The list of shipwrecks in 1965 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1965.
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January
1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catala |  Canada |  |
3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Ann |  United States | The 13-gross register ton, 39.6-foot (12.1 m) fishing vessel was crushed by ice and sank near Ketchikan, Alaska.[1] |
6 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.3-foot (8.6 m) motor cargo vessel sank in the small boat harbor at Juneau, Alaska.[2] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Maid |  Panama | The cargo ship lost her propeller and suffered engine damage north east of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. She was towed in to Willemstad, where she was declared a constructive total loss. Consequently scrapped.[3] |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grand |  China (Taiwan) | The Liberty ship broke in two and foundered in the Pacific Ocean (34°15′N 145°19′E / 34.250°N 145.317°E).[4] |
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boksetegorsk |  Soviet Union | The fishing trawler sank during a gale in the Bering Sea between Saint Matthew Island and the Pribilof Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 14.[5] |
18 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Port Manech |  France | The coastal tanker, loaded with gasoline, collided with the American C2 cargo ship Lucile Bloomfield off Le Havre and immediately caught fire, the burning wreck drifted and came ashore near Octeville where it was later scuttled. Seven occupants of the small tanker lost their lives while the Lucile Bloomfield crew escaped unharmed.[6] |
20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nahichevan | Soviet Union | The 125-foot (38.1 m) side trawler was lost in the Bering Sea between the Pribilof Islands and Saint Matthew Island approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island during a severe storm. Fourteen crew members apparently died aboard each of the three Soviet trawlers lost during the day; two trawlers sank, and the third was found capsized with one crew member – the sole survivor from the three trawlers – clinging to it.[7][8] |
| Sebezh | Soviet Union | The 125-foot (38.1 m) side trawler was lost in the Bering Sea between the Pribilof Islands and Saint Matthew Island approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island during a severe storm. Fourteen crew members apparently died aboard each of the three Soviet trawlers lost during the day; two trawlers sank, and the third was found capsized with one crew member – the sole survivor from the three trawlers – clinging to it.[9][8] |
| Sevsk | Soviet Union | The 125-foot (38.1 m) side trawler was lost in the Bering Sea between the Pribilof Islands and Saint Matthew Island approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island during a severe storm. Fourteen crew members apparently died aboard each of the three Soviet trawlers lost during the day; two trawlers sank, and the third was found capsized with one crew member – the sole survivor from the three trawlers – clinging to it.[9][8] |
22 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hindsia |  United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground in the Oslo Fjord, Norway.[10] Refloated 1 February.[11] |
| San Nicola |  Greece | The Liberty ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean (30°13′N 168°52′W / 30.217°N 168.867°W).[12] |
24 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| San Nicola |  Liberia | The cargo ship sank in the Pacific 750 nautical miles (1,390 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. All 30 crew rescued by Maria and taken to Japan.[13] |
25 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground off Cherbourg, France but was refloated undamaged shortly afterwards.[14] |
29 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Congo Moko |  Belgium | Collided with Kongsvang ( Norway) in the River Scheldt near Vlissingen. Repaired and returned to service.[15] |
| Fleurita | United Kingdom | The dredger foundered in the Thames Estuary.[16] |
31 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rascisce |  Yugoslavia | The cargo ship sank in the Ionian Sea, all 30 crew rescued.[17] |
February
4 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Irini Stefanou | Liberia | The Liberty ship struck a reef and was beached (28°18′N 114°34′W / 28.300°N 114.567°W). She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[18] |
11 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Collinstar |  South Africa | The tug capsized and sank in Chamais Bay with the loss of all six crew.[19] |
13 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spyros Amrenakis |  Greece | The 2,065-ton collier wrecked on Nolleplaat sandbank, off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Terneuzen, Zeeland.[20] |
16 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C-143 |  Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The blockade runner was scuttled with demolition charges that blew the ship in two in Vu Rung Bay, South Vietnam, while she was under attack by a Douglas A-1 Skyraider aircraft.[21] |
17 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Normanner | Norway | Became stranded and sank on a voyage from Kopervik and Kristiansund.[15] |
19 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sophocles |  Netherlands | The cargo ship's cargo of fertilizer caught fire. The ship later capsized and sank in the Atlantic, with three of her 44 crew reported missing. Ulysees ( Netherlands) rescued the other 41 crew.[22] |
