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The list of shipwrecks in 1999 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1999.
6 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beth Dee Bob |  United States |
The 84-foot (25.6 m) clam dredger sank in heavy seas in the North Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) off Manasquan, New Jersey, in 120 feet (37 m) of water. Three of her four-member crew were lost at sea; the fourth was lifted from the water by a United States Coast Guard helicopter but died in the hospital.[1] |
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear | United States |
Overloaded with clams, the 112-foot (34.1 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger sank off New Bedford, Massachusetts, with the loss of two lives. The fishing vessel Misty Dawn ( United States) rescued her three survivors. Cape Fear was refloated during the summer of 1999 and was scuttled as an artificial reef in 2000.[2] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nowitna | United States |
The 125-foot (38.1 m) opilio crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) west of Cold Bay, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of six.[3] |
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delilah | United States |
The retired 86-foot (26.2 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware in 75 feet (22.9 m) of water at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W.[4] |
18 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adriatic | United States |
The 74-foot (22.6 m) clam dredger sank in bad weather in 65 feet (20 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) due east of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, with the loss of her entire crew of four.[5] |
21 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory Lind | United States |
The 26-foot (7.9 m) sea cucumber and sea urchin dive boat was destroyed by fire while at a pier in Ketchikan, Alaska. All three people on board survived.[6] |
30 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantos | United States |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) cod-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in Blying Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska south of Pilot Rock (59°44′30″N 149°28′00″W). The fishing vessels Dolphin and Iceberg ( United States) rescued her crew of three.[7] |
| Kavkaz | United States |
The 36-foot (11.0 m) longline cod-fishing vessel iced up and capsized 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Point Pogibshi (59°25′30″N 151°53′00″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska, trapping her crew of two brothers underneath her overturned hull until 31 January, when the crew of the cutter USCGC Roanoke Island ( United States Coast Guard) cut through the hull with a chainsaw and extracted them. One of the Kavkaz′s crewmen died of hypothermia, but the other survived.[8] |
3 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Aurora | United States |
The 30-foot (9.1 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized due to icing 150 yards (140 meters) off Caines Head Beach (59°59′N 149°23′W) in the Caines Head State Recreation Area on the south-central coast of Alaska and washed ashore on the western coast of Fox Island (59.9272°N 149.3289°W) approximately 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Seward with the loss of one life. There was one survivor.[3] |
4 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Carissa |  Panama |
 The cargo ship ran aground and broke apart in Coos Bay, Oregon. The stern section remained on the beach until scrapped in 2008. |
10 February
18 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Quail |  United States |
With her helmsman asleep at the wheel, the 74-foot (22.6 m) fishing vessel struck Ikognak Rock (57°56′N 152°50′W) in Whale Passage near Kodiak, Alaska, and sank. Her crew of four was rescued from a life raft by the fishing vessel Midnight Sun ( United States).[10] |
22 February
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alska | United States |
The 63-foot (19.2 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized and sank without loss of life in Hallo Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska west of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel T-Mike ( United States) rescued one of her four crew members; a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the other three.[7] |
| St. George | United States |
The retired 97-foot (29.6 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[12] |
18 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lin J | United States |
The 96-foot (29.3 m) crab-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in the Bering Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Saint Paul Island with the loss of her entire five-man crew.[13] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wall Brook |  United Kingdom |
The dredger was scuttled.[14] |
20 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Algorail |  Canada |
The bulk carrier ran aground in the Fox River at Green Bay, Wisconsin. The ship was later freed, but the tugboats used to free the ship caused damage to docks at Green Bay.[15] |
8 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Controller Bay | United States |
After her captain fell asleep at her wheel with the self-steering gear on, the 78-foot (23.8 m) fishing vessel ran onto rocks near Cave Point (54°47′10″N 164°37′00″W) on Cape Mordvinof (54.9294444°N 164.4397222°W) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. She broke up in high winds and heavy surf. Wearing survival suits, her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Shaman ( United States).[16] |
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BRP Sierra Madre |  Philippine Navy |
The Cotobato-class LST was deliberately run aground on the Ayungin Shoal in a territorial dispute with China. |
13 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unga | United States |
The 37.5-foot (11.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska. The only person on board at the time survived.[17] |
