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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 57|F 116|2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|AF 57|F 116|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type A ''[[Artilleriefährprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type A ''[[Artilleriefährprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The {{convert|228|ft|adj=on}}, 1,349-[[gross register ton]] four-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[lumber]] [[schooner]] was abandoned at the [[Palmer Shipyard]] on the west side of the [[Mystic River]] in [[Noank, Connecticut|Noank]], [[Connecticut]], sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in {{convert|10|ft}} of water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/alicelpendleton-dat.htm |title=Alice L. Pendleton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}</ref>
|desc=The {{convert|228|ft|adj=on}}, 1,349-[[gross register ton]] four-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[lumber]] [[schooner]] was abandoned at the [[Palmer Shipyard]] on the west side of the [[Mystic River]] in [[Noank, Connecticut|Noank]], [[Connecticut]], sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in {{convert|10|ft}} of water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/alicelpendleton-dat.htm |title=Alice L. Pendleton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}</ref>
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|ship=[[German trawler V 607 Düsseldorf|V 607 ''Düsseldorf'']]
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The ''[[vorpostenboot]]'' was sunk in French waters. Salvaged post-war, repaired and entered French servic as the fishing vessel ''Turbot''.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 241||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 241||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in the Winter of 1944/1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type A ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in the Winter of 1944/1945.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 459||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 459||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type C ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type C ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 615||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 615||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type C2 ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type C2 ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 626||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 626||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type C2 ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type C2 ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 855||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 855||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type D ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 923||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 923||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type DM minelayer ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type DM minelayer ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 949||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 949||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type DM minelayer ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type DM minelayer ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 964||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 964||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type D ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1165||2}}
|ship={{ship|German landing craft|F 1165||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The Type D ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_amph_mfp.htm |title=MFP landing craft, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Type D ''[[Marinefahrprahm]]'' was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{SS|G 310 Triglav||2}}
|ship={{SS|G 310 Triglav||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster was wrecked near [[Trieste]]. Raised, either by the Germans, repaired and returned to service, or by her Yugoslav owners post war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/138028 |title=White ships, black smoke |publisher=Maritimeheritage |accessdate=3 December 2018}}</ref>
|desc= The [[Coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was wrecked near [[Trieste]]. Raised, either by the Germans, repaired and returned to service, or by her Yugoslav owners post war.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/138028 |title=White ships, black smoke |journal=Transactions on Maritime Science |date=20 April 2015 |volume=04 |issue=1 |pages=58–67 |publisher=Maritimeheritage |access-date=3 December 2018|last1=Žuvić |first1=Marijan }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 114||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 114||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The Q/No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_no102.htm |title=114 class ex-Philippines motor torpedo boat (1940/1943), Coastal Forces, Imperial Japanese Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The Q/No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 116||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 117||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 116||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 117||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The TM 4/No. 102-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1944 at or near [[Rabaul]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_no102.htm |title=TM 4 class ex-Dutch motor torpedo boats, Coastal Forces, Imperial Japanese Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/TM4class.htm |title=Class TM-4 |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |accessdate=27 June 2020 }}</ref>
|desc=The TM 4/No. 102-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1944 at or near [[Rabaul]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/TM4class.htm |title=Class TM-4 |publisher=netherlandsnavy.nl |accessdate=27 June 2020 }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 233||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 233||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ''Gyoraitei No. 31''-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_t1_mtb.htm |title=T 23 type motor torpedo boats |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The ''Gyoraitei No. 31''-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 428||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor torpedo boat|Gyoraitei No. 428||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ''Gyoraitei No. 36''-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_t1_mtb.htm |title=T 23 type motor torpedo boats |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The ''Gyoraitei No. 36''-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-1||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-1||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ''H-1''-class motor gun boat was lost in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_h1.htm |title=H-1 and H-2 type motor gun boats |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The ''H-1''-class motor gun boat was lost in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-3||2}}, {{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-5||2}}, {{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-7||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-8||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-3||2}}, {{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-5||2}}, {{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-7||2}}, and {{ship|Japanese motor gun boat|H-8||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ''H-2''-class motor gun boats were lost in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_aux_h1.htm |title=H-1 and H-2 type motor gun boats |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The ''H-2''-class motor gun boats were lost in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|German drifter|KFK 90||2}}
