States Navy tug and was declared a constructive total loss.[9]
H-3   Imperial Japanese Navy The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
H-5   Imperial Japanese Navy The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
H-7   Imperial Japanese Navy The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
H-8   Imperial Japanese Navy The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
H-46   Imperial Japanese Navy The H-61-class motor gunboat was lost in 1945.
H-113   Imperial Japanese Navy The H-61-class motor gunboat was lost in 1945.
V 625 Johann Schulte   Kriegsmarine The vorpostenboot was sunk in French waters sometime in 1945.
Horch I   Kriegsmarine The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.
Horch II   Kriegsmarine The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.
KFK 203   Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter, finished as a sailing vessel, was sunk sometime in early 1945.[10]
KFK 204   Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter, finished as a sailing vessel, was sunk sometime in early 1945.[11]
King Edwin   United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled off Malta.[12]
NO 42   Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1945.
Ossag III   United Kingdom The tanker was wrecked at Hamburg in or before May 1945.[13]
Otto Leonhardt   Germany The cargo ship was sunk at Venice, Italy in or before March 1945. She was refloated in December, repaired, and entered Italian service in 1947 as Albatros.[14]
Prince George   Canada The steamer was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. She later was towed away and scrapped. (Look 22/09/1945)
SS-8   Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.
SS-10   Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.
SS-11   Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in the spring of 1945.
SS-14   Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1945.
SS-15   Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1945.
SS-24   Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The incomplete SS-class landing ship was sunk at Osaka in 1945.
Saginaw II   United States The 92-gross-register-ton, 70.2-foot (21.4 m) scow sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska at 57°35′N 136°05′W / 57.583°N 136.083°W / 57.583; -136.083 (Saginaw II), between Slocum Arm (57°30′34″N 135°55′44″W / 57.5094°N 135.9288°W / 57.5094; -135.9288 (Slocum Arm)) and Khaz Bay (57°33′54″N 136°06′33″W / 57.5651°N 136.1091°W / 57.5651; -136.1091 (Khaz Bay)).[15]
San Marco   Regia Marina End of World War II: The target ship, a former San Giorgio-class armored cruiser captured by the Germans in September 1943, was found sunk in the harbor at La Spezia, Italy, at the end of World War II.
Sperrbrecher 123 Sparta   Kriegsmarine World War II: The Sperrbrecher was sunk at Oneglia, Italy in or before May 1945.She was refloated on 20 May 1946, repaired and entered Italian service in 1947 as Sparta.[16]
UF-2   Kriegsmarine End of World War II: The Aurore-class submarine was scuttled at Gotenhafen, Pomerania sometime after 5 July.
U-3502   Kriegsmarine World War II: The Type XXI submarine was bombed and damaged at Hamburg. She was consequently withdrawn from service on 3 May and scrapped post-war.[17]
Vs 248   Kriegsmarine The vorpostenboot, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.
W. P. Few   United States The Liberty ship became stranded and was declared a constructive total loss.[18]
Yu 10   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Kuchinotsu, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.[19][20]
Yu 11   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.[19]
Yu 12   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Kuchinotsu, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.[19][20]
Yu 13   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.[19]
Yu 14   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.[19]
Yu 24   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle was lost in an accident.[19]
Yu 1007   Imperial Japanese Army The surrendered Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan, in either 1945 or 1946. She later was salvaged, and was scrapped in January 1948.[19][21]
Yu 3002   Imperial Japanese Army The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Alice L. Pendleton". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Japanese Oilers, Captured and Foreign Tankers in Imperial Army Service". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The world's merchant fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 445. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  4. ^ "Japanese Oilers, Civilian Shipping Authority (Senpaku Uneikai) Requisitioned Tankers Shared with the Imperial Army". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Dinteldyk". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 459. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  7. ^ "Japanese Salvage and Repair Ships". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 517. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  9. ^ "Liberty Ships - G". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Investigation Report 49/02" (PDF). bsu-bund.de. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Investigation Report 49/02" (PDF). bsu-bund.de. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  12. ^ "King Edwin". The Yard. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 495. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  14. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 475. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  15. ^ "Alaska Shipwrecks (S) – Alaska Shipwrecks". alaskashipwreck.com.
  16. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 478. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  17. ^ "U-3502". Uboat. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  18. ^ "Liberty Ships - W". Mariners. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
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  20. ^ a b Bailey, Mark L. (1998). "Imperial Japanese Army Transport Submarines: Details of the YU-2 Class Submarine YU-3". Warship International. XXXV (1): 56.
  21. ^ Bailey, Mark L. (1998). "Imperial Japanese Army Transport Submarines: Details of the YU-2 Class Submarine YU-3". Warship International. XXXV (1): 57.
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