List of shipwrecks in 1975

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|ship={{MV|Sand Swan|1969|2}}

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

|desc=The dredger ran aground off the coast of Brittany, France and sank at the stern. She was repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=https://www.sandsuckersuk.com/post/south-coast-south-east-the-sixties |title=South Coast & South East, the Sixties |publisher=Sandsuckers |first=Paul |last=Whittle |accessdate=30 July 2023 }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 5 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{MV|Lake Illawarra||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The bulk carrier sank in the River Derwent in Tasmania, Australia, after a collision with the Tasman Bridge. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 6 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Robert G. Seymour

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Angoon, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 11 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=David Foss

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=While tending an oil platform in icy conditions, the tug sank near Cape Kasilof ({{coord|60|22|N|151|22|W|name=Cape Kasilof}}) in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of six survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Suzanne

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 275-gross register ton barge was wrecked at Cape Suckling ({{coord|59|59|30|N|143|53|00|W|name=Cape Suckling}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= Danesh

|flag={{Flagicon image|Flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg}} Iran

|desc=The tug collided with the motor vessel Arya Tab and the barge Gulf 107 (both {{flag|Iran}}) and sank in Khor Musa Channel off Khorramshahr.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=323}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= Jakob Maersk

|flag={{Flag|Denmark|civil}}

|desc= While entering the port of Leixões, Portugal, with the assistance of tugboats, the tanker ran aground on a sandbar, caught fire, and suffered a series of explosions that broke her apart. Seven of her 17 crew members died, and she burned for 58 hours.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= Lovat

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The coaster sank in a west-northwest gale gusting to hurricane force {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south of Penzance, England. All crew lost.{{sfn|Corin|Farr|1983|p=120}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 February 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet helicopter carrier|Moskva||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Moskva|helicopter carrier}} was severely damaged by fire.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 11 February 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=K P No. 2

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 62-gross register ton, {{convert|65|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge was lost off Vanik Island ({{coord|56|28|N|132|36|W|name=Vanik Island}}) in Southeast Alaska, {{convert|14|nmi}} west of Wrangell, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 20 February 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{SS|George P. Garrison||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=Sunk as an artificial reef {{convert|30|nmi|km}} east of Cape Henry.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5128962|shipname=George P. Garrison |access-date=5 February 2020}}}}

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|ship=Marten

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 188-gross register ton, {{convert|82.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel struck a rock pinnacle, capsized, and sank with the loss of three lives off Spruce Cape ({{coord|57|49|15|N|152|20|00|W|name=Spruce Cape}}) on Kodiak Island, {{convert|4|nmi}} north of the harbor at Kodiak, Alaska. Her only survivor was her captain, who clung to a cliff in a snowstorm overnight before he was rescued.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{ship||Rogue|tug|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Canada}}

|desc=The tugboat sank off Triple Island, British Columbia.{{cite web|url=http://www.harlowmarine.com/app/newsletter/view_article/19,2.html |title=Shipwrecks in British Columbia's Waters |first=K E |last=Heaton |date=8 July 2004 |access-date=21 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323004706/http://www.harlowmarine.com/app/newsletter/view_article/19%2C2.html |archive-date=23 March 2012 }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 March 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Rey Mar Houston

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 157-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Popof Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 March 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= Red Eagle

|flag={{Flag|Thailand}}

|desc=The coastal trading vessel sank in Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore. She was refloated and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=240}}

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{{shipwreck list begin|date=4 April 1975|sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Spartan Lady||2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The oil tanker broke apart in heavy seas in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{SS|Santa Elia|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The bulk carrier ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hull, Humberside, United Kingdom. Later refloated, but laid up. Scrapped in 1976.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2W.html |title=T2 TANKERS - W - Y |publisher=Mariners |access-date=4 November 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Killen|DD-593|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1975}}

|desc=The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 17 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Manzanita

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 78-gross register ton, {{convert|76.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Cordova, Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 19 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Ida K

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 18-gross register ton, {{convert|39.4|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Stephens Passage near Juneau, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 22 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Unidentified skiff