|ship={{ship|German drifter|KFK 90||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_mb_kfk2.htm |title=KFK2 Motor Anti-submarine boats, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|German drifter|KFK 307||2}}
|ship={{ship|German drifter|KFK 307||2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_mb_kfk2.htm |title=KFK2 Motor Anti-submarine boats, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 540}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 540}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCPL|landing craft personnel (large)]] was lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPL>{{cite web |url= http://www.navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_aws_lcp.htm |title=LCP,LCP(S), LCP(L), LCP(R) Landing Craft, Royal Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The [[LCPL|landing craft personnel (large)]] was lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 760}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(L) 760}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCPL|landing craft personnel (large)]] was lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPL/>
|desc=The [[LCPL|landing craft personnel (large)]] was lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 640}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 640}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR>{{cite web |url= http://www.navypedia.org/ships/uk/brit_aws_lcp.htm |title=LCP,LCP(S), LCP(L), LCP(R) Landing Craft, Royal Navy |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 652}}\
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 652}}\
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 669}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 669}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 735}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 735}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 978}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 978}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 982}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 982}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 987}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 987}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 989}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 989}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 991}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 991}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 993}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 993}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 1023}}
|ship= {{HMS|LCP(R) 1023}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.<ref name=navypediaLCPR/>
|desc=The [[LCVP (United States)|landing craft personnel (ramped)]] were lost sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{ship|German drifter|M 4255|KFK 482|2}}
|ship={{ship|German drifter|M 4255|KFK 482|2}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The minesweeper, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_mb_kfk2.htm |title=KFK2 Motor Anti-submarine boats, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The minesweeper, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{SS|Nichiyu Maru||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War II: The ''Nichiyu Maru''-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and damaged by {{USS|Halibut|SS-232|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) about {{convert|200|nmi}} south west of Guam ({{coord|10|25|N|145|25|E}}) on 2 March 1943. She was towed to Guam and declared unrepairable. The ship was further damaged on 12 June and 25 June 1944. The transport was apparently sunk during the [[Battle of Guam (1944)|Battle of Guam]] between 25 June and 10 August 1944 when she was removed from the IJN List.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Nichiyu_t.htm |title=Japanese Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-4||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-4||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in August 1944 in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_esc_aux_ms.htm |title=SS type Tank Landing ships, Amphibious craft Japan |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in August 1944 in the [[Philippines]].
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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-8||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-8||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_esc_aux_ms.htm |title=SS type Tank Landing ships, Amphibious craft Japan |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-10||2}}
|ship={{ship|Japanese landing ship|SS-10||2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1944 or 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/japan/jap_esc_aux_ms.htm |title=SS type Tank Landing ships, Amphibious craft Japan |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=27 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The {{sclass2|SS|landing ship}} was lost in 1944 or 1945.
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|ship=''[[SMS Regensburg|Strasbourg II]]''
|ship=''[[SMS Regensburg|Strasbourg II]]''
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[barracks ship]] was scuttled at [[Lorient]], France.
|desc=[[File:2012-07-18-Lorient-wreck-SMS-Regensburg-Strasbourg.JPG|thumb|''Strasbourg II'']] World War II: The [[barracks ship]] was scuttled at [[Lorient]], France.
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|ship=''[[Japanese landing ship No.134|T-134]]''
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The [[No.101-class landing ship|No. 103-class landing ship]] ran aground and was abandoned on the east coast of Iwo Jima, [[Kazan Retto]] ({{coord|24|47|N|141|20|E}}) sometime on or after 2 August. The wreck was destroyed by a storm on 4 October.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.134_t.htm |title=T.103 Class Landing Ships |publisher=combinedfleet.com |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
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|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was scuttled. She was refloated in December 1944. Subsequently repaired and returned to French service as ''Vendémiaire''.<ref name=Merchant464>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=464 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
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|desc=The submarine chaser, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_mb_kfk2.htm |title=KFK2 Motor Anti-submarine boats, Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The submarine chaser, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.
