# List of shipwrecks in 2005

The list of shipwrecks in 2005 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2005.
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## January
### 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bay King | United States | The retired 96-foot (29.3 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 40°03.187′N 073°59.283′W﻿ / ﻿40.053117°N 73.988050°W﻿ / 40.053117; -73.988050﻿ (Bay King). |
| Megan Sue | United States | The retired 75-foot (22.9 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 40°03.181′N 073°59.310′W﻿ / ﻿40.053017°N 73.988500°W﻿ / 40.053017; -73.988500﻿ (Megan Sue). |

### 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Big Valley | United States | The fishing vessel capsized and sank with the loss of five lives in the Bering Sea approximately 78 nautical miles (144 km; 90 mi) west of Saint Paul Island. Her sole survivor was rescued from a life raft. |

## February
### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jökulfell | Isle of Man | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of the Faroe Islands with the loss of six of her eleven crew. |

### 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriana | United States | After her reduction gear failed, the 50-foot (15.2 m) salmon seiner drifted ashore and was broken to pieces by the surf approximately 50 yards (46 m) off Cape Trinity (56°44′50″N 154°08′30″W﻿ / ﻿56.74722°N 154.14167°W﻿ / 56.74722; -154.14167﻿ (Cape Trinity)) on the south end of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her crew of a four and a dog that was on board reached shore safely; a second dog perished. |

## March
### 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rocky Pass | United States | The 19-foot (5.8 m) troller disappeared during a voyage from Kelp Bay (57°17′54″N 134°51′57″W﻿ / ﻿57.2982°N 134.8658°W﻿ / 57.2982; -134.8658﻿ (Kelp Bay)) to Angoon, Alaska. The bodies of her two crewmen were found at Point Wilson (57°08′05″N 134°38′00″W﻿ / ﻿57.13472°N 134.63333°W﻿ / 57.13472; -134.63333﻿ (Point Wilson)) on Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oban | United States | The 46-foot (14.0 m) seiner was wrecked on the southwest corner of Duke Island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived and abandoned ship into a Metlakatla Fire Department skiff, which transferred them to the vessel Skip Jack ( United States). |

### 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Irving Johnson | United States | Irving Johnson aground The schooner ran aground at Channel Islands harbor, California. She was later refloated; there were no casualties. |

## April
### 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Almirante Lattore | Chilean Navy | The decommissioned County-class destroyer sank in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile at 35°58′S 077°22′W﻿ / ﻿35.967°S 77.367°W﻿ / -35.967; -77.367﻿ (Almirante Lattore) while under tow to the shipbreakers. |

### 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maelstrom | United States | The retired 71-foot (21.6 m) lobster-fishing boat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°57.412′N 074°41.346′W﻿ / ﻿38.956867°N 74.689100°W﻿ / 38.956867; -74.689100﻿ (Maelstrom). |

### 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| SAS Shaka | South African Navy | The decommissioned Warrior-class strike craft was sunk as a target by an MM40 Excoet anti-ship missile fired by the frigate SAS Amatola ( South African Navy). |
| Tania Dee | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N 134°40′20″W﻿ / ﻿56.16667°N 134.67222°W﻿ / 56.16667; -134.67222﻿ (Cape Ommaney)) in Southeast Alaska. Her two-man crew abandoned ship in survival suits; one was rescued by the fishing vessel Christina and survived, but the other died after being picked up by a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. |

## May
### 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lollipop | United States | The retired 62-foot (18.9 m) excursion boat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 5.1 nautical miles (9.4 km; 5.9 mi) off Spray Beach, New Jersey, at 39°33.661′N 074°06.204′W﻿ / ﻿39.561017°N 74.103400°W﻿ / 39.561017; -74.103400﻿ (Lollipop). |

### 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS America | United States Navy | After four weeks of use as a target for weapons testing, the decommissioned Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier was scuttled about 250 nautical miles (460 kilometres) southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 33°09′09″N 071°39′07″W﻿ / ﻿33.15250°N 71.65194°W﻿ / 33.15250; -71.65194﻿ ("USS America (CV-66)"). |

