List of shipwrecks in 1946

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|ship={{USS|Dorsey|DD-117|6}}

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

|desc=The hulk of the high-speed minesweeper, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed.

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Empire Stella||2}}

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

|desc=The Stella-type tug suffered a boiler explosion which wrecked her engine. Subsequently repaired with the engine from {{ship|ST|Empire Keith||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=323}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{GS|U-516||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The captured Type IXC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|06|N|9|00|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u516.htm |title=U-516 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=1 April 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-2502||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|06|N|9|00|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2502.htm |title=U-2502 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}}}

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|ship={{SS|William H. Webb||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off Kildin Island, Soviet Union and broke in two.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html |title=Liberty Ships – W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=7 November 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Empire Tigachi||2}}

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

|desc=The coastal tanker ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. Later broke in two, a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=470}}

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|ship={{GS|U-825||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight. The Type VIIC submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|31|N|7|30|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u825.htm |title=U-825 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=22 April 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-2336||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|06|N|9|00|W}}) by {{HMS|Offa|G29|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).

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|ship={{GS|U-2351||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|50|N|8|20|W}}) by {{HMS|Offa|G29|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2351.htm |title=U-2351 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{GS|U-541||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|38|N|7|35|W}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u541.htm |title=U-541 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 April 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-901||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|50|N|8|30|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u901.htm |title=U-901 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 April 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-2506||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|37|N|7|30|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2506.htm |title=U-2506 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{GS|U-1109||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|49|N|8|31|W}}) by {{HMS|Templar|P316|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1109.htm |title=U-1109 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-2356||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXIII submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|50|N|8|20|W}}) by {{HMS|Onslaught|G04|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2356.htm |title=U-2356 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{GS|U-1010||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|37|N|7|49|W}}) by ORP Garland ({{navy|Poland}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1010.htm |title=U-1010 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 April 2012}}

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|ship={{GS|U-1023||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC/41 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|49|N|8|24|W}}).

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|ship={{GS|U-2511||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|33|N|7|38|W}}). }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Safari||6}}

|flag={{Navy|UK}}

|desc=The decommissioned S-class submarine sank under tow in the English Channel while on her way to the breaker′s yard. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Trapez 5||2}}

|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The tanker was scuttled of Multedo, Italy.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|pp=460-61}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Sierra Cordoba|1924|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship was damaged by fire.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=478}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Snowbell|AN-52|6}}

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

|desc=The hulk of the {{sclass|Ailanthus|net laying ship}}, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives. }}

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|ship={{USS|Southard|DD-207|6}}

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

|desc=The hulk of the fast minesweeper, a former {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}}, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|British Loyalty||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker was scuttled in the Indian Ocean at Addu Atoll, Maldives ({{coord|0|38|12|S|73|07|43|E}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3215.html |title=British Loyalty |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 18 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=Roald

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

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|29.7|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Southeast Alaska at ({{coord|56|30|N|133|00|W|name=Roald}}) near Horn Cliff ({{coord|56|47|40|N|132|40|00|W|name=Horn Cliff}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Dursley||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Redcar, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Frost And Fog |date=21 January 1946 |page=4 |issue=50355 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Gradisca|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground on the east coast of Gavdos, Greece. She was refloated on 9 July 1947 and laid up. She was consequently scrapped in 1950.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=533}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Carnifex Ferry||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker collided with {{MV|F F Wolfe||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in The Downs off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged at the bows.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil Tankers in Trouble |date=25 January 1946 |page=4 |issue=50359 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Cobble Hill||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kazan Maru|1920|2}}

|flag=22px Allied-occupied Japan

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=564}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USAT|Crown Reefer}}

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

|desc=During a voyage transporting perishables and cargo from Seattle, Washington, to Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, and military bases in the Aleutian Islands, the 5,100-ton United States Army Transport – a refrigerated cargo ship – was abandoned when she ran aground off Kirilof Point ({{coord|51|25|15|N|179|17|50|E|name=Kirilof Point}}) on the coast of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. A United States Navy rescue tug rescued her entire crew of 39. She later broke up.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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|ship={{SS|Gradisca||2}}

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

|desc=The troopship ran aground on Gavos, Greece.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Troopship Ashore Off Crete |date=27 January 1946 |page=3 |issue=50361 |column=E }}

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|ship={{USS|Tamaroa|YTB-136|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The tug collided with the aviation supply ship {{USS|Jupiter|AVS-8|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) in San Francisco Bay and sank.{{cite DANFS |title=Tamaroa |url=http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/at62.htm |access-date=4 May 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=Bluenose

|flag=

|desc=The coastal freighter ran aground off Île à Vache, Haiti and broke up.{{sfn|Robinson|1998|pp=70-71}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HDMS|ME 1016||6}}

|flag={{navy|Denmark}}

|desc=The minesweeper ran aground off Jernhatten. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite web |url=http://navalhistory.dk/English/Timeline/AccidentsAndLosses.htm |title=Sea Accidents and Losses |publisher=Danish Naval History |access-date=24 December 2019 }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Antietam|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The tanker struck a mine in the Gironde Estuary and sank with the loss of one of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by a French pilot boat. Antietam was on a voyage from New York to Blaye, Gironde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer Sinks in the Girond Estuary |date=31 January 1946 |page=3 |issue=50364 |column=C }}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=407}}

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|ship={{SS|Luray Victory||2}}

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

|desc=The Victory ship ran aground and sank, Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.{{sfn|Lane|2009|pp=44-49}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date January 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=Akagi Maru

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The merchant ship struck a mine and sank in the Seto Inland Sea off Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.

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|ship={{SS|James Woodrow||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef in the Pacific Ocean. She was refloated and towed to Suisun Bay, where she was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=42}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Fort Massac||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Thornaby||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) near the Sunk Light Vessel (22px Trinity House ), {{convert|10|nmi|km}} east south east of Harwich ({{coord|51|53|N|1|32|E}}). Fort Massac sank, Thornaby put into Harwich with severely damaged bows.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=240}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{GS|U-764||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|06|N|9|00|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u764.htm |title=U-764 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=21 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Captive|W148|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The rescue tug was beached in Potomas Bay, Cyprus.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606259|shipname=Captive |access-date=11 December 2012}}

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|ship=I-505

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Empire of Japan}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The Type VIID submarine was scuttled in the Sunda Strait by the destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer ({{navy|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u219.htm |title=U-219 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 March 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Rian||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster collided with the minesweeper {{HNLMS|Jan van Gelder}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}) and sank off Ramsey, Isle of Man. All six crew were rescued by Jan van Gelder.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Motor Ship Sunk Off Isle of Man |date=4 February 1946 |page=2 |issue=50367 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=Per Gynt

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

|desc=The 20-gross register ton {{convert|39.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Gardiner Bay ({{coord|54|49|30|N|131|57|45|W|name=Gardiner Bay}}) on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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|ship=Yukon

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

|desc=With 480 people – 369 passengers and 111 crew members – aboard, the 5,746-gross register ton, {{convert|360|ft|m|1|adj=on}} steam passenger ship ran aground at Cape Fairfield in Johnstone Bay, Territory of Alaska, and broke in two. With surf reaching heights of {{convert|40|ft|m|1}} and pounding the ship to pieces, rescue operations took three days. Eleven people – five civilians and six United States Army soldiers – died in the disaster.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (Y)]{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Bombers Fly To Help Stranded Liner |date=6 February 1946 |page=3 |issue=50369 |column=E }}}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{GS|U-1228||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1228.htm |title=U-1228 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Sphene||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Cornwall. All five crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sunk Ship's Crew Saved |date=7 February 1946 |page=2 |issue=50370 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Empire Waveney||2}}

