List Of Shipwrecks In 1989
The list of shipwrecks in 1989 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1989.
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January
1 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Justo Rufino Barrios II | ![]() |
The ferry sank in Amatique Bay whilst under tow of a Guatemalan Navy vessel with the loss of 67 lives. |
6 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Miki Miki | ![]() |
During a voyage from Cook Inlet to Seward, Alaska, the 126-foot (38.4 m) fishing vessel was abandoned 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska after she sprang a leak. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of four. She was last seen drifting northwest and was presumed to have sunk. |
7 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Lavia | ![]() |
The cruise ship burned and sank while moored in Hong Kong Harbour. She later was refloated and scrapped. |
10 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Alament | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12.2 m) troller caught fire, ran aground, and sank off Big Gravanski Island (57°08′00″N 135°25′30″W / 57.13333°N 135.42500°W) in Southeast Alaska near Sitka, Alaska. The only person aboard perished. |
Olympic | ![]() |
The 80-foot (24.4 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. |
11 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Chil Bo San No. 6 | ![]() |
After she broke a propeller, the 285-foot (86.9 m) fishing trawler drifted ashore on the west coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Spray Cape (53°36′50″N 167°09′20″W / 53.61389°N 167.15556°W). Two United States Coast Guard helicopters and a lifeboat from Chil Bo San No. 6's sister ship, the fishing trawler Pung Yang Ho (![]() |
14 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Morning Star | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank with the loss of one life in Uyak Bay (57°48′N 154°04′W / 57.800°N 154.067°W) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. There was one survivor. |
18 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Kamran | ![]() |
The Channel Tanker foundered in the Persian Gulf off Abu Musa, United Arab Emirates (25°50′N 55°22′E / 25.833°N 55.367°E). She was on a voyage from Dubai to a port in Iran. |
21 January
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Muliphen | ![]() |
The decommissioned Andromeda-class attack cargo ship was sunk as an artificial reef off Fort Pierce, Florida, or 16.5 miles (26.6 km) off Port St. Lucie, Florida. at 27°24.331′N 80°00.337′W / 27.405517°N 80.005617°W. |
26 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Tidings | ![]() |
The 51-foot (15.5 m) fishing vessel sank without loss of life in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W) on Kodiak Island. |
29 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Vestfjord | ![]() |
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, the 97-foot (29.6 m) crab fishing vessel sent out a distress signal reporting herself to be experiencing severe icing during a storm with 60-knot (110 km/h) winds and 30-foot (9.1 m) seas before sinking with the loss of her entire crew of six in the North Pacific Ocean about 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Trinity Islands. |
February
15 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Liberty | ![]() |
The 71-foot (21.6 m) fish tender sank approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off Cape Barnabas. (53°09′N 152°53′W / 53.150°N 152.883°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska less than 10 minutes after her lazarette began to flood. Her crew of four survived. |
Maassluis | ![]() |
The tanker sank during heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea near Skikda, Algeria, with the loss of 27 of her 29 crew members. |
22 February 1989
Ship | State | Description |
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Cecil Angola | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all seventeen crew. |
March
3 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ocean Hope II | ![]() |
After sending a final radio message late on 2 March, the 108-foot (32.9 m) longline halibut fishing vessel and her entire crew of four disappeared in a storm in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and the mainland of Alaska. |
5 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Spencer II | ![]() |
The 48-foot (14.6 m) longline fishing vessel ran aground and sank without loss of life in Port Houghton (57°19′N 133°30′W / 57.317°N 133.500°W) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Perintis | ![]() |
The coaster foundered in the English Channel 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
Secil Japan | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Hell's Mouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by helicopter. |
18 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Land | ![]() |
The 82-foot (25 m) fish processor sank in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after a fire broke out in her engine room and went out of control. |
19 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Masagusar | ![]() |
The tanker sank off the coast of Japan having caught fire on 13 March. All 23 crew were reported as missing. |
21 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Marine View | ![]() |
The 82-foot (25 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank in Kah Shakes Cove (55°02′40″N 130°59′15″W / 55.04444°N 130.98750°W) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of three survived. |
24 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Exxon Valdez | ![]() |
![]() The 209,200-ton very large crude carrier ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, while carrying approximately 210,000 m (1.3 million bbl) of crude oil. A major oil spill resulted. Exxon Valdez was salvaged, renamed Exxon Mediterranean, and returned to service. |
26 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Terminator | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was wrecked on Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea. She was scrapped in situ. |
28 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Bear | ![]() |
The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) to 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. Her crew of four was rescued from a life raft. |
30 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Melissa K | ![]() |
