# List of shipwrecks in 1966

ke The list of shipwrecks in 1966 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1966.
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## January
### 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pytheas | Greece | The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was beached at Rhodes, a total loss. |

### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Faro | Liberia | The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Tokyo, Japan (34°53′N 139°55′E﻿ / ﻿34.883°N 139.917°E﻿ / 34.883; 139.917) in a cyclone. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ. |

### 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polynesia | United States | The schooner ran aground on a reef 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bimini, Bahamas. Fourteen of the 47 people on board were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. |

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Monte Palomares | Spain | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 840 nautical miles (1,560 km; 970 mi) northeast of Bermuda with the loss of 32 of her 38 crew. |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lampsis | Greece | The Liberty ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (34°18′N 51°22′W﻿ / ﻿34.300°N 51.367°W﻿ / 34.300; -51.367). |

### 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Le Trégor | France | The coaster sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) of Cap Gris Nez following a collision with an unnamed motor vessel. |

### 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bright Star | Panama | The coaster ran aground in the South China Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Da Nang, South Vietnam (15°32′N 109°09′E﻿ / ﻿15.533°N 109.150°E﻿ / 15.533; 109.150) and was wrecked. |
| Kremsertor | West Germany | The cargo ship foundered in heavy weather off Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew 27 rescued by the tug Atlantic ( West Germany) or by a helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. |
| Mi Amigo | Netherlands | The coaster ran aground off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Later refloated and returned to service. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Viking Liberty | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground at Trinidad. She was refloated, but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |

### 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Praia do Saude | Portugal | The cargo ship ran aground in the southern Algarve. All six crew escaped alive. |

### 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chelwood Beacon | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground in New York Bay, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Thirty-nine crew taken off by the pilot boat New Jersey ( United States). Thirteen crew and a pilot taken off the next day by USCGC Yeaton ( United States Coast Guard). The ship was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kapetan Kostis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on the coast of Yugoslavia (45°12′N 14°16′E﻿ / ﻿45.200°N 14.267°E﻿ / 45.200; 14.267). She was on a voyage from Rijeka, Yugoslavia to Gibraltar. She was refloated and towed back to Rijeka. Consequently scrapped. |

## February
### 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rockport | Liberia | The Liberty ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (32°59′N 168°10′W﻿ / ﻿32.983°N 168.167°W﻿ / 32.983; -168.167) after her hull fractured. She foundered on 5 February. |
| Unidentified submarine chaser | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The T-25-class submarine chaser was sunk by U. S. aircraft. |

### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kyra Hariklia | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground off Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Malmö. She was refloated on 11 February but declared uneconomic to repair and consequently scrapped. |

### 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Funabashi, and White Mountain | United Kingdom Liberia | The Liberty ship White Mountain collided with the cargo ship Funabashi 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Singapore (1°19′N 104°18′E﻿ / ﻿1.317°N 104.300°E﻿ / 1.317; 104.300). She capsized and sank. Funabashi was beached on Pulau Ramunia Island (1°22′N 104°15′E﻿ / ﻿1.367°N 104.250°E﻿ / 1.367; 104.250). She was refloated on 22 February but was consequently scrapped |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Mildred Brovig | Norway | The tanker was involved in a collision off Heligoland, West Germany, with the coaster Pentland ( United Kingdom). Both ships caught fire. |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rexton Kent | Canada | The cargo ship, a converted Flower-class corvette, was scuttled off Cape Spencer, Nova Scotia. |

### 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariete | Spanish Navy | The destroyer was wrecked on the coast of Galicia in Spain. |
| Marine Bounty | United Kingdom | The Liberty ship ran aground at Hasieshan, China and broke in two. |
| Sun Beam | United States | During a voyage from Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska to Kodiak on Kodiak Island with five men, one woman, and a cargo of lumber on board, the 194-gross register ton, 89.4-foot (27.2 m) fishing vessel disappeared without trace in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska. |

### 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Euxeinos | Greece | The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Azores (33°05′N 31°00′W﻿ / ﻿33.083°N 31.000°W﻿ / 33.083; -31.000). Presumed subsequently foundered. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kyra Hariklia | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden. Refloated on 11 February, declared a constructive total loss. |

## March
### 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne II | United States | The 17-gross register ton, 41.1-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank at Snettisham, Alaska. |

### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sand Star | United Kingdom | The dredger collided with Caroline M ( United Kingdom) in Southampton Water and sank. All eight crew rescued by Caroline M. |

### 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Evi | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Red Sea near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. |

### 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lambda 2 | Cuba | The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated speedboat. |
| Lambda 17 | Cuba | The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated speedboat. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kettara IV | Panama | Vietnam War: The small 1910 coaster (original launched as Canonbar) was sunk by gunfire by North Vietnamese Army artillery off the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone with the loss of her entire crew. |

### 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Despina | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt and broke in tow. The bow section was salvaged and subsequently used as a derrick barge. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pegasus | Netherlands | The coaster sank in the Tagus at Lisbon, Portugal following a collision with Transsylvania ( West Germany). All crew rescued. |

## April
### 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anzio | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire and capsized, killing at least thirteen people. |

### 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oriente | Cuba | The cargo ship collided with Stavfjord ( Norway) 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands. Both ships sank, all crew rescued by Luden ( Netherlands). |
| Stavfjord | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Oriente ( Cuba) 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands. Both ships sank, all crew rescued by Luden ( Netherlands). |

### 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sparta | Netherlands | The coaster ran aground at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Refloated with slight damage on 17 April. |

### 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Omonia H. | Panama | The Ocean ship caught fire at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Consequently scrapped. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Piraeus, Greece and was beached at Ambeliki. Refloated on 25 April, she was declared a constructive total loss but was sold, repaired and returned to service at Yannis for Greek owners. |

### 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sofoclis Venizelos | Greece | The cargo ship suffered a fire at Piraeus, Greece, and was wrecked. |

### 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pericles | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Ajax Reef (25°25′N 80°07′W﻿ / ﻿25.417°N 80.117°W﻿ / 25.417; -80.117). Declared a constructive total loss, she was consequently scrapped. |

### 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Costance | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground on Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea and sank. |
| USS Lewis | United States Navy | The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target. |
| Saba | Netherlands | The coaster sank between the Isles of Scilly and Penzance, Cornwall after her cargo shifted. All seven crew rescued by Scillonian ( United Kingdom). |
| USS Walter B. Cobb | United States Navy | The decommissioned Crosley-class high-speed transport sank in the Pacific Ocean after colliding with the decommissioned high-speed transport USS Gantner ( United States Navy) while both ships were under tow. |

### 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corrine | United States | The 22-gross register ton, 39.5-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel sank off Craig, Alaska. |

### 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heinz Bernd | West Germany | The coaster collided with the motor vessel Torne ( Sweden) in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of six lives. |

## May
### 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HDMS Skarven | Royal Danish Navy | The cutter ran aground and was wrecked at Mjóvanes, Faroe Islands. |

### 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Capetown Castle | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Refloated undamaged later that day. |

### 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C-100 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The naval trawler, a blockade runner, either was bombed and sunk by South Vietnamese Air Force aircraft or destroyed by gunfire while beached near the Ca Mau Peninsula in South Vietnam by the cutters USCGC Point Cypress and USCGC Point Grey (both United States Coast Guard). |

### 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Newgrove | Cyprus | The Ocean ship ran aground off Puerto Padre, Cuba. The wreck was abandoned to the Cuban authorities. |

### 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fina Norvege | Belgium | The tanker ran aground on Cani Island, Tunisia. Her cargo was transferred to Fina Canada ( Belgium). She was refloated on 31 May, rebuilt with a new bow section and returned to service. |
| Pioneer Cebu | Philippines | The ferry foundered off Cebu Island during Typhoon Irma. Of the 305 passengers and crew, at least 175 were killed. |

### 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | Greece | The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Cape Race, Canada. Presumed subsequently sank. |

### 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kaitawa | New Zealand | The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Reinga with the loss of all 29 crew. |

### 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eastern Mariner | Panama | Vietnam War: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Saigon River in South Vietnam. She was salvaged in 1968 and scrapped. |

### 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P A F #13 | United States | A storm destroyed the barge at Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago off Alaska. |

### 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrea | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 33.6-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel was lost after she collided with an unidentified object in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska off Point Marsden (58°03′30″N 134°48′25″W﻿ / ﻿58.05833°N 134.80694°W﻿ / 58.05833; -134.80694﻿ (Point Marsden)). |
| Tempo | Panama | The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Tingey | United States Navy | The Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California. |

## June
### 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P A F #23 | United States | A tsunami destroyed the barge at Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago off Alaska. |