### 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heather Kay | United States | The 24-gross ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska east-southeast of Ugak Island (57°37′55″N 152°09′30″W﻿ / ﻿57.6319°N 152.1583°W﻿ / 57.6319; -152.1583﻿ (Ugak Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago, approximately 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) southeast of Kodiak, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four from a life raft. |
| Prince | Bangladesh | The motor ferry capsized and sank in deep water near Golapchipa, about 25 miles (40 km) east of Patuakhali, Bangladesh. |

### 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS YO-153 | United States Navy | The decommissioned 156-foot (47.5 m), 1,000-displacement ton yard fuel oil barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.856′N 074°00.986′W﻿ / ﻿39.630933°N 74.016433°W﻿ / 39.630933; -74.016433﻿ (USS YO-153 ("Helis")). Her sunken wreck was named "Helis." |

### 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Guadalcanal | United States Navy | The decommissioned Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target. |

## June
### 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Faiz | India | The cargo ship was reported missing on 30 May. Located abandoned and ablaze on 2 June 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) from Haldia, India. Ten survivors were rescued from a lifeboat by the Indian Coast Guard that day. The captain, his wife and their two children died on board. Her chief officer, who had jumped overboard, also died. The cargo ship was taken under tow on 6 June but the towline parted in a storm and she presumably sank. |

### 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Mount Vernon | United States Navy | The decommissioned Thomaston-class dock landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Kauai, Hawaii, by P-3 Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 1 (VP-1), Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), Patrol Squadron 46 (VP-46), and Patrol Squadron 47 (VP-47) (all United States Navy) using Harpoon missiles, Maverick missiles, and bombs. |

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Elliot | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Coral Sea about 100 nautical miles (190 kilometres) east of Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, at 24°43′S 155°50′E﻿ / ﻿24.717°S 155.833°E﻿ / -24.717; 155.833﻿ ("USS Elliot (DD-967)) as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. |

### 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS William H. Standley | United States Navy | The decommissioned Belknap-class guided-missile cruiser was sunk as a target in the Coral Sea about 100 nautical miles (190 kilometres) east of Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, at 24°47′S 155°48′E﻿ / ﻿24.783°S 155.800°E﻿ / -24.783; 155.800﻿ ("USS William H. Standley (CG-32)) as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. |

## July
### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casitas | United States | MV Casitas aground on 4 August 2005.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-chartered 145-foot (44 m) research vessel ran aground without loss of life on the north end of Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. She was refloated, towed to a site in the Pacific Ocean northwest of the atoll, and scuttled on 4 August 2005. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMAS Brisbane | Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned Perth-class guided missile destroyer was sunk for use as a dive wreck approximately 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 kilometres; 3.2 miles) off Mudjimba, Queensland, Australia. |

## August
### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United States | The retired 200-foot (61.0 m), 1,016-gross register ton ferry – which had more recently served as a floating restaurant – was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water at 38°50.682′N 074°43.078′W﻿ / ﻿38.844700°N 74.717967°W﻿ / 38.844700; -74.717967﻿ (Elizabeth). |

### 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casitas | United States | MV Casitas aground on 4 August 2005.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-chartered 145-foot (44 m) research vessel was scuttled in over 7,000 feet (2,134 m) of water in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. She had been badly damaged when she ran aground on the north side of Pearl and Hermes Atoll on 2 July 2005. |
| Porvenir I | Chile | The roll on, roll off cargo ship ran aground 460 nautical miles (850 km) south of Santiago. She broke up and sank with the loss of three of her fifteen crew. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seehund 1 | Germany | The 18.25-metre (59 ft 11 in) pleasure vessel, a former passenger vessel, sprung a leak and sank in the North Sea off Eiderstedt, Germany (54°02′N 08°34′E﻿ / ﻿54.033°N 8.567°E﻿ / 54.033; 8.567). The wreck was raised and scrapped. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pair of Kings | United States | The retired 132-foot (40.2 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°58.030′N 074°41.050′W﻿ / ﻿38.967167°N 74.684167°W﻿ / 38.967167; -74.684167﻿ (Pair of Kings). |

### 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Oldendorf | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii by the guided-missile destroyer USS Russell ( United States Navy). |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Briscoe | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean at 34°49′N 072°31′W﻿ / ﻿34.817°N 72.517°W﻿ / 34.817; -72.517﻿ ("USS Briscoe (DD-977)). |
| USS Deyo | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |

### 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | United States | After her captain fell asleep at her wheel, the 93-foot (28.3 m) fish tender struck cliffs at Cape Resurrection (59°51′35″N 149°16′45″W﻿ / ﻿59.85972°N 149.27917°W﻿ / 59.85972; -149.27917﻿ (Cape Resurrection)) on the north side of Barwell Island (59°51′36″N 149°16′39″W﻿ / ﻿59.8600°N 149.2775°W﻿ / 59.8600; -149.2775﻿ (Barwell Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska and sank in 300 feet (91 m) of water. All six people aboard – four adults and two children – were rescued by the vessel Black Velvet ( United States). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cory B | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) gillnet fishing vessel disappeared sometime around 28 August. She presumably sank in a storm in Bristol Bay near Coffee Point (58°12′20″N 157°26′15″W﻿ / ﻿58.20556°N 157.43750°W﻿ / 58.20556; -157.43750﻿ (Coffee Point)) on the coast of Alaska. Searchers sighted debris floating 2–4 nautical miles (3.7–7.4 km; 2.3–4.6 mi) off Coffee Point, but the body of the only person board, her captain, was never found. |

## September
### 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jet Trader | United States | The retired 156-foot (47.5 m) fuel oil barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.850′N 074°12.510′W﻿ / ﻿39.230833°N 74.208500°W﻿ / 39.230833; -74.208500﻿ (Jet Trader). |

### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ROCS Yun Yang | Republic of China Navy | The decommissioned Gearing-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target off Ping Tung, Taiwan, by the submarine Hai Hu ( Republic of China Navy). |

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shamrock | United States | The retired 48-foot (14.6 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) off Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°09.935′N 074°33.940′W﻿ / ﻿39.165583°N 74.565667°W﻿ / 39.165583; -74.565667﻿ (Shamrock). |

## October
### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Samho Brother | South Korea | The chemical tanker collided with TS Hongkong ( Panama), capsized and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) north west of Hsinchu, Taiwan. She was on a voyage from Pusan, South Korea to Taichung, Taiwan. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| MRS | United States | The 48-foot (14.6 m) shrimp-fishing vessel capsized in Clarence Strait near Grindall Island in Southeast Alaska with the loss of one life. There were two survivors. |

## November
### 12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hustler | United States | The 56-foot (17.1 m) landing craft sank near Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Izhut Bay (58°11′N 152°15′W﻿ / ﻿58.183°N 152.250°W﻿ / 58.183; -152.250﻿ (Izhut Bay)). Her crew of two clung to wreckage until rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. |

### 13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMNZS Wellington | Royal New Zealand Navy | Explosive charges detonating to sink Wellington.The decommissioned Perth-class frigate was sunk for use as a dive wreck in Houghton Bay off the coast of New Zealand. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bay Jack | United States | The retired 56-foot (17.1 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18.3 m) of water at 39°06.450′N 074°36.020′W﻿ / ﻿39.107500°N 74.600333°W﻿ / 39.107500; -74.600333﻿ (Bay Jack). |

## December
### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maritime Lady | Gibraltar | The 80.73-metre (264 ft 10 in) cargo ship was damaged in a collision with Arctic Ocean ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe River near the west end of the Kiel Canal. She capsized and drifted aground with only her bow above water at buoy 58A. The crew was rescued by the pilot boats Kapitan Kircheiss and Osteriff (both Germany). The wreck was raised and declared a constructive total loss. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| CP Valour | Bermuda | The container ship ran aground at Praia do Norte on Faial Island of the Azores. There were no injuries or casualties but the vessel could not be refloated and had to be scrapped on site. The empty hull was refloated in September 2006 and towed to the open sea but sank in heavy seas 10.8 nautical miles (12.4 mi; 20.0 km) north of Faial. |

### 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carthaginian II | Germany | The retired German whaler was scuttled to create an artificial reef off Lahaina near Puamana Beach Park in Hawaii, United States. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jill Adventure | United States | The retired 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 39°06.360′N 074°36.300′W﻿ / ﻿39.106000°N 74.605000°W﻿ / 39.106000; -74.605000﻿ (Jill Adventure). |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2005 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carthaginian II | United States | The museum ship – a steel-hulled sailing ship – was sunk as an artificial reef 0.5 nautical miles (0.58 mi; 0.93 km) off Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. |
| Dolce Vita | United States | The fishing vessel was destroyed in the waters of Alaska by a fire that started when a coffeemaker short-circuited. The only person aboard survived. |