# List of shipwrecks in 1987

The list of shipwrecks in 1987 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1987.
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## January
### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Blue | United States | The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands. |

### 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Testa Rosa | Philippines | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal with the loss of all 30 crew. Researchers consider this incident to be one of the 22 supercarrier losses very likely associated with rogue wave encounters between 1968 and 1995. |

### 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hetta | United States | The 83-foot (25.3 m) fish tender ran aground and sank off Whale Head Island (55°51′40″N 133°41′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.86111°N 133.68333°W﻿ / 55.86111; -133.68333﻿ (Whale Head Island)) on the west side of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew of three. |

### 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Laura | United States | The 48-foot (14.6 m) fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait between mainland Alaska and the Kodiak Archipelago. |

## February
### 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Midnatsol Norge | Norway | The hotel ship foundered off Fredrikstad, Norway. Wreck raised, and broken up in Bruges, Belgium, in June 1987. |

### 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pacific Star | United States | The 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel sank with the loss of one crew member after a rogue wave struck her in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) south of Agattu in the Near Islands in the western Aleutian Islands. The other five people aboard were rescued. |

### 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amatuli | United States | The fishing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Bering Sea approximately 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) east of St. George Island. She was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service. |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1960 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fukuyoshi Maru No. 85 | Japan | The longliner′s crew abandoned ship after she suffered a propane explosion in her galley and subsequently was gutted by fire in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. One member of her crew died, presumably in the explosion; her other 25 crew members were rescued by the fishing vessel Fukuyoshi Maru No. 8 ( Japan). The United States Coast Guard sank her drifting wreck on 14 February. |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Accokeek | United States Navy | The decommissioned auxiliary ocean tug was sunk as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico. |

## March
### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMAS Colac | Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned tank cleaning vessel, formerly a Bathurst-class corvette, was sunk as a target in the Tasman Sea off the coast of Australia at 34°49′12″S 151°32′00″E﻿ / ﻿34.82000°S 151.53333°E﻿ / -34.82000; 151.53333﻿ ("HMAS Colc") by a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine HMAS Ovens ( Royal Australian Navy). |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herald of Free Enterprise | United Kingdom | The roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry took on water, capsized and sank stern-first with the loss of 193 lives in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, Belgium. Investigators subsequently discovered that her bow doors had been left open. |
| Northern Challenger | United States | The 80-foot (24.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Ugak Island (57°23′N 152°17′W﻿ / ﻿57.383°N 152.283°W﻿ / 57.383; -152.283﻿ (Ugak Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Saint Janet ( United States) rescued her entire crew of four. |

### 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Birgit N (or Birgit – N) | United States | The 123-foot (37.5 m) crab-fishing vessel was wrecked in Patton Cove (51°20′45″N 178°57′00″W﻿ / ﻿51.34583°N 178.95000°W﻿ / 51.34583; -178.95000﻿ (Patton Cove)) on the coast of Ulak Island in the Aleutian Islands. |

### 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Komsomolets Kirgizii | Soviet Union | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) off New Jersey, United States. All 37 crew were rescued by American helicopters. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lovac | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel disappeared after departing Kodiak, Alaska, to fish for sablefish. It is not clear whether one or two people vanished along with the vessel. |

### 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| All Alaskan | United States | The 340-foot (103.6 m) fish processing ship ran aground north of Big Lake (57°12′30″N 170°10′00″W﻿ / ﻿57.2083333°N 170.1666667°W﻿ / 57.2083333; -170.1666667﻿ (Big Lake)) on the coast of Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea. All 142 people aboard survived. Her wreck later was demolished and removed. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Clipper | United States | The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel was driven ashore during a gale and wrecked on the south coast of Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea during a storm. Her crew of six abandoned ship in a life raft, reached a reef, and then walked to the shore, from which the high endurance cutter USCGC Midgett ( United States Coast Guard) rescued them. Ocean Clipper′s wreck was demolished and removed in 2010. |

## April
### 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Katy Too | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was lost when she was intentionally run aground in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Naknek | United States | The 81-foot (24.7 m) tender ran aground and sank in Wells Bay (60°53′30″N 147°28′30″W﻿ / ﻿60.89167°N 147.47500°W﻿ / 60.89167; -147.47500﻿ (Wells Bay)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. |

### 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Musson | Soviet Navy | The Project 1234 (NATO reporting name Nanuchka-class) corvette sank after being hit by a P-15M anti-ship cruise missile during an air defence exercise in the Sea of Japan. |

### 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jamie Lynn | United States | Damaged earlier while in the harbor at Saint Paul on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, the 93-foot (28.3 m) crab-fishing vessel sank with the loss of three lives in the Bering Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, while under tow by the fish processing vessel Long Harbor ( United States). |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ranger | United States | The 55-foot (16.8 m) longline fishing vessel capsized and sank in Southeast Alaska approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) northwest of Sitka, Alaska. The United States Coast Guard rescued all three members of her crew from a life raft. |

