List of shipwrecks in September 1945

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

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

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1945

Ship	Country	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]

5 September

For the loss of the Dutch passenger ship Christiaan Huygens on this date, see the entry for 26 August 1945.

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
Joseph Carrigan	United States	World War II: The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. She arrived at Manila, Philippines where she was declared a constructive total loss.[2]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1945

Ship	Country	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 / 32.63167°N 117.23667°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	Country	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.[3]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
USS AFD-13	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The Mobile Floating Drydock was sunk off Okinawa, Japan.[4]
HMS BYMS-275, HMS BYMS-383, HMS BYMS-384, HMS BYMS-424 and HMS BYMS-454	Royal Navy	Typhoon Ida: The BYMS-class minesweepers foundered.[5]
Richard V. Oulahan	United States	Typhoon Ida: The Liberty ship came ashore at Okinawa and was declared a constructive total loss.[6]
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.[7]
USS YMS-98	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweepers foundered off Okinawa.[8]
USS YMS-341	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The YMS-1-class minesweepers foundered off Okinawa.[8][9]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
John A. Rawlins	United States	The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan, a total loss.[10]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
CHa-228	Imperial Japanese Navy	The CHa-1-class submarine chaser foundered at Sasebo in a storm.[11]
USS YMS-748	United States Navy	Typhoon Ida: The patrol craft capsized at Wakanoura Wan, Japan.[12]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
CDa-1 and CDa-2	Imperial Japanese Navy	The incomplete CDa-1 class auxiliary frigates foundered at Uranosaki from leaks.[13]
Mandal	Norway	The whaler was wrecked off Farsund, Norway.[14]
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.[15]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
USS LST-553	United States Navy	The Landing Ship, Tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[5]
USS LST-768	United States Navy	The Landing Ship, Tank struck a mine and sank in Japanese waters.[5]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1945

Ship	Country	Description
Nordhavet	Denmark	The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Point Lance, Newfoundland, Canada (46°47′N 54°08′W / 46.783°N 54.133°W).[16]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1945

Ship	Country	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.
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.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1945

Ship	Country	Description
CHa-160	Imperial Japanese Navy	World War II: The CHa-1-class submarine chaser sank off Yoshimi during a Typhoon, either 18/9/44 or 18/9/45.[17]

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