List of shipwrecks in January 1944

{{For|the loss of the German cargo ship Selma on this date|List of shipwrecks in December 1943#19 December}}

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|ship={{SS|Hecksee||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Anholt, Denmark.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606501|shipname=Hecksee |access-date=28 March 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (a.k.a. Kinseison Maru) was damaged by a near miss during an air raid by American Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft and sank near Lorengau, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands ({{coord|02|03|S|147|27|E}}). Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-23||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-23_t.htm |title=Japanese Submarine Chasers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 January 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII, 1944 |publisher=www.ibiblio.org |access-date=1 January 2015}}

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|ship=Nagoya Maru

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 4222: The {{sclass|Nagoya Maru|aircraft transport}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off Aogashima ({{coord|35|15|N|138|02|E}}) by {{USS|Herring|SS-233|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 110 passengers and one crewman were killed. The ship was abandoned and survivors were taken off by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ikazuchi|1931|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). She sank on 2 January.{{cite DANFS |title=Herring |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss233.txt |access-date=1 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nagoya_t.htm |title=Nagoya Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.op316.com/word/senbotukisenlist.pdf |title=Japanese losses |publisher=www.op316.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk in Ambon Bay, Java, Netherlands East Indies by {{USS|Ray|SS-271|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 131 passengers and four crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS |title=Ray |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss271.htm |access-date= 4 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Okuyo Maru Gunboat 1938–1944 |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136471 |access-date=1 January 2013 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Ryuyo Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{Coord|8|24|N|122|56|E}}) by {{USS|Puffer|SS-268|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One passenger and six crewmen were killed.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, Dezember |access-date=26 July 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ryuyo_t.htm |title=Ryuyo Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=545 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Yildum||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship (3,731 or 3,234 GRT, 1913) collided with {{SS|Odysseus|1913|2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) in the Atlantic Ocean and sank ({{coord|48|44|N|59|13|W}}). The entire crew of Yildum was rescued.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=453 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301354407 |title=Yildum |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=23 October 2019}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Albert Gallatin||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Oman {{convert|60|nmi|km}} off the Arabian coast ({{coord|21|21|N|59|58|W}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-26||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). All aboard (43 crew members and 28 armed guards) survived and were rescued by {{MV|Britannia|1939|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-01.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Januar |access-date=29 July 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html |title=Liberty Ships – A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3099.html |title=Britannia |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=8 March 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3058.html |title=Albert Gallatin |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=8 March 2012}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Standard Type 1TL tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea {{convert|23|nmi|km}} north west of Naze, Kagoshima ({{coord|28|36|N|129|03|E}}) by {{USS|Finback|SS-230|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Lost with all 58 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Isshin_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers |publisher=CombinedFleet.com| access-date=2 January 2014}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese oiler|Ryuei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Standard Wartime Type 1TM tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea north west of Miri, Borneo ({{coord|06|03|N|110|02|E}}) by {{USS|Kingfish|SS-234|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 46 crew were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Kingfish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss234.txt | accessdate = 1 January 2012 }}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Five crew and one gunner were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Tautog | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss199.htm | accessdate = 31 December 2011 }}

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|ship={{USS|Turner|DD-648|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer}} suffered a series of onboard explosions, capsized and sank off the Ambrose Light, New York with the loss of 138 of her 256 crew.

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|ship={{MV|Weserland|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic by {{USS|Somers|DD-381|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 130 survivors were rescued by USS Somers. The last four survivors were rescued by {{ship|Brazilian minelayer|Camocim||2}} ({{navy|Brazil}}) on 13 January. There was at least one dead, one Italian sailor.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Blockade Runners Sunk |date=5 February 1944 |page=4 |issue=49772 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31500 |title=MV Weserland (+1944) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/09/comandante-cappellini.html |title=Comandante Cappellini |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=469 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese auxiliary oiler|Bokuei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HI-24: The Standard Wartime Type 1TM tanker was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Terukuni Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) west of Moji ({{coord|34|04|N|130|32|E}}). One crewman was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Bokuei_t.htm |title=Japanese Oilers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 January 2014}}

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|ship={{SS|Hakko Maru|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|7|10|N|108|25|E}}) by {{USS|Bluefish|SS-222|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Rasher | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss269.htm | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Konsan_t.htm |title=Hakko Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=581 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese auxiliary transport|Heimei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy T: The transport ship was bombed and damaged at Kupang, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|10|10|S|123|30|E}}) by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force and Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force. She was scuttled by shore batteries. Two crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-4_t.htm |title=Japanese Submarine Chasers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 January 2014}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-36||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The M-class submarine sank in the Black Sea during post-repair sea trials off the Georgian coast with the loss of all 22 men aboard. Recent research shows it was not sunk by a mine laid by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} as previously thought.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4951.html |title=M-36 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=4 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/removed_ships.html?shipID=22 |title=Removed M-36 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=4 January 2019}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-145}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ELCO 80'-class PT boat grounded off Mindiri, Papua New Guinea ({{coord|05|34|S|146|11|E}}) and then was scuttled by {{USS|PT-370}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) after she rescued the whole crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10189.html |title=PT-145 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=4 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/272633162 |title=Rep of Grounding & Destruction of PT-145 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=4 January 2022}}

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|ship={{MV|Rio Grande||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled by her crew in the South Atlantic after being intercepted and shelled by {{USS|Jouett|DD-396|6}} and {{USS|Omaha|CL-4|6}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}). 72 survivors were rescued by {{USS|Marblehead|CL-12|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 8 January. The last survivors were rescued by {{ship|Brazilian minelayer|Camocim||2}} ({{navy|Brazil}}) on 13 January.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136486 |title=Rio Grande (+1944) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 October 2011}}{{cite DANFS |title=DD-396 |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd396txt.htm |access-date=19 January 2012}}[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/o/omaha-ii.html "USS Omaha CL-4"] Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Navy Dept. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 25 May 2024

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|ship={{SS|Tamon Maru No. 8||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indochina by {{USS|Cabrilla|SS-288|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 38 crew were killed.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido by {{USS|Tautog|SS-199|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 15 crew and a passenger were killed. }}

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{{For|the sinking of Empire Housman on this day|List of shipwrecks in December 1943#30 December}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Burgenland|1928|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled by her crew in the South Atlantic after being intercepted and shelled by {{USS|Jouett|DD-396|6}} and {{USS|Omaha|CL-4|6}} (both ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 21 survivors were rescued by {{USS|Davis|DD-395|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 7 January. 35 survivors were rescued by {{USS|Winslow|DD-359|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) on 8 January. The last survivors were rescued by {{ship|Brazilian minelayer|Camocim||2}} ({{navy|Brazil}}) on 13 January.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31489 |title=MV Burgenland (+1944) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 October 2011}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|06|55|N|108|23|E}}) by {{USS|Rasher|SS-269|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and was lost with all 42 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kiyo_t.htm |title=Kiyo Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 November 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|German minelayer|Pasman||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minelayer ran aground while under tow in the Kozja Draga Bight off Ist Island in December and was demolished on 5 January by a boarding party from NB 3 ({{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Genoa by Allied aircraft. She was refloated 1945–46 and scrapped.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=461 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 181||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Marinefährprahm ran aground at Punta Morelle, Italy. All attempts to recover it the next days failed. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=264 |title=F181 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=4 January 2019}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 296||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Marinefährprahm was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Rapallo, Liguria, Italy by {{HMS|Untiring|P59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of one crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3564.html |title=HMS Untiring |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=265 |title=F296 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=4 January 2019}}

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|ship={{ship|Italian destroyer|Generale Achille Papa|SG 20|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The escort, a former {{sclass2|Generali|destroyer|0}} torpedo boat, was bombed and sunk while under repair at Genoa. Later raised.

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|ship={{SS|Helios|1929|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The training ship was bombed and sunk at Stettin by Royal Air Force aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 3225: The Kachosan Maru-class auxiliary transport was sunk by a Japanese mine while entering the North East Channel into Truk.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Katsuragisan_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 November 2022}}

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|ship={{MV|Polperro|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster (403 GRT, 1937) was one of the four vessels lost when convoy WP 457 was attacked by seven E-boats in the English Channel. She was torpedoed and sunk by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 84||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 136||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eight crew and three gunners aboard.{{cite web |url=https://johnknifton.com/tag/hms-wallasea/ |title=WP457 |publisher=johnknifton.com |access-date=4 January 2019}}

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|ship=Prince of Wales

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

|desc=The 99-gross register ton, {{convert|58.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Point Couverden ({{coord|58|11|25|N|135|03|10|W|name=Point Couverden}}) in Southeast Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (P) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}

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|ship={{SS|Robert Erskine||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship was wrecked in a gale at Bizerta, Algeria. She was a total loss. One crewman drowned.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsR.html |title=Liberty Ships – R |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite book |title=Braving the Wartime Seas |author=The American Maritime History Project |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |year=2014 |page=162 |isbn= 978-1493186150}}

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|ship={{SS|Solstad||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was one of the four vessels lost when convoy WP 457 was attacked by seven E-boats in the English Channel. She was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 143||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five crew.

