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.
| September 1945 | ||||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
1 September
| 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
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- For the loss of the Dutch passenger ship Christiaan Huygens on this date, see the entry for 26 August 1945.
10 September
| 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
| 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. with the loss of one crew member after colliding with the destroyer USS Laffey ( United States Navy). |
12 September
| 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
| 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 (all  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
| 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
| 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
| 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, Vest-Agder.[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
| 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
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordhavet | Denmark |
The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Newfoundland, Canada (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[16] |
29 September
| 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
| 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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- ↑ "Collision In Thick Fog" The Times (London). Thursday, 13 September 1945. (50246), col C, p. 2.
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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 |