## May
### 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Saint Eloi | France | Collided with Cambridge Ferry ( United Kingdom) off Dover, England. Both ships were damaged. |

### 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chabro | United States | The 56-foot (17.1 m) fishing vessel sank in a storm with the loss of one life approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The fishing vessel Kodiak ( United States) rescued her four survivors. |
| Kahiltna II | United States | The 47-foot (14.3 m) halibut-fishing vessel sank in a storm approximately 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) from Cape Resurrection (59°52′N 149°17′W﻿ / ﻿59.867°N 149.283°W﻿ / 59.867; -149.283﻿ (Cape Resurrection)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Sea Scape ( United States). |
| Kvingo | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) halibut-fishing vessel sank in a storm off the northwest coast of Coronation Island in the Alexandar Archipelago in Southeast Alaska south of Sitka, Alaska. The United States Coast Guard rescued her crew of two. |

### 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hotline | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) seiner disappeared in a storm with the loss of all four men on board near Nuka Bay (59°19′N 150°33′W﻿ / ﻿59.317°N 150.550°W﻿ / 59.317; -150.550﻿ (Nuka Bay)) on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska. |

### 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nawal | Saudi Arabia | Sank at moorings, Jeddah. |

## June
### 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Southern Viking | United States | The fish tender sank after striking a rock off Sutwick Island (57°20′N 153°22′W﻿ / ﻿57.333°N 153.367°W﻿ / 57.333; -153.367﻿ (Sutwick Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew of four abandoned ship wearing survival suits and were rescued by a fish processing vessel. |

### 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Iron Cumberland | Hong Kong | The ore carrier sank in the Pacific Ocean. All 29 crew were rescued by Act 5 ( United Kingdom). |

### 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ARA Comodoro Py | Argentine Navy | The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target by a torpedo fired by the submarine ARA Santa Cruz ( Argentine Navy). |

### 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Miss Universe | United States | The 85-foot (25.9 m) fishing vessel foundered during a voyage from Chignik Lagoon, Alaska, on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula to Alitak Bay (56°53′07″N 154°07′18″W﻿ / ﻿56.8853°N 154.1217°W﻿ / 56.8853; -154.1217﻿ (Alitak Bay)) on the southern end of Kodiak Island. A United States Coast Guard search discovered her submerged pilothouse in the Semidi Islands. Her entire crew of three – two men and a woman – perished. |
| HMS Yarmouth | Royal Navy | The decommissioned Rothesay-class frigate was sunk as a target in the North Atlantic Ocean by the destroyer HMS Manchester ( Royal Navy). |

### 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cape Chacon | United States | The 44-foot (13.4 m) seiner capsized and sank with the loss of one life in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her three survivors from a life raft. |

### 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Turtle | United States | The 22-foot (6.7 m) houseboat sank in the western part of Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska with the loss of both men on board. |

## July
### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magi | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank at "Naked Island" – the name of a number of islands in the area – in southern Alaska. |

### 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Havel | West Germany | The cargo ship was sunk to create an artificial reef near Boynton Beach, Florida. |

### 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Bausell | United States Navy | The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean. |

### 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Raketeer | United States | The vessel was abandoned after she ran aground in Alitak Bay (56°50′N 154°10′W﻿ / ﻿56.833°N 154.167°W﻿ / 56.833; -154.167﻿ (Alitak Bay)) on the south end of Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Binki | United States | The 43-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank with the loss of one life south of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Four of her five survivors were rescued on 26 July by two passing fishing vessels, and the fifth was lifted from the water by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. |

### 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fearless | Cyprus | On fire and grounded at 37°09′N 122°41′E﻿ / ﻿37.150°N 122.683°E﻿ / 37.150; 122.683. Refloated 27 August and scrapped. |

### 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marge | United States | The 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel sank at Grand Island (54°58′15″N 132°51′45″W﻿ / ﻿54.97083°N 132.86250°W﻿ / 54.97083; -132.86250﻿ (Grand Island)) in Southeast Alaska, southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS McKean | Turkish Navy | The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target by a Harpoon missile in the Gulf of Antalya after being transferred to the Turkish Navy and cannibalized for spare parts. |

## August
### 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vega Marie | United States | The 85-foot (26 m) fishing vessel sank in the North Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Unimak Pass, Alaska. Her crew was rescued. |

### 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified tank barge | United States | The retired 250-foot (76.2 m) tank 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°37.498′N 074°01.412′W﻿ / ﻿39.624967°N 74.023533°W﻿ / 39.624967; -74.023533﻿ (Molasses Barge). Her wreck is known as the 'Molasses Barge." |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: August 26, 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maral R | United Kingdom | Maral R at Seaton Sluice Ran ashore at Seaton Sluice, Northumberland after an engine fire caused the crew to abandon ship. |