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|ship={{USS|St. Augustine|PG-54|6}}

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

|desc=The gunboat was in a collision with {{SS|Camas Meadows||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey and sank with the loss of 115 of her 145 crew.

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The survey ship was bombed and sunk at Stettin by Royal Air Force aircraft.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,990 GRT, 1943) was one of the four vessels lost when convoy WP 457 was attacked by seven E-boats in the English Channel. She was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 141||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 15 crew and 3 gunners.{{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 |page=373 }}

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|ship={{HMT|Wallasea|T 345|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Isles|trawler|0}} naval trawler (545/770 t, 1943) was one of the four vessels lost when convoy WP 457 was attacked by seven E-boats in the English Channel. She was torpedoed and sunk off Mounts Bay, Cornwall by {{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S 138||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). 35 crew were killed or missing.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6677.html |title=HMS Wallasea T 345 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=6 January 2013}}{{cite web |url= https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1944-01JAN.htm |title=Royal Navy Casualties January 1944 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=4 January 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|William S. Rosecrans||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship dragged anchor during storm south of Naples, Italy, and stroke a mine that started a fire. She sank later that afternoon in the Gulf of Salerno ({{coord|40|10|N|14|15|E}}) but there were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW-Z.html |title=Liberty Ships – W – Z |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html |title=US Navy Chronology 1944 |publisher=hyperwar|access-date=4 January 2019}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship=Bernhard von Tschirschky

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Krischan|seaplane tender}} was bombed and sunk at Kiel by Royal Air Force aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/germany.htm |title=World Aircraft Carriers list: Germany |publisher=Hazegray.org |access-date=7 January 2013}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|9|27|N|117|36|E}}) by {{USS|Kingfish|SS-234|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 39 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-46_t.htm |title=Ch 46 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 January 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|Kai Ping||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|France}} Vichy France

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off the coast of French Indochina by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a Japanese mine and sank at Truk with the loss of 5 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Katsuragisan_t.htm |title=Katsuragisan Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2019}}

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|ship={{ship|German ship|Krischan||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Krischan|seaplane tender}} was sunk at Kiel by Royal Air Force aircraft.

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine off Cape Makkaur, Norway and was beached in the Altafjord with the loss of one life. She broke in two the next day. Her wreck was then attacked several times in the next months by Soviet submarines.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/wardiarygermann531944germ#page/102/mode/2up |title=KTB January 1944 |publisher=Kriegsmarine |access-date=7 January 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=474 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Tweed|K250|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|River|frigate}} (1,370/1,830 t, 1943) was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|18|N|21|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-305||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 83 of her 127 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4400-60ALL.htm |title=Naval Events, January-December 1944 (in outline only) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3162.html |title=HMS Tweed (K 250) |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=15 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Castillo Andrade|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|1938}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire departing from Vigo. She sank on 10 January. She was refloated in April. Temporary repairs were made and she was taken in to Bilbao for permanent repairs. She returned to service in 1948 as Antarctico{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=571 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Eleni

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk at Lesbos by {{ship|ORP|Dzik|P52|6}} ({{navy|Poland}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 516||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-C landing craft grounded on the Italian coast ({{coord|43|19|N|10|27|W}}) and was then bombed by Allied fighter-bombers. Given up as a total loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=266 |title=F 516 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-426||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France ({{coord|46|47|N|10|42|W}}) by a Short Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force with the loss of all 51 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u426.htm |title=U-426 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=23 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-757||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|33|N|18|03|W}}) by {{HMS|Bayntun|K310|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and {{HMCS|Camrose|K154|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u757.htm |title=U-757 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 April 2012}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 446||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The MFP-C2M minelayer sank in a storm in the Black Sea off Feodosia, Crimea ({{coord|44|58|N|35|29|W}}). Only four crew were saved, the usual crew for this type being 17–21 men.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=1043 |title=F446 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=4 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Shinko Maru No. 1 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Kiri Maru No. 8-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|11|nmi}} south east of Tandjung Puting ({{coord|03|41|S|111|54|E}}) by {{HNLMS|O 19}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shinko1Go_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 February 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-81|1941|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk at Pola, Italy by aircraft of the United States Fifteenth Air Force with the loss of two crew. She was raised on 22 April 1944 and scrapped.

}}

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|ship={{GS|UIT-19||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Flutto|submarine}} was bombed and sunk at Pola by aircraft of the United States Fifteenth Air Force.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Asuka Maru|1924|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 127: The Asuka Maru-class auxiliary aeronautical repair ship (7,488 GRT, 1924) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Fifteen passengers and 23 crewmen were killed, 105 survivors were rescued by {{SS|Getsuyo Maru||2}} and {{SS|Kurokaya Maru||2}} (both {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Asuka_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-2||2}}, {{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-19||2}},
{{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-23||2}}, {{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-26||2}},
{{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-27||2}}, {{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-33||2}},
{{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-40||2}} and {{ship|Soviet landing boat|DB-47||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The No. 1-class landing boats were lost during the Soviet attempt to land troops on Cape Tarkhan, Crimea. DB-19 and DB-23 were sunk by coastal artillery, the other by a storm. Crew losses are unknown (at least one for DB-2, three for DB-19, three for DB-26, two for DB-27 and three for DB-47) but more than 200 troops drowned during the operation.Cape Tarkhan landing{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://sovnavy-ww2.ho.ua/amphibious/typ_db.htm |title=Soviet landing craft |publisher=sovnavy-ww2.ho.ua |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109205722/http://sovnavy-ww2.ho.ua/amphibious/typ_db.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://obd-memorial.ru/html/ |title=OBD Memorial |publisher=obd-memorial.ru |access-date=10 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Daniel Webster||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KMS 37: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea north of Oran, Algeria by aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. She was beached at Oran but was declared a total loss. There were no casualty.{{cite book |title=Combat Aircraft 075 – Junkers Ju 88 Kampfgeschwader in North Africa and the Mediterranean |first=John |last=Weal |publisher=Osprey |year=2009 |page=86 |isbn=978-1-84603-318-6}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 571||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Marinefährprahm was beached at Ak-Mechet, Soviet Union after being bombed by Soviet aircraft. She was later repaired.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=633 |title=F 571 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=10 January 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 127: The Imperial Japanese Army-chartered Type 1A Standard cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk while towing {{MV|Yahiko Maru|1926|2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|27|18|N|127|40|E}}) by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). 20 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Getsuyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Horai Maru|1917|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk in the South China Sea by gunfire from {{USS|Thresher|SS-200|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/1/29085968 |title=Tresher report |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=10 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Yugoslavian cargo ship|Marija||2}}

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

|desc=World War II: The Partizan cargo ship was captured during the night by {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 36||2}} and {{ship|German torpedo boat|S 55||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in the Adriatic Sea off Korčula, Yugoslavia and was sunk some hours later by British fighter-bomber aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457&sid=4d7f3041f886abcf286af9b543d030c1 |title=Yugoslavian Partizan navy in WWII |publisher=SovietEmpire.com |date=30 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://s-boot.net/sboote-km-adria.html |title=S-Boote in Adriatic |publisher=s-boot.net |date=30 January 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet patrol boat|No. 048||2}} and {{ship|Soviet patrol boat|No. 0612||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The MO-4-class patrol vessel were destroyed by German aircraft during the Soviet attempt to land troops on Cape Tarkhan, Crimea. Three crew of 0612 were killed.{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://russ-flot.narod.ru/x-0014_MO-IV.htm |title=MO-4 |publisher=russ-flot.narod.ru |access-date=10 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ocean Hunter||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KMS 37: The Ocean ship (7,198 GRT, 1942) was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north east of Oran ({{coord|36|07|N|0|11|W}}) by aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean1.html |title=Ocean Ships A-T |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet motor boat|PVO-21||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The PVO-10-class anti-aircraft motor boat was sunk by a storm during the Soviet attempt to land troops on Cape Tarkhan, Crimea. 13 crew died.{{cite web |url=http://sovnavy-ww2.ho.ua/smallaaw/typ_db.htm |title=PVO |publisher=russ-flot.narod.ru |access-date=10 January 2019 |archive-date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129212352/http://sovnavy-ww2.ho.ua/smallaaw/typ_db.htm |url-status=dead }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Ryuju Maru No. 1 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary picket boat sank in the Pacific Ocean at ({{coord|36|04|N|156|04|E}}) after suffering a mechanical break down and hull cracks on 8 January. The crew were taken off by the auxiliary gunboat {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Kamitsu Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}){{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kamitsu_t.htm |title=IJN High Seas Auxiliary Gunboats |publisher=combinedfleet |access-date=16 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German motor torpedo boat|S-55||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type 1939 Schnellboot sank in the Adriatic Sea west of Korčula, Yugoslavia after an onboard torpedo was detonated by a bomb hit during a British air attack.[http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1939/ships.html Schnellboot 1939] german-navy.de accessed 29 November 2013