### 2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kawana | Hong Kong | The cargo ship caught fire in the Chittagong Roads. She was beached but broke in two and was declared a total loss. She was on a voyage from Chinwantao to Chittagong, East Pakistan. |

### 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cordova | United States | The 55-gross register ton, 79.2-foot (24.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Copper River Flats near Cordova, Alaska. |

### 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frederick C | United States | The 73-gross register ton, 69.1-foot (21.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the south-central coast of Alaska east of Ocean Cape (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W﻿ / ﻿59.54167°N 139.85833°W﻿ / 59.54167; -139.85833﻿ (Ocean Cape)) at 59°32′N 139°51′W﻿ / ﻿59.533°N 139.850°W﻿ / 59.533; -139.850﻿ (Frederick C). |

### 10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dixmude | French Navy | The decommissioned Avenger-class escort aircraft carrier was sunk as a target by United States Navy forces. |

### 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alva Cape | United Kingdom | The tanker collided with Texaco Massachusetts ( United States), and caught fire, killing 33 people on board both ships and the tugs Esso Vermont and Latin America. |

### 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C-187 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: When her scuttling charges failed to detonate, the blockade runner was captured by South Vietnamese forces after running aground near the mouth of the Cổ Chiên River in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam while trying to escape attack by the destroyer USS John A. Bole, the destroyer escort USS Haverfield, and the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (all United States Navy). |
| Zanita | Liberia | The Liberty ship developed a leak and sank off the Kuria Muria Islands . All crew rescued by the Ol-class tanker RFA Olna ( Royal Navy). |

### 25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Stalwart | United States Navy | The Aggressive-class minesweeper caught fire, capsized and sank at San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was later refloated and scrapped. |

### 26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elpis | Panama | The cargo ship caught fire 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Colombo, Ceylon and was abandoned by her crew. She was taken in tow by Exemplar (flag unknown) and anchored off Colombo. Elpis was on a voyage from Mormugao, India to Japan. The fire was extinguished on 30 June and she was towed in to Trincomalee, Ceylon by the tugs Maas and Orinoco (both Netherlands). Elpis was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped. |

### 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alva Cape | United Kingdom | The tanker exploded whilst her cargo of naptha was being unloaded in New York Harbor, killing four people. |

### 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mystras | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |

## July
### 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sandy Joy | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 31.4-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Aniakchak Bay (56°42′N 157°22′W﻿ / ﻿56.700°N 157.367°W﻿ / 56.700; -157.367﻿ (Aniakchak Bay)) on the Gulf of Alaska coast of the Alaska Peninsula. |
| South African Seafarer | South Africa | The cargo liner ran aground in Table Bay on the coast of South Africa and broke in two. All 76 people on board were rescued by South African Air Force helicopters. |
| T-333, T-336 and T-339 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The T-333/Project 123K-class motor torpedo boats were sunk by U.S. aircraft while trying to attack the guided-missile destroyer USS Coontz and the destroyer USS Rogers (both United States Navy). 19 survivors rescued and made prisoners of war. |

### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P G No. 10 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in southwest Alaska on the Kvichak River between King Salmon Creek and Copenhagen Creek. |

### 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alva Cape | United Kingdom | The burning tanker was scuttled by the cutter USCGC Spencer ( United States Coast Guard). |
| Andreas Panou | Panama | The cargo ship collided with Hoegh Aiglonne ( Norway) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Cape Villano, Spain. She was on a voyage from Setúbal, Portugal to Sas van Ghent, Zeeland, Netherlands. |

### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elias Dayfas II | Greece | The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (21°09′N 86°28′W﻿ / ﻿21.150°N 86.467°W﻿ / 21.150; -86.467. Presumed subsequently sank. |

### 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cosmos Altair | Panama | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Altair Reef (28°55′N 48°47′E﻿ / ﻿28.917°N 48.783°E﻿ / 28.917; 48.783). She was later refloated. |

### 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Paestum | Italy | The Liberty ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Naifeh | United States Navy | The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Clemente Island, California, by a combination of naval gunfire and aircraft attacks. |

### 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Ulvert M. Moore | United States Navy | The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Nicolas Island in Californiaʼs Channel Islands by surface gunfire and by aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea ( United States Navy). |

