List of shipwrecks in August 1945

The list of shipwrecks in August 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1945.

1 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 102||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Gyoraitei No. 102/TM 4-class motor torpedo boat was sunk or heavily damaged by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft at Nagasaki, Japan.{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/TM4class.htm |title=Class TM-4 |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |access-date=27 June 2020 }}

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|ship=Unidentified coastal trading vessel

|flag=Unknown

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Malacca off the Jumpul Bank ({{coord|03|06|N|99|58|E}}) by {{HMS|Seadog}} and {{HMS|Shalimar}} (both {{naval|UK}}). Shalimar picked up survivors including her captain.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}

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2 August

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|ship=Ajudante

|flag={{flagcountry|Brazil}}

|desc=The passenger river steamer sank quickly after being cut in two in collision with the gunboat {{ship|ARC|Cartagena}} ({{naval|Colombia}}) in Brazilian waters on the Amazon River, near to Leticia, Colombia. Of 101 people on board, 57 died.{{cite news |title=Afundou em Leticia um navio brasileiro ("A Brazilian Ship Sunk at Leticia") |url=http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/348970/per348970_1945_12024.pdf |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=A Noite |issue=12024 |date=6 August 1945 |location=Rio de Janeiro |pages=1-2 |language=pt}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCV 802}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft vehicle (8/11 t, 1943) was lost.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Tencho Maru-class transport ship (a.k.a. Tentyo Maru) was torpedoed and sunk off Billiton Island in the Java Sea ({{coord|05|07|N|106|05|E}}) by {{HMS|Tiptoe|P332|6}} and {{HMS|Trump|P333|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}). 107 military passengers, 2 gunners and 12 crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tencho_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 November 2022}}

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|ship=Unknown barge

|flag=Unknown

|desc=World War II: The barge was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Malacca near the mouth of the Burnam River in shallow water by {{HMS|Seadog}} and {{HMS|Shalimar}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

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

|desc=World War II: Carrying a cargo of coffee, the 20-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) after Bugara removed her crew. Bugara later released her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bugara0.html |title=Bugara (SS-331) 1943-1971 |publisher=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships | date=25 August 2017 |access-date=16 February 2023}}

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 18-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: During a voyage to Singapore carrying a cargo of miscellaneous gear, the 211-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) after Bugara removed her crew. Bugara later released her crew.

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

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

|desc=World War II: On a voyage from Singapore, the 180-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 117-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

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

|desc=World War II: The 150-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified tugboat

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=World War II: The tug was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Malacca near the mouth of the Burnam River in shallow water by {{HMS|Seadog}} and {{HMS|Shalimar}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}

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|ship=Various boats

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: Various boats carrying pirates were destroyed by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) when they approached Bugara in pursuit of six large Malayan canoes fleeing from them. Bugara had stopped the canoes to inspect them.

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3 August

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|ship={{SS|Blush Rose||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster (645 GRT, 1913) collided with {{SS|Glaucus||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) off Holyhead, Anglesey and sank. All 15 crew were rescued by Glaucus.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer Sunk in Collision |date=4 August 1945 |page=4 |issue=50212 |column=G }}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-42||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Honshu by {{USS|Gato|SS-212|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/45-08.htm |title=Seekrieg 1945, Juli |access-date=17 October 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

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|ship=Junk No. 2218

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

|desc=World War II: The 100-gross register ton junk was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) after Bugara removed her crew.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|Pa-109||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea by {{HMS|Tiptoe|P332|6}} and {{HMS|Trump|P333|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Tencho Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off Billiton Island ({{coord|03|07|N|107|02|E|}}) by {{HMS|Tiptoe|P332|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-109_t.htm |title=Japanese Patrol Boats |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 August 2014}}

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|ship=Unidentified barge

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

|desc=World War II: The armed Daihatsu barge was sunk by {{HMAS|Stawell}} ({{naval|Australia|1913}}) in the Molucca Islands area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-stawell |title=HMAS Stawell |access-date=17 August 2022}}

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 56-gross register ton small cargo ship, known to the Americans as a "sea truck," was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) after Bugara removed her crew.

