Alaska'sWorst All Time Shipping Losses*

| **Date**
**Vessel Type**
**Name**
**Cause**
**Location**
**Number Lost**
Oct 23, 1918
Canadian passenger steamer
Princess Sophia
Sank
Vanderbilt Reef, N of Juneau
343 lost, 1 dog survived
1799
Native bidarkas
sixty boats
Lost in storm
Hinchinbrook Entrance
200 lost
Sep 20, 1908
Bark
Star of Bengal
Went ashore
Coronation Island
112 lost, 25 saved
Feb 5, 1898
Steamer
Clara Nevada
Burned and sank
Off Eldred Rock
104 lost (all hands)
May 21, 1799
Russian frigate
Phoenix
Wrecked
Near Shuyak Island
88 lost (all hands)
Apr 26, 1890
Salmon packer
Oneida
Stranded
Hennig Rock, 8 mi SW of Sanak Island
77 lost, 78 rescued
Aug 18, 1943
Navy destroyer
Abner Read
Stern sank
NW beach of Kiska Island after vessel hit a      Japanese mine
70 lost, ? rescued
Jan 5, 1978
Indian cargo ship
Chandragupta
Sank
1,500 mi SSW of Kodiak
70 lost
Apr 19, 1944
Liberty ship
John Straub
Exploded and sank
Off Sanak Island
55 lost, 15 rescued
Jan 9, 1813
Russian vessel
Neva
Sank
Off Cape Edgecombe, Kruzof Island, near      Sitka
49 lost, 28 rescued
Aug 14, 1901
Canadian passenger steamer
Islander
Hit iceberg and sank
Stephens Passage, S of Juneau
42 lost, 130 saved
Jan 9, 1972
Liberian freighter
Dona Anita
Disappeared
North Pacific, 120 W of Vancouver Island
42 lost (all hands; some bodies found near      Ketchikan)
Dec 19, 1973
Liberian freighter
Oriental Monarch
Sank
North Pacific, 550 mi NW of Victoria, BC
40 lost
Oct 9, 1967
Merchant ship
Panoceanic Faith
Sank
870 mi SW of Kodiak
37 lost, 5 rescued
Jan 18, 1916
Halibut boat
Onward Ho
Sank
Off Cape Fairweather
34 lost (all hands)
Sep 28, 1932
Steamer
Nevada
Wrecked
On Amatignak Island, Aleutians
34 lost, 3 rescued
Apr 14, 1895
Canadian sealing schooner
Walter A. Earle
Capsized
Off Cape St. Elias
32 lost (all hands)
Aug 17, 1913
Passenger steamer
State of California
Hit reef and sank
In Gambier Bay, Admiralty Island
32 lost, 118 saved
Dec 17, 1964
Liberian cargo steamer
San Patrick
Driven ashore
On Ulak Island, 120 mi W of Adak
32 lost (all hands)
Jan 5, 1982
Japanese trawler
Akebono Maru
Capsized
50 mi N of Adak
32 lost
Dec 24, 1972
Liberian freighter
Pacrover
Sank
760 mi S of Kodiak
30 lost (all hands)
Dec 25, 1979
Japanese oreship
Lee Wang Zin
Capsized
Dixon Entrance, SE Alaska
30 lost (all hands)
Nov 24, 1974
Hong Kong freighter
Geranium
Sank
70 mi S of Atka Island
28 lost
Mar 13, 1981
Japanese trawler
Daito Maru No. 55
Sank
380 mi NW of Adak
26 lost
Nov 1, 1903
Steamer
Discovery
Foundered
Off Lituya Bay, Gulf of Alaska
26+ (all hands)
Oct 3, 1888
Whaling bark
Ohio
Driven ashore
Near Point Hope, Chukchi Sea
25 lost, 7 rescued
May 11, 1894
Whaling bark
James Allen
Struck rock and sank
On E end of Amlia Island, Aleutians
25 lost, 33 rescued
Feb 28, 1981
Korean cargo ship
Dae Rim
Caught fire
90 mi W of Attu
24 lost
Feb 10, 1830
Russian baidara
Unknown
Wrecked
In Crane Bay, Kodiak Island
20 lost
Nov 1886
Schooner
Flying Scud
Lost
Near Karluk
18 lost
Jun 28, 1898
Small steamer
Jessie
Swamped
At mouth of Kuskokwim River
18 lost
Nov 11, 1976
Japanese lumber carrier
Carnelian-I
Sank
700 mi S of Adak
18 lost, 14 saved
Sep 5, 1758
Russian ship
Sv. Kapiton
Driven onto reef
Near Kiska Island
17 lost
Apr 21, 1970
Japanese fishing vessel
Nitto Maru No. 67
Capsized
20 mi off Unimak Island
17 lost (all hands)
May 20, 1858
French whaling ship
Napoleon III
Stove by ice
St. Paul Island
16 lost
Aug 12, 1897
Steam whaler
Navarch
Caught in ice and abandoned
Off Blossom Shoals; drifted in ice to      Barrow
16 lost, 16 rescued
Feb 17, 1946
Russian tanker
Donbass
Went aground
40 mi S of Adak
16 lost, 48 rescued
Feb 14, 1984
Japanese trawler
Kyowa Maru No. 11
Collided with the Anyo Maru No. 15 and sank
120 mi N of Atka
16 lost, 8 rescued
Sep 15, 1967
Korean fishing trawler
Sam Su No. 7
Sank
200 mi SW of Adak
15 lost
Sep 15, 1967
Korean fishing trawler
Sam Su No. 8
Sank
200 mi SW of Adak
15 lost
Jan 12, 1943
Navy destroyer
Worden
Hit rock and sank
At mouth of Constantine Harbor, Amchitka      Island
14 lost, some rescued
Apr 1954
Canadian tug
Chelan
Foundered
200 mi N of Prince Rupert
14 lost
Jan 1965
Russian fishing trawler
Boksetegorsk
Lost
In the Bering Sea
14 lost (all hands)
Jan 22, 1965
Russian fishing trawler
Nahichevan
Lost
In the Bering Sea
14 lost (all hands)
Jan 22, 1965
Russian fishing trawler
Sebezh
Lost
In the Bering Sea
14 lost (all hands)
Jan 22, 1965
Russian fishing trawler
Sevsk
Lost
In the Bering Sea
14 lost (all hands)
Mar 30, 1887
Small steamer
Seal
Lost
Lynn Canal, N of Berners Bay
12 lost
Nov 1905
Schooner
Nellie Coleman
Lost
Off Cape Yakutaga, Gulf of Alaska
12 (all hands)
1939
Salmon boat
Oduno
Sank
off Noyes Island
12 lost
Dec 9, 1999
Japanese trawler
Anyo Maru No. 1
Sank
In the Bering Sea, 120 mi S of Cape      Navarin, Russia
12 lost, 24 rescued
Jul 11, 1786
Yawl from the *Astrolabe*
n/a
Capsized
At the mouth of Lituya Bay. Boats from the      LaPerouse Expedition.
11 lost
Apr 13, 1895
Canadian sealing schooner
C.G. White
Driven aground on a reef
NW of Cape Alitak, SW end of Kodiak Island
11 lost, 17 rescued
Jan 24, 1933
Diesel srew
Umnak Native
Stranded
In Inanudak Bay, Umnak Island
11 lost, 4 rescued
Nov 25, 1943
Liberty ship
John P. Gaines
Broke in two
40 mi S of Chirikof Island
11 lost, 89 rescued
Feb 4, 1946
Alaska Steamship

