The 40-foot (12.2 m) troller caught fire, ran aground, and sank off Big Gravanski Island (57°08′00″N 135°25′30″W / 57.13333°N 135.42500°W / 57.13333; -135.42500 (Big Gravanski Island)) in Southeast Alaska near Sitka, Alaska. The only person aboard perished.[4]
After she broke a propeller, the 285-foot (86.9 m) fishing trawler drifted ashore on the west coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Spray Cape (53°36′50″N 167°09′20″W / 53.61389°N 167.15556°W / 53.61389; -167.15556 (Spray Cape)). Two United States Coast Guard helicopters and a lifeboat from Chil Bo San No. 6's sister ship, the fishing trawler Pung Yang Ho (South Korea), rescued her crew of 54. Chil Bo San No. 6 later was washed over a reef and settled on rocks in a small cove.[6]
The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vesselcapsized and sank with the loss of one life in Uyak Bay (57°48′N 154°04′W / 57.800°N 154.067°W / 57.800; -154.067 (Uyak bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. There was one survivor.[3]
The 51-foot (15.5 m) fishing vessel sank without loss of life in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)) on Kodiak Island.[11]
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, the 97-foot (29.6 m) crabfishing vessel sent out a distress signal reporting herself to be experiencing severe icing during a storm with 60-knot (110 km/h) winds and 30-foot (9.1 m) seas before sinking with the loss of her entire crew of six in the North Pacific Ocean about 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Trinity Islands.[12]
The 71-foot (21.6 m) fish tender sank approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off Cape Barnabas. (53°09′N 152°53′W / 53.150°N 152.883°W / 53.150; -152.883 (Cape Barnabas)) on the south-central coast of Alaska less than 10 minutes after her lazarette began to flood. Her crew of four survived.[13]
The cargo ship ran aground at Hell's Mouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by helicopter.[14]
The 82-foot (25 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank in Kah Shakes Cove (55°02′40″N 130°59′15″W / 55.04444°N 130.98750°W / 55.04444; -130.98750 (Kah Shakes Cove)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[3]
The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) to 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. Her crew of four was rescued from a life raft.[13]
The fishing vessel sank off Chugach Island (59°07′N 151°40′W / 59.117°N 151.667°W / 59.117; -151.667 (Chugach Island)) off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew survived.[22]
The fishing vessel sank off Cape Cleare (59°46′25″N 147°54′30″W / 59.77361°N 147.90833°W / 59.77361; -147.90833 (Cape Cleare)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[23]
The 52-foot (15.8 m) longlinefishing vessel sank in bad weather at the entrance to Aialik Bay (59°40′N 149°34′W / 59.667°N 149.567°W / 59.667; -149.567 (Aialik Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[5]
The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing tender sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W / 57.82083°N 152.33333°W / 57.82083; -152.33333 (Spruce Cape)) north of Kodiak, Alaska, after a seam opened in her hull. Five people and a dog were rescued from Teal.[11]
The 32-foot (9.8 m) longlinehalibutfishing vessel ran aground, capsized, and sank in Roller Bay (55°31′N 133°46′W / 55.517°N 133.767°W / 55.517; -133.767 (Roller Bay)) in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived.[24]
While hauling a full load of lumber from Kenai to Chinitna (59°51′11″N 153°03′46″W / 59.8531°N 153.0627°W / 59.8531; -153.0627 (Chinitna)), Alaska, on the west side of Cook Inlet, the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized and sank in bad weather southeast of Chisik Island (58°57′N 152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W / 58.950; -152.250 (Chisik Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska, killing a woman on board. The man who owned and operated Fleet Commander survived by abandoning ship in a life raft and drifting to shore 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi) away in Dry Bay (59°07′45″N 138°31′48″W / 59.1292°N 138.5300°W / 59.1292; -138.5300 (Dry Bay)).[27]
After the retired 65-foot (19.8 m) tug was cut into pieces, she was dumped in the North Atlantic Ocean as an artificial reef 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 40°21.555′N 073°56.103′W / 40.359250°N 73.935050°W / 40.359250; -73.935050 (Dorothy).[28]
After the retired 110-foot (33.5 m) tanker] was cut into pieces, she was dumped in the North Atlantic Ocean as an artificial reef 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 40°21.525′N 073°56.110′W / 40.358750°N 73.935167°W / 40.358750; -73.935167 (V. L. Keegan).[28]