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

|desc=The ocean liner caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=474}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Empire Severn||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Leighton|1921|2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Holy Loch and was damaged.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=394}}

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|ship=Girl Lena

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

|desc=The trawler collided with {{HMS|Saga|P257|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) in the English Channel near the Eddystone Lighthouse and sank. The crew were rescued by Saga.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Submarine And Trawler in Collision |date=12 February 1946 |page=2 |issue=50374 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3471.html |title=HMS Saga (P 257) |publisher=UBoat |access-date=14 May 2022}}

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|ship={{SS|Lindøy||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=Capsized and sank south of Sogneoksen whilst on a voyage from Bulandet to Bergen, Norway.{{cite web |url=http://www.skipet.no/skipsforlis/forlislister/1946.doc |title=Norske skipsforlis i 1946 |publisher=Skipet |language=no |access-date=26 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327022104/http://www.skipet.no/skipsforlis/forlislister/1946.doc |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}

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|ship={{GS|U-975||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|42|N|9|01|W}}) by {{HMS|Loch Arkaig|K603|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u975.htm |title=U-975 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=25 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Greene|DD-266|6}}

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

|desc=The hulk of the seaplane tender, a former {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}} aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives.}}

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|ship={{SS|Ponce de Lyon||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at The Gantocks, off Dunoon, Argyllshire, Scotland. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=I-501

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

|desc=The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca ({{coord|3|05|50|N|100|41|50|E}}) by {{HMS|Loch Glendhu|K619|6}} and {{HMS|Loch Lomond|K437|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}).

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|ship={{GS|U-3514||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=Operation Deadlight: The Type XXI submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|00|N|10|05|W}}) by {{HMS|Loch Arkaig|K603|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). She was the last U-boat sunk in Operation Deadlight.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u3514.htm |title=U-3514 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=30 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Vis|1921|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a naval mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Dalmatia.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=598}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Fulham VII||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Alfred Victory||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and sank {{convert|16|nmi|km}} south west of Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of one of her seventeen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Ships Sunk |date=16 February 1946 |page=2 |issue=50378 |column=D }} Fulham VII was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to London.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=32}}

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|ship=Lake Crystal

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

|desc=Under tow by a tug and carrying a cargo of coal, the {{convert|254|ft|adj=on}}, 2,308-gross register ton barge sank in heavy seas in {{convert|130|ft}} of water in Block Island Sound {{convert|4|nmi}} southeast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, at {{coord|41|15.985|N|071|46.428|W|name=Lake Crystal}}, with the loss of seven lives. There was one survivor.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/aliceeclark-dat.htm |title=Alice E. Clark | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=27 January 2021 }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=I-502

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

|desc=The Type IXD2 submarine was scuttled in the Strait of Malacca off Singapore by {{HMS|Loch Lomond|K437|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u862.htm |title=U-862 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=23 April 2012}}

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|ship=I-506

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

|desc=The Type IXD1 submarine was scuttled in the Bali Sea east of the Kangean Islands, Dutch East Indies by a Royal Navy ship.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/boats/u195.html |title=U-195 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=8 March 2012}}

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|ship={{MV|Tijger||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Edward R. Squibb||2}} ({{flag|United States|1946}}) east of the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All eight people on board were rescued. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Robert G. Cann|1911|2}}

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

|desc=During a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, via Tiverton, Nova Scotia, the {{convert|119|ft|adj=on}}, 265-gross register ton coastal screw steamer sank in approximately {{convert|400|ft}} of water in the Bay of Fundy {{convert|8|nmi}} southeast of Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan during a blizzard. Her entire crew of 13 men abandoned ship in a {{convert|17|ft|adj=on}} lifeboat, but by the time the lifeboat came ashore at Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, 19 hours later, 12 of them had died of hypothermia, leaving her captain as her only survivor.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/robertgcann-dat.htm |title=Robert G. Cann | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=24 February 2021 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Donbass|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The 10,488-ton Type T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the Pacific Ocean approximately {{convert|40|nmi}} south of Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Three Soviet ships rescued 15 survivors from the forward part of the ship. The tanker Puente Hills ({{flag|United States|1912}}) rescued 23 men and women from the after section of the ship, which she then towed to Port Angeles, Washington with 20 people still aboard it. Both sections of the ship remained afloat and eventually were scrapped.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2B.html |title=T2 TANKERS - B |publisher=Mariners |access-date=18 October 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Emire Severn||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship again collided with {{SS|Leighton|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and was damaged further.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=394}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet landing craft|MAL 38||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc= The MAL 2 type landing fire support lighter (Soviet designation unknown) was wrecked.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=Edna S

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

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|42.4|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Hoonah, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hodnaberg||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The steamship struck a mine in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of nine crew. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Leeuwarden||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship struck a mine and sank {{convert|18|nmi|km}} north of Dieppe, France. All crew were rescued by the trawler André Marcel ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=26 February 1946 |page=2 |issue=50386 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 February 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Herisle||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was hit by {{SS|William A. Jones||2}} ({{flag|United States||1912}}) after the latter broke free from her moorings in a gale at Gibraltar. Two hours later, there were two explosions on board and she sank with the loss of five of her 34 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sunk at Gibraltar |date=1 March 1946 |page=3 |issue=50389 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Five Missing in Lost British Steamer |date=2 March 1946 |page=3 |issue=50390 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Lanikai}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947.{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-little-navy-ship-that-sailed-3000-miles-to-escape-the-japanese?ref=scroll |title=the little navy ship that sailed 3000 miles to escape the Japanese |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=16 April 2016 |publisher=Dailybeast.com |access-date=14 April 2018|last1=Harding |first1=Stephen }}{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/130096.htm |title=Patrol Yacht Hermes/Lanikai |publisher=Navsource.org |access-date=14 April 2018}}}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|No. 13||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered T51-class motor torpedo boat was lost in February.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-1197||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine was scuttled in the North Sea by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u1197.htm |title=U-1197 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Orphée|Q163|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Diane|submarine|||1930}} exploded at Casablanca, Morocco. Two of her crew were killed.{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NavalAccidents1945-1988.pdf |title=Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988 |first1=William M. |last1=Arkin |first2=Joshua |last2=Handler |publisher=Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies |date=June 1989 |access-date=12 January 2021 }}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Sackett's Harbor||2}}

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

|desc=The 10,488-gross register ton T2 tanker broke in two in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean southeast of Attu Island, about {{convert|800|nmi}} southwest of Adak, Alaska. Two cats died, but there was no loss of human life. Her bow section later was sunk by gunfire by the patrol frigate {{USS|Orlando|PF-99|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Her stern section reached the vicinity of Adak under its own power, where the tug Sarsi ({{flag|United States|1912}}) came to its assistance. The stern section was towed to Anchorage, Alaska, where it served as a floating power plant from 1946 to 1955. It was then towed to Seattle, Washington, where it received a new bow around 1957 and returned to service as Angelo Petri ({{flag|United States|1912}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Empire Waveney||2}}

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

|desc=The ocean liner caught fire at Canada Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. She was refloated on 4 March. Declared a total loss, scrapped in 1947.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=475}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=56}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{MS|Bolivar|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked and broke in two at Kish Bank, Ireland.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5616455 |shipname=Bolivar |access-date=19 May 2017}} }}

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|ship={{USS|Extricate|ARS-16|6}}

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

|desc=The hulk of the {{sclass|Anchor|rescue and salvage ship}}, aground at Okinawa since 9 October 1945, was destroyed with explosives. }}