}}

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|ship={{MV|Yahiko Maru|926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 127: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Taken under tow by {{SS|Getsuyo Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}), she was torpedoed again by USS Seawolf and sunk at {{coord|27|18|N|127|40|E}}. 141 Army passengers and 15 crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toyokuni_t.htm |title=Asuka, Getsuyo and Yahiko Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese repair ship|Yamabiko Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 4102: The {{sclass|Yamabiko Maru|repair ship}} was torpedoed and damaged in the Pacific Ocean off the Bungo Strait ({{coord|31|28|N|131|44|E}}) by {{USS|Steelhead|SS-280|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). The vessel was taken under tow by {{SS|Yamakuni Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) and broke in half after Yamakuni Maru was torpedoed and sunk at the entrance to Yaene Wan, Hachijō-jima on 13 January with the stern section sinking immediately. The bow section sank on 14 January. The captain and three crewmen died in the entire process.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yamabiko_t.htm |title=Yamabiko Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|YMS-127}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|YMS-1|minesweeper}} was thrown ashore in heavy weather on the beach of Tanaga Island, Aleutian Islands. Pulled off by {{USS|Ute|AT-76|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) on 13 January. She was declared a constructive total loss by the United States Navy, but was sold in 1945, repaired and put in commercial service as the fishing vessel Vindicator.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9547.html |title=YMS-127 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/u/ute.html |title=Ute (AT-76) 1942-1989 |publisher=www.history.navy.mil |access-date=16 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship= {{USS|YP-281}}

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

|desc=The yard patrol boat was disabled in a storm. {{USS|PC-1134}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) rescued all 19 crew and sank her by gunfire, west of the Society Islands ({{coord|16|53|S|177|18|E}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/270956866 |title=Official Report of rescue YP-281 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O-105: The Yoshida Maru No. 1-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Bungo Strait {{convert|20|nmi}} east of Saeki, Kyushu ({{coord|32|31|N|132|34|E}}) by {{USS|Sturgeon|SS-187|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). About 200 of the 2,500 troops aboard were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Sturgeon | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss187.htm | accessdate = 30 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tarushima_t.htm |title=Tarushima Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Este|1937|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in Livadia Bay.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|GA 54 Glaros||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The naval drifter/Vosportenboot was bombed and sunk at Piraeus.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=526 |title=GA 54 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=12 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Joseph Smith||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship started to break in two in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|44|30|N|43|10|W}}) and was abandoned. She was scuttled by a Royal Navy ship. The whole crew was rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html |title=Liberty Ships – Jonas – Justo |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?131864 |title=Joseph Smith |website=Wrecksite |access-date=28 August 2022 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Kuma|cruiser|0}} light cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean off Penang, Malaya ({{coord|5|26|N|99|52|E}}) by {{HMS|Tally-Ho|P317|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). 138 crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Uranami|1928|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). On 23 May 2014 {{MV|Hai Wei Gong 889||2}} ({{flag|Cambodia}}) was detained by Malaysian authorities for illegally salvaging her wreck. The wreck was completely removed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/kuma_t.htm |title=Kuma |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=11 January 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chosa_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |accessdate=7 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 1226||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The RD-class minesweeper was bombed and sunk at Piraeus, Greece with the loss of five lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/minensucher/ausgabe.php?where_value=724 |title=M 1226 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=11 January 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed in an explosion in Oslo, Norway.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606124|shipname=Selma |accessdate=27 February 2012}} The same ship had been involved in the December 1943 Filipstad explosion.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Filipstadeksplosjonen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor=Henriksen, Petter |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Filipstadeksplosjonen |language=no | access-date=27 February 2012 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 268||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was set on fire by a bomb in Makarska, Croatia, and burned. There were no casualty.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=221 |title=SF 268 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German guard ship|SG 08||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The guard boat (a.k.a. GA 08), a former SG 1-class motor torpedo boat, was bombed and sunk at Piraeus.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German guard ship|SG 09||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The guard boat (a.k.a. GA 09), a former SG 1-class motor torpedo boat, was bombed and sunk at Piraeus.

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

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

|desc=Convoy No. 454: The transport ran aground on Taisha Shoal in the East Pratas Reef area of the South China Sea. Refloated on 20 January, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Teifu_t.htm|title=Ex-French Merchants in Japanese Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=22 January 2016}}

}}

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

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

|desc=Convoy No. 454:The transport (a.k.a. Taihu Maru) ran aground on Taisha Shoal in the East Pratas Reef area of the South China Sea. Refloated on 14 February, repaired and returned to service.

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

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk by ice off Cape Shipunski with some loss of life. There were fourteen survivors.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=575 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Vera Gioia||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in Livadia Bay.

}}

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|ship= {{ship||Aghia Paraskevi|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea by {{ORP|Sokół|1940|6}} ({{navy|Poland}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Barge No. 19||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The barge was sunk by a storm in the Caspian Sea in the area of Shakhova Kosa. Her master and four crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_%28Black_Sea%2C_Caspian_and_Pacific%29 |title=soviet Merchant Marine losses in WWII (Caspian Sea and Pacific Ocean) |publisher=www.shipsnostalgia.com |date=12 January 2021 |access-date=6 January 2016 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414164237/http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/Soviet_Merchant_Marine_Losses_in_WW2_(Black_Sea,_Caspian_and_Pacific) |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?169773|title=Barge 19 |website=wrecksite |access-date=28 August 2022 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Capitaine Luigi|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=457 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Choko Maru No. 2 Go||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Chojo Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Bismarck Sea {{convert|325|mi}} south west of Truk ({{coord|03|37|N|147|27|E}}) by {{USS|Albacore|SS-218|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Thirteen crewmen and many of her 300 passengers were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Albacore | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss218.htm | accessdate = 31 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Choko2Go_t.htm |title=Choko Maru No. 2 Go |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-4||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The H-2-class motor gun boat, being towed by {{ship|Japanese transport|Choko Maru No. 2||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), was so badly damaged when Choko Maru No. 2 was torpedoed and sunk that the vessel was scuttled.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Ikuta Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Ikuta Maru-class auxiliary gunboat was bombed and sunk at Kwajalein ({{coord|08|42|N|167|44|E}}) by Consolidated PB4Y Liberator aircraft of VB-108 and BV-109 Squadrons, US Navy. One gunner was killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ikuta_t.htm |title=Ikuta Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 May 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank at Takao, Formosa.

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|ship={{ship|German drifter|M 4615 St. Benoit||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The naval drifter/minesweeper was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Nigitsu Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FU-901: The Akitsu Maru-class landing craft depot ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south east of Okinawa off Okino-Daita Island ({{coord|23|15|N|132|51|E}}) by {{USS|Hake|SS-256|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 456 soldiers, 83 gunners and 35 crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri|1930|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nigitsu_t.htm |title=Nigitsu Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German guard ship|SG 20||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The guard ship capsized at Genoa, Italy during an air raid. She was later raised, but not repaired (see 25 April 1945).{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/04/generale-achille-papa.html |title=SG 20 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tymlat||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked in a storm off Kamchatka. Her master and 34 crewmen were killed. 13 survivors rescued by {{SS|Kiev||2}} ({{flag|Soviet Union}}).{{cite web |url=https://pobeda.mintrans.ru/history/27/ |title=Tymlat |publisher=pobeda.mintrans.ru |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese Transport Ship|Haguro Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 2112: The transport ship was bombed and sunk by a United States 5th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft {{convert|35|nmi|km}} northwest of New Hanover Island, Admiralty Islands, ({{coord|02|43|N|149|25|E}}) with the loss of ten passengers and eight crewmen.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/ChounM_t.htm |title=Choun Maru |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 April 2019}}

}}

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|ship=Inca

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

|desc= The {{convert|72|ft|adj=on}} dragger, or fishing schooner, was run down by a steamer, possibly a United States Army transport, before sun up off Virginia. Lost with all seven hands.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/lamps-recall-1944-loss-of-gloucesters-f-v-inca/article_17c1f162-6f32-5c5a-b378-705b4b599e40.html |title=Lamps recall 1944 loss of Gloucester's F/V Inca |publisher=gloucestertimes.com |access-date=5 May 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-231||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north east of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|44|15|N|20|38|W}}) by a Vickers Wellington aircraft of 172 Squadron. Royal Air Force with the loss of seven of her 50 crew.{{cite DANFS | title = Bulmer | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd222txt.htm | access-date = 17 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u231.htm |title=U-231 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=10 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Valaya||2}}

|flag={{flag|Thailand}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was sunk in the Menam River by a mine.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136499 |title= Valaya Passenger ship 1918–1944 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 January 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{For|the abandonment of USS Wickenburgh on this day|List of shipwrecks in August 1943#4 August}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Adherent|W108|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Assurance|rescue tug}} (700 t, 1942) foundered in the North Atlantic with the loss of all ten hands.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7376.html|title=HMS Adherent(W108) of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=28 August 2022 }}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Farsund, Norway by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force Wick Strike Wing. 13 of the crew and seven of the flak crew were rescued; 26 crew and 16 flak crew were missing.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5606060|shipname=Entrerios |accessdate=26 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=Sea Eagles: The Operational History of the Messerschmitt Bf 109T |first=Francis L |last=Marshall |publisher=Air Research Publications |year=1993 |page=258 |isbn=1-871187-22-2}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|20|35|N|113|44|E}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gyoei_t.htm |title=Gyoei Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Gyoei_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship=Ha-50