### 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridlington Queen | United Kingdom | The passenger boat sprang a leak and sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. All 120 on board rescued by various pleasure craft. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Catherine J | United States | The 24-gross register ton, 40.2-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel sank off a location identified in the wreck report as "Seal Cape Light" on the coast of Alaska. The report does not specify to which of several locations known as Seal Cape in Alaska it refers. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angelic | Panama | The Liberty ship ran aground at Nojima Saki, Japan. Later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The 163-year-old Thames barge sank at Chiswick. |
| Koula F | Greece | The wreck of Koula F, known locally as the "Greek Ship," on 3 December 2008.The cargo ship ran aground in the Persian Gulf at Kish Island, Iran. She was declared a total loss. |
| Taiwind | Panama | The Liberty ship collided with St. Matthew (flag unknown) off Irosaki, Japan. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |

### 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Peanut | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 31.2-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uyak (57°38′20″N 154°00′00″W﻿ / ﻿57.63889°N 154.00000°W﻿ / 57.63889; -154.00000﻿ (Uyak)), Alaska. |

### 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Archangel Michael | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground near Okha Port, India (22°27′N 68°59′E﻿ / ﻿22.450°N 68.983°E﻿ / 22.450; 68.983) and broke in two, a total loss. |
| Horace Greely | United States Navy | The Liberty ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete ammunition. |

### 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Janet Glory | Liberia | The cargo ship ran aground at Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 31 on board abandoned the ship by lifeboat and landed at Spencer's Wharf. Three local fishermen boarded the ship with the intention of salvage, but were killed when the ship exploded. Their fishing boat was also sunk. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chignik 2 | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank in Warner Bay (56°08′N 158°24′W﻿ / ﻿56.133°N 158.400°W﻿ / 56.133; -158.400﻿ (Warner Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. |

## August
### 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| AR 1 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| AR 5 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| AR 7 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| AR 8 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| AR 9 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| N S 10 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| N S 11 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| N S 22 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| N S 24 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| N S 25 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |
| N S 26 | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska. |

### 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mystitchi | Soviet Union | The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | United States | The 13-gross register ton, 37.6-foot (11.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Judd Harbor (54°53′N 131°16′W﻿ / ﻿54.883°N 131.267°W﻿ / 54.883; -131.267﻿ (Judd Harbor)) on the coast of Duke Island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dashava | Soviet Union | The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark, while going to the assistance of Mystitchi ( Soviet Union). The teleprinter hotline between the White House and the Kremlin was cut. |

### 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Snug | United States | The 6-gross register ton, 27.8-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. |

### 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chrysanthi | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Loculan Shoals, off Misamis, Philippines whilst on a voyage from the Philippines to a European port and was damaged. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |

### 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baton Rouge Victory | United States | Vietnam War: The Victory ship was damaged by a limpet mine in the Long Tau River with the loss of seven crewmen killed and was beached to prevent her from sinking, although she nonetheless blocked the shipping channel. She was refloated on 30 August, towed to Vung Tao, South Vietnam, and scrapped in Taiwan in 1967. |

### 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P S No. 76 | United States | A storm destroyed the 337-gross register ton, 120-foot (36.6 m) barge at East Landing (57°07′10″N 170°16′00″W﻿ / ﻿57.11944°N 170.26667°W﻿ / 57.11944; -170.26667﻿ (East Landing)) on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hunzeborg | Netherlands | The cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Strait of Dover, and was beached at Sandown, Kent. |
| USS Maurice J. Manuel | United States Navy | The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target. |

## September
### 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prins der Nederlands | Netherlands | The ocean liner ran aground off Flores, Azores, Portugal. Two hundred passengers taken off. |

### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria | Greece | The Channel tanker sprang a leak and sank south of Cyprus (34°21′N 34°50′E﻿ / ﻿34.350°N 34.833°E﻿ / 34.350; 34.833). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Haifa, Israel to Famagusta, Cyprus. |

### 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Skagerak | Norway | The train ferry sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of the 147 people on board. |
| Hanseatic | West Germany | The ocean liner caught fire at New York. The fire developed in the engine room and gutted five decks. |