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4 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser|CHa-178||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|CHa-1|submarine chaser}} was damaged in Shimonoseki Straits by a mine and was beached.

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|ship=T-152

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

|desc=The No. 103-class landing ship sank in heavy weather south of the Bonin Islands, north east of Ogasawara Minami.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.146_t.htm |title=T.103 Class Landing Ships |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 March 2023}}

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 50-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified junk

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 300-gross register ton junk was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: Carrying a cargo of copra and coconut oil, the 450-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship={{SS|William J. Palmer||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The wreck was raised in 1949 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html |title=Liberty Ships - W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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5 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Hino Maru No. 25 GO||2}}

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

|desc= The auxiliary submarine chaser ran aground and sank in Bungo Suido off Himosaki Light.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by {{USS|Billfish|SS-286|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by {{USS|Pogy|SS-266|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Pogy |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss266.txt |accessdate=4 January 2012}}

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|ship=Unidentified junk

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 75-gross register ton junk was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

}}

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|ship=Unidentified junk

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: Pursued by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}), the 20-gross register ton junk beached herself at Lem Chong Pra in the Gulf of Siam, and her crew fled. Bugara then hit her amidships with a single {{convert|5|in|mm|0|adj=on}} shell and left her to sink.

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: Heavily loaded with coffee, sugar, sewing machines, and other gear, the 200-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: After her crew abandoned ship while she was at anchor behind the island of Koh Khai in the Gulf of Siam, the 64-gross register ton schooner was sunk by gunfire by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

}}

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|ship=Unknown

|flag=Unknown

|desc=World War II: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Malacca near Malacca by {{HMS|Seadog}} and {{HMS|Shalimar}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}

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|ship=Unknown junk

|flag=Unknown

|desc=World War II: The junk was captured and sunk with demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca near Malacca by {{HMS|Seadog}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3435.html |title=HMS Seadog (P 216) |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2023}}

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6 August

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|ship={{USS|Bullhead}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk off Bali, Netherlands East Indies by depth charges dropped by an Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Mitsubishi Ki-51 (Allied reporting name "Sonia") bomber. All hands were lost. She was the last American warship lost during the war.

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|ship={{SS|Lucien B. Maxwell||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground in the River Seine, France. She broke in two and sank, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsL.html |title=Liberty Ships - L |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 16.6-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Bugara estimated her actual capacity at 30 gross register tons.

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|ship=Unidentified junk

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: During a voyage from Singapore to Bangkok, Thailand, the 125-gross register ton junk was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) after Bugara removed her crew.

}}

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|ship=Unidentified junk

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

|desc=World War II: The 26-gross register ton junk was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified junk

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The 60-gross register ton junk was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) after her crew abandoned ship. Bugara captured and later released her crew.

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|ship=Four unidentified junks

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: The four junks were sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified schooner

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: Carrying a cargo of aviation gasoline, the 75-gross register ton schooner was set ablaze and sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship={{USS|YF-777}}

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

|desc=The self-propelled covered lighter sank at Eniwetok.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1945.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=20 August 2014}} }}

7 August

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship (7,178 GRT, 1922) caught fire off St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland ({{coord|41|35|N|54|54|W}}). She was towed into Bay Bulls on 13 August; declared a constructive total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=482 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-39||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship was bombed and sunk in the Sea of Japan off Kyosai Island, Korea ({{coord|34|55|N|128|44|E|type:event|name=CD-39 wreck}}) by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force. Thirty-three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-39_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 August 2013}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser|CHa-66||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|CHa-1|submarine chaser}} was sunk at Truk ({{coord|07|23|N|151|53|E}}) by Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft of the United States Twentieth Air Force.

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing craft depot ship|Kibitsu Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kibitsu Maru|landing craft depot ship}} was mined near Kobe ({{coord|34|37|N|135|04|E|type:event|name=Kibitsu Maru wreck}}) and beached to prevent sinking. Scrapped 1947.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kibitsu_t.htm |title=Japanese Army/Navy landing Craft Depot Ship |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 August 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Nanki Maru No. 9||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk in the Sea of Japan ({{coord|34|55|N|128|44|E|type:event|name=Nanki Maru No. 9 wreck}}) off Kyosai Island, Korea by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.