26 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ever Prosperity | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground at New Caledonia, a total loss.[23] |
28 February
March
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bermuda Trader |  Hong Kong | The heavy lift ship ran aground near Sakata, Japan (38°57′N 130°40′E / 38.950°N 130.667°E). She broke in two on 14 March and was declared a constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped.[24] |
| Nicolaos P | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground off Necochea, Argentina. Declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently scrapped.[25] |
10 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Traveler |  United States | The 9-gross register ton, 39.8-foot (12.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Klawock, Alaska.[26] |
11 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Master Elias | Liberia | Stranded on Burias Island, Philippines. Refloated 15 March and towed to Manila, where sold for scrapping.[15] |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delwind | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Bombay Reef, 380 nautical miles (700 km) south of Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Thailand. She was refloated on 7 April with the assistance of a salvage tug, but grounded again. She was declared a constructive total loss.[27] |
| Roland L | Belgium | Collided at Antwerp with Santos ( Sweden) and sank. Raised on 26 March, repaired and returned to service in July 1965.[28] |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Demon | United Kingdom | The tug collided with the tanker Norse Lion ( Norway) and was severely damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[29] |
27 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nora | Norway | The tanker collided with Otto N. Miller ( Liberia) in the English Channel. Both ships caught fire and there was a large spill of oil.[30] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Katharina Kolkmann |  West Germany | The cargo ship collided with Gannet ( United Kingdom): and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Folkestone, Kent with the loss of one of the fifteen crew.[31] |
April
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nan An | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground off Hong Kong (22°24′N 114°24′E / 22.400°N 114.400°E) and broke up. All 41 crew were rescued. The wreck was looted and set afire. She was on a voyage from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Hong Kong.[32][33] |
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cagliari |  Italy | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Thames and Gravesend, Kent in fog.[34] |
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transatlantic | West Germany | The cargo ship collided with Hermes ( Netherlands) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada. One of her fourteen crew was killed and two were reported missing.[35] |
13 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bremerhaven | West Germany | The passenger ship capsized and sank at Bremerhaven.[36] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Orient Merchant | Greece | The cargo liner ran aground in Lake Erie near Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. She was refloated on 8 May. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was sold and returned to service.[37] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T-161 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by Douglas AD-6 and United States Air Force Republic F-105 Thunderchief aircraft at Song Gianh, South Vietnam.[38] |
| T-163 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by Douglas AD-6 and United States Air Force Republic F-105 Thunderchief aircraft at Song Gianh, South Vietnam.[38] |
| T-173 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by Douglas AD-6 and United States Air Force Republic F-105 Thunderchief aircraft at Song Gianh, South Vietnam.[38] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parks No. 5 | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 29.5-foot (9.0 m) motor vessel sank at Port Lions, Alaska.[39] |
30 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| King Abdelaziz |  Saudi Arabia | The passenger ship ran aground on the Algaham Reef, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Jeddah. All on board were rescued.[40] Refloated on 3 May.[15] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Becky Thatcher | United States | The riverboat, operating as an entertainment venue, sank on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, during the spring flood. Her steel hull was refloated and put into service as a landing barge for a new stationary showboat, also named Becky Thatcher ( United States).[41][42] |
May
2 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rea | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 31.5-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel collided with an unidentified object and was lost in Sukoi Bay north of Cape Douglas (58°52′N 153°16′W / 58.867°N 153.267°W) in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[43] |
5 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mecca |  United Arab Republic | The passenger ship collided with Fremantle Star ( United Kingdom) in the Gulf of Suez and was damaged. Mecca was consequently withdrawn from service and laid up.[44] |
7 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kitak | Norway | The sealer foundered in the Norwegian Sea. She was on a voyage from the West Ice to Ålesund. |