### 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chrysanthi | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground at Singapore whilst on a voyage from the Philippines to a European port and was damaged. She was later refloated and laid up at Singapore. Consequently scrapped in 1968. |
| Etta | United States | The 17-gross register ton, 41.6-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel was lost after colliding with the vessel My Laddie ( United States) 5,000 feet (1,500 m) off Beacon Point (56°56′15″N 132°59′30″W﻿ / ﻿56.93750°N 132.99167°W﻿ / 56.93750; -132.99167﻿ (Beacon Point)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl M | United States | The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank at Swanson Harbor (58°11′30″N 135°05′00″W﻿ / ﻿58.19167°N 135.08333°W﻿ / 58.19167; -135.08333﻿ (Swanson Harbor)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeannette F | United States | The 74-gross register ton, 67.7-foot (20.6 m) fishing vessel was lost near Narrow Cape (57°25′37″N 152°19′44″W﻿ / ﻿57.4269°N 152.3289°W﻿ / 57.4269; -152.3289﻿ (Narrow Cape)) on Kodiak Island south of Kodiak, Alaska, after colliding with the vessel Rosemary ( United States) at 57°27′N 152°15′W﻿ / ﻿57.450°N 152.250°W﻿ / 57.450; -152.250﻿ (Jeannette F). |

### 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| U-Hai | German Navy | The Type XXIII submarine foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. The wreck was raised on 19 September and consequently scrapped. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tona | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground near Mihara, Japan. She was being towed from Moji to Kobe. She was refloated and taken in to Aioi. Consequently scrapped. |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| August Moon | Hong Kong | August Moon aground The 10,240-gross register ton ore carrier ran aground on Pratas Island reef (20°42′08″N 116°43′39″E﻿ / ﻿20.70222°N 116.72750°E﻿ / 20.70222; 116.72750) during Typhoon Elsie. It broke up after the crew was rescued. |

### 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1967 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Bay Beauty | United States | The 11-gross register ton, 31.6-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on East Amatuli Island (58°55′N 152°00′W﻿ / ﻿58.917°N 152.000°W﻿ / 58.917; -152.000﻿ (East Amatuli Island)) in the Barren Islands off the south-central coast of Alaska. |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Granikos | Lebanon | The Liberty ship ran aground off Pulo Sambu, Indonesia. She was later refloated and towed to Singapore where she was declared a constructive total loss. |
| Vergolivada | Lebanon | The cargo ship ran aground on the Doganarslan Bank, in the Dardanelles due to a rope becoming entangled around her propeller. She was on a voyage from Novorossiysk, Soviet Union to the Persian Gulf. She was refloated on 29 September. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ioanna | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire off Arzew, Algeria, and was scuttled two days later 5 nmi (9.26 km) offshore. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Wellington | United Kingdom | The ocean liner was driven ashore in Tokyo Bay during a typhoon. Later refloated. |

### 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Saggitatius | Liberia | The Liberty ship collided with Schwarzburg ( West Germany) off Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. She was refloated on 1 October. Subsequently scrapped. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eleni K | Greece | The Liberty ship broke in two and sank off Thevenard, South Australia. She was refloated on 17 November and beached on Goat Island (32°18′S 133°32′E﻿ / ﻿32.300°S 133.533°E﻿ / -32.300; 133.533 where she subsequently broke up. |

## October
### 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bering | United States | The motor vessel sank off Deer Island (55°55′N 160°50′W﻿ / ﻿55.917°N 160.833°W﻿ / 55.917; -160.833﻿ (Deer Island)) in Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. |

### 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| RVNS Le Van Bihn | Republic of Vietnam Navy | Vietnam War: The LCS(L)-class landing ship was sunk by the North Vietnamese 126th Special Naval Commandos with limpet mines. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS George A. Johnson | United States | George A. Johnson aground The 1,450-gross register ton decommissioned destroyer escort ran aground on Sharp Park Beach, Pacifica, California after the towing cable broke. She was later scrapped onsite. (37°37′34.43″N 122°29′43.01″W﻿ / ﻿37.6262306°N 122.4952806°W﻿ / 37.6262306; -122.4952806﻿ (Sharp Park Beach)). |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hernan Cortes | Panama | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef, off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |
| S J No. 9 | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 31.1-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off Aiaktalik Island (56°42′N 154°03′W﻿ / ﻿56.700°N 154.050°W﻿ / 56.700; -154.050﻿ (Aiaktalik Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago. |

### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fennia | Finland | The ferry ran aground in fog on a voyage between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lumberjack | United States | The 4,924-gross register ton, 272.1-foot (82.9 m) barge was wrecked at Jorkins Point on Swindle Island in Milbanke Sound on the coast of the British Columbia in Canada. |