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The skiff sank with the loss of two lives in Valdez Narrows ({{coord|61.0678|N|146.6697|W|name=Valdez Narrows}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska after a {{convert|3|in|adj=on}} hole opened in her hull.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/alaska-fisheries-losses-1972-2009/alaska-commercial-fishing-losses-of-1975/ alaskashipwreck.com ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHING AND OTHER MARITIME LOSSES OF 1975]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Carbonero|SS-337|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk as a torpedo target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii by the submarine {{USS|Pogy|SSN-647|6}} ({{naval|United States}}). }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 April 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|RVNS|Keo Ngua}}

|flag={{navy|South Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: The {{sclass|Phu Du|patrol ship|0}} motor gunboat was scuttled at the conclusion of the war to prevent capture .{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/05/050004.htm |title=USS LSSL-4 |publisher=Navsource |access-date=9 January 2018}}

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|ship=Suntory

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Day Harbor on the coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 May 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HDMS|Delfinen|S326|6}}

|flag={{navy|Denmark}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Delfinen|submarine}} was severely damaged by fire off the coast of Norway. The fire was extinguished and she was towed into Haakonsvern, Norway.{{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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|ship={{ship|RVNS|Lam Giang}}

|flag={{navy|South Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: End of War: The Hat Giang-class landing ship was scuttled to prevent capture.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 May 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Bell|DD-587|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk as a target. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 May 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=VR 1

|flag={{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} Khmer Rouge

|desc=Vietnam War: Mayaguez Incident: The Type 108 fast attack craft was sunk by U.S. aircraft.Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982, Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, {{ISBN|0-87021-919-7}}, p. 326.

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|ship=VR 2

|flag={{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} Khmer Rouge

|desc=Vietnam War: Mayaguez Incident: The Type 108 fast attack craft was sunk by U.S. aircraft.

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|ship=Three unidentified patrol boats

|flag={{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} Khmer Rouge

|desc=Vietnam War: Mayaguez Incident: U.S. aircraft sank the Patrol Craft Fast.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55168 |title=Kampuchean (Cambodian) Naval Battles |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=14 December 2018}}

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|ship=Two unidentified motor torpedo boats

|flag={{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} Khmer Rouge

|desc=Vietnam War: Mayaguez Incident: U.S. aircraft sank the Higgins-type patrol torpedo boats at Kampong Som, Cambodia.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 25 May 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Kevalaksa

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=While under tow by the tug Daphne ({{flag|United States|1960}}) carrying logs, cement, and general cargo, the 3,384-gross register ton, {{convert|326|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge capsized and sank off the south-central coast of Alaska near Kachemak Bay and Seldovia.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in May 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|RVNS|Hau Giang}}

|flag={{navy|South Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: The Hat Giang-class landing craft mechanized was scuttled to prevent capture at the conclusion of the war. She was raised, repaired, and put in Vietnam People's Navy service.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 June 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Peramtaris|1941|2}}

|flag={{flag|Cyprus}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire east of Malta ({{coord|36|45|N|16|25|E}}) and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently reboarded, and put in to Augusta, Sicily, Italy on 12 June. She was laid up and then moved to Piraeus, Greece in July 1976. Scrapped in February 1979.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=44}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 June 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Benjamin Waterhouse||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled off Horn Island, Mississippi.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=227}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 June 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Moore|DE-240|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1960}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 June 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Cynthia Rea

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The gillnet fishing vessel ran aground on Zarembo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska {{convert|30|nmi}} south of Petersburg, Alaska, and sank with the loss of three lives.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 June 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Forrester

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank with the loss of one life after colliding with the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry {{MV|Malaspina||2}} ({{flag|United States|1960}}) in Olga Strait ({{coord|57|11|N|135|27|W|name=Olga Strait}}) in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)]