}}

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

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

|desc=World War II: The 26.5-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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|ship=Unidentified cargo ship

|flag=Unidentified

|desc=World War II: During a voyage to Singapore with a cargo of rice, the 28-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Siam by the submarine {{USS|Bugara|SS-331|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

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8 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Geiyo Maru ||2}}

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

|desc= The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by {{USS|Pargo|SS-264|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Japan by {{USS|Pargo|SS-264|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Eight hundred troops and 35 crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Pargo | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss264.txt | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-22||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship|1}} was sunk by US carrier aircraft near Aomori, Aomori.

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9 August

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Etorofu|escort ship|1}} was bombed and sunk in shallow water in Onagawa Bay ({{coord|38|26|N|141|30|E|type:event|name=Amakusa wreck}}) by Vought F4U Corsair aircraft from {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Seventy-one crewmen were killed. She was scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Amakusa_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-42||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|CH-28|submarine chaser|2}} was bombed and beached in Onagawa Bay ({{coord|38|24|N|141|15|E|type:event|name=CH-42 wreck}}) by F4U Corsair aircraft from {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-42_t.htm |title=Japanese Sub Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Type 2A Standard cargo ship, a converted Standard Type 2AT tanker, was torpedoed by Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 aircraft {{convert|15|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=off}} south southeast of Chongjin, Korea and was beached. She sank later in the day.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Daito_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers, Civilian Shipping Authority (Senpaku Uneikai) Requisitioned Tankers Shared with the Imperial Army |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ukuru|escort ship|2}} was damaged by a mine in Nanau Bay on 1 August. A crewman was killed. On 9 August she struck a mine in the Koguchi Channel and was beached. Refloated and sunk as a breakwater somewhere in Japan sometime in spring 1946.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ikara_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 August 2014}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Ikutsu Maru ||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk by Soviet aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=18865fc7167d58a3ef6eed656feec6e3 |title=Soviet-Japan War, WWII |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=14 August 2017}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ukuru|escort ship|2}} was bombed and sunk in shallow water in Onagawa Bay ({{coord|38|26|N|141|30|E|type:event|name=Inagi wreck}}) by Vought F4U Corsair aircraft from {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Twenty-nine crewmen were killed, 35 were wounded. She was scrapped in 1947.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Inagi_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese oiler|Juko Maru ||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The oiler was bombed and sunk in shallow water in Onagawa Bay off Hamada ({{coord|39|30|N|142|04|E}}) by United States Navy aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Juko_t.htm|title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Kasato Maru}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Utka by Soviet bomber aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-36_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 726: The Sydney Maru-class auxiliary transport (5,651 GRT) was bombed and sunk at Rajin, Chosen by Soviet bomber aircraft. 25 crew killed, 35 survive.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Melbourne_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 November 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The escort ship was bombed and sunk in shallow water in Onagawa Bay ({{coord|38|26|N|141|30|E|type:event|name=Ohama wreck}}) by Vought F4U Corsair aircraft from {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Twenty-nine crewmen were killed, 35 were wounded.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hyotekikan.htm |title=HYOTEKIKAN |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|T-21||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and damaged off the Kutsuna Islands in the Inland Sea by Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the United States Far East Air Force's 20th Air Force's 318th Fighter Group. She was purposely beached at Tsuwaji-jima. There were 60 killed and around 100 wounded. On 10 August the ship capsized and sank in shallow water ({{coord|39|09|N|132|31|E}}). The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1948.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.21_t.htm |title=T-21 |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Tahei Maru No. 6 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

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

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

|desc=File:Japanese cruiser Tokiwa 1945.jpgWorld War II: The minelayer, a former {{sclass|Asama|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser, was severely damaged in Mutsu Bay at Ōminato, Japan, in a raid by aircraft of Task Force 38 ({{navy|United States|1912}}) and was beached by her crew to prevent her from sinking. 109 sailors were killed and 82 wounded. She was refloated on 5 April 1947 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/tokiwa_t.htm |title=Tokiwa |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Tuma Maru No. 6 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship=Unknown schooner