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|ship={{HMS|MFV 411}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|MFV-1|motor fishing vessel}} was lost at Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/15880.html |title=MFV 411 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 March 2017 }} }}

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|ship={{HMS|MFV 812}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|MFV-601|motor fishing vessel}} was lost at Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16148.html |title=MFV 812 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 March 2017 }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kielce||2}}

|flag={{flag|Poland|1928}}

|desc=The cargo ship, loaded with ammunition, collided with {{SS|Lombardy||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Lombardy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision in Channel |date=6 March 1946 |page=4 |issue=50393 |column=G }} }} On 22 July 1967, attempted removal of the wreck caused a major explosion, damaging property onshore.{{cite news |title=Terror on beaches as ammo ship explodes |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19670723/041/0005 |access-date=2 January 2022 |work=Sunday Mirror |issue=223 |date=23 July 1967 |location=London |page=5|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|George W. Norris||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at Tanageshima, Japan and was wrecked.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=88}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|LSM-265}}

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

|desc=The LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium was sunk as a torpedo target by a United States Navy submarine in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.{{cite web |url=https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/14/14265.htm |title=NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive USS LSM-265 |publisher=NavSource |date=30 June 2017|access-date=16 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggjnu7dDYw0 |title=LSM-265 sunk by two torpedoes on March 6th 1946 (video) |publisher=YouTube |date=16 January 2022|access-date=16 January 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|Osashi||2}}

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

|desc=The incomplete Ohama-class escort foundered from leaks at Yokohama, Japan.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|William L. Davidson||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore near the Osko Lighthouse, Norway. She was later refloated and towed to the United States. Subsequently served as a hulk with the United States Navy. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Roche||6}}

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

|desc=The damaged hulk of the decommissioned {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort}}, was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Yokosuka, Japan. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 March 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Byron Darnton||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom ({{coord|55|17|N|5|35|W}}). She broke in two, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsB.html |title=Liberty Ships – B |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Falkenfels|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605548|shipname=Falkenfels |access-date=17 April 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hugo Oldendorf|1904|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1118445|shipname=Hugo Oldendorf |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Karl Leonhardt

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The {{GRT|6,042}} cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1135204|shipname=Karl Leonhardt |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lotte|1905|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of poison gas munitions.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5602441|shipname=Lotte |access-date=15 June 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 March 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Byron Darmton||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom and broke in two.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=American Ship Aground |date=18 March 1946 |page=2 |issue=50403 |column=B }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 March 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|MFV 777}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|MFV-601|motor fishing vessel}} burned at Hong Kong.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/16113.html |title=MFV 477 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=11 March 2017 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The 42-gross register ton {{convert|52.4|ft|m|adj=on|1}} motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Sumner Strait near McNamara Point ({{coord|56|19|50|N|133|03|45|W|name=McNamara Point}}) in Southeast Alaska.[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-v/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|J. P. Poe||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=27 March 1946 |page=2 |issue=50411 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCI(L) 4}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft infantry (large) was lost in the Far East.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/20818.html |title=HMS LCI(L)-4 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 March 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Muggur||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship capsized and sank in Ofotfjord after her cargo of herring and timber shifted.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z34||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6117448|shipname=Z-34 |access-date=17 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 27 March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship=Essu

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

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|32.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the small-boat harbor at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Suiyang|1917|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship struck a mine in the Chao Phraya River {{convert|4|nmi|km}} upstream of Paknam, Thailand. She was beached but was declared a total loss.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=518}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 March 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Santa Rita|1908|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|42|35|N|10|10|E}}).{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=538}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 March 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Nickajack Trail|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The T2 tanker was wrecked at the Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur to Yokohama, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2N.html |title=T2 TANKERS - N - O - P |publisher=Mariners |access-date=31 October 2016}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 March 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Joseph S. McDonagh||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at the mouth of the Cañete River, Peru. She was on a voyage from Talcahuano, Chile to Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. She was a total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=167}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=unknown date in March 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Talabot|1935|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled off Malta.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=565}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 April 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-103||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|30|N|128|40|E|name=Ha-103}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-103.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-103: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ha-105||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-105}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-105.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-105: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-106||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine and the submarine {{Jsub|I-36||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-106}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-106.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-106: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-107||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-107}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-107.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-107: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-108||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-108}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-108.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-108: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-109||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-109}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-109.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-109: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-111||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type SS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-111}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-111.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-111: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-201||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was sunk as a gunnery target along with the submarine {{Jsub|I-401||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), lashed alongside, by the destroyers {{USS|Everett F. Larson|DD-830|6}} and {{USS|Goodrich|DD-831|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea {{convert|16|nmi|km|lk=in}} due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-201}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-201.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-201: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-202||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-202}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-202.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-202: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-208||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=Ha-208}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-208.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-208: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2007|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-36||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type B1 submarine and the submarine {{Jsub|Ha-106||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), lashed alongside, were sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-36.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-36: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2016|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-47||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type B2 submarine was sunk by the United States Navy forces in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-47.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-47: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2013|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-53|1942|2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type C3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender {{USS|Nereus|AS-17|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-156}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-53.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-53: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2014|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-58|1943|2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type B3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender {{USS|Nereus|AS-17|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-156}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-58.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-58: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2016|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-156||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|0}} cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender {{USS|Nereus|AS-17|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-156}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-156.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-156: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2014|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-157||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|0}} cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender {{USS|Nereus|AS-17|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-157}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-157.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-157: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2013|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|I-158||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|0}} cruiser submarine was sunk by aerial bombing by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-158}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-158.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-158: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|I-159||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|0}} cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender {{USS|Nereus|AS-17|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-159}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-159.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-159: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-162||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|0}} cruiser submarine was sunk by gunfire by the submarine tender {{USS|Nereus|AS-17|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-162}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-162.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-162: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2012|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-366||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1 submarine was sunk by United States Navy demolition charges in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-366.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-366: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2014|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|I-367||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type D1 submarine was sunk by a United States Navy demolition charge in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-367.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-367: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2014|access-date=8 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{Jsub|I-402||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured {{sclass|I-400|submarine}} was sunk as a gunnery target along with the submarine {{Jsub|Ha-201||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), lashed alongside, by the destroyers {{USS|Everett F. Larson|DD-830|6}} and {{USS|Goodrich|DD-831|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}) in the East China Sea {{convert|16|nmi|km|lk=in}} due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands at {{coord|32|37|N|129|17|E|name=I-402}}.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-402.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-402: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship= {{Jsub|Ro-50||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Road's End: The captured Type K6 submarine was sunk by a United States Navy forces in the East China Sea {{convert|16|nmi|km|lk=in}} due east of Kinai Island in Japan's Gotō Islands.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-50.htm |title=IJN Submarine RO-50: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=8 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Charles S. Haight||2}}

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

|desc=The 7,198-gross register ton Liberty ship was stranded on Flat Ground Shoal at Cape Ann off Rockport, Massachusetts. The ship burned out on 17 August and sank in up to {{convert|30|ft}} of water at {{coord|42|40|38|N|070|35|03|W|name=Charles S. Haight}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsC.html |title=Liberty Ships – C |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/charlesshaight-dat.htm |title=Charles S. Haight | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=27 January 2021 }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|S-35|SS-140|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk as a torpedo target. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-207||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-210||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-215||2}}

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

|desc=The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ha-216||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ha-217||2}}

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

|desc=The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ha-219||2}}

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

|desc=The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-228||2}}

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

|desc=The incomplete captured Type STS submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-202||2}}

