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List of shipwrecks in September 1945

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945
Ship State Description
<i>Thekla</i>  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.

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship State Description
Empress of Russia Canada Canada The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
<i>L'Audacieuse</i>  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.[3]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945
Ship State Description
Unknown Unknown The tug was wrecked at Rabaul, New Guinea. Salvaged by HMAS <i>Reserve</i> ( Royal Australian Navy) on 23 September and towed to Madang on 26 September. Sold in 1946.[4]

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
<i>Marianne Toft</i>  Denmark The cargo ship collided with <i>Cornelius Ford</i> ( United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of ten of her twenty crew.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945
Ship State Description
USS <i>AFD-13</i>  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The mobile floating drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[8]
HMS <i>BYMS-275</i>  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS <i>BYMS-383</i>  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS <i>BYMS-384</i>  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS <i>BYMS-424</i>  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS <i>BYMS-454</i>  Royal Navy Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
Richard V. Oulahan  United States Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[10]
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.[11]
USS <i>YMS-98</i>  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[12]
USS <i>YMS-341</i>  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[12]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945
Ship State Description
<i>John A. Rawlins</i>  United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[13]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945
Ship State Description
<i>CHa-160</i>  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 <i>YMS-478</i>  United States Navy Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[14]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945
Ship State Description
<i>CDa-1</i> and <i>CDa-2</i>  Imperial Japanese Navy The incomplete CDa-1-class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.
<i>Mandal</i>  Norway The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[15]
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.[16]

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.[9]
USS <i>LST-768</i>  United States Navy The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[9]
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.[17]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945
Ship State Description
<i>Nordhavet</i>  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).[18]

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 <i>Cape Warwick</i>, HMS Launceston Castle and HMS Portchester Castle (all  Royal Navy).[19]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945
Ship State Description
<i>Empire Patrol</i>  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.[20]
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.

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  3. ^ "Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War and other conflicts". Sovietempire.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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  5. ^ "Collision in Thick Fog". The Times. No. 50246. London. 13 September 1945. col C, p. 2.
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  8. ^ "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. ^ a b "USS YMS 98 of the U.S. Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
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  18. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The world's merchant fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 446. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
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