## September
### 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coney Island | United States | The retired 250-foot (76.2 m) sludge tanker was scuttled as an artificial reef in 125 feet (38 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey at 40°06.285′N 073°41.365′W﻿ / ﻿40.104750°N 73.689417°W﻿ / 40.104750; -73.689417﻿ (Coney Island). |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swenson II | United States | The retired 130-foot (39.6 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, at 40°07.305′N 073°56.885′W﻿ / ﻿40.121750°N 73.948083°W﻿ / 40.121750; -73.948083﻿ (Swenson II). |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Golden Pride | United States | The 83-foot (25.3 m) fishing trawler capsized and sank in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew of four from a life raft. |
| Nordfjord | United States | During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands, the 127-foot (38.7 m) fishing trawler disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of five after sending out a brief distress message in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of Valdez, Alaska. |

### 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Iran Ajr | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy | The landing craft was scuttled in the Persian Gulf by U.S. forces, five days after she was damaged by United States Army attack helicopters and captured by United States Navy SEALs when U.S. forces detected her laying mines in the Persian Gulf. |

## October
### 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lora Lee | United States | The fishing vessel sank near Kodiak, Alaska. |
| Wicklow | United States | A freak 70 mph (110 km/h) wind drove the 28-foot (8.5 m) gillnetter ashore and wrecked her in Astrolabe Bay in Southeast Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued both members of her crew. |

### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hengist | United Kingdom | Great Storm of 1987: The ferry was beached at Folkestone Warren. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy. Refloated in November, repaired and returned to service. |
| Sumnea | United Kingdom | Great Storm of 1987: The bulk carrier capsized at Dover, Kent, with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Rotary Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |

## November
### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Uyak II | United States | The 112-foot (34.1 m) fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Alaska off the south end of Kodiak Island with the loss of four of her six crew members. |

### 7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aqua II | United States | The retired 110-foot (33.5 m) water 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°37.474′N 074°01.217′W﻿ / ﻿39.624567°N 74.020283°W﻿ / 39.624567; -74.020283﻿ (Aqua II). |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peggy Diana | United States | The retired 56-foot (17.1 m) LCM-6-class landing craft mechanized was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, at 38°50.830′N 074°42.510′W﻿ / ﻿38.847167°N 74.708500°W﻿ / 38.847167; -74.708500﻿ (Peggy Diana). |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USCGC Duane | United States Coast Guard | The decommissioned Treasury-class cutter was scuttled as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USCGC Bibb | United States Coast Guard | The decommissioned Treasury-class cutter was scuttled as an artificial reef 1 nautical mile (1.2 mi; 1.9 km) south of Molasses Reef near Key Largo, Florida. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| SAS Haerlem | South African Navy | The decommissioned Ford-class seaward defence boat was scuttled as an artificial reef off Humewood Beach, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. |

## December
### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cason | Panama | The cargo ship caught fire off Galicia, Spain and was beached off Cape Finisterre with the loss of 23 of her 31 crew. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hydro Atlantic | United States Army | The decommissioned United States Army Corps of Engineers dredge foundered from leaks and sank 1 mile (1.6 km) off Boca Raton, Florida while going to Texas for scrapping. |

### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vitautas Putna | Soviet Union | The factory ship caught fire at 45°04′N 8°09′W﻿ / ﻿45.067°N 8.150°W﻿ / 45.067; -8.150 and abandoned by her crew with the loss of two lives. |

### 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bluebird | United States | The 46-foot (14.0 m) fishing vessel sank approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of Sitka, Alaska, in a snowstorm with 70-mile-per-hour (110 km/h) winds and 30-foot (9.1 m) seas. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued both people – a man and his six-year-old son – on board. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Samson | Malta | Samson Crane barge, ran aground at Rams Head, Ardmore, County Waterford, after tow parted in rough seas. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doña Paz & Vector | Philippines | The passenger ferry and oil tanker both sank in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines after colliding, killing 4,341 people. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| The Christian | Flag unknown | The coastal tanker ran aground at Sands of Forvie, Grampian, United Kingdom. Later refloated. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Windy Sea | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) seiner, longliner, and crabber sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak, Alaska. Her crew survived. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1987 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kvingo | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) halibut-fishing vessel sank in Southeast Alaska during a gale. The United States Coast Guard rescued her crew of two. |
| Scotia Cape | Canada | The 36-metre (118.1 ft) seiner/trawler sank in rough seas near the Queen Charlotte islands. The ship and seven crew left dock on January 27 and was last sighted in the Goletas Channel. The search lasted for 8 days, but no trace was found. |