### 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hercules | United States | The 275-gross register ton, 116.9-foot (35.6 m) tug was destroyed by ice at Clarks Point (58°50′30″N 158°33′00″W﻿ / ﻿58.84167°N 158.55000°W﻿ / 58.84167; -158.55000﻿ (Clarks Point)) in Alaska's Nushagak River. |
| Pioneer Leyte | Philippines | The passenger ferry collided with Golden State ( United States) and sank off Manila, Philippines, with the loss of 44 lives. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gulfscout | United States | The tank ship capsized off Morgan City, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur, Texas to Tampa, Florida. Gulfscout was subsequently towed out to sea and sunk. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date October 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USNS American Mariner | United States Navy | The former range instrumentation ship was intentionally grounded on a sand bar in the Chesapeake Bay 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Point Lookout, Maryland, between Point Lookout and Smith Island, Maryland, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W﻿ / ﻿38.04028°N 76.15472°W﻿ / 38.04028; -76.15472﻿ (American Mariner) for use as an aerial bombing target. |
| Mimi | Panama | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Perama, Greece. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| USS Suisun | United States Navy | The decommissioned Barnegat-class seaplane tender was sunk as a target by the United States Navy. |

## November
### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Derince | Turkey | The ferry collided with Taifun ( Soviet Union) and sank in the Dardanelles. Derince was on a voyage from Çanakkale to Eceabat. |
| North Cape | United States | A tsunami destroyed the 86-gross register ton, 109.7-foot (33.4 m) barge in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kitsap | United States | While under tow from the Pacific Northwest to Alaska, where she was to be employed as a floating cannery, the retired 526-gross register ton, 158.9-foot (48.4 m) ferry sank approximately 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km; 0.9 mi) northwest of Tonki Cape Light (58°21′N 151°59′W﻿ / ﻿58.350°N 151.983°W﻿ / 58.350; -151.983﻿ (Tonki Cape Light)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. |
| Marihora | Liberia | The cargo ship was driven ashore in a typhoon 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Madras, India and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Madras. |
| Stamatis | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Madras in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Madras to Calcutta, India She was subsequently wrecked on 10 November in another typhoon and declared a total loss. |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | Italy | The dredger collided with Bocna ( Yugoslavia) and sank at Lido de Venezia. Refloated on 4 February 1967, repaired and given a new diesel engine, returned to service. |

### 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bettles | United States | The landing craft ran aground and broke up in gale off Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutian Islands without loss of life. The seagoing buoy tender USCGC Balsam ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew. |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shibam | Aden | The Shelt-type coaster was driven ashore at Salalah, Oman during a tropical cyclone. Later repaired and returned to service. |
| White Eagle | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground on San Clemente Island, California, United States (32°55′N 118°33′W﻿ / ﻿32.917°N 118.550°W﻿ / 32.917; -118.550), a total loss. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isle of Gigha | United Kingdom | The roll-on/roll-off ferry capsized off the west coast of Scotland. She was salvaged and returned to service. |

### 13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Omega | Liberia | The Liberty ship suffered a fractured hull and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (6°57′N 125°53′W﻿ / ﻿6.950°N 125.883°W﻿ / 6.950; -125.883). Presumed subsequently foundered. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marina di Sapri | Italy | The cargo ship struck the wreck of Ada ( Italy) and sank. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Julie | United States | The 20-gross register ton, 36.3-foot (11.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Meyers Chuck, Alaska. |
| Marina di Sapri | Italy | The cargo ship struck the wreck of Ada ( Italy) and sank in the Lido de Venezia. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ypapanti | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground on Long Sands Head Shoal, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom and broke in two. Assistance was given by the Walton on the Naze lifeboat. Ypapanti was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Lisbon, Portugal. |

