World War II: The Kongosan Maru-class auxiliary gunboat was sunk in shallow water in the Pacific Ocean off Naha, Okinawa by United States Navy aircraft. The wreck was moved to deeper water during a tunnel project sometime between November 1997 and July 2006. The new wreck site was located on 3 August 2019.[1]
World War II: Convoy KATA-604: The transport was sunk in Kuji Bay, Amami Ōshima by United States Navy aircraft from Task Force 38. Sixty passengers and two crewmen were killed.[3]
World War II: Convoy KATA-604: The transport (a.k.a. Juichei Maru) was sunk in Kuji Bay, Amami Ōshima by United States Navy aircraft from Task Force 38. Lost on board were 82 Imperial Japanese Army explosive motor boats.[3]
World War II: Convoy SA-11: The Toyosaka Maru-class auxiliary transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Miyako Jima (24°23′N124°12′E / 24.383°N 124.200°E / 24.383; 124.200) by United States Navy aircraft from Task Force 38. Four crewmen were killed.[2]
World War II: The LCT Mk 6-class landing craft tank was holed in the engine room when she struck a submerged wreck. She was driven ashore on Iwo Jima and abandoned.[19]
World War II: The MAS 501-class MAS boat was shelled and damaged by mistake by German shore batteries, later sank while under tow near La Spezia, Italy.[38]
World War II: The transport ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the Gedser Lightship (Germany). She was taken in tow for Warnemünde but consequently sank. The whole crew was saved. She was salvaged in December 1949 and returned to service by the Soviet Union in 1950.[15][23][circular reference][42]
World War II: The guard ship was sunk by three Royal Navy ships off the Istrian coast. Raised, repaired, and put in Yugoslav service as Pag in 1952.[43]
World War II: The hospital ship was bombed and sunk in a RAF Bomber Command air raid on Saßnitz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with the loss of 353 lives.[15][45][46][47]
World War II: The depot ship was attacked by Soviet aircraft and sank off Sassnitz with the loss of 353 lives. She was refloated in 1945 and scrapped.[51]
World War II: The E-boat support ship struck a mine and sank off Swinemünde. She was salvaged post-war and entered Soviet service in 1946 as Nadir.[52]
World War II: The CH-101-class submarine chaser was sunk in the Gulf of Tonkin by Japanese aircraft. Raised, repaired and returned to service post war.[60]
World War II: The Frances Garnier-class gunboat was shelled and set on fire by Japanese forces, and then scuttled by her crew in the Mekong River at Kratie, French Indochina.[59][65][63]
World War II: Granville Raid: The PC-461-class patrol craft was shelled and heavily damaged by KriegsmarineArtilleriefährprahms and beached on the French coast at the Pierre de Herpin Lighthouse. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
World War II: The ocean liner was set afire during a Royal Air Force air raid on Hamburg and was burnt out. The wreck was towed to the United Kingdom in 1947 and scrapped.[69]
World War II: The cargo ship was damaged in an Allied air raid on Hamburg. She was beached at Blankenese with her back broken. The bow section was raised in 1947–48. A new stern section was built and she entered West German service.[82]
World War II: The tanker (8,064 GRT, 1936) was sunk in an Allied air raid at Hamburg. Raised post-war, repaired and returned to service for her Norwegian owners.[92]
World War II: The transport ship was sunk in an American air raid on Swinemünde. She was refloated on 7 June 1949, repaired and entered Soviet service in 1952 as Russ.[15][97]
World War II: The sperrbrecher was severely damaged in an American air raid on Hamburg. She was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1948–49.[104]
World War II: The incomplete cargo ship was shelled by Soviet artillery and sank in the Vistula. She was subsequently salvaged and laid up at Danzig. Returned to the Netherlands in 1947 and entered Dutch service in 1950 as Jagersfontein.[109]
The Balao-class submarine sank at pier eight, Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts without loss of life. The immediate cause of sinking was the opening of the breech door of a torpedo tube while the outer door was open and the interlock system was not operating. She was raised on 23 March but was decommissioned the next day, subsequently being allocated in uncompleted condition to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. She was never completed and was finally scrapped in 1959.[117]
World War II: Convoy KATA-504: The transport was sunk in the East China Sea off Noma Misaki (31°24′N130°07′E / 31.400°N 130.117°E / 31.400; 130.117) by United States Navy aircraft from Task Force 58. Five crewmen and 98 passengers were killed.[136]
World War II: The Ōyodo-classcruiser was bombed and damaged by carrier aircraft from Task Force 58 at Kure Naval arsenal. She was beached at Etajima. 53 crew were killed. The cruiser was refloated and drydocked on 23 March.[154]
World War II: Convoy FS 1759: The cargo ship (2,871 GRT, 1944) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft by a Kriegsmarine Schnellboot. One crew member was killed. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[15][155][156]
World War II: The accommodation ship was severely damaged in an American air raid on Stettin. She was consequently scuttled off Kranichwerder on 31 March.[15][173][174]
World War II: The target ship was bombed and sunk at Hamburg by American aircraft. Raised post-war, repaired and returned to Norwegian service in May 1948.[15][175]
World War II: The cargo ship (a.k.a. Genzan Maru No. 1) was sunk in the South China Sea off Nha Trang (12°30′N109°14′E / 12.500°N 109.233°E / 12.500; 109.233) North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the 345th Bomb Group, United States Fifth Air Force. Four crewmen were killed.[176]
World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Ostend. She was beached but broke in two. The wreck was dispersed in 1952.[15][192]
World War II: The incompletely refurbished Scharnhorst-class battleship was sunk as a blockship in Gdynia harbor, Poland. She was later refloated and scrapped.