| Cedarville | United States | During a voyage from Rogers City, Michigan, to Gary, Indiana, with a cargo of 14,411 long tons (14,642 t; 16,140 short tons) of limestone, the 588.3-foot (179.3 m), 8,575-gross register ton bulk carrier sank after colliding with the motor vessel Topdalsfjord ( Norway) in the Straits of Mackinac 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of the Mackinac Bridge, killing 10 of her 35 crew members. |
8 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northland | United States | The motor vessel sank off Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[7] |
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pal | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank near Saint Joseph Island (55°36′N 133°43′W / 55.600°N 133.717°W) in Southeast Alaska.[39] |
| Tassia | Greece | The Liberty ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada (36°36′N 51°24′W / 36.600°N 51.400°W).[45][46] |
18 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar | United States | The 32-gross register ton, 43.5-foot (13.3 m) fishing vessel was lost off Kodiak, Alaska.[47] |
23 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heimvard | Norway | The tanker exploded and caught fire at Mururan, Japan. Three of her crew were killed, 22 were injured, five others reported missing.[48] |
26 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T-136 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by aircraft at Lach Troung, South Vietnam. Seven crewmen were killed.[38] |
28 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| La Salle | flag unknown | The ship struck the Grunes de L’Ouest rocks (49.29209N 02.39333W) between Guernsey and Jersey Channel Islands. 40 people were rescued by the Guernsey lifeboat.[49] |
29 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| San Carlos | Dominica | The tanker was driven ashore and wrecked at Rio Haina.[50] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mount McKinley | United States | The 39-gross register ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) barge sank off Seldovia, Alaska.[51] |
| Yousuf Baksh |  Pakistan | The steam cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel, becoming a total loss.[52] |
June
4 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pendennis Castle | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground in Southampton Water. Refloated undamaged after 4½ hours.[53] |
6 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luisa | Italy | The tanker exploded and caught fire at Bandar Mashar, Iran, killing 30 of her 41 crew, and two others onshore. The ship capsized and sank in shallow water.[54] |
| Normanby Hall | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground off Tara, County Down. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in tow for Belfast in a severely leaky condition but consequently foundered in the Belfast Lough on 8 June.[55] |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bluebell | United States | The 14-gross register ton, 35.4-foot (10.8 m) fishing vessel sank at Whale Pass, Alaska.[5] |
27 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Polly | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Anchor Point, Alaska.[39] |
July
1 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thrasyvoulos | Greece | The Liberty ship sank in the Arabian Sea off Abd al Kuri, South Yemen. Crew abandoned ship and landed on the island, from where their distress calls were answered by RAF Shackleton aircraft and HMS Zulu ( Royal Navy).[56] |
13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Tiptoe | Royal Navy | The T-class submarine collided with HMS Yarmouth ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset. |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zoe | Greece | The Liberty ship struck a submerged object off the coast of Brazil (33°03′S 72°27′W / 33.050°S 72.450°W) and sprang a leak. She was declared a constructive total loss.[12] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jag Sevak |  India | The cargo ship ran aground at Visakhaptnam and was severely damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss. She subsequently broke in two. The wreck was towed out to sea and scuttled.[57] |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Queen | United States | The 40-gross register ton, 61.4-foot (18.7 m) tug was destroyed off Rocky Point in Bechevin Bay (52°03′N 175°06′W / 52.050°N 175.100°W) on the coast of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands by a fire that broke out in her engine room. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[58] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avra | Greece | The Liberty ship was abandoned 140 nautical miles (260 km) north of Cochin, India. She sank the next day.[59] |
| USS Frank Knox |  United States Navy |  |
| Pen 38 | United States | A storm destroyed the 8-gross register ton 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel at Port Moller (59°59′30″N 160°34′30″W / 59.99167°N 160.57500°W), Alaska.[39] |
20 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Napier Star | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Bahia Potrero, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from the Gallegos River to London. She was refloated on 18 August but was declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in February 1966.[60] |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mariviki | Liberia | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached near Mormugao, India (15°11′N 73°55′E / 15.183°N 73.917°E). She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Constanţa, Romania. She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[61] |