The 24-foot (7.3 m) herring-fishing vessel ran aground in bad weather at Survey Point (55°00′45″N 131°29′15″W / 55.01250°N 131.48750°W) on Annette Island in the Gravina Islands in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and broke up on the rocks. |
April
7 April
Ship | State | Description |
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K-278 Komsomolets | ![]() |
The Project 685 Plavnik (NATO reporting name: Mike-class) nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in the Barents Sea (73°43′18″N 13°16′54″E / 73.72167°N 13.28167°E) with the loss of 42 of her 67 crew. |
10 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Mineral Europe | ![]() |
Collided off Singapore with Ambition (![]() |
23 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Nils S | ![]() |
The retired 122-foot (37.2 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger was scuttled as an artificial reef in 90 feet (27 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.610′N 074°13.045′W / 39.226833°N 74.217417°W. |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Parsons | ![]() |
The decommissioned Forrest Sherman-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target. |
27 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Kachemak Lady | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank off Chugach Island (59°07′N 151°40′W / 59.117°N 151.667°W) off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew survived. |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Polar Express | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank off Cape Cleare (59°46′25″N 147°54′30″W / 59.77361°N 147.90833°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. |
30 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Legend | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel was found capsized in the lower part of Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her entire crew of four was lost. |
May
6 May
Ship | State | Description |
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South Wind | ![]() |
The tug capsized in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska after striking the mooring line of the barge she was towing. The buoy tender USCGC Sorrel (![]() |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Melody | ![]() |
The fishing vessel capsized and was lost near Homer, Alaska. |
14 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Oceanus | ![]() |
The 52-foot (15.8 m) longline fishing vessel sank in bad weather at the entrance to Aialik Bay (59°40′N 149°34′W / 59.667°N 149.567°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of five survived. |
15 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Teal | ![]() |
The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing tender sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W / 57.82083°N 152.33333°W) north of Kodiak, Alaska, after a seam opened in her hull. Five people and a dog were rescued from Teal. |
16 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Debbie Ann | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) longline halibut fishing vessel ran aground, capsized, and sank in Roller Bay (55°31′N 133°46′W / 55.517°N 133.767°W) in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived. |
24 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Moby Dick | ![]() |
The 64-foot (19.5 m) passenger vessel sank at her moorings somewhere in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. She subsequently was refloated and placed in storage at Everett, Washington, then eventually scrapped. |
June
1 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Nukanu | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off the Copper River Flats on the south-central coast of Alaska. |
2 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Fleet Commander | ![]() |
While hauling a full load of lumber from Kenai to Chinitna (59°51′11″N 153°03′46″W / 59.8531°N 153.0627°W), Alaska, on the west side of Cook Inlet, the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized and sank in bad weather southeast of Chisik Island (58°57′N 152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska, killing a woman on board. The man who owned and operated Fleet Commander survived by abandoning ship in a life raft and drifting to shore 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi) away in Dry Bay (59°07′45″N 138°31′48″W / 59.1292°N 138.5300°W). |
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Dorothy | ![]() |
After the retired 65-foot (19.8 m) tug was cut into pieces, she was dumped in the North Atlantic Ocean as an artificial reef 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 40°21.555′N 073°56.103′W / 40.359250°N 73.935050°W. |
V. L. Keegan | ![]() |
After the retired 110-foot (33.5 m) tanker was cut into pieces, she was dumped in the North Atlantic Ocean as an artificial reef 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 40°21.525′N 073°56.110′W / 40.358750°N 73.935167°W. |
4 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Ostwind | ![]() |
The 85-foot (26 m) former German racing yacht was scuttled 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) off Miami Beach, Florida. She was scuttled in the wrong place, on a sensitive reef. Later she was partially refloated, towed to the proper place while still underwater and resunk. |
13 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Evanick | ![]() |
The 34-foot (10.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W) on Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five. |
Vostok | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank off the coast of Alaska near Middleton Island. |
16 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Virginian | ![]() |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon fishing vessel burned at Grass Island (60°17′30″N 145°11′30″W / 60.29167°N 145.19167°W) in the Gulf of Alaska. |
18 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Lela May | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank off Chilkat Island (59°02′N 135°16′W / 59.033°N 135.267°W) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four survived. |
19 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Maxim Gorkiy | ![]() |
The cruise ship hit an ice floe near Svalbard, Norway. Her passengers evacuated by lifeboat. The ship later was repaired and returned to service. |
