List of shipwrecks in 1945

The list of shipwrecks in 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1945.

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1945
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May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1945

Ship	Country	Description
Akagi Maru	Japan	The merchant ship sank in a typhoon. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
Alice L. Pendleton	United States	The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349-gross register ton four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[1]
Bourgas	Bulgaria	World War II: The cargo ship was sunk at Thessaloniki, Greece. The wreck was scrapped in situ in March 1948.[2]
Dinteldyk	Netherlands	World War II: The burnt out cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship at Rotterdam, South Holland.[3]
Elbing	Germany	World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at Schweinesand. She was later repaired and returned to service.
F 113	Kriegsmarine	The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[4]
F 212	Kriegsmarine	The Type B Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[5]
F 823	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[6]
F 923	Kriegsmarine	The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[7]
F 949	Kriegsmarine	The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[8]
F 964	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[9]
F 1157	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.[10]
F 1158	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in early 1945.[11]
F 1165	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.[12]
F 1179	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[13]
F 1180	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[14]
F 1192	Kriegsmarine	The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1945.[15]
Gyoraitei No. 11, Gyoraitei No. 14, Gyoraitei No. 15, Gyoraitei No. 16, and Gyoraitei No. 17	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Gyoraitei T51-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.[16]
Gyoraitei No. 114	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Q/Gyoraitei No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.[17]
Gyoraitei No. 233	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.[18]
Gyoraitei No. 245, Gyoraitei No. 254, and Gyoraitei No. 258	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Gyoraitei No. 38-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.[19]
Gyoraitei No. 549, Gyoraitei No. 869, Gyoraitei No. 870, Gyoraitei No. 871, Gyoraitei No. 872, Gyoraitei No. 873, Gyoraitei No. 874, Gyoraitei No. 875, Gyoraitei No. 876, Gyoraitei No. 877, Gyoraitei No. 879, and Gyoraitei No. 883	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Gyoraitei No. 14-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1945.[20]
Gyoraitei No. 1113	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Gyoraitei No. 15-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1945.[21]
Gutzon Borglum	United States	The Liberty ship was damaged in a typhoon. She was refloated but collided with a United States Navy tug and was declared a constructive total loss.[22]
H-3, H-5, H-7, and H-8	Imperial Japanese Navy	The H-2-class motor gun boats were lost in 1944 or 1945.[23]
H-46, H-113	Imperial Japanese Navy	The H-61-class motor gun boats were lost in 1945.[24]
Horch I	Kriegsmarine	The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.[25]
Horch II	Kriegsmarine	The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.[26]
KFK 203	Kriegsmarine	The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in early 1945.[27]
KFK 204	Kriegsmarine	The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in early 1945.[28]
King Edwin	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was scuttled off Malta.[29]
NO 42	Kriegsmarine	The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1945.[30]
Prince George	Canada	The steamer was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. She later was towed away and scrapped.
SS-8	Imperial Japanese Navy	The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.[31]
SS-10	Imperial Japanese Navy	The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.[32]
SS-11	Imperial Japanese Navy	The SS-class landing ship was lost in Spring 1945.[33]
SS-14	Imperial Japanese Navy	The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1945.[34]
SS-15	Imperial Japanese Navy	The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1945.[35]
SS-24	Imperial Japanese Navy	World War II: The incomplete SS-class landing ship was sunk at Osaka in 1945.[36]
Saginaw II	United States	The 92-gross register ton, 70.2-foot (21.4 m) scow sank off the coast of Southeast Alaska at 57°35′N 136°05′W, between Slocum Arm (57.5094°N 135.9288°W) and Khaz Bay (57.5651°N 136.1091°W).[37]
San Marco	Regia Marina	End of World War II: The target ship, a former San Giorgio-class armored cruiser captured by the Germans in September 1943, was found sunk in the harbor at La Spezia, Italy, at the end of World War II.
UF-2	Kriegsmarine	End of World War II: The Aurore-class submarine was scuttled at Gotenhafen, Pomerania sometime after 5 July.
U-3502	Kriegsmarine	World War II: The Type XXI submarine was bombed and damaged at Hamburg. She was consequently withdrawn from service on 3 May and scrapped post-war.[38]
Vs 248	Kriegsmarine	The Vorpostenboot, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1945.[39]
W. P. Few	United States	The Liberty ship became stranded and was declared a constructive total loss.[40]

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Ship events in 1945
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Ship commissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950
Ship decommissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950
Shipwrecks:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950