27 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Taku Inlet in Southeast Alaska.[2] |
31 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 32.3-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel suffered an explosion, burned, and sank at Sitka, Alaska.[62] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Warrior | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) motor vessel was destroyed by a storm at St. Michael, Alaska.[63] |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samson II | United States | The motor vessel was destroyed by fire 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north of Sitka, Alaska.[9] |
| Sea Maid | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Arctic Maid Fisheries warehouse at Naknek, Alaska.[9] |
2 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leucoton |  Chilean Navy | The lighthouse tender, a converted naval tugboat, was wrecked during a storm in the Bahia San Pedro, 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Corral, Chile, when her anchor chain broke.[64] |
| Meiko Maru |  Japan | The tanker collided with Arizona ( United States) 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Tokyo and sank with the loss of 18 crew.[65] |
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ROCS Jian Men |  Republic of China Navy | Chinese Civil War: Battle of Dongshan: The Chien Men-class patrol ship was damaged by Red Chinese patrol ships and then was torpedoed and sunk south of Quemoy by No. 119 ( People's Liberation Army Navy).[66] |
| ROCS Zhang Jiang | Republic of China Navy | Chinese Civil War: Battle of Dongshan: The Qing Jiong-class submarine chaser was shelled and sunk south of Quemoy by No. 611 ( People's Liberation Army Navy).[67] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[5] |
| Cathy Joy | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[47] |
| Edith | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[62] |
| Janie | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[68] |
| Janequeo | Chilean Navy | The tug sank during a storm in the Bay of Manquemapu, 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Corral, Chile, with the loss of 51 men while trying to assist Leucotón, which had run aground. |
| Laurie | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[1] |
| Peggy | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[39] |
| Suzie | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[9] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iola | United States | A storm destroyed the 13-gross register ton, 34.1-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel at Carroll Inlet (55°17′N 131°30′W / 55.283°N 131.500°W) in Southeast Alaska.[69] |
22 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S B P Co. No. 12 | United States | The 38-gross register ton, 49-foot (14.9 m) barge was destroyed by fire at Kenai, Alaska.[9] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kathe Niederkirchner |  East Germany | The cargo ship ran aground on Muckle Skerry, in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. All fifty on board survived.[70] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[51] |
| Sauveur | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[9] |
| Two Johns | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[26] |
| Vagabond |  United States | The 8-gross register ton 28.4-foot (8.7 m) wooden fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[71] |
28 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isla N | United States | The 11-gross register ton 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Monashka Bay (57°50′N 152°25′W / 57.833°N 152.417°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[69] |
30 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arsinoe | France | Stranded on the Scarborough Reef (15°10′N 117°40′E / 15.167°N 117.667°E). Broke in two on 2 September and sank.[72] |
31 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T-181 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by aircraft at Ben Thuy, South Vietnam.[38] |
September
2 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maxine | United States | The motor vessel was destroyed by fire on the Copper River Flats southeast of Cordova, Alaska.[51] |
7 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amaryllis | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground at Riviera Beach, Florida, overnight on 7–8 September during Hurricane Betsy. Later refloated and scuttled in August 1968 to form an artificial reef. |
9 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aeakos | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea north west of Borneo (5°07′N 112°33′E / 5.117°N 112.550°E) and was abandoned. She was seized by pirates on 5 December and salvage efforts were abandoned.[73][74] |
| USS AFDM-2 | United States Navy | Hurricane Betsy: The auxiliary floating drydock broke loose from her moorings at Todd Shipyards and blew upstream three miles (4.8 km). The vessel then capsized and sank in the Mississippi River 300 feet (91 m) off the Mandeville and Press Street wharves. The drydock was raised on 25 August 1966.[75] |
| Bowqueen | United Kingdom | The dredger capsized and sank off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of four of her seven crew.[76] |