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing schooner was captured by Soviet motor torpedo boats and sunk or abandoned to sink.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown steamers

|flag={{flag|Manchukuo}}

|desc=World War II: Two unidentified steamers were sunk by Soviet Border Guard gunboats in the Amur River near Huma.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55130&sid=29dd8e4a4842117ea310c8ce9fd4d1bd |title=Soviet naval Battles-Manchuria in WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=17 September 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper No.1|W-1||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|No.1|minesweeper|1||1923}} was bombed and sunk in Yamada Bay ({{coord|38|26|N|141|30|E|type:event|name=W-1 wreck}}) by United States Navy aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-1_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper No.33|W-33||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|No.19|minesweeper|2}} was bombed and sunk in shallow water in Onagawa Bay ({{coord|38|26|N|141|30|E|type:event|name=W-33 wreck}}) by Vought F4U Corsair aircraft from {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/W-33_t.htm |title=Japanese Minesweepers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Zao Maru No. 8 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

10 August

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Standard Type 2A cargo ship (a.k.a. Awakawa Maru) was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Japan ({{coord|41|26|N|129|49|E|}}) off Seisin, Korea by Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Awagawa_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 August 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |title=Soviet torpedo bomber victories during WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=10 April 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|CD-63||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship struck a mine that blew her bow off in Nanao Bay. She was beached to prevent sinking.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-63_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 August 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|CD-75||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship ran aground and was scuttled by her crew off Nō, Niigata. She may have hit a mine.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-75_t.htm |title=IJN Escort CD-75: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 April 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort ship|CD-82||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type D escort ship was torpedoed in the Sea of Japan {{convert|7|nmi|km}} south south west of Kunsudan, Korea ({{coord|41|21|N|131|12|E|type:event|name=CD-82 wreck}}) by a Soviet Ilyushin Il-4 torpedo bomber. The torpedo detonated her depth charges, sinking the ship. One hundred and seventeen crewmen were killed. Ninety-three survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hyuga Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-82_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=9 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese tanker|Horai Maru No. 14||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was damaged by Soviet aircraft and beached in Panova Bay. Possibly recovered by {{ship|Soviet guard ship|Metel||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) on 20 August.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=e73f76aeedc0d6515fabef76570ff6ee |title=Soviet-Japan War, WWII |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=14 August 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Ikutso Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was strafed, set on fire, burned out and sunk by Soviet motor torpedo boats at Rajin, Korea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55255&sid=b64d81afc6dc3bf6ebf262ded5ddeaf9 |title=Soviet torpedo bomber victories during WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=10 April 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Kari Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-534||2}}, {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-562||2}}, and {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-573||2}} (all {{navy|Soviet Union}}) at Rajin, Korea.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=18865fc7167d58a3ef6eed656feec6e3 |title=Soviet-Japan War, WWII |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=14 August 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Kongo Maru No. 2 GO||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper was sunk off Onogawa, Japan ({{coord|38|30|N|141|29|E}}) by aircraft from Task Force 38.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Ohama-class escort was sunk by US and Royal Navy carrier aircraft in the Onagawa area.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Shintohoku Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Manchukuo patrol boat|Shuan An||2}}

|flag={{navy|Manchukuo}}

|desc=World War II: The Shuan An-class patrol craft was sunk by {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-28||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-29||2}}, and two other patrol boats (all {{navy|Soviet Union}}) in Lake Khanka after being partially scuttled by her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55130&sid=29dd8e4a4842117ea310c8ce9fd4d1bd |title=Soviet naval Battles-Manchuria in WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=20 August 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Manchukuo patrol boat|Shuan Kai||2}}

|flag={{navy|Manchukuo}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Manchukuo patrol boat|Shun Tsu||2}}