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

|desc=The captured {{sclass|I-201|submarine}} was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Japan's Gotō Islands, {{convert|13|nmi|mi km|lk=in}} off Kongō Point.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-202.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-202: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ro-31||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Kaichū V-type submarine was scuttled by the United States Navy in the East China Sea off Sasebo Bay.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ha-207.htm |title=IJN Submarine Ha-207: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2007|access-date=9 April 2016}}{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ha-2101.htm |title=IJN Submarine Ha-210: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2007|access-date=9 April 2016}}{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ha-2161.htm |title=IJN Submarine Ha-216: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2007|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=USS Despatch

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The former protected cruiser was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Empire Bridge

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

|desc=The coaster collided with the wreck of {{SS|Fort Massac||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) during salvage operations. She was holed and quickly sank in an upright position. A salvage attempt on 23 August only succeeded in turning her on her side, and she was declared a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=240}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Oligarch}}

|flag={{navy|UK|RFA}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Ol|tanker (1936)|0}} tanker was scuttled in the Red Sea ({{coord|27|30|N|34|45|E}}) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2969.html |title=Oligarch |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 March 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-110||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Type SS submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (Some sources claim she was scrapped rather than scuttled.){{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-110.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-110: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=9 April 2016}}}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-112||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Type SS submarine possibly was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. (Some sources claim she was scrapped rather than scuttled.){{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-112.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-112: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=9 April 2016}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Helen May||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Krakhellesundet whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Ålesund, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-503

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Marcello|submarine}} was scuttled in the Inland Sea off Kobe, Japan by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-503.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-503: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2003|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-504

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Marconi|submarine}} was scuttled in the Kii Channel by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-504.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-504: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2003|access-date=9 April 2016}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Frithjof|1906|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The fishing boat sprang a leak and sank in the West Ice off Greenland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Wasp|CV-18|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier}} ran aground off the coast of New Jersey.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Empire Christopher

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

|desc=The tugboat struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Martaban ({{coord|14|09|N|98|03|E}}). She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Singapore.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=31}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ramø|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at Henningsvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Alfios|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued by {{HMCS|Middlesex||6}} ({{navy|Canada|1911}}).{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=182 |title=Alfios - 1946 |publisher=Maritime Museum of the Atlantic |access-date=19 January 2015}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Warrigal

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

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|30.8|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was stranded and lost at the southwest end of Chichagof Pass in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)] }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Thea||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster capsized and sank in Bridlington Bay, United Kingdom with the loss of two of the eight people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Capsizes in Rough Weather |date=29 April 1946 |page=2 |issue=50438 |column=D }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Georgetown Victory||2}}

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

|desc=The troopship ran aground in the entrance to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland, at {{coord|54|18|45|N|5|31|15|W|name=Georgetown Victory}} and broke her back. All 1,100-plus on board were rescued by the Claughey, Donaghadee, and Newcastle lifeboats.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Troopship Aground |date=2 May 1946 |page=4 |issue=50441 |column=G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-121||2}}

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

|desc=The captured {{sclass|I-121|submarine}} was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-121.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-121: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ro-68||2}}

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

|desc=The captured Type L4 submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-68.htm |title=IJN Submarine Ro-68: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ro-500

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

|desc=The captured Type IXC submarine was scuttled in Wakasa Bay off Maizuru, Japan, by the United States Navy.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-500.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-500: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2012|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Solar|DE-221|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=thumbThe sonar test vessel, a former {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort|2}} exploded and sank at Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, New Jersey, with the loss of seven of her 213 crew, with 125 injured.{{cite web |url=https://monmouthtimeline.org/uss-solar/ |title=Explosion Aboard the USS Solar Kills Seven Sailors, Injures 125 More |publisher=monmouthtimeline.org |access-date=14 May 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|Stubborn||6}}

|flag={{Navy|UK}}

|desc=The S-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMAS|Tolga}}

|flag={{Navy|Australia|1913}}

|desc=The decommissioned auxiliary minesweeper was scuttled off the north coast of New Guinea.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown April 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-16||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} sank at Yohimi. Raised and scrapped.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Tarantula}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass2|Insect|gunboat|0}} river gunboat was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bay of Bengal off Trincomalee, Ceylon, by the destroyers {{HMS|Carron|R30|6}} and {{HMS|Carysfort|R25|6}} (both {{navy|United Kingdom}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 7||2}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 9||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered S 7-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 12||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered S 10-class motor torpedo boat was scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine|Ha-206||2}}

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

|desc=The wreck of the incomplete Type STS submarine – refloated in April 1946 after sinking in a typhoon in August 1945 – was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the Kii Channel. The wreck again was refloated in 1952 and scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-206.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-206: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|LST-884}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}}, heavily damaged by a kamikaze on 1 April 1945, was disposed of by sinking.{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-884.html |title=LST-884 |publisher=www.history.navy.mil |access-date=16 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Diomede|D92|6}}

|flag={{Navy|UK}}

|desc=Whilst on tow and sheltering in Mount's Bay from an easterly gale, the {{sclass|Danae|cruiser}} drifted onto the Larrigan, rocks and stranded at low tide. Refloated several hours later she continued on her journey from Falmouth to the Clyde for scrapping.Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ha-205||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured Type STS submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-153

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|2}} was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-205.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-205: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2015|access-date=9 April 2016}}{{cite news | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62888338 | author=Anonymous | title=Remaining Jap Subs Sunk | newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin | date=10 May 1946 | page=1 | via=Trove}}{{cite news | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/95537630 | author=Anonymous | title=Jap Submarines Demolition Convoy Caught in Gale | newspaper=Kalgoorlie Miner | date=14 May 1946 | page=3 | via=Trove}} (Some sources say she was scrapped rather than sunk.){{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-153.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-153: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2016|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-154

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|2}} was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-154.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-154: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2013|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship=I-155

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine|2}} was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-155.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-155: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2013|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-59||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured Type L3 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-62||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-62.htm |title=IJN Submarine RO-62: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2013|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-63||2}}

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

|desc=Operation Bottom: The captured Type L4 submarine was sunk by gunfire by the destroyer {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) and the sloop-of-war {{HMIS|Sutlej}} ({{navy|British Raj|naval-1928|name=Royal Indian Navy}}) in the Inland Sea.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-63.htm |title=IJN Submarine RO-63: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2013|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 9 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=K F C No 1

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

|desc=The 125-gross register ton barge sank at Point Gore ({{coord|59|12|00|N|150|57|30|W|name=Point Gore}}) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fort Sumter|1943|2}}

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

|desc=The T2 tanker broke in two and sank in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|720|nmi|km}} south of Attu Island, Alaska. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to San Pedro.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2D.html |title=T2 TANKERS - D - E - F |publisher=Mariners |access-date=22 October 2016}}

}}

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|ship=H I C 5

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

|desc=The 51-gross register ton, {{convert|60.1|ft|m|1|adj=on}} scow sank in Excursion Inlet ({{coord|58|25|N|135|26|W|name=Excursion Inlet}}) in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Bellona}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Achelous|repair ship|0}} landing craft repair ship, hard aground on Kama Rock, Iwo Jima, since 1 December 1945, was blown up with explosive charges after being stripped of all salvageable equipment.