| Elizabeth Lykes | United States | Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Louise Lykes-class cargo ship was in the auxiliary floating drydock USS AFDM-2 ( United States Navy) when the drydock broke loose from her mooring at Todd Shipyards and was pushed upstream. Elizabeth Lykes eventually drifted out of the drydock and went ashore 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of the shipyard, off the Dumaine Street Wharf.[77] |
| Genevieve Lykes | United States | Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Louise Lykes-class cargo ship was blown upriver from her moorings at Avondale Shipyards and sank in the Mississippi River at about Mile 115.4 above the Head of Passes, approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of New Orleans International Airport.[78][79] |
| USS Keller | United States Navy | Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Keller-class hydrographic survey ship was struck by a cargo ship and crane barge, broke loose from her moorings at New Orleans, and struck by other vessels as she blew upstream 900 yards (820 m). The vessel capsized and sank in shallow water, partially above water in the Mississippi River. Salvage began on 27 September and the ship was raised on 10 November 1965.[80][81] |
| Letitia Lykes | United States | Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Louise Lykes-class cargo ship was blown upriver from her moorings at Avondale Shipyards and sank in the Mississippi River at about Mile 115.4 above the Head of Passes, approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of New Orleans International Airport with Genevieve Lykes on top of her.[78][82] |
| Maverick | United States | Hurricane Betsy: The state-of-the art jackup drilling rig owned by the Zapata Corp. was destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.[83] |
| MTC-602 | United States | The barge sank in the Mississippi River during Hurricane Betsy. It was raised on 12 November 1965.[84] |
| Platform A and Platform B | United States | Hurricane Betsy: The Gulf Oil Company's two oil drilling platforms were destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.[85] |
10 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Everbloom | Liberia | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Wakanoura, Japan in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Kure to Wakayama, Japan. She was refloated but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[86] |
| Winner | Liberia | The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Wakayama in a typhoon. She was declared a constructive total loss.[87] |
14 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fort William |  Canada | The package carrier exploded and sank at Montreal, Quebec after an unbalanced load caused the ship to capsize, letting aerosolized calcium chloride powder to become exposed to water. The ship was raised and returned to service in May 1966.[88] |
| Yewgarth | United Kingdom | The tug was crushed against the quayside at Cardiff, Glamorgan by Aldersgate ( United Kingdom). Yewgarth was beached in a sinking condition and was declared a constructive total loss. She was refloated on 20 September and subsequently scrapped.[89] |
20 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eretto | Italy | The Liberty ship ran aground in the Sakhalin Islands, Soviet Union and broke in two, a total loss.[90] |
22 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tactician | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire off Canvey Island, Essex whilst laden with explosives. Ship flooded during firefighting operations.[91] |
26 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albin Köbis |  Volksmarine | The decommissioned training ship was sunk as a target off "Rosenort".[92] |
| Nadezhda Krupskaya | Soviet Union | The cruise ship ran aground off Stockholm, Sweden. All 94 passengers returned to Stockholm by a Swedish ship.[93] |
28 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Joseph Rawlinson | United Kingdom | Sank after a collision with a hopper barge. Ten crew were rescued by the tug Danube VIII, but nine others died.[94] Raised in 1966.[52] |
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transcaribbean | United States | The Victory ship was driven ashore at Bermuda in a storm.[95] |
October
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairweather | United States | The 73-gross register ton, 70-foot (21.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at the head of "American Bay" – probably American Bay on Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, but possibly American Bay on the Alaska Peninsula – in Alaska.[96] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dina |  Denmark | The coaster ran aground off the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland. Refloated the next day.[97] |
8 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cities Service Baltimore | United States | The tanker ran aground in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.[98] |
| SAS Fleur |  South African Navy | The decommissioned boom defence vessel was sunk as a naval gunnery target in False Bay off Simon's Town, South Africa.[99] |
| Normanby Hall | United Kingdom | The coaster sank in Belfast Lough. All crew rescued.[100] |
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G P C 21 | United States | The 15-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at Ouzinkie, Alaska.[101] |
11 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nerée | France | The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cherbourg, the loss of six of her 25 crew.[102] |