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|ship= {{SS|Nicholas C|1945|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The bulk carrier sprang a leak and was abandoned {{convert|200|nmi|km}} off Beira, Mozambique. Presumed subsequently foundered.{{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=6 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Neches||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc= The cargo ship was probably sunk by a mine off El Arish, Egypt.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55113&sid=e52df73de2513d8f2a576bf409ba3047 |title=Arab Naval Battles against Israel (Egypt, Syria, Palestine) |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=22 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?99641 |title= Neches (1975) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 August 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Barge No. 12

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc= The steel barge sank in {{convert|40|ft|0}} of water in Lake Huron off Presque Isle, Michigan, at {{coord|45.13655|-83.159233|name=Barge No.12}}.{{cite web|url=https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/barge_12.html|title=Barge No.12|work=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=November 14, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2899277/data?n=21|title=Starrucca|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=November 14, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55113&sid=e52df73de2513d8f2a576bf409ba3047 |title=Arab Naval Battles against Israel (Egypt, Syria, Palestine) |publisher=SovietEmpire |access-date=22 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?99641 |title= Neches (1975) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 August 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Dalmatia

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton motor vessel sank {{convert|7|nmi}} south of Naknek, Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{ship||Point Law}}

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

|desc=File:Point Law Wreck.jpg

The coastal tanker ran aground on the south west coast of Alderney, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by the St Peter Port Lifeboat, Alderney Fire Brigade, a cliff rescue team and a French helicopter.{{Sfn|Howarth|1981|p=100}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{MV|Herma A||2}}

|flag={{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|desc=The Empire F-type coaster foundered at Port of Spain, Trinidad, during a storm.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=224}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 23 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Shelly Ann

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|34|ft|m|adj=on}} vessel sank without loss of life at Narrow Cape ({{coord|57|25|30|N|152|20|00|W|name=Narrow Cape}}) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 July 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{MV|Savoydean||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The vessel caught fire in Calcutta.{{cite web|url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland080.html|title=MV Africa Palm (1953)|publisher=The Sunderland Site}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 10 August 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Citation

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The motor vessel sank in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska.

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|ship=Mojo

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|26|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel sank in Ugak Bay ({{coord|57|25|N|152|35|W|name=Ugak Bay}}) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, without loss of life. The fishing vessel Mariner ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 15 August 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Pursuit

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 11-gross register ton, {{convert|29.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Dry Pass ({{coord|56|28|00|N|132|22|40|W|name=Dry Pass}}) in Wrangell, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 August 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Mona Island|ARG-9|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{Sclass|Luzon|repair ship|0}} internal combustion engine repair ship was sunk as an artificial reef off Wachapreague, Virginia, at {{coord|37|32|36|N|075|26|18|W|name="USS Mona Island (ARG-9)"}}. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 August 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Unidentified fishing vessel

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The fishing vessel capsized near Cordova, Alaska, killing her captain's two daughters.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in August 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Edward W. Scripps}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled off South Padre Island, Texas.{{Sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=228}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 September 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Commander

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The motor vessel was wrecked at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 16 September 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Unidentified fishing vessel

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The fishing vessel capsized in Vallenar Bay ({{coord|55.3856|N|131.8472|W|name=Vallenar Bay}}) in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska, killing one person.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 26 September 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Foss 209

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=While under tow by the vessel Leslie Foss ({{flag|United States|1960}}) off the south-central coast of Alaska, the barge capsized. She was towed {{convert|60|nmi}} out into the Gulf of Alaska near Cape Saint Elias and scuttled with explosive charges.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 October 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{MV|Hongkong Delegate||2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The vessel suffered extensive damage in a collision with the cruise ship {{MV|Columbus||2}} ({{Flag|Canada}}) off Monterey, California. She was sold for scrap.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5356404|shipname=Hongkong Delegate |access-date=13 February 2020}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 October 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{SS|George L. Farley||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled off South Padre Island, Texas.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=228}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 October 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Hustler

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 24-gross register ton, {{convert|43.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Kodiak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 November 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Baleen