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

|desc=World War II: The Type B midget submarine was dragged down and sunk when her tow ship, {{SS|Yamazuru Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}), was sunk by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tarushima_t.htm |title=Yamatsuru Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese oiler|Ken'yō Maru|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KU: The {{sclass|Itsukushima|fleet oiler}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Bismarck Sea ({{coord|05|23|N|141|32|E}}) by {{USS|Guardfish|SS-217|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of three of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kenyo_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Milano||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Šibenik, Croatia by an air attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.naviearmatori.net/ita/armatore-24-1.html |title=Milano |publisher=www.naviearmatori.net |access-date=16 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese oiler|Nippon Maru|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KU: The {{sclass|Tatekawa|fleet oiler}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Bismarck Sea ({{coord|05|02|N|140|50|E}}) by {{USS|Scamp|SS-277|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixteen crewmen and 27 Special Naval Landing Force troops were lost.{{cite DANFS | title = Scamp | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss277.txt | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nippon_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary oilers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 January 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sainte Maxime||2}}

|flag={{flag|Free France}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Wendell Philipps||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon, Algeria.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=456 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Sazanami|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy KU: The {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south east of Yap, Caroline Islands ({{coord|05|30|N|141|34|E}}) by {{USS|Albacore|SS-218|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 153 of her 212 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Akebono|1930|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard ship|Tama Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The guard ship was bombed and sunk at Kwajalein by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter aircraft off Lista, Norway. Eight of the ship's crew with nine of the flak gunners were rescued, all were lightly wounded. 21 crew and nine flak crew were missing.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5602766|shipname=Wittekind |accessdate=16 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk off Hachijō-jima by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) while towing {{SS|Yamabiko Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}). 18 crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Swordfish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss193.htm | accessdate = 30 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Manju_t.htm |title=Manju |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O-105: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea {{convert|155|nmi|km}} south east of Tanegashima by {{USS|Seawolf|SS-197|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four passengers, two gunners and 30 crewmen were killed. Ha-50 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), which was being towed by Yamazuru Maru, was dragged under and sunk.{{cite DANFS | title = Swordfish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss197.txt | accessdate = 30 December 2011 }}

}}

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|ship={{USS|YO-159}}

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

|desc=World War II: The self-propelled fuel oil barge was torpedoed and damaged {{convert|250|nmi|km}} east of Espiritu Santo ({{coord|15|27|S|171|28|E}}) by {{ship|Japanese submarine|Ro-42||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Eight crewmen were killed. {{USS|PC-1138}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) rescued the 14 survivors and scuttled her the next day.{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USNBPbyDate1944.htm |title=US Navy casualties 1944 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=16 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/ass/ausgabe.php?lang=2&where_value=5559 |title=YO-159 |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=16 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/RO-42.htm |title=RO-42 |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship=Aghios Giorgios

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=World War II: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea ({{coord|37|38|N|24|54|E}}) by gunfire of {{HMS|Unruly|P49|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3556.html |title=HMS Unruly |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=18 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Agda||2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Great Belt off Endelave with all 14 aboard (four crew and ten passengers).{{cite web |url=https://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/statistik/1944.pdf |title=Danish losses in 1944 |publisher=www.sbib.dk |access-date=18 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Rakuto Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was sunk by torpedo in the Indian Ocean off Car Nicobar ({{coord|10|50|N|93|05|E}}) by {{HMS|Tally-Ho}} ({{naval|UK}}). Eleven passengers (comfort women), a gunner, and nine crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ryuko_t.htm |title=Ryuko Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=17 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tatuno Maru|1916|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 882: The cargo ship was torpedoed, broke in two and the fore part sank in the Luzon Strait about {{convert|75|mi}} north of Luzon by {{USS|Thresher|SS-200|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) and the aft section sank the next day ({{coord|20|05|N|120|13|E}}). Eight passengers and 12 crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Thresher | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss200.txt | accessdate = 31 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tatsuno_t.htm |title=Hokuroku Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=546 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 882: The Toei Maru-class auxiliary repair ship (4,092 GRT 1938) was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait ({{coord|20|40|N|120|36|E}}) about {{convert|75|mi}} north of Luzon by {{USS|Thresher|SS-200|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Twelve gunners and 35 crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/TohoA_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Delhi Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Delhi Maru-class auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed, her bow broke off and sank in Pacific Ocean ({{coord|34|12|N|139|54|E}}), by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Five crewmen and 135 troops were killed. Her stern was taken into tow but capsized and sank in rough seas the next day. Her commanding officer and 34 crewmen were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-50||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Delhi_t.htm |title=Delhi Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=18 March 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O-105: The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea ({{coord|23|15|N|135|35|E}}) by {{USS|Whale|SS-239|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 1,653 troops, 20 gunners and 31 crewmen were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dobaroctar

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

|desc=World War II: The motor boat was heavily damaged by German assault boats near Cape Pelegrin (Hvar Island) and later sank in Zaglav Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Flier|SS-250|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Gato|submarine}} ran aground on a reef at Midway Atoll. She was refloated on 22 January. Later repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 2517: The Manko Maru-class auxiliary storeship (1,460 GRT 1923) was sunk about {{convert|86|nmi}} south west of Palau ({{coord|06|00|N|133|25|E}}) in a collision with {{ship|Japanese tanker|Kyoei Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Two crew were killed. 54 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-54||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-6_t.htm |title=Japanese Sub Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 March 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O 905: The Type D Peacetime Standard cargo ship was bombed or torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of New Hanover off Queen Charlotte Island ({{coord|02|20|S|146|42|E}}) by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. Three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hozukawa_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=1 December 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{Jsub|I-181||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Kaidai|submarine}} was engaged in a running battle with {{USS|PCS-1422}} and {{USS|PCS-1459}} (both {{navy|USA|1912}}) in the Vitiaz Strait. She ended up grounded and wrecked on Gneisenau Point, Kelanoa Harbour, New Guinea.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-181.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=16 January 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 2112: The Seiga Maru-class auxiliary transport ship (a.k.a. Kaiga Maru) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south east of Truk ({{coord|3|50|N|148|44|E}}) by {{USS|Blackfish|SS-221|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 27 passengers and one crewman.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCT 1029}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The Mk 4 landing craft tank (350/586 t, 1943) was sunk by a mine off Skegness, Lincolnshire.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/18662.html |title=LCT 1029 of the LCT Mk 4 Class |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=16 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Macaw|ASR-11|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Chanticleer|submarine rescue ship}} ran aground on a reef at Midway Island. On 12 February 1944 she slipped off the reef and sank with the loss of her commanding officer and four crew members.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/8249.html |title=USS Macaw of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O 905: The Kibi Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was bombed or torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 45 miles north west of New Hanover off Queen Charlotte Island ({{coord|02|20|S|146|42|E}}) by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. Twelve crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Meisho_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 February 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean ({{coord|12|48|N|150|18|E}}) by {{USS|Seahorse|SS-304|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Eight crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Seahorse | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss304.txt | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Urara_t.htm |title=Nikko Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 October 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Perseus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (10,286 GRT, 1923) was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Bengal ({{coord|12|00|N|80|14|E}}) by {{Jsub|I-165||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}). Her 115 crew were rescued by a Royal Indian Navy corvette without loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-165.htm |title=Imperial Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=29 June 2022 }}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=507 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Syunko Maru|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O 905: The Shunko Maru-class auxiliary transport (4,027 GRT, 1936) (a.k.a. Syunko Maru) was bombed or torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north west of New Hanover off Queen Charlotte Island ({{coord|02|30|S|146|49|E}}) by Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy. 30 passengers and 20 crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shunko4,027_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 November 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sretan-II

|flag={{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans

|desc=World War II: The motor boat was heavily damaged by German assault boats near Cape Pelegrin (Hvar Island) and later sank in Zaglav Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated 2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sumner I. Kimball||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 210: The Liberty ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|52|35|N|35|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-960||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}} with the loss of all 69 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3165.html |title=Sumner I. Kimball |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 April 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsSe.html |title=Liberty Ships – Se |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-544||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Grumman TBM Avenger aircraft based on {{USS|Guadalcanal|CVE-60|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of all 57 crew.{{cite DANFS | title = Casablanca | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cve60.txt | accessdate = 12 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u544.htm |title=U-544 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=5 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Vaijan Kutur'e||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea ({{coord|42|21|N|41|31|E}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by Soviet Navy minesweepers and patrol boats. The wreck was raised on 6 October 1945, repaired and returned to service in 1954.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3514.html |title=Vaijan Kutur'e |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=3 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Arborea||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Šibenik, Yugoslavia during a British air raid.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Manus, Admiralty Islands by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.

