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A Design 1023 cargo ship sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26 off the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the first American ship sunk off the coast of the State of Washington during World War II 48°19′N 125°40′W / 48.317°N 125.667°W / 48.317; -125.667 ( SS Coast
World War II shipwrecks in the Yellow Sea (4 P) Pages in category "World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 431 total.
It is the earliest known shipwreck in the Pacific Northwest. [1] [2] [3] Nehalem: General Warren United States: 30 January 1852: A steamship that was grounded on Clatsop Spit and wrecked in heavy seas: Tillamook Head: Detroit: 25 December 1855: A brig that bumped ground putting out of the Columbia River. Crew abandoned ship after she took on 7 ...
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It earned the nickname “the Ghost Ship of the Pacific.” The ship was in “exceptional” condition after 78 years under the sea, according to the search team. Ocean Infinity
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Hawaii Maru – As part of Convoy MI-29, the Hawaii Maru-class transport was torpedoed and sunk on 2 December in the East China Sea west of Yakushima Island by USS Sea Lost with all hands, 1,843 troops of the Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Infantry Division, 60 other troops, 83 gunners and 148 crewmen were killed.
Salvage attempts are often unsuccessful or of limited success. Physical wreckage is usually minimal due to the age of many wrecks, the unpredictable weather and sea conditions, and the extensive damage often suffered by vessels at the time they were wrecked. [7] The term is believed to have originated from the earliest days of the maritime fur ...