17 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Windward | United States |
The 41-foot (12.5 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Nichols Bay 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Wearing survival suits, both of her crew members abandoned ship in a life raft, from which a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[18] |
20 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Vista |  Bahamas |
The cruise ship suffered an engine room fire while in the Strait of Malacca. All 1,090 passengers and crew were rescued before the ship sank on 21 May. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caprice | United States |
The 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel ran aground in early May near False Pass, Alaska, after her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel. She was refloated and returned to service.[16] |
6 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caprice | United States |
During a voyage from Seward to Kodiak, Alaska, the 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast of Nuka Island on the south-central coast of Alaska after her engine room flooded. All four members of her crew put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, and the fishing vessel Kaia ( United States) rescued them.[16] |
15 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified motor torpedo boat |  Korean People's Navy |
First Battle of Yeonpyeong: The motor torpedo boat was sunk by South Korean ships.[19] |
16 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reward | United States |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board abandoned ship in a survival suit and was rescued by the fishing vessel Tammy Sue ( United States).[20] |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordic Dancer | United States |
The charter vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak Island near the tip of Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska.[3] |
25 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doris |  French Navy |
The decommissioned Daphné-class submarine accidentally sank with no one aboard in 939 metres (3,081 ft) of water in the Mediterranean Sea off France's Levant Island at 43.1028333°N 006.5726667°E while being submerged to a shallow depth for use as a target in a test firing of the MU90 Impact anti-submarine torpedo.[21][22][23] |
30 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Su-Ce-K | United States |
The 44-foot (13.4 m) salmon troller was destroyed by an electrical fire that began in her engine room and sank in 300 feet (91 meters) of water off Sitka, Alaska. Her crew of two survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel Destiny ( United States).[10] |
7 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| David T | United States |
While no one was aboard, the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon-fishing vessel was destroyed in Refuge Cove (55°24′N 131°45′W) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her galley stove.[24] |
| Irene | United States |
The 37-foot (11.3 m) charter fishing vessel sank near the entrance to Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Flat Island (56.3136111°N 133.3280556°W). United States Coast Guard helicopters rescued all eight people on board.[25] |
13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Equalizer | United States |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska by an engine explosion and ensuing fire. The fishing vessel Butterfly ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[26] |
| Wanderer | United States |
The 75-foot (22.9 m) salmon fishing vessel ran aground and sank in 480 feet (150 m) of water in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska after her captain fell asleep at the helm. All three people on board were rescued by the fishing vessel Riptide ( United States).[18] |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS William C. Lawe | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle-Tech | United States |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel was wrecked on the Gilanta Rocks (54°51′00″N 130°56′30″W) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a small boat and was rescued by the cutter USCGC Liberty ( United States Coast Guard).[27] |
| Imperial Eagle |  Malta |
The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Qawra, Malta, as an artificial reef.[28] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Tiger |  Republic of China |
After her seizure (when named Yun Fong Seong No. 303) in Honolulu Harbor on 17 February 1992 for human trafficking of 93 Chinese illegal immigrants, the 168-foot (51.2 m) refrigerated cargo ship or commercial fishing vessel (according to different sources) was scuttled in Māmala Bay off Honolulu, Hawaii, west of Waikiki in 110 to 120 feet (34 to 37 m) of water to serve as an artificial reef.[29][30][31][32] |
14 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crest | United States |
The 48-foot (14.6 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank in 360 feet (110 m) of water off Chasina Point (55°16′50″N 132°01′30″W) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[16] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ever Decent | Panama |
The container ship collided with the cruise ship Norwegian Dream ( Bahamas) in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and caught fire. She was beached and all 40 crew were rescued by helicopter.[33][34] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hang On | United States |
The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska. An Alaska Department of Fish and Game vessel rescued the only person on board.[35] |
2 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tadoussac | Canada |
The lake freighter collided with a bridge in the Welland Canal. Neither the ship nor the bridge received significant damage.[36] |
4 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chubby | United States |
The 29-foot (8.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Haines, Alaska.[16] |
13 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USCGC Red Oak | United States Coast Guard |