}}

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|ship={{SS|James Rumsey||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at San Salvador ({{coord|27|00|N|77|30|W}}). She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Santos, Brazil. She was refloated and towed to Mayport, Florida. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in 1947.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=143}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dessau|1923|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=480}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-16||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The minesweeper was scuttled at {{coord|58|10|N|10|42|E}} in the Skagerrak.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6111260|shipname=M-16 |access-date=17 April 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|I-203||2}}

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

|desc=The captured {{sclass|I-201|submarine}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at {{coord|21|13|N|158|08|W|name="I-203"}} by a Mark 18-2 torpedo fired by the submarine {{USS|Caiman}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-201.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-201: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=9 April 2016}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-201

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

|desc=The captured I-201-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at {{coord|21|13|N|158|08|W|name="I-201"}} by a Mark 18-2 torpedo fired by the submarine {{USS|Queenfish|SS-393|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DD-224

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=File:USS Stewart (DD-224) sinking.jpgThe decommissioned {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer}}, formerly {{USS|Stewart|DD-224|6}}, was sunk as a target by aircraft in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Alcoa Banner|1919|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=590}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS Lewes

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Caldwell|destroyer}}, formerly {{USS|Craven|DD-70|6}} and {{USS|Conway|DD-70|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}), was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, Australia.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|H.C. Horn||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607504|shipname=H.C. Horn |access-date=17 April 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= I-14

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

|desc=The captured Type AM submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii, at {{coord|21|13|N|158|08|W|name="I-14"}} by torpedoes fired by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-14.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-14: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2010|access-date=9 April 2016}} }}

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|ship= {{SS|Marianne|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Øresund off Stevns.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=450}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 May 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-401

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

|desc=The captured I-400-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at {{coord|21|12|N|158|07|W|name="I-401"}} by two Mark 18 torpedoes fired by the submarine {{USS|Cabezon|SS-334|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-401.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-401: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2011|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spartan

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

|desc=The Clyde Puffer exploded and sank off Lismore, Argyllshire.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=268}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=unknown 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 192||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type AM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was scuttled sometime in May.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nattie

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

|desc=The 10-gross register ton, {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel drifted out to sea from Seldovia, Territory of Alaska, and was wrecked.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|James W. Nesmith||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled at sea with a cargo of obsolete ammunition.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=121}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-400||2}}

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

|desc=The captured {{sclass|I-400|submarine}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, at {{coord|21|13|N|158|07|W|name="I-400"}} by three Mark 18-2 torpedoes fired by the submarine {{USS|Trumpetfish|SS-425|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-400.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-400: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2016|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|Kunashiri||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Shimushu|escort ship|1}} ran aground and was wrecked on the coast of Japan.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German tanker|Jan Wellem||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The tanker was wrecked in the Kiel Fjord, Germany. Scrapped at Blyth, United Kingdom, from November 1947.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605562|shipname=Jan Wellem |access-date=18 August 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kamikaze|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The repatriation ship, a former {{sclass|Kamikaze|destroyer|||1922}}, ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at {{coord|34|38|N|138|8|E |display=inline|region:JP-22_type:city |name=Kamikaze}} while coming to the aide of {{ship|Japanese escort ship|Kunashiri||2}} ({{flag|Japan}}) and was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kunashiri_t.htm |title=japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 July 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|Kunashiri||2}}

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The repatriation ship, a former {{sclass|Shimushu|escort|1}}, ran aground off Cape Omaezaki, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, at ({{coord|34|35|N|138|5|E}}). She was abandoned and scrapped 1946–1947.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 112||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The surrendered Type D Artilleriefährprahm sank on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Myōkō||2}}

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

|desc=The captured {{sclass|Myōkō|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser was scuttled by British forces in the Strait of Malacca off Port Swettenham, Malaya, at {{coord|03|05|N|100|40|E |display=inline|name=Myōkō}}.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Solar|DE-221|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort}} was scuttled {{convert|100|nmi|km}} off New York. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fechenheim|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled off Arendal, Norway with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606003|shipname=Fechenheim |access-date=17 April 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Meerkerk|1916|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship struck a mine off Westkapelle, Netherlands. 12 crew jumped overboard and were drowned. The remainder, including 14 passengers, were rescued. The ship sank on 18 June.{{cite web |url= https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=4181 |title=Meerkerk - ID 4181 |work=Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank |language=nl |access-date=3 April 2021}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hugh Williamson||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was later refloated and laid up. Consequently scrapped in 1946.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships – H |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wafico No. 8

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

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|30.9|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Halibut Bay on the southwest end of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|James McNeill Whistler||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at Meshima, {{convert|90|nmi|km}} south west of Nagasaki, Japan. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to a Japanese port. All 3,400 people on board were resched. She was declared a total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=122}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Oderstrom||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1105842|shipname=Oderstrom |access-date=2 September 2012}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gold Creek|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The T2 tanker ran aground off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Houston, Texas, to Providence, Rhode Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2G.html |title=T2 TANKERS - G - H - I |publisher=Mariners |access-date=25 October 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Spanish submarine|C 4||2}}

|flag={{navy|Spain|1945}}

|desc=The {{sclass|C 1|submarine}} was rammed by the destroyer {{ship|Spanish destroyer|Lepanto||2}} ({{navy|Spain|1945}}) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Balearic Islands with the loss of all 46 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?173900 |title=C-4 (+1946) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=15 July 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 June 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Miss D

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

|desc=The 23-gross register ton, {{convert|49.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Anchorage, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Flowergate||2}}

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Porthminster Beach, St. Ives whilst under tow to breakers yard. Later refloated and continued her journey.{{cite web | title = 1946-62 | publisher = St. Ives Trust | url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1946_-_1962.HTM | access-date = 15 March 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080305055838/http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1946_-_1962.HTM | archive-date = 5 March 2008}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|James W. Nesmith||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical munitions.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3486.html |title=James W. Nesmith |publisher=Uboat |access-date=26 April 2012}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Anderson}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=File:Able crossroads.jpg Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Sims|destroyer}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Carlisle|APA-69|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Gilliam|attack transport}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Gilliam|APA-57|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Gilliam|attack transport|2}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Lamson|DD-367|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer|2}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Sakawa||2}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The captured {{sclass|Agano|cruiser|0}} light cruiser ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Agnes|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc= The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at Hai Phong, Vietnam. 15 crewmen killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094&sid=6176b378eca12f259dd23346a8c5150e |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam war and other conflicts) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |access-date=3 May 2019}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Kjeøy|1858|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=Ran aground at Ytre Sula, Norway. Salvaged and found to be damaged beyond repair.{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvaretsmuseer.no/Fartoeysbasen/Statsraad-Erichsen |title=Statsraad Erichsen |author= |website=Norwegian Armed Forces Museums |publisher=Norwegian Armed Forces |access-date=10 June 2016 |language=no }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea {{coord|31|44|N|30|25|E}}) with a cargo of obsolete ammunition.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p527=}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Topdal||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=Sank whilst laid up at Bergen, Norway, after some boys opened her sea cocks. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Island Duke

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

|desc=The 15-gross register ton {{convert|45.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor towing vessel was wrecked off Graveyard Point ({{coord|58|52|N|157|01|W|name=Graveyard Point}}) in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Freiburg|1923|2}}

|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606029|shipname=Freiburg |access-date=17 April 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gertrud Fritzen|1906|2}}

|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak as a means of disposing of poison gas munitions that had been loaded aboard her.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5602734|shipname=Gertrud Fritzen |access-date=17 April 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Majaba|AG-43|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc= The decommissioned and abandoned non-self propelled auxiliary vessel sank at dock in Subic Bay, Philippines.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cuH_CAAAQBAJ&q=USS+YA-52&pg=RA1-PA34 |title=World War II Wrecks of the Philippines: WWII Shipwrecks of the Philippines |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Happy Fish publishing/Googlebooks |access-date=6 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/49/49043.htm |title=Majaba (IX-102) ex USS Majaba (AG-43) (1942) |publisher=Navsource |access-date=6 June 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Somehow