passenger steamer
Yukon
Struck rocks
Off Johnstone Bay, 40 mi SE of Seward
11 lost, 484 rescued
Jul 11, 1786
Yawl from the *Boussole*
n/a
Capsized
At the mouth of Lituya Bay. Boats from the      LaPerouse Expedition.
10 lost
Jan 8, 1908
Schooner
John F. Miller
Wrecked
East Anchor Cove, Unimak Island
10 lost, 27 rescued
Mar 8, 1971
Japanese fishing vessel
Nissei Maru
Capsized and sank
N of Unalaska
10 lost, 8 rescued
Dec 5, 1979
Canadian fishing vessel
Salinta
Went aground and broke in half
Tree Point, 46 mi NW of Prince Rupert, BC
10 lost (all hands)
Sep 1862
Japanese junk
Unknown
Wrecked
At Attu
9 lost, 3 rescued
May 26, 1893
Whaling bark
Sea Ranger
Stranded on an unmarked rock
2 mi W of Kayak Island
9 lost, 31 rescued
Sep 1898
Sloop
Unknown
Caught in tidal bore and swamped
Near Sunrise City, Turnagain Arm, Upper      Cook Inlet
9 lost
Nov 11, 1929
F/V
Kanatak
Lost
30 mi NE of Cape St. Elias
9 lost (all hands)
Dec 2, 1981
F/V
St. Patrick
Abandoned
5 mi W of Marmot Island, near Kodiak
9 lost
Mar 22, 1990
F/V
Aleutian Enterprise
Sank
In the Bering Sea, 60 mi S of St. Paul      Island
9 lost, 22 saved*Many ships suffered the loss of many or all  hands with loss numbers not known. They are: St. Alexander (1799), Sv.  Arkhistrati Mikhail (1801), Chilkat (1837), Monongahela (1853), Urania (1876),  Royal Charlie (1866), Growler (1868), Felix (1885), Otter (1888), Annie  (1889), Bessie Reuter (1892), Helen Blum (1893), Mary H. Thomas (1894), Sea  Lion (1895), Lincoln (1896), Matinee (1898), Pioneer (1898), Unknown (Steam  barge 1898), Unknown Schooner 1898), Minerva (1898), Midas (1898), Nicolas  Thayer (1906), Japan (1907), Nora (1913), Nissan Maru (Japanese oiler 1942),  Arare (Japanese destroyer 1942), Nenohi (Japanese destroyer 1942), Unknown  (Japanese submarine 1942), SC-25 (Japanese subchaser 1942), SC-27(Japanese  subchaser 1942), Grunion (U.S. submarine 1942), Kano Maru (Japanese cargo  vessel 1942), Nichiryo (Japanese cargo vessel 1942), RO-61 (Japanese submarine  1942), Nozima Maru (Japanese cargo ship 1942), Borneo Maru (Japanese cargo  ship 1942), Oboro (Japanese supply destroyer1942),  RO-65 (Japanese submarine 1942), Edward Schenk (1942), Cheribon Maru (Japanese  cargo vessel 1942), Chihaya Maru (Japanese cargo vessel1942),  Montreal Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1943), Kotohira Maru (Japanese cargo  vessel 1943), Uragio Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1943), I-31(Japanese  I-class submarine 1943), I-34 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), I-35  (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), I-24 (Japanese I-class submarine1943),  I-7 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), Klyuchevsky (Russian trawler 1962), Chi  Bo San No. 1 (South Korean freighter 1986).
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Content:  Mike BurwellAlaska OCS RegionMinerals Management Service
Last updated 01/30/2004
 
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