20 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Sound Investor | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12.2 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized suddenly and sank at Valdez, Alaska, killing one of the crew members on board. |
23 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Rhoda | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Meloviya (![]() |
World Prodigy | ![]() |
The motor ship struck a reef at the mouth of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, spilling several hundred thousand gallons of fuel oil; she was later refloated and repaired. |
27 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Coleman I | ![]() |
The 45-foot (13.7 m) steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright, New Jersey, in 50 feet (15 m) of water at 40°21.060′N 073°56.125′W / 40.351000°N 73.935417°W. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Blenny | ![]() |
The Balao-class submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Ocean City, Maryland, as an artificial reef. |
July
5 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Marie Mae | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Cook Inlet 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off Ninilchik, Alaska. Her crew of two survived. |
9 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Rain X Challenger | ![]() |
During an attempt on Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida, to break the world water speed record, the hydroplane somersaulted at a speed of more than 350 mph (560 km/h) and broke apart, fatally injuring its pilot, Craig Arfons. |
Rifta | ![]() |
The fishing vessel capsized and sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska. |
11 July
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Poros | ![]() |
Hijacked by terrorists and set on fire by grenades. Nine killed and 60 injured. Fire extinguished by salvage tugs Alcyon and Pegasus, ship towed to Piraeus. |
12 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Winthrop | ![]() |
The retired 120-foot (36.6 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 38°50.825′N 074°43.312′W / 38.847083°N 74.721867°W. |
22 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Midnight Sun | ![]() |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of four survived. |
25 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Kouris | ![]() |
The liquid petroleum gas carrier was driven onto the Merries Reef. She consequently came ashore at Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. Kouris was refloated on 27 July. |
August
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Gaylene | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12.2 m) salmon troller sank off Biorka Island in Southeast Alaska after her cargo shifted. Her crew of three survived. |
10 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Kamikaze | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was abandoned after she ran aground in bad weather off Seguam Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of four survived. |
12 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Gray Fox | ![]() |
The 36-foot (11 m) fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago between Ugak Island (57°37′55″N 152°09′30″W / 57.6319°N 152.1583°W) and Narrow Cape (57°25′37″N 152°19′44″W / 57.4269°N 152.3289°W). |
Ocean Pacific | ![]() |
The 166-foot (50.6 m) salmon processing ship capsized and sank without loss of life at her moorings in 132 feet (40 m) of water in Tongass Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
15 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Sequel | ![]() |
The 67-foot (20.4 m) fishing trawler capsized and sank while transferring ballast water in Prince William Sound off the south-central coast of Alaska. Only one of her four crew members survived. |
19 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Komsomelets Turkmenii | ![]() |
The Zhenya-class minesweeper was lost in an explosion. |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Marchioness | ![]() |
The pleasure steamer sank in the River Thames at London, England, with the loss of 51 lives after colliding with the dredger Bowbelle (![]() |
21 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Bassam B. | ![]() |
Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine at Sidon, Lebanon . |
29 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Sun Shield | ![]() |
Lebanese Civil War: The tanker was damaged off Jounieh, Lebanon by a Syrian Project 205U missile boat, sinking on 1 September in Jounieh Bay. Seven crewmen were killed, including her master, two were wounded and two were reported missing. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Aloil | ![]() |
Lebanese Civil War: The tanker was sunk off Jounieh, Lebanon by a Syrian warship on 7 or 9 August. |
September
8 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Jackie Jay | ![]() |
The 44-foot (13.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank, at a location identified in the wreck report as Ursus Cove in the Barren Islands. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued from the raft four days later. Jackie Jay presumably sank in Ursus Cove (59°32′N 153°40′W / 59.533°N 153.667°W) northwest of Saint Augustine Island (59°22′N 153°26′W / 59.367°N 153.433°W) in Kamishak Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska, and the Barren Islands in the Gulf of Alaska probably are the location of her crew's rescue. |
Rainy Dawn | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) longline fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) northeast of Kodiak Island when her deck flooded after her scuppers became clogged with fish. Her entire crew of four survived. |
10 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Mogosoaia | ![]() |
Sinking of the Mogoșoaia: The ferry collided with the tug Peter Karaminchev (![]() |
14 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Tresco | ![]() |
The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) southwest of the Wolf Rock. Seven crew were rescued by helicopter. |
15 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Gecko | ![]() |
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17 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Jenny | ![]() |
The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank near Seal Rock (59°31′25″N 149°37′32″W / 59.52361°N 149.62556°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska southwest of Seward. Her crew of two survived. |
23 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Steadfast | ![]() |