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

|desc=The 14-gross register ton, {{convert|33.3|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Elfin Cove in Southeast Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 July 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Denham|1941|2}}

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

|desc=The tender struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=363}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 July 1946 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z45||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The incomplete Type 1936B destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cougar

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

|desc=The 43-gross register ton, {{convert|59.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait {{convert|4|nmi}} off Rocky Point ({{coord|57|39|45|N|154|13|50|W|name=Rocky Point}}) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of three crewmen and seven or eight passengers. The sole survivor was a man who clung to a floating gasoline tank for 11 hours until a passing fishing vessel rescued him.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 25 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Apogon|SS-308|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Arkansas|BB-33|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Wyoming|battleship}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|LSM-60}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=File:Crossroads baker explosion.jpgOperation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|LSM-1|Landing Ship Medium|0}} medium landing ship disintegrated in the explosion of an atomic bomb suspended beneath her at Bikini Atoll during atomic bomb testing.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Pilotfish|SS-386|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Balao|submarine|2}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Skipjack|SS-184|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The decommissioned {{sclass|Salmon|submarine|2}} was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll. She later was raised for further use as a target ship and sunk again in August 1948. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= YON-160

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The fuel oil barge was sunk as a target by an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 26 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T37||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.{{cite web |url=http://www.avalanchepress.com/TorpedoBoatsPieces.php |title=Ships of Plan Z, the Torpedo Boats |publisher=Avalanche press |access-date=20 July 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T38||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German torpedo boat|T39||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The incomplete Type 1941 torpedo boat was scuttled by the United States as a means of disposing of chemical weapons that had been loaded aboard.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|TF-11|M-280|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The torpedo training ship, a former Type 1940 minesweeper, was scuttled in the Skagerrak by the Allies.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 27 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kanaga

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

|desc=The 60-gross register ton, {{convert|61.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked in Southeast Alaska, {{convert|6|nmi}} south of Sitka, Territory of Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Japanese battleship|Nagato||2}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The captured {{sclass|Nagato|battleship}} sank at Bikini Atoll due to damage sustained on 25 July 1946 as a test target in an atomic bomb explosion.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Vipya||2}}

|flag={{flag|Nyasaland}}

|desc=The sternwheel ferry capsized and sank in a storm while only on her fourth voyage on Lake Nyasa {{convert|7|nmi|km}} near Florence Bay with the loss of 145 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Nyasaland Railways |date=22 January 1947 |page=8 |issue=50665 |column=G }} The Malawi Department of Antiquities's sign at the Memorial site at Fort Johnston (now Mangochi) confirms the loss of life as being 145. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|American Farmer||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|William J. Riddle||2}} ({{flag|United States}}) in the Atlantic Ocean and was severely damaged and abandoned. All passengers and crew rescued by William J. Riddle. American Farmer was initially reported to have sunk, but later reported to be still afloat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Food Ship Damaged in Collision |date=2 August 1946 |page=4 |issue=50519 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Argyle

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked near Punta Gorda, Cuba while on passage from Baracoa for Miami with bananas.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?171861|title=SS Argyle (+1946) |work=wrecksite.eu |access-date=4 May 2019}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in July 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|FS-172||2}}

|flag={{army|USA|1912}}

|desc=The Design 330 coastal freighter was wrecked off the north coast of New Guinea to the north of Madang two miles off Mugil Point near Cape Croisilles in {{convert|60|-|120|ft}} of water.{{cite web |url=https://pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/FS-172.html |title=FS-172 |publisher=pacificwrecks.com |access-date=22 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Aug/08/2001789794/-1/-1/0/FS%20VESSELS_WORLD%20WAR%20II%20COAST%20GUARD.PDF |title=World War II Coast Guard-Manned U.S. Army Freight and Supply Ship Histories |publisher=media.defense.gov |access-date=22 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Heinrich|1932|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skaggerak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Myōkō||2}}

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

|desc= The surrendered {{sclass|Myōkō|cruiser}} was scuttled in the Straits of Malacca off Port Swettenham, Malaya ({{coord|03|05|N|100|40|E}}) sometime between 2 and 8 July.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/myoko_t.htm|title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Patrick Henry||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef off the coast of Florida and was severely damaged

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese crane ship|Seishu Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Japan|1945}} Allied-occupied Japan

|desc=The crane ship ran aground in a typhoon near Hong Kong. Deemed a total loss and probably scrapped in situ.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Seishu_t.htm |title=IJA Crane Ship Seishu Maru: |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peregrin

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

|desc=The 13-gross register ton {{convert|34.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Territory of Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Empire Cross||2}}

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

|desc=The Intermediate-type tanker caught fire, exploded, capsized and sank at Haifa, Palestine. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Venus|R50|6}} and {{HMS|Virago|R75|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}). She was refloated in 1952 and scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=149}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Homestead|1945|2}}

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

|desc=The T2 tanker was struck by lightning and burnt out at Jacksonville, Florida. Consequently scrapped. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 7 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Red Wing

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

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|44.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked at "Bent Point" – probably Bent Cape ({{coord|54|53|30|N|162|25|00|W|name=Bent Point}}) – on Deer Island at the mouth of Cold Bay on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Adur II||2}}

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

|desc=The tug capsized and sank off Hartland Point, Devon with the loss of one of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Damage By Gales And Rainstorms |date=12 August 1946 |page=4 |issue=50527 |column=F }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Finisterre

|flag={{FRA}}

|desc=Fishing vessel driven ashore at St. Ives. Three crew killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Banshu Maru No. 3||2}}

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The refrigerated cargo ship caught fire and was scuttled in Singapore Roads.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Banshu3_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Storeships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=10 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Rival||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was damaged at Haifa, Palestine by a limpet mine and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=64-65}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Buccaneer

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

|desc=The tug was accidentally shelled and sunk, while towing a target off the Isle of Portland, by {{HMS|St. James|D65|6}} ({{Navy|UK}}). Her crew were rescued by HMS St. James.{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NavalAccidents1945-1988.pdf |title=Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988 |first1=William M. |last1=Arkin |first2=Joshua |last2=Handler |publisher=Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies |date=June 1989 |access-date=12 January 2021 }}{{sfn|Boniface|2007|pp=91-92}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Peacock||2}}

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

|desc=The Design 1037 ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|47|55|N|8|30|W}}) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=417}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date August 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=I-372

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

|desc=The refloated wreck of the Type D submarine was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-372.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-372: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2016|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Nutfield||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|03|N|8|09|W}}) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=392}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fulani||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Gales And Rain |date=3 August 1946 |page=4 |issue=50547 |column=F }} Refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Storm Damage To Crops |date=5 September 1946 |page=5 |issue=50548 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Sea King||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Trondheimsleia following a collision with another ship. Was on a voyage from Skrova to Trondheim, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|David Caldwell||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime, France. She was on a voyage from the Hampton Roads, Virginia to Pauillac, Gironde, France. She broke in three and was a total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=114}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rhön||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south of Arendal, Norway with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605453|shipname=Rhon |access-date=17 April 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fort Fraser||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Paull, Yorkshire. Later refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Ships Aground |date=13 September 1946 |page=4 |issue=50555 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Helena Modjeska||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Later broke her back, a total loss.{{sfn|Lane|2009|pp=44-49}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marit II||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The tanker broke in two off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States ({{coord|35|09|N|73|24|W}}) and sank with the loss of eleven crew. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|S. Wiley Wakeman||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on a wreck off Tobago. She was refloated on 22 September. Subsequently laid up, scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships – S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Herøy||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank west of the Feistein Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Odda to Sarpsborg, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Ohio||2}}