}}

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|ship=Ha-51

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

|desc=World War II: The midget submarine was lost while under tow when {{SS|Tarushima Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) was torpedoed and sunk by {{USS|Whale|SS-239|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Bismarcks.htm |title=Japanese Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese repair ship|Hakkai Maru|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Myoko Maru|repair ship}} (a.k.a. Hachikai Maru) (5,110 GRT 1937) was torpedoed and sunk Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Guinea ({{coord|04|13|S|152|15|E}}) by United States Navy Grumman TBF Avenger and Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft. 23 gunners and 2 crewmen were lost. She had been refloated by November 1945 and taken in to Surabaya, Indonesia.{{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}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Kaiun Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Kenshin Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk at Rabaul, New Guinea by United States Navy Grumman TBF Avenger and Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft. 22 crewmen were lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hakkai_t.htm |title=Japanese Repair ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=19 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Kosei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O 905: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk at Rabaul by United States Navy Grumman TBF Avenger and Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft. Fourteen landing barges were lost as cargo, two crewmen were lost.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|L-23||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Leninets|submarine}} was sunk in the Black Sea north west of Cape Torchakut, Crimea by {{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ 106||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4892.html |title=L-23 of the Soviet Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=17 January 2013}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Šibenik during a British air raid.

}}

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|ship=Shinko Maru 6

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

|desc=World War II: The guard boat was sunk by Royal Australian Air Force Bristol Beaufighter aircraft at Tanimbar Island, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite web |url=http://ww2timelines.com/1944/january/01171944.htm|title=WW2.Timelines.com|access-date=7 July 2017}}

}}

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|ship=NB 12 Skorpion

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The boat was rammed and sunk in Vestre Byfjord, Bergen, Norway by {{SS|Oldenburg||2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Bo through Bø |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy O-105: The {{sclass|Tarushima Maru|transport ship}} was shelled and damaged in the evening of 16 January in the Philippine Sea ({{coord|22|34|N|135|46|E}}) by {{USS|Whale|SS-239|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was torpedoed and sunk the next day ({{coord|22|00|N|135|10|E}}) by the same submarine. A total of 613 troops and 20 crew were killed. Ha-51 ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}), being towed, was dragged down with the ship. On 1 February a landing barge was discovered drifting about {{convert|60|nmi}} east of Okinawa. From it {{ship|Japanese escort|Miyake||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) took off 54 survivors and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yukikaze|1939|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) took off 57.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kuroshio_t.htm |title=Civilian Tankers in Imperial Army Service |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Nanyu Maru No. 1||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was bombed and sunk at Jaluit Atoll by United States Army Air Force Douglas A-24 Banshee and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft.{{cite web | title=Nanyu Maru No.1 Tanker 1944 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136539 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=18 January 2013 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Palawan ({{coord|0|18|N|118|37|E}}) by {{USS|Bowfin|SS-287|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 37 crewmen were killed.{{cite web | title=Shoyu Maru | url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shoyu_t.htm |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com | access-date=18 January 2022}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Hirota Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|140|nmi|km}} west south west of Marcus Island ({{coord|23|46|N|151|30|E}}) by {{USS|Flasher|SS-249|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 76 passengers, fifteen gunners and eight crewmen were killed.{{cite web | title=Yoshida Maru Tanker (ex-gunboat) 1941–1944 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136538 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=18 January 2013 }}{{cite web | title=Yoshida Maru | url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Yoshida_t.htm |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com | access-date=18 January 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 January 1944 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Manus, Admiralty Islands by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|LCA 783}}, {{HMS|LCA 790}} and {{HMS|LCA 865}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft assaults (8.5/11.5 t, 1943) were lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{USS|LCT-582}}

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

|desc=The landing craft tank was lost as deck cargo when {{USS|LST-228}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) was wrecked off Bahia Angra Island, Azores, Portugal ({{coord|38|39|N|27|12|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/11326.html |title=USS LCI(L)32 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|LST-228}}

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

|desc=The landing ship tank ran aground and was wrecked off Bahia Angra Island, Azores ({{coord|38|39|N|27|12|W}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/lst228.htm |title=USS LST-228 of the US Navy (1943–1944) |publisher=History.Navy.Mil |access-date=20 January 2014 |archive-date=15 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115013039/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/lst228.htm |url-status=dead }}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-641||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|25|N|18|49|W}}) by {{HMS|Violet|K35|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 50 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u641.htm |title=U-641 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=14 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Unknown landing craft

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The landing craft was sunk by an anti-tank mine on the beach at Hvar Island. 21 troops killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Emsland||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was struck by an air-dropped torpedo and was beached at Stad, Norway. The beached ship was torpedoed by {{HMS|Satyr|P214|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) on 5 February and destroyed by aircraft on 11 February 1944.{{csr|register=MSI|id=3003812|shipname=Emsland |accessdate=26 March 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Fort ship (7,122 GRT, 1943) was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|8|19|N|66|40|E}}) by {{GS|U-188||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 38 of the 89 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Kongsdal|1937|2}}, {{MV|Ora|1937|2}} (both {{flag|Norway}}) and {{SS|Moorsby||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Most spent two weeks on boats and rafts and four died of exposure before or just after rescue.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3166.html |title=Fort Buckingham |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/99/a1129899.shtml |title=Fort Buckingham |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=20 January 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese ore carrier|Hidaka Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FU-905: The Standard Type 1K ore carrier was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|260|km|nmi|order=flip}} southeast of Cape Muroto, south of Shiono Misaki ({{coord|31|32|N|135|58|E}}) by {{USS|Batfish|SS-310|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Fourteen passengers and two crewmen were lost.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hidaka_t.htm |title=Japanese Ore Carriers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 January 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The dredger was bombed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of New Guinea by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fifth Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Koyu Maru|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau {{coord|6|04|N|134|17|E}}) by {{USS|Gar|SS-206|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Four gunners and 35 crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Gar | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss206.txt | accessdate = 31 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Koyu_t.htm |title=Koyu Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea off the coast of Formosa by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.{{cite book |title=Bold Venture: The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942–1945 |first=Steven |last=Bailey |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |year=2019 |page=140 |isbn=9781640121041}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the South China Sea {{convert|155|mi}} south of the coast of Formosa by three Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force. {{SS|Shokei Maru||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) rescued survivors. 30 passengers and 29 crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shokei_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Münsterland||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The blockade breaker was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off Cap Blanc-Nez by British shore based artillery. Of the 76 men aboard, there were 11 dead, 5 missing and 60 survivors.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet landing tender|No. 34||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The No. 11-class landing tender was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minelayer|Skagerak I||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minelayer (1,281 GRT, 1939) was torpedoed and sunk west of Svåholmen, Norway ({{coord|58|19|48|N|6|01|06|E}}) by aircraft of 489 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force with the loss of seven crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipss1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with Sa through SN |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=10 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-263||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II The Type VIIC submarine struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France ({{coord|46|06|N|1|30|W}} during a diving exercise. All 51 crew were lost.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u263.html |title=U-263 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=14 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|German trawler|V 712 Chemnitz||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Vorpostenboot struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German armed yacht|G 107 Elettra||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The armed yacht was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy Wewak No. 8: The Maya Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|282|nmi|km}} south east of Palau ({{coord|03|25|N|137|06|E}}) by {{USS|Seahorse|SS-304|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 413 Indian Army prisoners of war and 43 crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ikoma_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=21 January 2015}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kosin Maru

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea ({{coord|7|22|N|115|05|E}}) by {{USS|Tinosa|SS-283|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=543 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German siebel ferry|SF 267||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Siebel ferry was set on fire by fighter-bomber aircraft and sank in the port of Vrboska with the loss of one crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/siebelfaehre/ausgabe.php?where_value=220 |title=SF 267 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=4 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1307 Stettin||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The naval whaler was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy Wewak No. 8: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|282|nmi|km}} south east of Palau ({{coord|03|25|N|137|06|E}}) by {{USS|Seahorse|SS-304|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 62 troops and 6 crewmen killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-40||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine chaser was bombed and sunk off Lorengau Harbor, Manus, New Guinea ({{coord|01|50|S|147|20|E}}) by North American B-25 Mitchell and Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136552|title=CHA 40 1944 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 January 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 598||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-C2 landing craft was attacked off Civitavecchia by enemy ships and exploded. Nine crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=262 |title=F 598 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Manus by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 3202: The Koshin Maru-class emergency oiler was torpedoed and sunk in the Flores Sea ({{coord|07|27|N|115|07|E}}) by {{USS|Tinosa|SS-283|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). 22 crewmen were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Tinosa | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss283.txt | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Seinan_t.htm |title=Seinan Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|LCI(L)-20}}