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|desc=An unknown wreck was recorded at ({{coord|30|12|N|87|13|W}}) south of [[Pensacola, Florida]] in 1944 in {{convert|80|ft}} of water with a stack and masts above water.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref>
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|desc=An unknown wreck was recorded east of [[Marathon, Florida]] at ({{coord|24|42|N|80|52|W}}) on 31 March 1944.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 5509||2}}
|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 5509||2}}
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|desc=The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'', a former ''S 14''-class motor torpedo boat, was sunk in [[La Manch]] sometime in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/germany/ger_mb_s14.htm |title=S 14 class Motor Torpedo Boat, Coastal Forces,Germany |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|desc=The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'', a former ''S 14''-class motor torpedo boat, was sunk in [[La Manch]] sometime in 1944.
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|ship={{SS|Victoria|1940|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and severely damaged at Hamburg whilst fitting out. She was subsequently laid up. She was completed in 1947–49 and entered [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] service as ''Makedonija''.<ref name=Merchant479>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=479 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
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|ship=''Wilma G''
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|desc=The 8-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|29.6|ft|m|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] sank at the entrance to [[Prince William Sound]] off [[Montague Island (Alaska)|Montague Island]], [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksw>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]</ref> }}
|desc=The 8-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|29.6|ft|m|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] sank at the entrance to [[Prince William Sound]] off [[Montague Island (Alaska)|Montague Island]], [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksw>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]</ref>
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|desc=An unknown wreck was recorded at ({{coord|30|12|N|87|13|W}}) south of [[Pensacola, Florida]] in 1944 in {{convert|80|ft}} of water with a stack and masts above water.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref>
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|desc=An unknown wreck was recorded east of [[Marathon, Florida]] at ({{coord|24|42|N|80|52|W}}) on 31 March 1944.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6j6kjZQReqkC&q=ship%3A++David+Kemps%2C+1897&pg=PA198 |title=Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing |year=1998 |publisher=Pineapple Press/Googlebooks |isbn=9781561641635 |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 13 March 2024

The list of shipwrecks in 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1944.

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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Main article: List of shipwrecks in October 1944

November

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Main article: List of shipwrecks in November 1944

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1944
Ship State Description
AF 57  Kriegsmarine The Type A Artilleriefährprahm was sunk sometime in 1944.
Alice L. Pendleton  Vereinigte Staaten 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]
V 607 Düsseldorf  Kriegsmarine The vorpostenboot was sunk in French waters. Salvaged post-war, repaired and entered French servic as the fishing vessel Turbot.
F 241  Kriegsmarine The Type A Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in the Winter of 1944/1945.
F 459  Kriegsmarine The Type C Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944.
F 615  Kriegsmarine The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944.
F 626  Kriegsmarine The Type C2 Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944.
F 855  Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944.
F 923  Kriegsmarine The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 949  Kriegsmarine The Type DM minelayer Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 964  Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
F 1165  Kriegsmarine The Type D Marinefahrprahm was sunk sometime in 1944 or 1945.
G 310 Triglav  Kriegsmarine The coaster was wrecked near Trieste. Raised, either by the Germans, repaired and returned to service, or by her Yugoslav owners post war.[2]
Gyoraitei No. 114  Imperial Japanese Navy The Q/No. 114-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 116, and Gyoraitei No. 117  Imperial Japanese Navy The TM 4/No. 102-class motor torpedo boats were lost in 1944 at or near Rabaul.[3]
Gyoraitei No. 233  Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 31-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944 or 1945.
Gyoraitei No. 428  Imperial Japanese Navy The Gyoraitei No. 36-class motor torpedo boat was lost in 1944.
H-1  Imperial Japanese Navy The H-1-class motor gun boat was lost in 1944.
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.
Hai Kan No. 10  Imperial Japanese Navy The training hulk, formerly the cruiser Tsushima, was sunk as a torpedo target in the Pacific Ocean off Miura, Kanagawa, Japan.
Herold  Norwegen World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bergen, Norway in December 1944 or January 1945.[4]
KFK 90  Kriegsmarine The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.
KFK 307  Kriegsmarine The KFK-2-class naval drifter was sunk sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(L) 540  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (large) was lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(L) 760  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (large) was lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 640  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 652\  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 669  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 735  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 978  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 982  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 987  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 989  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 991  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 993  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
HMS LCP(R) 1023  Royal Navy The landing craft personnel (ramped) were lost sometime in 1944.