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

|desc=Both halves of the tanker, which had broken in two in 1942 due to combat damage, were sunk as gunnery targets in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=TID 62

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

|desc=The tug suffered a failure of her steering gear off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Zephyr|R19|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and anchored {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south east of Folkestone, Kent where she later capsized and sank with the loss of a crewman. TID 62 was being towed from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Sheerness, Kent by {{HMS|Tenacity}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=People Marooned in Houses |date=21 September 1946 |page=4 |issue=50562 |column=G }}{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=336-37}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bantam

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled off the coast of New South Wales, Australia with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=554}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|RFA|Green Ranger|A152|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK|RFA}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Ranger|tanker|1}} was torpedoed and damaged at Portland Harbour, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-22||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|T|landing ship}} was wrecked near Chipei-Hsiaotao, Pescadore Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=T-20

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

|desc= The {{sclass2|No.1|landing ship}} ran aground in the Formosa Strait and was wrecked near Jibei Island, Penghu. Deemed a comprehensive total loss, she was abandoned there.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.20_t.htm |title=Japanese No.1-class landing ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|USAT|Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski||2}}

|flag={{army|USA|1912}}

|desc=The transport ran aground and sank in the Grenville Channel, 1.3 miles south west of James Point, British Columbia.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?247125 |title=Brigadier General M. G. Zalinski (+1946) |publisher=Wreck Site |access-date=11 March 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fort Vermillion||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamers Aground |date=30 September 1946 |page=4 |issue=50569 |column=E }} Refloated on 6 October.{{sfn|Lane|2009|pp=44-49}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Torni||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Petard Point, Ravenscar, Yorkshire. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 September 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Alta||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Makkaur, Norway. Raised in 1949 and converted to a barge in 1950. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=LCG(M) 132

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The landing craft was driven ashore whilst under tow from Inveraray, Argyllshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom and was a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Schuyler Colfax||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Tilefish|SS-307|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Tilefish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss307.txt | access-date =5 January 2012 }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=June

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

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|43.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel sank in Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Fluor||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster was struck by {{SS|Strathnaver||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) whilst moored at Southampton, Hampshire and sank. All twelve crew escaped.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Cargo Ship Sunk at Southampton |date=11 October 1946 |page=4 |issue=50579 |column=E }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Glamorganbrook||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster sprang a leak and sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of one of the fifteen people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship's Master Drowned |date=12 October 1946 |page=2 |issue=50580 |column=B }} She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Cowes, Isle of Wight.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=477}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arthur Sewall||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Severn||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled north west of the Hebrides ({{coord|58|18|N|9|37|E}}) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=394}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ludwigshafen|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5615114|shipname=Ludwigshafen |access-date=17 April 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Eider|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The former (hulked) cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614691|shipname=Eider |access-date=17 April 2012}}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=481}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 16 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cassius Hudson||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship struck a mine in the Gulf of Trieste ({{coord|45|32|N|13|12|E}}) whilst on a voyage from the Hampton Roads, Virginia to Venice, Italy. She was taken in tow, but struck another mine and sank.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=87}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMAS|Waree}}

|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}

|desc=The tug was run aground near the mouth of the Clarence River at Yamba, New South Wales, Australia, after beginning to take on water. She was declared a total loss.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{for|the loss of the cargo ship Arizona on this date|List of shipwrecks in April 1944#17 April}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Saumarez|G12|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=Corfu Channel Incident: The S-class destroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off. Eleven of her crew were killed and 25 others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was declared a total loss and scrapped. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Volage|R41|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=Corfu Channel Incident: The V-class destroyer suffered heavy damage when she struck a mine in the Corfu Channel which blew her bow off while she was attempting to tow {{HMS|Saumarez|G12|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) to safety. One of her crew was killed and seven others were listed as missing and presumed dead. She returned to base stern-first. She was eventually repaired and returned to service. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Bakkøy||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground east of Lindesnes Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Korshamn to Oslo, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{For|the loss of the German cargo ship Arizona on or after this date|List of shipwrecks in April 1944#17 April}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arthur Sewall||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3405.html |title=Arthur Sewall |publisher=Uboat |access-date=16 March 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Renascent||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Lowestoft, United Kingdom to Kristiansand, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 October 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stanburn||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered off Sfax, Tunisia with the loss of four of her 35 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Steamer Sunk |date=30 October 1946 |page=4 |issue=50595 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered {{sclass|Takao|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser was scuttled by British forces in the Strait of Malacca off Port Swettenham, Malaya, at {{coord|03|05|N|100|41|E |}}, by opening sea cocks, planting explosives and shelling by {{HMS|Newfoundland|59|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom|1946}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/takao_t.htm |title=Japanese Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3428.html |title=George Hawley |publisher=Uboat |access-date=27 April 2012}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Woodlark||2}}

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

|desc=The troopship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Hebrides ({{coord|59|00|N|7|40|W}}) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=423}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 222||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tora||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Åland Sea west of Almagrundet, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to Stavanger, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= A T T No. 1

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

|desc=The 3,577-gross register ton, {{convert|314.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge was wrecked on the northeast coast of Amukta in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Gulli||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The motor vessel ran aground at Kragerø, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Lund||2}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler was sunk by the explosion of a depth charge whilst engaged in an operation to disperse the wreck of {{SS|Flandres||2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}) off Deal, Kent. Four crew were killed and three were injured.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Cutter Blown Up |date=6 November 1946 |page=4 |issue=50601 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Valle||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster suffered engine failure and struck rocks whilst on a voyage from Grimstad to Haugesund, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Pitt||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off Berville-sur-Mer, Eure, France and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to the West Indies. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=120}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-977||2}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The Type VIIC submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts by the submarine {{USS|Atule|SS-403|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charmouth

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

|desc=World War II: The trawler (195 GRT) was sunk by a mine off Ballycotton, County York, Ireland. Nine crew were killed. There were five survivors.{{cite web |url= http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/accidents%20&%20incidents/charmouth.htm |title=Charmouth |publisher=www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 16 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Flying Cloud

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

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|41.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Point Gardner ({{coord|57|01|N|134|37|W|name=Point Gardner}}) on the south end of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 19 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HNLMS|Walcherin|MV-18|6}}

|flag={{navy|Netherlands}}

|desc=The Duiveland-class minesweeper was sunk by a Japanese mine on 19 November 1946 near Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies. Three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/index.html |title=126 feet class - minesweepers |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=29 June 2020 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Albany

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

|desc=The coaster departed from Port Talbot, Glamorgan for Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; wreckage from the ship washed up near St. Davids Head, Pembrokeshire on 22 November.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=234}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stormont||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster was in collision with {{SS|Empire Brent||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom

|civil}}) in the River Mersey and sank with the loss of 160 of the 210 cattle she was carrying.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Cattle Boat Sunk in Mersey |date=21 November 1946 |page=2 |issue=50614 |column=D }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Hirma||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground west of the Geita Lighthouse, whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Bodø, Norway. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Garth||2}}