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

|desc=World War II: The landing craft infantry (large) was bombed and sunk off Anzio, Italy. Two crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20846.html |title=USS LCI(L)20 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://usslci.org/fathom/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ELSIEITEM-86-May-2014.pdf |title=LCI losses |publisher=usslci.org |access-date=13 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(R) 616}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (mortar) (6/8 t, 1942) was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet landing tender|No. 31||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The No. 11-class landing tender was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-75||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type R-41 minesweeper was sunk in a collision with {{GS|U-350||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in the Bay of Danzig.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-41 |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007024640/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=762 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Portent|AM-106|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Shingle: The {{sclass|Auk|minesweeper}} struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Nettuno, Lazio, Italy ({{coord|41|24|N|12|44|E}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Jsub|Ro-37||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Ro-35|submarine}} was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Santa Cruz Islands ({{coord|11|47|S|164|17|E}}) by {{USS|Buchanan|DD-484|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = DD-484 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd484txt.htm | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 3202: The Type 1K Standard Merchant ore carrier (possibly converted to an oiler) was torpedoed and sunk in the Flores Sea ({{coord|07|19|N|116|52|E}}) by {{USS|Tinosa|SS-283|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). Sixteen gunners and 29 crewmen were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minelayer|Tatsu Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minelayer was bombed and sunk at Manus by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Force.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Hosho Maru No. 2 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Janus|F53|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The J-class destroyer (1,690/2,330 t, 1939) was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Anzio, Lazio Italy by a Fritz X glide bomb.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minelayer|Magane Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|175|nmi|km}} north north west of Chichi Jima ({{coord|29|49|N|140|08|E}}) by {{USS|Snook|SS-279|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Snook | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss279.txt | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet landing tender|No. 45||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The No. 11-class landing tender was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Panama Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 130: The Tacoma Maru-class transport was bombed and sunk with her bow aground on rocks off the coast of China ({{coord|27|15|N|120|45|E}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force. Twelve troops, two gunners and one crewman were killed. Survivors rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Tsuga|1920|2}} and {{ship|Japanese gunboat|Shinko Maru No. 1 Go||2}} (both {{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Panama_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 January 2014}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Mergui, Malaya by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Tenth Air Force.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Palau by {{USS|Gar|SS-206|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Wiides||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Roter Sand sandbank, in the North Sea off Wesermünde, was broken in two by the storm and sank. Of the 33 people aboard (21 men, four women, a pilot and seven German sailors), only 6 were saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Erik-Sir%C3%A9n/6000000016207934998 |title=Wiides |publisher=www.geni.com |access-date=25 October 2019}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 January 1944 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Annan Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Kyushu, eastern approaches to the Bungo Strait, off Fukujima lighthouse, Japan ({{coord|32|40|N|132|18|E}}) by {{USS|Sturgeon|SS-187|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). One gunner and five crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Chosen_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 November 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 523||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The MFP-C2 landing craft was beached near Rosignano Marittimo after a battle against MGB 655 and MGB 658 (both {{naval|UK}}), and PT 217 ({{navy|USA|1912}}). It was later refloated and restored to service.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/marinefaehrprahm/ausgabe.php?where_value=267 |title=F 523 |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=9 January 2019}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|FAC Mühlenberg||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|United States}}

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was bombed and sunk at Naples, Italy by German aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese tanker|Koan Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Koan Maru-class auxiliary water tanker (3,462 GRT 1936) was torpedoed and sunk in Simpson Harbour, Rabaul, New Britain, by Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Marine Corps. 47 crew and 13 passengers killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Koan_t.htm |title= Japanese Water Tankers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=10 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|LCT-185}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|LCT Mk 5|landing craft tank}} foundered in a storm and sank off Bizerta, Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/19186.html |title=USS LCT 185 of the US Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Liu Hsing||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Republic of China|1928}} China

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Fuzhou by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese aircraft transport|Lyons Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Lima Maru-class auxiliary passenger-cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in shallow water in Simpson Harbour, Rabaul ({{coord|4|13|S|152|12|E}}) by Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Marine Corps. She settled upright with her bridge, funnels, and masts above the water. Anchors and cables were salvaged on 2 January 1946. At a later date the upper hull was demolished as a hazard to navigation.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Lyons_t.htm |title= Japanese Aircraft Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=10 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese guard boat|Myojin Maru No. 2||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 130: The guard boat was bombed and sunk off Icog Island, China by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kasashima_t.htm |title=Japanese Salvage and repair Tugs |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese gunboat|Myoken Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary gunboat was sunk in the Molucca Sea north of Kema, Celebes Islands ({{coord|01|26|N|125|08|E}}) by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese lighthouse tender|Ryusei||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The lighthouse tender was bombed and sunk off Icog Island, China by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.

}}

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|ship={{ship|TSS|St David|1931|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The hospital ship (2,702 GRT, 1932) was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Anzio, Lazio, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sinking Of Hospital Ship |date=28 January 1944 |page=4 |issue=49765 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Samuel Dexter||2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship started to break up in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|56|19|N|11|43|W}}) and was abandoned by her crew. She came ashore at Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom and broke in two, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships – S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Karavia Bay, Rabaul by Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Marine Corps. The wreck was scrapped in 1958. Four crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Lyons_t.htm |title=Japanese Aircraft Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=24 January 2014}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBpF94zRT28C&q=Shinko+maru+No.+2%2C+1945&pg=PA146 |title=Rabaul's forgotten fleet |year=1994 |publisher=googlebooks |isbn=9780646173948 |access-date=23 April 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Koan_t.htm |title= Japanese Water Tankers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German trawler|V 1307 Stettin||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Vorpostenboot struck the wreck of {{SS|Heise||2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Yamayuri Maru|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Rabaul ({{coord|4|13|S|152|11|E}}) by Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft of the United States Marine Corps. Three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Koan_t.htm |title= Japanese Water Tankers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=10 March 2023}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=547 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Ashahi Maru No. 3 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{ship|German tugboat|Costante||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The armed tug, that had run aground previously, was captured by Yugoslav Partizans and scuttled by shelling her engine room by patrol boats PC-1 Jadran and PC-3 Skampo (both {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Yugoslav Partisans).{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=48457 |title=Yugoslavian Partisan Navy in WWII-Adriatic Sea (updated2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fort La Maune||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Fort ship (7,130 GRT, 1942) was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|13|04|N|56|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-188||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html |title=Fort Ships K-S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese tugboat|Kasashima||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 130: The Hasashima-class salvage tug was bombed and sunk in the Formosa Strait by North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Fourteenth Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kasashima_t.htm |title=Japanese Salvage and repair Tugs |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(S) 60}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (small) (3/5.5 t, 1943) was lost on this date.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Mil||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker (244 GRT, 1923) struck a mine and sank in Varangerfjord, Norway with the loss of six Norwegian crew. Another source says there were 8 dead and two survivors, possibly including also German casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsm.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with M |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=24 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=La marine soviétique en guerre |first=Claude |last=Huan |publisher=Economica |year=1991 |isbn=978-2717819205}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked on a shoal off the Miyagiken Peninsula ({{coord|35|31|N|133|09|E}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136570 |title=Nanshin Maru (+1943) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=7 October 2022}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Penelope Barker||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy JW 56A: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|22|N|22|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-278||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 72 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Savage|G20|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3169.html |title=Penelope Barker |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=14 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Suzukaze||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Shiratsuyu|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|127|nmi|km}} northwest of Ponape ({{coord|08|51|N|157|10|E}}), South Pacific Mandate, by the submarine {{USS|Skipjack|SS-184|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) with the loss of 285 of her 307 crew including her commanding officer. The submarine chaser {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser |CH-33||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}) rescued 22 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/suzuka_t.htm |title=Long Lancers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 January 2014}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Walter Camp||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Indian Ocean ({{coord|10|00|N|71|49|E}}) by {{GS|U-532||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Whole crew rescued by {{HMS|Danae|D44|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html |title=Liberty Ships – W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|YMS-30}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|YMS-1|minesweeper}} struck a mine and sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Andrew G. Curtin||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy JW 56A: The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|22|N|24|15|E}}) by {{GS|U-716||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her 71 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Inconstant|H49|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3174.html |title=Andrew G. Curtin |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Fukken Maru-class auxiliary transport was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea east of Saigon, French Indochina ({{coord|8|30|N|109|10|E}}) by {{USS|Crevalle|SS-291|6}} ({{naval|USA|1912}}) with the loss of two crewmen.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Busho_t.htm |title=Busho Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=5 April 2019}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy JW 56A: The Fort ship (7,153 GRT, 1943) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Barents Sea ({{coord|73|45|N|24|48|E}}) by {{GS|U-360||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 36 of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Offa|G29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Two crew members were taken on board U-360 as prisoners of war. Fort Bellingham was later torpedoed and sunk ({{coord|73|25|N|25|10|E}}) by {{GS|U-957||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html |title=Fort Ships A-J |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 January 2012}}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3172.html |title=Fort Bellingham |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=17 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hilary A. Herbert||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was damaged off Nettuno, Italy by a crashing German fighter aircraft and later by a near miss by a bomb. She was beached to prevent sinking. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|John Banyard||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Tyrrhenian Sea. She was consequently declared a total loss.