Libby, McNeill & Libby V No. 6  Vereinigte Staaten The 79-gross register ton, 71-foot (21.6 m) scow sank in the waters of the Territory of Alaska sometime in 1944.[5]
M 4255  Kriegsmarine The minesweeper, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.
Nichiyu Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: The Nichiyu Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and damaged by USS Halibut ( United States Navy) about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south west of Guam (10°25′N 145°25′E / 10.417°N 145.417°E / 10.417; 145.417) on 2 March 1943. She was towed to Guam and declared unrepairable. The ship was further damaged on 12 June and 25 June 1944. The transport was apparently sunk during the Battle of Guam between 25 June and 10 August 1944 when she was removed from the IJN List.[6]
Ouessant  Kriegsmarine The floating power station, formerly the submarine Ouessant ( French Navy), was scuttled at Pauillac, Frankreich.[7]
S 14  Kriegsmarine The S 14-class E-boat sunk in the English Channel.[8]
SS-4  Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in August 1944 in the Philippines.
SS-8  Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.
SS-10  Imperial Japanese Navy The SS-class landing ship was lost in 1944 or 1945.
Shoei Maru  Japan World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea west of Luzon, Philippines by USS Paddle and USS Hammerhead (both  United States Navy) sometime between 25 November and 18 January 1945.[9]
Strasbourg II  Kriegsmarine
Strasbourg II
World War II: The barracks ship was scuttled at Lorient, France.
T-134  Imperial Japanese Navy The No. 103-class landing ship ran aground and was abandoned on the east coast of Iwo Jima, Kazan Retto (24°47′N 141°20′E / 24.783°N 141.333°E / 24.783; 141.333) sometime on or after 2 August. The wreck was destroyed by a storm on 4 October.[10]
Tempo 7  Kriegsmarine World War II: The tanker was scuttled. She was refloated in December 1944. Subsequently repaired and returned to French service as Vendémiaire.[11]
U-743  Kriegsmarine World War II: The Type VIIC submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ireland (55°38′N 7°26′W / 55.633°N 7.433°W / 55.633; -7.433) in September or October 1944 whilst on patrol with the loss of all 50 crew. Cause unknown.[12]
UJ-2306  Kriegsmarine The submarine chaser, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944.
V 5509  Kriegsmarine The Vorpostenboot, a former S 14-class motor torpedo boat, was sunk in La Manch sometime in 1944.
Victoria  Deutschland World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Hamburg whilst fitting out. She was subsequently laid up. She was completed in 1947–49 and entered Yugoslav service as Makedonija.[13]
Viking 1  Nazi Germany World War II: The ferry was scuttled end of 1944 in the Repparfjord, Finnmark, Norway.[14]
Wilma G  Vereinigte Staaten The 8-gross register ton, 29.6-foot (9.0 m) fishing vessel sank at the entrance to Prince William Sound off Montague Island, Territory of Alaska.[15]
Unknown shipwreck An unknown wreck was recorded at (30°12′N 87°13′W / 30.200°N 87.217°W / 30.200; -87.217) south of Pensacola, Florida in 1944 in 80 feet (24 m) of water with a stack and masts above water.[16]
Unknown shipwreck An unknown wreck was recorded east of Marathon, Florida at (24°42′N 80°52′W / 24.700°N 80.867°W / 24.700; -80.867) on 31 March 1944.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Alice L. Pendleton". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ Žuvić, Marijan (20 April 2015). "White ships, black smoke". Transactions on Maritime Science. 04 (1). Maritimeheritage: 58–67. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Class TM-4". netherlandsnavy.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with He through Hø". Warsailors. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  5. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)
  6. ^ "Japanese Transports". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  7. ^ u-boote.fr OUESSANT (in French) Accessed 20 August 2022
  8. ^ Schnellboot 1934 german-navy.de accessed 11 November 2013
  9. ^ "Paddle". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  10. ^ "T.103 Class Landing Ships". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  11. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 464. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  12. ^ "U-743". Uboat. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  13. ^ Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 479. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.
  14. ^ "SS Viking 1 (+1944)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  15. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)
  16. ^ Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing. Pineapple Press/Googlebooks. 1998. ISBN 9781561641635. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  17. ^ Shipwrecks of Florida: A comprehensive listing. Pineapple Press/Googlebooks. 1998. ISBN 9781561641635. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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