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=Akagi Maru

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The merchant ship sank in a typhoon. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.

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|ship=Alice L. Pendleton

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|228|ft|adj=on}}, 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 {{convert|10|ft}} of water.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/alicelpendleton-dat.htm |title=Alice L. Pendleton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}

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|ship={{SS|Arare Maru||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}} or {{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ArareM_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers, Captured and Foreign Tankers in Imperial Army Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2022}}

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|ship={{SS|Bourgas||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Thessaloniki, Greece. The wreck was scrapped in situ in March 1948.{{Sfn|Jordan|1999|p=445}}

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|ship={{SS|Ceram Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ceram_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers, Civilian Shipping Authority (Senpaku Uneikai) Requisitioned Tankers Shared with the Imperial Army |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2022}}

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|ship={{MV|Dinteldyk|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The burnt out cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Rotterdam, South Holland.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=515 |title=Dinteldyk |publisher=The Yard |access-date=24 February 2017}}

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|ship={{SS|Dockenhuben|1930|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=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.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=459}}

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|ship={{SS|Elbing||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at Schweinesand. She was later repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 113||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 212||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 823||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 923||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 949||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 964||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1157||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1158||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1165||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1179||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1180||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1192||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese tugboat|Futagami||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Hashima-class salvage tugboat sank off Dublon Island, Truk during or after September. The wreck appeared to have been scuttled.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Futagami_t.htm |title=Japanese Salvage and Repair Ships |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 March 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Gemlock|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=517}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 11||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 14||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 15||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 16||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 17||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 114||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Q/Gyoraitei No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 233||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 245||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 254||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 258||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 549||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 869||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 870||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 871||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 872||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 873||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 874||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 875||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 876||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 877||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 879||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 883||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 1113||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Gyoraitei No. 15-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{SS|Gutzon Borglum||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsG.html |title=Liberty Ships - G |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-5||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-7||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-8||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The H-2-class motor gunboat was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-46||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The H-61-class motor gunboat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-113||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The H-61-class motor gunboat was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{SS|Ignace Paderewski||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was stranded in a typhoon and was severely damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=70}}

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|ship=V 625 Johann Schulte

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The vorpostenboot was sunk in French waters sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|Horch I|KFK 54|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|Horch II|KFK 53|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|KFK 203||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The KFK-2-class naval drifter, finished as a sailing vessel, was sunk sometime in early 1945.{{cite web |url=https://www.bsu-bund.de/SharedDocs/pdf/EN/Investigation_Report/2003/Investigation_Report_49_02.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1__blob=publicationFile&v=1 |title=Investigation Report 49/02 |publisher=bsu-bund.de |access-date=15 February 2024}}

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|KFK 204||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

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|ship={{MV|King Edwin|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled off Malta.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=758 |title=King Edwin |publisher=The Yard |access-date=25 February 2017}}

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|NO 42|KFK 137|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1945.

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|ship={{SS|Ossag III|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tanker was wrecked at Hamburg in or before May 1945.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=495}}

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|ship={{SS|Otto Leonhardt|1911|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=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.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=475}}

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|ship={{SS|Prince George||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}

|desc= The steamer was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. She later was towed away and scrapped. (Look 22/09/1945)

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-8||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-10||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1944 or 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-11||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in the spring of 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-14||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-15||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1945.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-24||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was sunk at Osaka in 1945.

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|ship=Saginaw II

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 92-gross-register-ton, {{convert|70.2|ft|adj=on}} scow sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska at {{coord|57|35|N|136|05|W|name=Saginaw II}}, between Slocum Arm ({{coord|57.5094|N|135.9288|W|name=Slocum Arm}}) and Khaz Bay ({{coord|57.5651|N|136.1091|W|name=Khaz Bay}}).{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (S) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}

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|ship= {{ship|Italian cruiser|San Marco||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=End of World War II: The target ship, a former {{sclass|San Giorgio|cruiser|0}} 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.

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|ship={{Ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 123 Sparta||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=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.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=478}}

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|ship={{GS|UF-2||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=End of World War II: The {{sclass|Aurore|submarine|2}} was scuttled at Gotenhafen, Pomerania sometime after 5 July.

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|ship={{GS|U-3502||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=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.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3502.htm |title=U-3502 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}}

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|Vs 248|KFK 136|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The vorpostenboot, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.

}}

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|ship={{SS|W. P. Few||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The Liberty ship became stranded and was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html |title=Liberty Ships - W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 10||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Kuchinotsu, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923064349/http://ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=23 September 2013|title=IJA Sub's|website=www.ijnsubsite.info}}{{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Mark L. |title=Imperial Japanese Army Transport Submarines: Details of the YU-2 Class Submarine YU-3 |journal=Warship International |date=1998 |volume=XXXV |issue=1 |page=56}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 11||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 12||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Kuchinotsu, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 13||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 14||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan. She subsequently was scrapped.

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 24||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle was lost in an accident.

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 1007||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=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.{{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Mark L. |title=Imperial Japanese Army Transport Submarines: Details of the YU-2 Class Submarine YU-3 |journal=Warship International |date=1998 |volume=XXXV |issue=1 |page=57}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Yu 3002||2}}

|flag={{army|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The Type 3 submergence transport vehicle sank in a storm.

}}

References

=Sources=

{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}
{{cite book |title=The Liberty Ships |first1=L. A. |last1=Sawyer |first2=W. H. |last2=Mitchell |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. |location=London |year=1985 |edition=2nd |isbn=1-85044-049-2 }}

1945

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