}}

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|ship={{USS|LCI-32}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|LCI-1|landing craft infantry}} was mined and sank off Anzio, Italy while going to the assistance of {{HMS|LST-422}}. 30 crew were lost.{{cite web | title=LCI-32(Landing Craft, Infantry) 1944 | url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136574 |publisher=Wrecksite.eu | access-date=26 January 2013 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LST-411}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Mk2|landing ship tank}} (1,625/4,080 t, 1943) was sunk by a mine off Bastia Sardinia.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12298.html |title=LST 411 of the LST Mk 2 Class |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|LST-422}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Mk2|landing ship tank}} (1,625/4,080 t, 1943) was sunk by a mine off Anzio with 454 American and 29 British personnel lost{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12310.html |title=LST 422 of the LST Mk 2 Class |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Lüderitzbucht|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The target ship was torpedoed and damaged off Pillau and was towed in to that port. Subsequently seized as a prize of war, repaired and entered British service as Empire Ock.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=364 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Okitsu Maru|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Okitsu Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|146|nmi|km}} north of Ponape ({{coord|09|24|N|157|45|E}}) by {{USS|Skipjack|SS-184|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). A total of 169 Navy passengers and seven crewmen were lost.{{cite DANFS | title = Skipjack | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss184.txt | accessdate = 30 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-33_t.htm |title=Okitsu Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PT-110}}

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

|desc=The ELCO 80 foot-class PT boat was sunk by the detonation of a depth charge following a collision with {{USS|PT-114}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) in Abling Harbor, New Britain Island ({{coord|06|17|S|150|09|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/10154.html |title=PT-110 of the US Navy |publisher=U Boat.net |access-date=26 January 2013}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PTc-38}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coastal motor torpedo boat was being carried as deck cargo on {{SS|Andrew G. Curtin||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}). She floated free when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-715||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was later shelled and sunk by {{GS|U-957||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3571.html |title=USS -PTC-38 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=24 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|PTc-39}}

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

|desc=World War II: The motor torpedo boat was being carried as deck cargo on {{SS|Andrew G. Curtin||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-715||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3572.html |title=USS PTC-39 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=17 April 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Samouri||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship (7,219 GRT, 1943) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Aden east north east of Socotra, South Yemen ({{coord|13|13|N|55|56|E}}) by {{GS|U-188||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 49 crew were rescued by {{SS|Shahzada||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3175.html |title=Samouri |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Surada||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship (5,427 GRT, 1920) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Aden {{convert|40|nmi|km}} east north east of Socotra ({{coord|13|00|N|55|15|E}}) by {{GS|U-188||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 109 people on board were rescued by {{MV|Darro||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsL-W.htm#L-M-N |title=WWI Standard Built Ships L – W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3170.html |title=Surada |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=8 March 2012}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1944 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 276: The cargo ship (7,017 GRT, 1943) collided in the Atlantic Ocean with {{SS|Edward Kavanagh||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and was holed. She was taken in tow but a fire developed the next day when seawater reacted with part of her cargo. She broke in two on 29 January with the bow section sinking. The stern section was scuttled by {{HMCS|Kenogami|K125|6}} ({{naval|Canada|1911}}) at {{coord|43|53|N|53|04|W}}. Her cargo of gold bullion was salvaged in 1973.{{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 |pages=108–09 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 3125B: The Maya Maru-class auxiliary gunboat was torpedoed and sunk {{convert|130|mi|km}} south of Tokyo Bay ({{coord|33|31|N|139|36|E}}) by {{USS|Swordfish|SS-193|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Six crew and 468 passengers were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1943.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=26 December 2014}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean by {{USS|Dace|SS-247|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}).

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 356: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait by {{USS|Thresher|SS-200|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Many passengers and ten crewmen were killed.

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. 356: The Kosei Maru-class auxiliary transport (2,170 GRT 1924) was torpedoed and sunk in the Luzon Strait {{convert|54|nmi}} south west of Takao ({{coord|22|10|N|119|30|E}}) by {{USS|Thresher|SS-200|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Ten crewmen were killed and nine passengers were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/KoseiT_t.htm |title=Kosei Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.niehorster.org/014_japan/navy-commanders/ap.html |title=IJN transports |publisher=www.niehorster.org |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy MOMA-07: The Minoo Maru-class naval trawler/auxiliary storeship (422 GRT, 1933) (a.k.a. Minowo Maru) was torpedoed and sunk in the Banda Sea {{convert|5|nmi|spell=in}} north east of Kur Island, Kai Archipelago, Netherlands East Indies ({{coord|05|25|S|132|08|E}}) by {{USS|Bowfin|SS-287|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). 22 crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/MinooM_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Storeships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 March 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship=Avenir

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The sailing vessel (46 GRT, 1908) was thrown ashore by a storm in near Kissamos, Creta and became a total loss. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=583 |title=Avenir |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=18 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ha-49

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

|desc=World War II: The midget submarine was lost while under tow when Neikai Maru was bombed and sunk by Consolidated B-24 Liberator and United States Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Army Thirteenth Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Bismarcks.htm |title=Japanese Submarines |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=28 August 2022 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Heinrich Schulte|1918|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off Tromsø, Norway ({{coord|70|08|N|28|14|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-56||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). There were 2 killed and 54 survivors.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1142460|shipname=Heinrich Schulte |accessdate=28 March 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=471 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Johann Schulte|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Weser.{{csr|register=MSI|id=2219957|shipname=Johann Schulte |accessdate=29 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Kotobuki Maru No. 3-class auxiliary netlayer was bombed and sunk {{convert|97|nmi}} south of Eniwetok by one United States Seventh Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft. One crewman killed{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kotobuki3_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Netlayers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=27 February 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M 4021||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off the Île de Croix, Finistère, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy No. SO-93: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk {{convert|110|km|nmi|order=flip}} west northwest of Cape Lambert, New Britain and {{convert|75|nmi}} south of Queen Charlotte Island ({{coord|03|45|S|150|38|E}}) by Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Thirteenth Air Force and Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft of the United States Navy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-201||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type R-151 minesweeper was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Tiber Estuary by Allied aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=761 |title=German coastal minesweeper Type R-151 |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006194034/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=761 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=usurped}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Seerose||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk at Mykonos, Greece by British aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Sperrbrecher 137 Botilla Russ||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Sperrbrecher struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Saint-Nazaire, Morbihan, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-271||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of County Limerick, Ireland ({{coord|53|15|N|15|52|W}}) by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft of the United States Navy with the loss of all 51 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u271.htm |title=U-271 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=14 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-571||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ({{coord|52|41|N|14|27|W}}) by the Short Sunderland aircraft EK477 coded UT-D of 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force with the loss of all 52 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 January 1944 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Aikaterini T|1917|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Greece}} Greece

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship departed from Louisbourg, Nova Scotia for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. No further trace, presumed lost by enemy action with the loss of all hands.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=524 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Kaldnes||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The supply ship was torpedoed and sunk by aircraft off Feistein Lighthouse, Norway.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614149|shipname=Kaldnes |accessdate=1 May 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|LCA 845}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft assault (8.5/11.5 t, 1943) was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Olga E. Embiricos||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (4,677 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Aden {{convert|210|nmi|km}} west of Socotra, South Yemen ({{coord|12|30|N|50|10|E}}) by {{GS|U-188||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 18 crewmen and 2 gunners. The 21 survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dramatist||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3176.html |title=Olga E. Embiricos |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=361 |title=Olga E. Embiricos |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=12 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=527 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Oracle|FY020|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The armed yacht (745 GRT, 1929) burned at Liverpool.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/13661.htm |title=Armed Yacht HMS Oracle |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2013}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Samuel Huntington||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Liberty ship was bombed and sunk at Anzio, Lazio, Italy by Luftwaffe aircraft. Three crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|LCT-277}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The net tender was torpedoed and sunk in the Philippine Sea north of the Marianas Islands by {{USS|Angler|SS-240|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Angler | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss240.htm | accessdate = 1 January 2012 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean north of Okinawa by {{USS|Tambor|SS-198|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{cite DANFS |title=Tambor |url= http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss198.htm |access-date=28 December 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Spartan|95|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Shingle: The {{sclass|Dido|cruiser}} (6,018/7,420 t, 1943) was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Anzio by a Henschel Hs 293 glide bomb with the loss of 46 of her 530 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|LCT-198}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}), {{HMS|Dido|37|6}} and {{HMS|Delhi|D47|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-364||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|45|33|N|5|55|W}}) by a Handley Page Halifax aircraft of 502 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u364.htm |title=U-364 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=17 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Akagisan Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber aircraft from US Navy TG 58.2, or shelled by {{USS|Burns|DD-588|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}), and sank in Kwajalein Atoll ({{coord|08|52|N|153|56|E}}). Fifty-three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Akibasan_t.htm |title=Akibasan Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=540 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Ashitaka Maru No. 5 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Cha-14|1943|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Cha-1-class auxiliary submarine chasers was sunk at Mili, Marshall Islands by aircraft from US Navy TG 58.2.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Cha-18||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Cha-1-class auxiliary submarine chasers was sunk at Kwajalein by aircraft from US Navy TG 58.2.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Cha-19|1943|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Cha-1-class auxiliary submarine chasers was sunk at Mili, Marshall Islands by aircraft from US Navy TG 58.2.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Cha-21||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Cha-1-class auxiliary submarine chasers was sunk at Kwajalein by aircraft from US Navy TG 58.2.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Cha-28|1943|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Cha-1-class auxiliary submarine chasers was sunk at Mili, Marshall Islands by aircraft from US Navy TG 58.2.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese transport|Eiko Maru No. 2 GO||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The Genkai Maru-class auxiliary transport was shelled and damaged by battleships and destroyers of the United States Navy. She was later shelled and sunk by {{USS|North Carolina|BB-55|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) at Roi-Numur ({{coord|09|10|N|167|20|E}}), settling in shallow water with her masts above water. All 46 crewmen were killed; either in the sinking, or in the next days during the Battle of Kwajalein.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Eiko2_t.htm |title=Eiko Maru No. 2 GO |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Fukuyoshi Maru No. 5 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Fumi Maru No. 3 Go||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 5||2}} and {{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 6||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Gyoraitei No. 1-class motor torpedo boats were bombed and sunk at Wake Island by US Navy Consolidated PB2Y Coronado aircraft.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Kiel ({{coord|54|31|N|10|28|E}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605570|shipname=Hanau |accessdate=19 July 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Hardy|R08|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy JW 56A: The V-class destroyer (1,808/2,530 t, 1943) was torpedoed and damaged in the Arctic Ocean ({{coord|73|40|N|24|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-278||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Venus|R50|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which scuttled her.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Inari Maru No. 2 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The water depot ship was bombed and sunk at Rabaul by Grumman TBF Avenger and Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft of the United States Navy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|M-451||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The minesweeper was wrecked north of Porkkala, Finland.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6116050|shipname=M-451 |accessdate=16 October 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|New Guinea Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Seisho Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary guard boat was sunk by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft off Celebes.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Shonan Maru No. 6 Go||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Taihei Maru No. 1 Go||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Taisei Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Takasu Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Tama Maru No. 3 Go||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minesweeper|Tama Maru No. 5 Go||2}}