The 85-foot (26 m) former German racing yacht was scuttled 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) off Miami Beach, Florida. She was scuttled in the wrong place, on a sensitive reef. Later she was partially refloated, towed to the proper place while still underwater and resunk.[29]
The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmonfishing vessel burned at Grass Island (60°17′30″N 145°11′30″W / 60.29167°N 145.19167°W / 60.29167; -145.19167 (Grass Island)) in the Gulf of Alaska.[12]
The fishing vessel sank off Chilkat Island (59°02′N 135°16′W / 59.033°N 135.267°W / 59.033; -135.267 (Chilkat Island)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[13]
The cargo ship collided with Meloviya (Morocco) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Vigo, Spain, with the loss of six of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Meloviya.[30]
During an attempt on Lake Jackson in Sebring, Florida, to break the world water speed record, the hydroplane somersaulted at a speed of more than 350 mph (560 km/h) and broke apart, fatally injuring its pilot, Craig Arfons.[32][33]
Hijacked by terrorists and set on fire by grenades. Nine killed and 60 injured. Fire extinguished by salvage tugs Alcyon and Pegasus, ship towed to Piraeus.[35]
The liquid petroleum gas carrier was driven onto the Merries Reef. She consequently came ashore at Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. Kouris was refloated on 27 July.[37]
The 36-foot (11 m) fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago between Ugak Island (57°37′55″N 152°09′30″W / 57.6319°N 152.1583°W / 57.6319; -152.1583 (Ugak Island)) and Narrow Cape (57°25′37″N 152°19′44″W / 57.4269°N 152.3289°W / 57.4269; -152.3289 (Narrow Cape)).[38]
Lebanese Civil War: The tanker was damaged off Jounieh, Lebanon by a Syrian Project 205U missile boat, sinking on 1 September in Jounieh Bay. Seven crewmen were killed, including her master, two were wounded and two were reported missing.[41][42]
The 44-foot (13.4 m) longlinehalibut-fishing vesselcapsized and sank, at a location identified in the wreck report as Ursus Cove in the Barren Islands. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued from the raft four days later. Jackie Jay presumably sank in Ursus Cove (59°32′N 153°40′W / 59.533°N 153.667°W / 59.533; -153.667 (Ursus Cove)) northwest of Saint Augustine Island (59°22′N 153°26′W / 59.367°N 153.433°W / 59.367; -153.433 (Helm Bay)) in Kamishak Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska, and the Barren Islands in the Gulf of Alaska probably are the location of her crew's rescue.[44]
The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank near Seal Rock (59°31′25″N 149°37′32″W / 59.52361°N 149.62556°W / 59.52361; -149.62556 (Seal Rock)) on the south-central coast of Alaska southwest of Seward. Her crew of two survived.[44]
The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel flooded, capsized, and sank without loss of life in Bristol Bay south of Cape Newenham (58°39′00″N 162°10′30″W / 58.65000°N 162.17500°W / 58.65000; -162.17500 (Cape Newenham)) in Alaska.[11]
The 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel sank in heavy seas off Glacier Point, Alaska; the wreck report does not specify which of many Alaskan locations named Glacier Point it refers to. Another vessel rescued her crew of three.[13]
The 38-foot (11.6 m) longlinehalibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank in heavy seas in the Gulf of Alaska off Ugak Island (57°23′N 152°17′W / 57.383°N 152.283°W / 57.383; -152.283 (Matushka Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of one crewman. Her three survivors were rescued from her overturned hull.[15]
The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel sank in Chiniak Bay (57°42′N 152°20′W / 57.700°N 152.333°W / 57.700; -152.333 (Chiniak Bay)) near Kodiak, Alaska, after her lazarette flooded. Her crew of two survived.[3]
The 58-foot (18 m), 84-gross register tonfishing vessel sank without loss of life in 85 feet (26 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Sakonnet Point on the coast of Rhode Island at 41°23.161′N 071°11.135′W / 41.386017°N 71.185583°W / 41.386017; -71.185583 (Neptune II).[55]
The buoy tender ran aground on a reef off of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. Originally intended to be salvaged, she was damaged further by winter storms and subsequently sunk as an artificial reef the next year.[57]
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