|flag={{navy|Manchukuo}}

|desc=World War II: The Shun Tsu-class patrol craft was sunk by {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-28||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-29||2}}, and two other patrol boats (all {{navy|Soviet Union}}) in Lake Khanka after being partially scuttled by her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Taishun Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged by Soviet motor torpedo boats at Seisin, Korea. Sank later under tow.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Takunan Maru No. 6 GO||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk by United States carrier aircraft off Onagawa.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Manchukuo}}

|desc=World War II: Eleven unidentified fishing vessels were sunk by {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-28||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-29||2}}, and two other patrol boats (all {{navy|Soviet Union}}) in Lake Khanka.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown

|flag={{flag|Manchukuo}}

|desc=World War II: Two police boats and four scows were sunk by {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-45||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-46||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-55||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-56||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-71||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-73||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-74||2}}, {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|BK-75||2}}, and other units (all {{navy|Soviet Union}}) in the Amur River at Sakhalyansky.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55130&sid=29dd8e4a4842117ea310c8ce9fd4d1bd |title=Soviet naval Battles-Manchuria in WWII |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=17 September 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Manchukuo patrol boat|Wei Ming||2}}

|flag={{navy|Manchukuo}}

|desc=The Wei Ming-class patrol boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Manchukuo gunboat|Yang Chun||2}}

|flag={{navy|Manchukuo}}

|desc=The Hsin Chun-class armored river motor gunboat was lost on this date.

}}

11 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Edamitsu Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship torpedoed and was sunk by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-550||2}} and {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-563||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}) at Rajin, Korea.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=31a9c88944b21a282dbb79c35d1b9e95 |title=Soviet-Japan War, WWII |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=14 August 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Enpo Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-550||2}} and {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-563||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}) at Rajin, Korea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Japan ({{coord|38|06|N|130|20|E|type:event|name=Teihoku Maru wreck}}) east of Sokcho, Korea, north of Utsuryo Island, in {{convert|859|m}} of water by {{USS|Jallao|SS-368|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Her captain and 26 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Teihoku_t.htm |title=Ex-French merchants in Japanese service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Tensho Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-549||2}} and four other motor torpedo boats (all {{navy|Soviet Union}}) at Rajin, Korea.}}

12 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Hozugawa Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was wrecked at Seisin, Korea while trying to evade Soviet motor torpedo boats. The wreck was torpedoed by {{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-589||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) on 13 August.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol ship|Pa-166||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|Pa-1|patrol ship|1}} was sunk at Urasaki by American aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Palange|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands East Indies

|desc=World War II: The schooner was scuttled in the Java Sea by {{HMS|Thorough|P324|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?189016 |title=SV Palange (+1945) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=17 October 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Wairuna||2}}

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

|desc=The storeship was severely damaged by fire at Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=518 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine |Yu 1001||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Yu 1001-class Type 3 submergence transport vehicle was sunk by U.S. aircraft at Shimoda, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923064349/http://ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=23 September 2013 |title=IJA submarines |publisher=IJNsubsite.info |access-date=8 January 2015}} }}

13 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Bandai Maru No. 3 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-6||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type D escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido between Cape Erimo and Muroran ({{coord|42|16|N|142|12|E|type:event|name=CD-6 wreck}}) by {{USS|Atule|SS-403|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all 196 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-6_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=13 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Inland Sea of Japan by {{USS|Torsk|SS-423|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruth

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

|desc=The 6-gross register ton, {{convert|29.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Tahei Maru No. 7 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Tsushima Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled to prevent capture.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=18865fc7167d58a3ef6eed656feec6e3 |title=Soviet Naval Battles, Soviet-Japanese War, (Updated-2019) |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=14 August 2017}}}}