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy 3125A: The Koto Maru No. 2 Go-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east Urracas, Mariana Islands ({{coord|21|12|N|149|28|E}}) by {{USS|Spearfish|SS-190|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). Four crewmen were killed but all 910 passengers aboard were rescued.{{cite DANFS | title = Spearfish | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss190.txt | accessdate = 30 December 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tamashima_t.htm |title=Tamashima Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=6 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy SO-805: The Chowa Maru-class auxiliary transport ship (2,747 GRT 1940) was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean east of Palau by {{USS|Seahorse|SS-304|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) ({{coord|06|20|N|138|08|E}}). A total of 457 troops, seven gunners and fifteen crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Toei_t.htm |title=Japanese transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 January 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-314||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Norwegian Sea ({{coord|73|41|N|24|30|E}}) by {{HMS|Meteor|G73|6}} and {{HMS|Whitehall|D94|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u314.htm |title=U-314 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=16 March 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese minelayer|Urara Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II:The Tokushima Maru-class auxiliary minelayer was bombed and sunk at Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Urara_t.htm |title=Japanese auxiliary minelayers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=23 September 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1944 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-25||2}} and {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-33||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chasers were sunk at Nauru by American aircraft. CHa-25 was raised and broken up 1946.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Japanese guard boat|Higashinihon Maru||2}}

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

|desc=The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Hiro Maru-class transport was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|16|nmi}} north west of Garapan, Saipan ({{coord|15|21|N|145|31|E}}) by {{USS|Tullibee|SS-284|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). One crewman and 55 passengers were killed.{{cite DANFS | title = Tullibee | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss284.txt | accessdate = 4 January 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Hiro_t.htm |title=Hiro Maru |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German ship|Jean Suzon|FP 352|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|43|24|N|06|54|E}}) by {{HMS|Untiring|P59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: The Shinto Maru No. 2-class auxiliary netlayer (541 GRT 1939) was bombed/shelled and sunk by aircraft from Task Group 58.3 and {{USS|Harrison|DD-573|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) {{convert|108|nmi}} west of Eniwetok.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Katsura_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Netlayers|publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=26 February 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lita||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster (348 GRT, 1890) came ashore at Langholmen near Stoksund, Norway, and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsl.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet – WW II, Ships starting with L |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=World War II: Operation Flintlock: The auxiliary transport (a.k.a. Palawan Maru) was shelled and sunk by {{USS|Harrison|DD-573|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}) near northern tip of Bigej Island, Kwajalein Atoll.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Paran_t.htm |title=Captured Vessels in Japanese Service as Auxiliary Transports |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=8 December 2022}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Pine}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Tree|trawler|0}} naval trawler (530/755 t, 1940) was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel south of Beachy Head, Sussex by a Kriegsmarine Schnellboot with the loss of ten of her twelve crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MS|Ruhrort|1936|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was beached near Nakskov, Denmark. She was later refloated but was sunk at Naksov on 5 August by Danish saboteurs.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5614811|shipname=Ruhrort |accessdate=15 August 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|German ship|St Antoine|FP 358|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|43|24|N|06|54|E}}) by {{HMS|Untiring|P59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{GS|U-592||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland ({{coord|50|20|N|17|29|W}}) by {{HMS|Magpie|U82|6}}, {{HMS|Starling|U66|6}} and {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u592.htm |title=U-592 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=10 April 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Yasukuni Maru}}

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

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary submarine tender, a former {{sclass|Terukuni Maru|ocean liner}}, was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|17|nmi}} northwest of Truk ({{coord|09|15|N|147|13|E}}) by {{USS|Trigger|SS-237|6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}). A total of 888 naval technical personnel and 300 sailors were killed. 43 survivors were rescued by {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiratsuyu|1935|2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}).{{cite DANFS | title = Trigger | url = http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/submar/ss237.txt | accessdate = 1 January 2012 }}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CHa-14||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The CHa-1-class auxiliary submarine chaser was sunk in the Marshall Islands by American aircraft on the 24 or 30 January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCA 697}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft assault was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCI(L)124}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The landing craft infantry (large) sank in the Mediterranean Sea sometime in January.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/20985.html |title=LCI(L)-85 of the Royal Navy |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=1 January 2015}}

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 910}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 930}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 1022}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 1064}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 1173}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCM 1204}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft mechanized was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 66}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 356}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{HMS|LCP(L) 373}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The landing craft personnel (large) was lost sometime in January.

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|ship={{SS|Mira|1908|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk in an Allied air raid on Civitavecchia. She was refloated in 1947 and scrapped in 1948.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=534 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Ocean Viking||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Ocean ship (7,174 GRT, 1941) was scuttled as a breakwater at Bari, Apulia, Italy. She was raised by the Italians in 1947, repaired and returned to service as Alceo.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean2.html |title=Ocean Ships V-W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 January 2012}}

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|ship={{Ship|Japanese transport|Ogashima Maru||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Ogashima Maru-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk {{convert|80|nmi|km}} south west of Yap, Caroline Islands ({{coord|08|07|N|137|38|E}}) by United States Army Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft on 20 January with 30 crewmen lost, or damaged by United States Navy Consolidated PB4Y aircraft south of Kwajalein on 24 January and scuttled at {{coord|08|14|N|168|02|E}} by auxiliary submarine chaser {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|Tama Maru No. 5||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Japan}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Ogashima_t.htm |title=Japanese Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 January 2023}}

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-39||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was lost off the Marshall Islands in late January.

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|ship={{Jsub|Ro-40||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The submarine was lost off the Marshall Islands in late January.

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|ship={{USS|Scorpion|SS-278|6}}

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

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Gato|submarine}} was sunk in the Yellow Sea after 5 January, probably by striking a mine, with the loss of all 60 crew.

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

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

|desc=World War II:Battle of Kwajalein: The Tenyo Maru class naval trawler/auxiliary storeship was strafed by USN aircraft near Eller Island, Kwajalein Atoll and subsequently is beached on Eller Island between 28 January and 1 February. On 5 February fires machine guns at troops of the 17th US Infantry Regt. on the island. The next day she is machine gunned by {{USS|LCI-438||6}} ({{navy|United States|1912}}), 9 crew killed on board, rest of crew killed by US troops on the island.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Taiyofish_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Storeships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=12 March 2023}}

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|ship={{GS|U-305||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was long thought to have been depth charged and sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean at {{coord|49|39|N|20|10|W}} by the frigate {{HMS|Glenarm|K258|6}} and destroyer {{HMS|Wanderer|D74|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 51 crew.naval-history.net HMS Wanderer However, recent research suggests that {{GS|U-377||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) was the victim of this attack, and U-305 is now considered to have been lost on an unknown date to unknown causes, perhaps due to a malfunction of one of her own torpedoes.

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|ship={{GS|U-377||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIC submarine was lost in the North Atlantic Ocean with all hands. Her cause and date of loss were long considered unknown, with it hypothesized that she may have been a victim of a malfunction of one of her own torpedoes. Recent research suggests, however, that she most likely was depth charged and sunk at {{coord|49|39|N|20|10|W}} by the frigate {{HMS|Glenarm|K258|6}} and destroyer {{HMS|Wanderer|D74|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) on 17 January.{{cite web |url= https://uboat.net/boats/u305.htm |title=U-305 |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=1 December 2014}}

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|ship=Unknown ships

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

|desc=World War II: Battle of Kwajalein: Two tugboats or picket boats were strafed by United States Navy aircraft near Eller Island, Kwajalein Atoll and were subsequently beached on Eller Island between 28 January and 1 February. On 2 February one of them was shelled by {{USS|YMS-90}} and {{USS|YMS-383}} (both {{navy|United States|1912}}). On 5 February the beached ships fired machine guns at troops of the United States 17th Infantry Regiment on the island. The crews were killed by US troops on the island.{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Taiyofish_t.htm |title=Japanese Auxiliary Storeships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=12 March 2023}}

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