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akti | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was towed in to the Europoort, South Holland, Netherlands and was beached. Akti was on a voyage from Assab, Ethiopia to Copenhagen, Denmark. The fire was extinguished the next day but she later capsized. She was righted on 6 October 1966 but declared a constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped.[103] |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ekaterini G | Greece | The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Great Sitkin Island, Alaska, United States. She was abandoned as a constructive total loss.[104] |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marlin | Liberia | The cargo ship foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) east of Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States (34°38′N 75°32′W / 34.633°N 75.533°W), after her cargo shifted. She was on a voyage from Tampa, Florida, United States to Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada.[105] |
22 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessel | United States | The 16-gross register ton, 36.7-foot (11.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Gould Island (55°17′N 132°36′W / 55.283°N 132.600°W) off Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[68] |
| Tradeways II | Liberia | The Liberty ship broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean (49°58′N 25°40′W / 49.967°N 25.667°W). The bow section sank that day, the stern section sank the next day.[12] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ekaterini G | Greece | Under tow by the tug Tawakoni (flag unknown) after losing her propeller in the North Pacific Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) south of Adak, Alaska, the converted Liberty ship was wrecked on Great Sitkin Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of one crew member after her towline parted during a storm and she drifted ashore. United States Navy helicopters rescued the rest of her crew.[62] |
27 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panagathos | Liberia | The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was declared a constructive total loss in 1970.[106] |
29 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Success | United States | The 57-gross register ton, 62.1-foot (18.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Japanese Bay (56°56′N 153°41′W / 56.933°N 153.683°W) on the coast of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Brisk ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[9] |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Christiakis | Greece | The coaster collided with Mairoula ( Greece) off Nara Burnu, Turkey and was beached. Christiakis was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 15 November. Declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently beached at Ambeliki.[107] |
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Artemon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Piraeus, Greece. She was on a voyage from Cebu, Philippines to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was beached in Ambeliki Bay on 6 November. The fire was extinguished on 8 November but she was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[108] |
2 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panagathos | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground north of Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands and was wrecked. All 33 crew rescued.[109] |
3 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fosming | China (Taiwan) | The Liberty ship ran aground on Castle Island, Bahamas. She was later refloated and towed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States where she was declared at constructive total loss.[110] |
7 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Foss | United States | The 179-gross register ton, 88-foot (26.8 m) tug sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her entire crew of 10 survived.[47] |
8 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca Venture | Liberia | The cargo ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Mukho, South Korea (38°09′N 128°36′E / 38.150°N 128.600°E). She broke in two three days later, a total loss.[111] |
13 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ROCS Lin Huai | Republic of China Navy | Chinese Civil War: Battle of Chongwu: The Zhen Nan-class minesweeper was damaged by shelling by People's Liberation Army Navy patrol ships and then was torpedoed by the motor torpedo boat No. 145 ( People's Liberation Army Navy). She was then beached on Magong Island to prevent her from sinking.[112] |
| Reina | United States | The 94-gross register ton motor vessel sank at "Segum Island," probably Seguam Island in the Andreanof Islands group in the Aleutian Islands.[43] |
| Yarmouth Castle | Panama | The passenger liner burned and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Miami, Florida, with the loss of 90 lives. |
14 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ROCS Yung Chang | Republic of China Navy | Chinese Civil War: The Zhen Nan-class minesweeper was sunk off the South China coast by a People's Liberation Army Navy escort vessel.[113] |
16 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lief H | United States | The fishing vessel grounded on a shoal and sank with the loss of two lives near Channel Light 32A in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[1] |
| Protostatis | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground on Wolf Island in the Saint Lawrence River and was abandoned. She was declared a constructive total loss.[110] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beverwijk 30 | Netherlands | The dredger ran aground off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Refloated on 6 February 1966.[114] |