14 August

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|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-13||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Japan off Kamicho Bight near Maizuru ({{coord|35|41|N|134|35|E|type:event|name=CD-13 wreck}}) by {{USS|Torsk|SS-423|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twenty-eight crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-13_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-47||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Sea of Japan off Kamicho Bight near Maizuru ({{coord|35|42|N|134|36|E|type:event|name=CD-47 wreck}}) by {{USS|Torsk|SS-423|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-47_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese cargo ship|Hirota Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Hirota Maru-class transport (2,922 GRT 1940) was sunk about {{convert|3|nmi|spell=in}} north northeast of Mutsure Island, Japan ({{coord|34|00|N|130|52|E}}) by an aerial mine laid by a USAAF 20th Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft with the loss of seven crewmen and one gunner.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hirota_t.htm |title=Hirota Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|I-373||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type D2 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea {{convert|190|nmi}} south east of Shanghai, China ({{coord|29|02|N|123|53|E|type:event|name=I-373 wreck}}) by {{USS|Spikefish|SS-404|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Eighty-four crewmen were killed. A survivor was rescued by USS Spikefish.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-373.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 October 2022 }} }}

15 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bernlef||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship, laden with bombs and mines, exploded and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|56|10|01|N|17|07|01|E|type:event|name=SS Bernlef wreck}}), killing all on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Movements |date=17 August 1945 |page=9 |issue=50223 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser|CHa-167||2}}

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

|desc=The {{Sclass|CHa-1|submarine chaser}} was sunk by accident at Kure.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Etorofu|escort ship|1}} struck a mine off Wonsan, Korea and was scuttled ({{coord|39|10|N|127|27|E|type:event|name=Kanju wreck}}). Three crewmen were killed and 50 were wounded. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese escort ship|Hodaka||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kanju_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 August 2013}}

}}

16 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=23 Shin'yō suicide motorboats

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

|desc=The Shin'yō suicide motorboats were destroyed when one caught fire setting off warheads of the boats in a chain reaction. 111 base workers, 23 crewmen, and 3 squadron officers are killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/JapanEMB.htm |title=Explosive Motorboats based in Japan-1945 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified schooner

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

|desc=World War II: The motor schooner was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Soviet guard ship|Metel||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) near Seisin, Korea.

}}

17 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-46||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type D escort ship struck a mine and sank in the Yellow Sea off Mokpo, Korea ({{coord|34|51|N|126|02|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-46_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 August 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gustaf Lagerbjelke||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Strängnäs. She sank on 19 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Movements |date=21 August 1945 |page=9 |issue=50226 |column=G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese hospital ship|Hikawa Maru No. 2||2}}

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

|desc=(40px Red Cross): World War II: The illegally captured Netherlands hospital ship was scuttled in Wakasa Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hikawa2_t.htm |title=Japanese Hospital Ships|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=25 May 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|LCA 1591}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft assault (8.5/11.5 t, 1944) was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|HMML|230}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Fairmile B motor launch (76/86 t, 1941) sank in the Netherlands East Indies in a collision.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14411.html |title=HMS ML 230 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stanforth|1915|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (1,817 GRT, 1915) ran aground on the Grundkallegrund. She broke in two and was a total loss.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=484 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

18 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-213||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship struck a mine, or was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet aircraft, in the South China Sea off Pusan, Korea ({{coord|35|10|N|129|00|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CD-213_t.htm |title=Japanese Escorts |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 July 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DS-1

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Shumshu: The LCI(L)-1-class landing ship was destroyed by Japanese artillery during the Soviet landings on Shumshu, Kuril Islands.Russell, Richard A., Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1997, {{ISBN|0-945274-35-1}}, pp. 30–31.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DS-5

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Shumshu: The LCI(L)-1-class landing ship was destroyed by Japanese artillery during the Soviet landings on Shumshu.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DS-9

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Shumshu: The LCI(L)-1-class landing ship was destroyed by Japanese artillery during the Soviet landings on Shumshu.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DS-43

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Shumshu: The LCI(L)-1-class landing ship was destroyed by Japanese artillery during the Soviet landings on Shumshu.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=DS-47