### 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nordmeer | West Germany | NordmeerDuring a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany, to Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of 990 coils of rolled steel, the 471-foot (144 m), 8,683-gross register ton motor cargo ship was wrecked on Thunder Bay Shoal in Lake Huron at 45°08.161′N 83°009.586′W﻿ / ﻿45.136017°N 83.159767°W﻿ / 45.136017; -83.159767﻿ (MCV Nordmeer), off the coast of Michigan about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Thunder Bay Island. A United States Coast Guard helicopter removed her crew on 26 November when a storm with 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) winds and 22-foot (6.7 m) waves struck her. Visible at the surface for several decades, the wreck eventually became submerged in 40 feet (12 m) of water. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eastern Argo | Liberia | The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Mapingil, Philippines. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Can-do | United States | The buoy tender sank off Anchor Point, Alaska, with the loss of three lives. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C-41 | Vietnam People's Navy | Vietnam War: The blockade runner was run aground at Đức Phổ, South Vietnam. to avoid capture. Two crewmen were killed after abandoning ship when they went back to her to check scuttling charges that failed to detonate on schedule but which detonated when they approached. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tegean | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground on Sisters Shoal, Sambro Island, and was wrecked. |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daniel J. Morrell | United States | The Great Lakes freighter — a 603-foot (184 m), 7,239-gross register ton bulk carrier — broke in half and sank in 220 feet (67 m) of water in Lake Huron during a storm with the loss of 28 of her 29 crewmen. |
| Nedi | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground on Fehmarn, West Germany. She was on a voyage from Kiel, West Germany to Taiwan. She was refloated on 2 December and towed back to Kiel. Although temporary repairs were made, she was sold and scrapped. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nightmare | United States | The fishing vessel disappeared along with both people aboard – a husband and wife – during a voyage from Seldovia to Halibut Cove, Alaska. |
| Pionere | Italy | The tug capsized while assisting Guglielmo Marconi ( Italy) at Messina. Refloated 22 January 1967, repaired and returned to service. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stamatis | Liberia | The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Madras, India. |

## December
### 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 519 | United States | The 210-gross register ton, 103.8-foot (31.6 m) barge sank in Chatham Strait off Takatz Island (57°08′N 134°48′W﻿ / ﻿57.133°N 134.800°W﻿ / 57.133; -134.800﻿ (Takatz Island)) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Humboldt | Peru | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea whilst under tow for scrapping. She was refloated on 4 December and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Voyage recommenced under tow on 9 December. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cindy | Liberia | The Liberty ship caught fire off Kobe, Japan. She was on a voyage from Mormugao, India to Amagasaki, Japan. She was beached on Awaji Island. Refloated on 16 December and towed in to Amagasaki. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped at Hirao, Japan in March 1967. |

### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heraklion | Greece | The passenger ferry capsized and sank in the Aegean Sea |

### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| U F 21 | United States | The 17-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Port Lions, Alaska. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agia Varvara | Greece | The coaster caught fire, then capsized and sank off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was on a voyage from Jeddah to Suez, Egypt. |
| Contentia | West Germany | The cargo ship collided with the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank at the mouth of the Humber. |
| Eldorita | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered north west of Hook of Holland, Netherlands. All four crew survived. |
| Elke | West Germany | The coaster collided with another ship and sank in the Humber Estuary. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shelikof | United States | The 72-foot (21.9 m) crab-fishing vessel foundered and drifted ashore at Cape Lazaref (54°37′00″N 163°35′10″W﻿ / ﻿54.61667°N 163.58611°W﻿ / 54.61667; -163.58611﻿ (Cape Lazaref)) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, where the surf pounded her to pieces. Her four-man crew survived and was rescued from the beach, two by the tug Trojan ( United States) and two by the medium endurance cutter USCGC Storis ( United States Coast Guard). |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Colahan | United States Navy | The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. |

### 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Mahnomen County | United States Navy | The LST-542-class tank landing ship was driven ashore off Chu Lai, South Vietnam, by the 18-foot (5.5-meter) surf and high winds of a typhoon. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oriana | Panama | The cargo liner caught fire at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was grounded due to the amount of water pumped aboard during firefighting operations. She was refloated on 4 January 1967 and declared a constructive total loss. |
| Refrigerator 10 | Soviet Union | The 239-foot (72.8 m) refrigerator ship sank in the Bering Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) north of Unimak Pass with the loss of about 50 lives. Soviet fishing vessels rescued about 50 survivors. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date 1966 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Corson | United States Navy | The decommissioned Barnegat-class seaplane tender was sunk as a target by the United States Navy. |
| Edward A. Filene | United States | The Liberty ship was sunk as a breakwater and dock at Cook Inlet, Alaska. |
| Francis Garnier | French Navy | The decommissioned sloop-of-war was sunk as a target in a nuclear weapon test in the Pacific Ocean. |
| Howell Cobb | United States | The Liberty ship was sunk as a breakwater and dock at Cook Inlet. |
| Nafsiporos | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat. |