The tanker tug capsized and sank with the loss of her entire crew of three while towing a 110-foot (33.5 m) barge in the Gulf of Alaska off the southwest end of Kayak Island off the south-central coast of Alaska. |
October
9 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Trilby | ![]() |
The 43-foot (13.1 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank after striking a rock in Salisbury Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her four-person crew was rescued from a life raft. |
11 October
Ship | State | Description |
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A. C. Wescoat | ![]() |
The retired 60-foot (18.3 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Atlantic City, New Jersey, at 39°15.540′N 074°14.691′W / 39.259000°N 74.244850°W. |
17 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Tiny | ![]() |
The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel flooded, capsized, and sank without loss of life in Bristol Bay south of Cape Newenham (58°39′00″N 162°10′30″W / 58.65000°N 162.17500°W) in Alaska. |
18 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Lena May | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel sank in heavy seas off Glacier Point, Alaska; the wreck report does not specify which of many Alaskan locations named Glacier Point it refers to. Another vessel rescued her crew of three. |
Sea Raider | ![]() |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank in heavy seas in the Gulf of Alaska off Ugak Island (57°23′N 152°17′W / 57.383°N 152.283°W) in the Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of one crewman. Her three survivors were rescued from her overturned hull. |
25 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary L | ![]() |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel sank in Chiniak Bay (57°42′N 152°20′W / 57.700°N 152.333°W) near Kodiak, Alaska, after her lazarette flooded. Her crew of two survived. |
29 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Murree | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All forty people on board were rescued by a Royal Navy search and rescue Sea King helicopters, of 771 Naval Air Squadron flying from RNAS Culdrose. |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Vicky Pat | ![]() |
The retired 67-foot (20.4 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger was scuttled as an artificial reef in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°15.255′N 074°14.818′W / 39.254250°N 74.246967°W. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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BM-503 | ![]() |
The minesweeper was sunk in a hurricane. |
HMS Spartan | ![]() |
The Swiftsure-class submarine ran aground off the west coast of Scotland. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
Unknown patrol boats | ![]() |
Two project 1400ME patrol boats were sunk in a hurricane. |
November
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Ibis | ![]() |
The cargo ship capsized in Tor Bay, Devon, United Kingdom. She sank on 5 November. |
20 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Despo | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank off Zakynthos with the loss of one of her seven crew. |
Neptune II | ![]() |
The 58-foot (18 m), 84-gross register ton fishing vessel sank without loss of life in 85 feet (26 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Sakonnet Point on the coast of Rhode Island at 41°23.161′N 071°11.135′W / 41.386017°N 71.185583°W. |
December
2 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Bronx Queen | ![]() |
The 112-foot (34.1 m) fishing boat – a converted United States Navy submarine chaser – sank in 37 feet (11 m) of water off Breezy Point, Queens, New York, 15 minutes after a structural failure occurred in her after hull due to improper modifications. The United States Coast Guard rescued all 19 passengers and crew from the water, but two of them later died in the hospital. |
4 December
Ship | State | Description |
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USCGC Mesquite | ![]() |
![]() The buoy tender ran aground on a reef off of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. Originally intended to be salvaged, she was damaged further by winter storms and subsequently sunk as an artificial reef the next year. |
8 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Capitaine Torres | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of all hands. |
Johanna B | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of all hands. |
9 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Angara | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized in the Shelikof Strait off Shuyak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew of two perished. |
17 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Arklow Victor | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by a French helicopter. |
19 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Kharg 5 | ![]() |
The supertanker exploded and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Morocco. All 32 crew were rescued by a Soviet merchant ship. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Leander | ![]() |
The decommissioned Leander-class frigate was sunk as a target by a Sea Dart missile, three Exocet missiles, and one gravity bomb. |
Marie | ![]() |
After she was cut into pieces and mixed with pieces of three barges, the retired 95-foot (29 m) tug was dumped into the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, to form an artificial reef. |
Miller | ![]() |
The retired 90-foot (27.4 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 5.1 nautical miles (9.4 km; 5.9 mi) off Spray Beach, New Jersey, at 39°33.621′N 074°06.528′W / 39.560350°N 74.108800°W. |
Unidentified barge | ![]() |
After she was cut into pieces and mixed with pieces of two other barges and the tug Marie (![]() |
Unidentified barge | ![]() |
After she was cut into pieces and mixed with pieces of two other barges and the tug Marie (![]() |
Unidentified barge | ![]() |
After she was cut into pieces and mixed with pieces of two other barges and the tug Marie (![]() |
Unknown speed boats | ![]() |
Eritrean War of Independence: Beginning in late 1988 through 1989, eight speed boats were sunk by Ethiopian Mi-35 attack helicopters. |
YO-257 | ![]() |
The decommissioned yard oiler was sunk 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, to form an artificial reef. |
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