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Shumshu: The LCI(L)-1-class landing ship was destroyed by Japanese artillery during the Soviet landings on Shumshu.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Jsub|Ha-209||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type STS submarine was deliberately run aground by her crew off Ganryū-jima in the Shimonoseki Strait. The wreck was blown up by a United States Navy demolition team in November 1945, then refloated in November 1947 and scrapped.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/HA-209.htm |title=IJN Submarine HA-209: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2007|access-date=9 April 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hakusan Maru|1941|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Hakusan Maru-class prisoner of war relief supply ship (4,351 GRT 1941) struck a mine and sank off Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. The vessel was raised, repaired and returned to service in 1946.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HakusanP_t.htm |title=Japanese Prisoner of War Relief Supply Ships |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=2 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|T-152||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: Battle of Shumshu: The minesweeper was lost in the Kuril Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet motor torpedo boat|TK-565||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The A-1 (Vosper 72-foot)-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown vessels

|flag={{navy|Manchukuo}}

|desc=World War II: An unidentified armed ship was sunk by Soviet gunboats in the Sungari River at Sanxin, along with three barges.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55130&sid=c69f2f2c11aee34527b0dcc6c0d360ae |title=Soviet Naval Battles -Manchuria during WW2 (updated 2022) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=1 September 2022}}

}}

19 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol ship|PK-35||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol ship ran aground off Moaka and was shelled and damaged by {{ship|Soviet torpedo boat|Zarnitsa||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). She was towed off by {{ship|Soviet submarine chaser|BO-302||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=18865fc7167d58a3ef6eed656feec6e3 |title=Soviet Naval Battles, Soviet-Japanese War, (Updated-2019) |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=20 October 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified schooner

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

|desc=World War II: The schooner was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Soviet patrol ship|PK-31||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) (operated by the NKVD) off Moaka.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=54799&sid=18865fc7167d58a3ef6eed656feec6e3 |title=Soviet Naval Battles, Soviet-Japanese War, (Updated-2019) |publisher=soviet Empire |access-date=20 October 2019}}

}}

20 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Kamui Maru No. 9 GO||2}}

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

|desc= The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet guard ship|Partizan||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was mined and sunk off Gensan, Korea.

}}

21 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Chasseur 116||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser was sunk by a mine off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Five crew were killed and about ten wounded.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4125633k/f1.item.r=chasseur%20116.zoom |title=Chasseur 116 |date=23 August 1945 |website=gallica.bnf.fr |access-date=8 February 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/article.php?larub=48&titre=militaires-decedes-au-cours-de-la-seconde-guerre-mondiale |title=Morts français 2e GM | publisher=www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr |access-date=8 February 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Keizan Maru No. 6 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unknown motorboat

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

|desc=World War II: The motorboat was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-126||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55262&sid=8b6dff7147c546c36a9b92e0a6f9d8c6 |title=Soviet submarine victories and loses in the Pacific (WW2) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=12 April 2019}}

}}

22 August

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Wakatake|destroyer}} was heavily damaged by a mine in the Kanmon Strait off the Mutsure Lighthouse, she was beached and abandoned. Scrapped 1947–1948.{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/Asagao_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Daito Maru No. 49||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Abashiri, Hokkaido, by {{ship|Soviet submarine|L-13||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cable layer was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Rumon, Hokkaido by {{ship|Soviet submarine|L-12||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). 641 killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55262&sid=8b6dff7147c546c36a9b92e0a6f9d8c6 |title=Soviet submarine victories and loses in the Pacific (WW2) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=12 April 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol ship|Pa-163||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Pa-1|patrol ship}} was sunk by a mine in Nano Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Rumon by {{ship|Soviet submarine|L-19||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). 553 or 667 killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55262&sid=8b6dff7147c546c36a9b92e0a6f9d8c6 |title=Soviet submarine victories and loses in the Pacific (WW2) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=12 April 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{ship|Soviet submarine|L-19||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).

