List of shipwrecks in September 1945

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

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September 1945
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
References

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Thekla	Germany	The cargo ship exploded at Florø, Norway, during loading of ammunition. Nineteen people were killed; seven Germans, ten Norwegians imprisoned on charges of treason, one British soldier and one Norwegian guard.[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Unknown tug	Imperial Japanese Army	The tugboat struck a mine and sank off Pusan, South Korea. 22 killed.[2]

5 September

For the loss of the Dutch passenger ship Christiaan Huygens on this date, see List of shipwrecks in August 1945 § 26 August.

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Empress of Russia	Canada	The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
L'Audacieuse	French Navy	First Indochina War; Battle of Hong Hai: The auxiliary patrol boat/naval junk was scuttled to prevent capture. Eight crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[3]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Unknown	Unknown	The tug was wrecked at Rabaul, New Guinea. Salvaged by HMAS Reserve ( Royal Australian Navy) on 23 September and towed to Madang on 26 September. Sold in 1946.[4]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
USS PC-815	United States Navy	The PC-461-class submarine chaser sank in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, at 32°37′54″N 117°14′12″W with the loss of one crew member after colliding with the destroyer USS Laffey ( United States Navy).

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Marianne Toft	Denmark	The cargo ship collided with Cornelius Ford ( United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Isle of Man with the loss of ten of her twenty crew.[5]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Empire Simba	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (55°30′N 11°00′W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[6]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
T-175	Imperial Japanese Navy	The No. 103-class landing ship was heavily damaged in a typhoon off Urasaki and beached. Scrapped in 1948.[7]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
USS AFD-13	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The mobile floating drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[8]
HMS BYMS-275	Royal Navy	Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-383	Royal Navy	Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-384	Royal Navy	Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-424	Royal Navy	Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
HMS BYMS-454	Royal Navy	Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[9]
Richard V. Oulahan	United States	Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[10]
USS SC-632	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon off Okinawa. The sunken hulk was destroyed on 9 March 1948.[11]
USS YMS-98	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[12]
USS YMS-341	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweeper foundered off Okinawa.[12]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
John A. Rawlins	United States	The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[13]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
CHa-160	Imperial Japanese Navy	World War II: The CHa-1-class submarine chaser sank off Yoshimi during a typhoon.
Cha-228	Imperial Japanese Navy	The CHa-1-class submarine chaser foundered at Sasebo in a storm.
USS YMS-478	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[14]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
CDa-1 and CDa-2	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete CDa-1-class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.
Mandal	Norway	The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[15]
Minerve	France	The Minerve-class submarine was being towed to France from England, but broke free in heavy weather and was wrecked on Portland Bill.[16]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
USS LST-553	United States Navy	The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[9]
USS LST-768	United States Navy	The landing ship tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[9]
Prince George	Canada	The passenger steamer (3,372 GRT, 1910) caught fire after running aground in fog off Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. After her 103 crewmen and 10 passengers abandoned ship, the fire began to threaten facilities in the harbor at Ketchikan, so the tug General Kennedy ( Canada) towed her to Pennock Island in Tongass Narrows, where the fire burned itself out. One fireman was killed. The wreck eventually was refloated and scrapped.[17]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Nordhavet	Denmark	The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Dominion of Newfoundland (46°47′N 54°08′W).[18]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Edinburgh Castle	United Kingdom	The passenger ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Freetown, Sierra Leone by HMT Cape Warwick, HMS Launceston Castle and HMS Portchester Castle (all  Royal Navy).[19]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945

Ship	State	Description
Empire Patrol	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) off Port Said, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew and the 496 refugees she was carrying. She was taken in tow but capsized and sank two days later when still 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Port Said.[20]
USS Roche	United States Navy	The Cannon-class destroyer escort struck a mine and was damaged in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of three of her 216 crew. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and sunk off Yokosuka, Japan on 11 March 1946.

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