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Banora |  Morocco | The cargo ship foundered while under tow off Cape Villano, Spain.[115] |
22 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tyke | United States | A storm destroyed the motor vessel in Southeast Alaska in Shakan Strait (56°07′30″N 133°30′00″W / 56.12500°N 133.50000°W) on the northwest coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago.[26] |
23 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elmira B | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[62] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ping An | Liberia | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Ter Heijde, South Holland, Netherlands. All 49 crew were rescued.[116] The ship was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in situ.[117] |
| Santa Kyriaki | Liberia | .jpg) |
26 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oduna | United States | The 7,252-gross register ton, 422-foot (128.6 m) Liberty ship was wrecked in heavy seas on rocks at Cape Pankof on the east coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew survived and was evacuated by helicopter and breeches buoy to the medium endurance cutter USCGC Storis ( United States Coast Guard) and the tug Adeline Foss ( United States),[59][119] with assistance by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Commercial Fisheries cargo liner US FWS Pribilof ( United States).[120] |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Achilles | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground at Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. She was declared a constructive total loss.[87] |
28 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Fin |  Spain | The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay whilst under tow following the loss of her rudder. The accident was caused by her cargo shifting.[121] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mabel M | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel sank at Grave Island (58°06′35″N 135°27′15″W / 58.10972°N 135.45417°W) off Hoonah, Alaska.[51] |
| Romanoff | United States | The 114-gross register ton, 83.9-foot (25.6 m) barge was destroyed by a storm near St. Michael, Alaska.[43] |
December
1 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bear Bait | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 33-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at Uyak (57°38′20″N 154°00′00″W / 57.63889°N 154.00000°W) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska.[5] |
4 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pawtucket | United States | While towing a 200-foot (61.0 m) barge from Seward to Cold Bay, Alaska, the 141-gross register ton, 97.6-foot (29.7 m) motor tug burned near "Otter Island" – probably a reference to Outer Island (59°21′N 150°25′W / 59.350°N 150.417°W) – in Nuka Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska after an engine room fire spread out of control. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a skiff and rowed to the barge, from which the buoy tender USCGC Sorrel ( United States Coast Guard) rescued them.[39] |
13 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vesper | Panama | The Liberty ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (37°00′N 1°38′W / 37.000°N 1.633°W). She was towed to Cartagena, Spain where she was declared a constructive total loss.[90] |
18 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ronnie M | United States | During a voyage from Juneau to Kodiak, Alaska, the 196-gross register ton, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) fishing vessel was last heard from on this date while in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias on the southwest end of Kayak Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. She then disappeared with the loss of her entire five-man crew.[43] |
22 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Papadiamandis | Liberia | The bulk carrier was wrecked off the Faja Grande Lighthouse, Flores Island, Azores, Portugal. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg, West Germany.[122] |
24 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gertrud C Ertel | West Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden and broke in two. Declared a constructive total loss. Refloated in July 1968, cargo discharged and subsequently scrapped the following month.[123] |
27 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Noemi |  Lebanon | The cargo ship ran aground off Ras Abu ar Rasas, Oman and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Basra, Iraq. She was declared a constructive total loss.[124] |
30 December
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Banjul | United Kingdom | The VIC-type lighter was reported to have been scuttled.[126] |
| Cindy W | United States | The 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Left Cape (57°15′30″N 152°57′00″W / 57.25833°N 152.95000°W) at the entrance to Kiliuda Bay (57°18′57″N 152°59′14″W / 57.3158°N 152.9872°W) on the coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island after her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel. Her bottom eventually was damaged beyond repair. Her wreck was visible on Left Cape for decades afterward.[47] |
| Khersones | Soviet Union | The 708 GRT coastal tanker was sunk as a target in the Black Sea. |
| Star No. 74 | United States | The 39-gross register ton, 61.4-foot (18.7 m) barge was destroyed by a storm at Old Sitka in Southeast Alaska.[9] |
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