}}

23 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Alice H. Rice||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore in Subic Bay.{{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={{ship|Japanese escort|CD-75||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Type C escort ship struck a mine and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-49||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine and sank at Niigata.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Tetsugo Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Rumoi, Hokkaido ({{coord|44|08|N|141|30|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|L-19||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4888.html |title=L-19 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2021}} }}

24 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Giso Maru No. 40 GO||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USCGC|Magnolia|WAGL-231|6}}

|flag={{coast guard|USA|coast guard}}

|desc=The lighthouse tender sank in collision with {{SS|Marguerite Le Hand||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south south west of the Mobile Point Light Tower off the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama ({{coord|30|12|N|88|02|W}}) with her funnel above water. A crewman was killed.{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Silverstone| title=U.S. Warships of World War II |publisher=DoubleDay |location=Garden City N.Y. |year=1965|page=406 }}{{cite web |url=http://gulfwrecks.net/DataPages/Magnolia-dat.htm |title=Gulfwrecks |publisher=Gulfwrecks |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115620/http://gulfwrecks.net/DataPages/Magnolia-dat.htm |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol boat|PB 104||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The patrol boat was sunk in the Shimonoseki Strait off Nishiyama by a mine.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-104_t.htm|title=Combinedfleet PB-104 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 December 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saint George II

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

|desc=The 26-gross register ton, {{convert|40.5|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was lost at the Kasilof River off Cook Inlet on the Kenai Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Ukishima Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Ukishima Maru-class auxiliary transport ship struck a magnetic mine in Maizuru Bay, off Jajima Island, breaking in two and was sunk. 524 of the 3,725 Koreans aboard (forced laborers and their families being repatriated) and 25 of the 255 Japanese crew were killed. The ship's stern was refloated on 7 January 1954 and later scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/UkishimaM_t.htm |title=Ukishima Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 April 2019}}

}}

25 August

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The abandoned, incomplete Type STS submarine sank at Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporationʼs Sesnhu Yard at Tanagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, during a typhoon. Her wreck was refloated in April 1946.{{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}}

}}

26 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Christiaan Huygens||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc= The passenger ship struck a mine in the Scheldt and was beached. She broke in two on 5 September and was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.derbysulzers.com/shipchuygens.html |title=MV Christiaan Huygens 1928 - 1945 |publisher=Derby Sulzers |access-date=20 August 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|HMMTB|261}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The Elco 70' PT boat sank at Alexandria, Egypt.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/14076.html |title=HMS MTB 261 (MTB 261) |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2021}} }}

28 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser|CHa-77||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{Sclass|CHa-1|submarine chaser}} was sunk off Paramushiro (by American aircraft?).

}}

30 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two Shin'yō suicide motorboats

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

|desc=World War II: The two disarmed Maru-Ni suicide boats were attacked by British carrier aircraft from {{HMS|Indomitable|92|6}} and {{HMS|Venerable|R63|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) in the shipping channel in Lamma Bay, Hong Kong. One was sunk, one beached. The British thought they might be attacking.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/HongKongEMB.htm |title=Explosive Motorboats based at Hong Kong, 1945 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 March 2023}}

}}

31 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Charles C. Randleman||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Apo Reef, Philippines and was wrecked.{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsC.html |title=Liberty Ships - C |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Fukugawa Maru No. 7 GO||2}}

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

|desc= The auxiliary submarine chaser was lost on this date.

}}

Unknown date

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Basil||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (4,913 GRT, 1928) ran aground in the Amazon. Refloated, arrived at Pará, Brazil on 19 August.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-204||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|CHa-1|submarine chaser}} was wrecked sometime in August in unknown location.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Hokkai Maru|1933|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia by Allied aircraft.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=541 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|L-19||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Leninets|submarine}} was sunk by a mine on or after 24 August, probably in or near the La Pérouse Strait with all 64 hands.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4888.html |title=L-19 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=24 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/17-45/l%20XIII/l-19/l-19.htm |title=L-19 |publisher=deepstorm.ru |access-date=23 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol ship|Pa-54||2}}, {{ship|Japanese patrol ship|Pa-165||2}} and {{ship|Japanese patrol ship|Pa-180||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Pa-1|patrol ship}}s sank from leaks at Yokosuka sometime in August.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese patrol ship|Pa-90||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Pa-1|patrol ship}} was sunk off Sataka sometime in August or September.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Peter White||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Philippine Sea off Leyte, Philippines ({{coord|14|25|N|123|45|E|type:event|name=SS Peter White wreck}}). She was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsP.html |title=Liberty Ships - P |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled at Singapore. She was refloated in April 1953 and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-13||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was wrecked in August.

}}

References

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