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=While under tow after suffering fire damage, the {{convert|102|ft|adj=on}} tug sank in {{convert|170|ft}} of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Boston Harbor′s outer harbor {{convert|6|nmi}} east-northeast of The Graves Light at {{coord|42|23|05|N|070|44|02|W|name=Baleen}}.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/baleen-dat.htm |title=Baleen | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=27 January 2021 }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 10 November 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{SS|Edmund Fitzgerald||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The lake freighter sank in Lake Superior near Whitefish Bay with the loss of all 29 aboard. The wreck was found in two pieces on the bottom by a remotely operated underwater vehicle in 1976.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Sealee

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was lost during severe weather in Culross Passage between Culross Island and the northeastern end of the Kenai Peninsula near "Night Island" (probably a reference to Knight Island) at the western end of Prince William Sound off the south-central coast of Alaska.

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|ship=Sharkay

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was lost during severe weather in Culross Passage between Culross Island and the northeastern end of the Kenai Peninsula near "Night Island" (probably a reference to Knight Island) at the western end of Prince William Sound off the south-central coast of Alaska.

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|ship=Western

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|89|ft|m|1|adj=on}} shrimper and her crew of three men disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska somewhere between Pelican and Kodiak, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 13 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Hornet

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 48-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Lincoln Rock ({{coord|56|03|25|N|132|41|50|W|name=Lincoln Rock}}).

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Imbros||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Cyprus}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|31|40|N|77|47|W}}) with the loss of all 22 crew.{{cite web |title=MV Imbros (+1975) |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?213755 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=13 February 2020}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 20 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship=Unidentified fishing vessel

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The fishing vessel capsized off Peratrovich Island ({{coord|55.5788889|N|133.11|W|name=Peratrovich Island}}) in Southeast Alaska near Klawock, Alaska, killing one person.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|William Wheelwright|1960|2}}

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground off Sinoe, Liberia. She was refloated on 29 December and towed to Lisbon, Portugal. Deemed beyond repair, she was subsequently scrapped in 1976.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1574 |title=William Wheelwright |publisher=The Yard |access-date=11 March 2017}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Kim Hua Li||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The coastal tanker sank in the South China Sea ({{coord|2|19|N|109|01|E}}). She was on a voyage from Singapore to Kuching, Malaysia. {{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=473}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MS|Berge Istra||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The supertanker exploded and sank south west of Mindanao Island, the Philippines. Two of the 32 crew survived and were rescued after 22 days adrift in a lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Survivors from ore carrier vow never to go to sea again |date=22 January 1976 |page=59608 |issue=D |column=D-F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1975 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Aviere|D 554|2}}

|flag={{navy|Italy|1975}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer}} was sunk as a target.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. 68.

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|ship={{ship|Cuban frigate|Antonio Maceo|F302|2}}

|flag={{navy|Cuba|1975}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate}} was sunk as a target.

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|ship=Brenton Reef Lightship (LV-39)

|flag={{flag|United States|1908}}

|desc=The old {{convert|119|ft|adj=on}} vessel, which had served as a lightvessel from 1875 to 1939, then in various roles thereafter, including as a floating restaurant, sank while under tow off the coast of Massachusetts {{nowrap|{{convert|4|nmi}}}} east of Marblehead at {{coord|44|21|00|N|068|51|24|W|name=Brenton Reef Lightship (LV-39)}}.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/brentonlightship-dat.htm |title=Brenton Reef Lightship (LV-39) | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=28 January 2021 }}

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|ship={{SS|George P. Garrison||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled off the Virginia Capes.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=226}}

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|ship=Mutiara II

|flag={{flag|Singapore|civil}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|TID|tug|1}} collided with another vessel and sank.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=345}}

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• {{Cite book |script-title=ru:Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}
• {{cite book|last1=Corin|first1=John|title=Penlee Lifeboat|year=1983|publisher=Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution|location=Penzance|isbn=0-9508611-0-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120 120]|last2=Farr |first2=Grahame|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120}}
• {{cite book |title=Lifeboat In Danger's Hour| first=Patrick |last=Howarth |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London, New York, Sydney, Toronto |year=1981 |isbn=0-600-34959-4}}
• {{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 }}

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1975

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