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

|desc=The dredger sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dredger Sunk in the Bristol Channel |date=27 November 1946 |page=2 |issue=50619 |column=A }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 November 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Laksnes||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Rongevær, Norway, broke in two and sank. She was on a voyage from Brevik to Namsos.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=445}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tillamok||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Still aground on 25 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship's Stern Nearly Clear of Goodwins |date=28 December 1946 |page=2 |issue=50644 |column=B }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tillamook||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 February 1947 and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMCS|Middlesex}}

|flag={{naval|Canada|1911}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Algerine|minesweeper|1}} ran aground on Shutin Island, Nova Scotia. She was subsequently scrapped in situ.{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=3349 |title=HMCS Middlesex - 1946 |publisher=Maritime Museum of the Atlantic |access-date=19 January 2015}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Rubens||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was abandoned {{convert|50|nmi|km}} north of Bonacca, Honduras. Drifted ashore at Bonacca, a total loss.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1123046|shipname=Rubens |access-date=7 February 2020}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=N35

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The Type XXIII submarine was lost at Toulon, Var in a diving accident with the loss of 21 of lives.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u2326.htm |title=U-2326 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=29 April 2012}}{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/NavalAccidents1945-1988.pdf |title=Naval Accidents 1945 - 1988 |first1=William M. |last1=Arkin |first2=Joshua |last2=Handler |publisher=Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies |date=June 1989 |access-date=12 January 2021 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rafiah

|flag=

|desc=Aliyah Bet: The Jewish immigrant ship (formerly Athina S.) was wrecked on Sirina, north-east of Crete.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1109284|shipname=Athina S. |access-date=5 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sea It

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

|desc=The 17-gross register ton, {{convert|45|ft|m|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel sank off Point Adolphus ({{coord|58|17|15|N|135|47|00|W|name=Point Adolphus}}) in Southeast Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Empire Eden||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Spurn Head, Yorkshire in a gale, but was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Francis Batey||2}}

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

|desc=The tug sank in the Tyne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Irma

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven onto Manacle Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Towed clear by {{ship|ST|Zwarte Zee||2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Vessels Adrift in Gale |date=9 December 1946 |page=2 |issue=50629 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Liberté||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ocean liner collided with the wreck of {{SS|Paris|1916|2}} ({{flag|France}}) and sank at Le Havre.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Europa Founders in Harbour |date=10 December 1946 |page=3 |issue=50630 |column=D }} Later raised, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Saltburn}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Hunt|minesweeper|2||1916}} broke free from her tow and ran aground at Hartland Point, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Security||2}}

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

|desc=The tug sank off Portland, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Truant}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The T-class submarine broke free from her tow and sank off the Channel Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Wansford||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. Towed clear by Zwarte Zee ({{flag|Netherlands}}). }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tana|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|41|20|N|10|57|E}}). She was under tow from Olbia, Sardinia to Genoa, Italy.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=565}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Tove||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster capsized and sank in the Kattegat whilst on a voyage from Randers to Bergen, Norway. One crewmember was killed. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|German cruiser|Leipzig||2}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Leipzig|cruiser|0}} light cruiser was scuttled in the North Sea with a cargo of obsolete chemical weapons.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|German torpedo boat|T21||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The torpedo boat was scuttled in the Skagerrak at {{coord|57|53|N|6|13|E}}.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6114196|shipname=T21 |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|German destroyer|Z29||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The destroyer was scuttled in the Skagerrak.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6112743|shipname=Z29 |access-date=17 April 2012}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Havskaaren||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Kvalnesflæsa, Lofoten Islands, Norway.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chichagoff

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

|desc=The 44-gross register ton, {{convert|57.3|ft|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was abandoned off Khaz Head ({{coord|57|31|45|N|136|01|00|W|name=Khaz Head}}) off Piehle Passage ({{coord|57.5275|N|136.0289|W|name=Piehle Passage}}) in Southeast Alaska after she lost rudder control and a breaker carried away her pilothouse. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a dory and survived, but Chichagoff sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=VIC 31

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

|desc=The VIC-type lighter was driven ashore on Foul Point, Ceylon and sank. She was being towed from Colombo to Trincomalee. She was declared a constructive total loss but was salvaged in 1949, repaired and returned to service as Rahumani.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=267}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|German cruiser|Prinz Eugen||2}}

|flag={{Navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=Operation Crossroads: The {{sclass|Admiral Hipper|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser capsized and sank at Kwajalein Atoll due to an unrepaired leak caused by damage when she was used as a target in atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll on 1 and 25 July 1946.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Afognak

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

|desc=The beam trawler ran hard aground {{convert|2|nmi}} north of Point Gardner ({{coord|57|01|N|134|37|W|name=Point Gardner}}) in Southeast Alaska. The mail boat Yakobi ({{flag|United States|1912}}) rescued the eight people – Afognak{{'}}s captain, his wife, and six crewmen – on board.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Marna||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster sank west of Gamle Hellesund, Norway, during a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Grangemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom.}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Northeastern Victory||2}}

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

|desc=The Victory ship ran aground and sank, Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.{{sfn|Lane|2009|pp=44-49}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Anastasia||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster sprang a leak and was beached at Skar Point, Walney Island, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Vessels Aground |date=27 December 1946 |page=2 |issue=50643 |column=E}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Am-Mer-Mar||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Lindesnes, Norway. She sank on 1 January 1947.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html |title=Liberty Ships – A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=4 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Thackeray|1942|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Outer Cat Island, Dominion of Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States to Botwood, Dominion of Newfoundland. She was refloated on 24 May 1947 and put in to Saint John's. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=202}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German escort ship|F 2||2}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The F-class escort ship sank at Scapa Flow ({{coord|58|50|N|03|11|E}}) during a storm. Partially scrapped in place.{{cite web |url=http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/escorts/flottenbegleiter/f2/history.html |title=Flottenbegleiter 2 - History |date=25 June 2003 |work=German Naval History |access-date=21 July 2012}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Empire Wharfe||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo liner caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to the Cameroons. She was towed in to Lagos Nigeria on 2 January 1947 and beached. She was refloated on 6 January. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Zent.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=476}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Monte Pascoal|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Monte|ocean liner}} was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5607534|shipname=Monte Pascoal |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MS|Schwabenland|1925|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The seaplane tender/catapult ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606347 |shipname=Schwabenland |access-date=6 June 2015}}}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date December 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=HMS H 97

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The captured German destroyer was beached to prevent her from sinking due to corroded bottom plates.Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part I: The Western Powers, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, {{ISBN|0870219189}}, p. 137.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Truant}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The decommissioned submarine was wrecked while under tow to the breakers.[http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3494.html HMS Truant], Uboat.net Accessed 7 May 2024.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=unknown 1946 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|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 |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Benjamin Peixotto||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was reported to have become a constructive total loss during 1946.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=60}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Claus Von Bevern

|flag={{flagcountry|Allied-occupied Germany}}

|desc=The test ship, a former {{sclass|G180|torpedo boat}}, was scuttled in the Skagerrak, laden with gas shells.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Koolama|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was scuttled.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=501}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine|Yu 1007||2}}

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

|desc=The surrendered Yu I-type 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.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130923064349/http://ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html IJA Subs, ijnsubsite.com Accessed 14 May 2022]}}{{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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• Lists of shipwrecks

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• {{cite book |first=Patrick |last=Boniface |title=Battle Class Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |location=Liskeard |year=2007 }}
• {{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 | first =Anthony | last =Lane | year =2009 | title =Shipwrecks of Kent | publisher =The History Press | location =Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-1720-2 }}
• {{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second }}
• {{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=Second |isbn=1-85044-049-2 }}
• {{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Ernest Fraser |date=1998 |title=The Saga of the Bluenose |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-009-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/sagaofbluenose0000robi/page/70 }}

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