This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Pacific Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Pacific Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas: the Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Bohol Sea, Celebes Sea, Chilean Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Seto Inland Sea, Sibuyan Sea, Solomon Sea, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea, Visayan Sea, and Yellow Sea.
North Pacific
Bering Sea
Bohol Sea
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Mogami | Imperial Japanese Navy | 25 October 1944 | A Mogami-class heavy cruiser scuttled after sustaining damage in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. | 09°40′N 124°50′E / 9.667°N 124.833°E |
Celebes Sea
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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USS Capelin | United States Navy | 2 December 1943 | A Balao-class submarine missing in the Celebes Sea-Molucca Sea area. | |
HNLMS Prins van Oranje | Royal Netherlands Navy | 12 January 1942 | A Prins van Oranje-class minelayer sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze and patrol vessel Patrol Boat 38 off Tarakan. | |
USS S-36 | United States Navy | 21 January 1942 | An S-class submarine scuttled after running aground on Taka Bakang Reef at the southern end of Makassar Strait, approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) west-northwest of Makassar, Celebae, Netherlands East Indies. | 04°57′N 118°31′E / 4.950°N 118.517°E |
East China Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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I-180 | Imperial Japanese Navy | 26 April 1944 | A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort USS Gilmore (DE-18) southwest of Chirikof Island. | 55°9′57″N 155°40′0″W / 55.16583°N 155.66667°W |
Prinsendam | Netherlands | 11 October 1980 | A cruise ship that sank off Southeast Alaska. | 55°52′59″N 136°27′00″W / 55.883°N 136.450°W |
Ryou-Un Maru | Japan | 5 April 2012 | A Japanese fishing boat that was swept out to sea by the March 2011 tsunami, and drifted across the Pacific. She was discovered a year later in Canadian waters, and scuttled by the United States Coast Guard cutter USCGC Anacapa 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi) off Southeast Alaska. |
Philippine Sea
Sea of Japan
Sea of Okhotsk
Seto Inland Sea
Sibuyan Sea
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Musashi | Imperial Japanese Navy | 24 October 1944 | A Yamato-class battleship that was sunk by United States Navy aircraft in the Sibuyan Sea. | 13°07′N 122°32′E / 13.117°N 122.533°E |
South China Sea
Sulu Sea
Visayan Sea
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Kinu | Imperial Japanese Navy | 26 October 1944 | A Nagara-class light cruiser sunk by United States Navy aircraft southwest of Masbate during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. | 11°45′N 123°11′E / 11.750°N 123.183°E |
Uzuki | 12 December 1944 | A Mutsuki-class destroyer sunk by the United States Navy PT boats PT-490 and PT-492 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) northeast of Cebu. | 11°03′N 124°23′E / 11.050°N 124.383°E |
Yellow Sea
South Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Chilean Sea
Coral Sea
Java Sea
Solomon Sea
Tasman Sea
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean.
- Map of New Zealand wrecks to 1936
- 20th century New Zealand wrecks
- Sunken Ships of the Second World War, a website that contains a database of shipwrecks from World War 2, including those from the Pacific Ocean.
References
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- ↑ Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2006–2020). "IJN SAN CLEMENTE MARU: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
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- ↑ "Kasado Maru (+1945)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
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- ↑ "IJN Nokaze: Tabular Record of Movement". Long Lancers. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ↑ "IJN Escort Yaku: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ↑ "USS PT 32". uboat.net. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ↑ "USS Pope (i) (DD 225)". uboat.net. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Tencho Maru (Tentyo Maru) (+1945)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ↑ "TENCHO MARU: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com.
- ↑ "HNMS Van Nes (VN)". uboat.net. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ↑ "Yosei Maru (+1945)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ↑ "IJN YOSEI MARU: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ↑ "USS Henley (i) (DD 391)". uboat.net. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ↑ "USS McKean (i) (APD 5)". uboat.net. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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