World War II: Convoy KANA-101: The Kachosan Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk in the East China Sea off Sotsukozaki, Amami Ōshima by United States NavyGrumman F6F Hellcat aircraft. Depending on the sources, 204, 212 or 1,422 crew, gunners and troops were killed.[193][194][195]
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by aircraft at Stettin, Pomerania. Raised in 1950–55 and taken into Soviet service as Kaliningrad until scrapped in 1969.[212][213]
World War II: The coaster (1,116 GRT, 1916) was bombed and damaged at Egersund, Norway in an Allied air raid. She was beached on fire and was later condemned as a total loss. Two men, the captain and the pilot, were killed. She was raised in 1945 and converted as a barge.[214][215]
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Egersund, Norway in an Allied air raid. She was raised in 1947, repaired and entered Norwegian service as Strømsøy.[214][52]
World War II: The passenger ship (2,415 GRT, 1920) was shelled and sunk off the mouth of the Oder by Soviet shore-based artillery. 20 men died. The wreck was raised in December 1948 but declared a total loss and sold in December 1949 for scrapping.[225]
The tanker collided with Fort Moose (United Kingdom) off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She capsized and sank five nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire on 1 March.[249]
World War II: The Ōyodo-classcruiser was bombed, capsized and sunk in shallow water by carrier aircraft from Task Force 58 at Etajima. After capsizing her bottom was hit by 5-inch (130 mm) rockets. Between this attack and a previous attack on 24 March, 223 crew were killed and 180 wounded.[256]
World War II: Convoy HI-88J: The tanker was strafed, bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off Nha Trang, French Indochina (15°14′N109°26′E / 15.233°N 109.433°E / 15.233; 109.433) by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the 500th bomb Squadron, United States Fifth Air Force. Twelve passengers, four gunners and nineteen crewmen were killed.[264][250]
World War II: The KSK-2-class naval drifter/Vorpostenboot was shelled and set alight by HNoMS MTB 716 and HNoMS MTB 717 (both Royal Norwegian Navy) in Stokksundet, Norway, and beached. The ship was then destroyed by the fire. Of the 17-man crew, eight were killed and nine were wounded.[270]
World War II: The coaster (833 GRT, 1908) was either torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by a KriegsmarineSeehund midget submarine, or foundered in a storm.[15]
World War II: The Königsberg-classcruiser was bombed and sunk at Wilhelmshaven by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Army Air Force. The wreck was broken up in 1946.
World War II: The coaster (1,664 GRT) was sunk at Porsgrunn, Norway by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248 and 33 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.[15]
World War II: The cargo ship (1,371 GRT, 1936) was bombed and sunk at Menstad, Norway by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248 and 333 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. Raised post-war, repaired and returned to service.[279]
World War II: The cargo ship (823 GRT, 1920) was bombed and sunk at Menstad, Norway by de Havilland Mosquito aircraft of 143, 235, 248 and 333 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. Raised in August 1945, repaired and returned to service in February 1948.[217]
World War II: The Type C-class midget submarine was bombed and damaged off Unten, Okinawa. She runs aground while trying to evade the attack and is abandoned.[224]
World War II: The cargo ship was sunk in a British and Canadian air raid on Hamburg. She was raised in 1948, repaired the next year and sailed until 1962.[15][290]
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Allied aircraft at Schulau. She was refloated later that year, repaired and returned to service.[50]
The incomplete torpedo training ship, originally designed to be an M 1940-class minesweeper, was destroyed on the stocks at Memel sometime in March (probably on 23 March).
World War II: The Type VIICsubmarine was severely damaged in a British air raid on Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. She was struck from the navy list on 16 March. Scrapped in 1946.
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