The decommissioned coastal buoy tender was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°53.125′N 074°40.816′W.[37] |
19 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria C | United States |
After a fire broke out in her engine room while she was moored alongside other vessels at Old Harbor, Alaska, the 39-gross ton, 56-foot (17.1 m) salmon-fishing vessel′s was towed away from the other vessels and beached. Attempts to bring the fire under control failed, and she burned to the waterline, becoming a total loss.[7] |
23 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Traveler | United States |
While no one was on board, the 29-foot (8.8 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank at Round Island (58°36′N 159°58′W) in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska.[3] |
1 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Harvey | Jersey |
The fishing vessel struck rocks in stormy seas 200 yards (180 m) off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. All six crew members were rescued, but one was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Bayonet |  Royal Australian Navy |
The decommissioned Attack-class patrol boat was scuttled in Bass Strait off Cape Schank, Victoria, Australia.[38] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM Bimas Raya II |  Indonesia |
The ship sank west of New Guinea with the loss of about 275 lives. Twenty-six survivors were reported.[39] |
21 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| God’s Will | United States |
During a voyage from False Pass to King Cove, Alaska, the 85-foot (25.9 m) fishing trawler sank 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of Cold Bay, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard from a life raft in Cold Bay.[6] |
| Marva Anne | United States |
The 58-foot (17.7 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west of Security Bay (56°53′N 134°21′W). Her crew of two put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, from which the fishing vessel Celtic Air ( United States) rescued them.[11] |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Polar Star | United States |
With no one on board, the derelict 50-foot (15.2 m) longline fishing vessel sank in Thompson Harbor at Sitka, Alaska.[40] |
| T-Mike | United States |
The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Blying Sound on the coast of Alaska 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northeast of McArthur Pass by a fire attributed to a leaking fuel line. Both crew members escaped in a life raft, and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[41] |
31 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Orcas | United States |
With no one aboard, the derelict 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Thompson Harbor at Sitka, Alaska.[42] |
2 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mighty Servant 2 |  Netherlands |
The semi-submersible heavy lift ship struck an uncharted rock and capsized off Singkep, Indonesia with the loss of five of her twenty crew. She was raised in 2000 and subsequently scrapped at Alang, India. |
3 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mistress | United States |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in bad weather in the vicinity of Cape Fanshaw (57°11′N 133°33′W) near Petersburg, Alaska. All three people on board – a man and his son and daughter – perished.[11] |
5 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bird |  United States |
Authorities deemed the 52-foot (15.8 m) sailboat to have been lost on this date along with the only person on board in Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.[27] |
7 November
12 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xlendi | Malta |
The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.[44] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| #335 | United States |
The retired 80-foot (24.4 m) steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[12] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dashun |  China |
According to a Chinese Transport Ministry official document, the ferry departed from Yantai Port for Dalian Port, but capsized off Jianggezhuang Township, Muping District, Yantai, Shandong Province, China, with 302 passengers and crew on board. 22 people were rescued and the remaining 280 people were drowned.[45] |
26 November
3 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waldorf | United States |
The retired 110-foot (33.5 m) crane barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Holgate, New Jersey, at 39°28.780′N 074°11.084′W.[46] |
9 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anyo Maru #1 |  Japan |
The 190-foot (57.9 m) fishing trawler sank with the loss of 12 lives in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) south of Cape Navarin (62.2778°N 179.0961°E) on the coast of Siberia and 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi) west of Saint Matthew Island. There were 24 survivors.[7] |
12 December
23 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asia South Korea |  Philippines |
The ferry sank off Cebu. Of the 600 people on board,[47] 44 were killed. |
29 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volganev 248 |  Russia |
The tanker ran aground in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul, Turkey and broke in two. The bow section sank.[48] |
31 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tombstone | United States |
The 35-foot (10.7 m) pleasure craft ran aground on the northwest side of Shelter Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and sank. A United States Coast Guard rescue boat rescued both people on board.[41] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lauren Rose | United States |
The 33-foot (10.1 m) gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the Copper River Flats on the south-central coast of Alaska on either 28 April or 28 May. The only person aboard survived.[13] |
| Mr. J | United States |
The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.[49] |
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