The list of shipwrecks in 1992 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1992.
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Saint George | ![]() | The 77-foot (23 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea with the loss of her entire six-man crew. [1] |
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USS Darter | ![]() | The decommissioned Tang-class submarine was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Tautog (![]() |
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Barbara Leigh | ![]() | After an outrigger collapsed and caused her to take on a list, the 42-foot (12.8 m) cod trawler sank with the loss of one life off Noyes Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [2] |
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Silver Chalice | ![]() | The 71-foot (21.6 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) east of Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of four survived. [1] |
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Harkness | ![]() | The 70-foot (21 m) tug sank in approximately 100 feet (30 m) of water off the Zephyr Ledges, a reef near Matinicus Island off the coast of Maine. Her crew of three was rescued. [3] |
Valerie E | ![]() | The 71-foot (21.6 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger sank in 75 feet (23 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic Beach, Long Island, New York, during a storm. Her entire crew of three was lost, and their bodies were not recovered. [4] |
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Mahalo | ![]() | While disabled and under tow, the 83-foot (25.3 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea near Saint Paul Island. The vessel Sea Producer (![]() |
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Silverado | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) crab-fishing vessel was wrecked in Beaver Inlet ( 53°50′N166°15′W / 53.833°N 166.250°W ) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. The vessel Sea Spider (![]() |
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BRM-42 | ![]() | Croatian War of Independence: The diver support boat was sunk by mines off the harbor at Lora in Split, Croatia. [6] |
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Josephine Marie | ![]() | The 80-foot (24 m), 154-gross ton stern trawler sank in heavy seas in 105 feet (32 m) of water in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off the northern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at 42°10.925′N070°13.466′W / 42.182083°N 70.224433°W . Her crew of four abandoned ship wearing survival suits and were rescued by the United States Coast Guard and the fishing dragger Italian Gold (![]() |
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Sea Venture I | ![]() | The 39-foot (12 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank off Alaska south of Homer near Seldovia. Two of her three crewmen survived. [1] |
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USS Baton Rouge | ![]() | Submarine incident off Kildin Island: The Los Angeles-class submarine was in collision in the Barents Sea off Kildin Island with the submarine K-276 (![]() |
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Holy Cross | ![]() | The 79.9-foot (24.4 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea near the Pribilof Islands. The fishing vessel El Dan (![]() |
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Lady Ann | ![]() | The 56-foot (17.1 m) longline fishing vessel sank at Cape Cleare ( 59°47′N147°54′W / 59.783°N 147.900°W ) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of six survived. [5] |
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Morning Star | ![]() | The 34-foot (10.4 m) salmon seiner ran aground and sank with the loss of one life at Seldovia Point ( 59°28′15″N151°42′00″W / 59.47083°N 151.70000°W ) in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. [5] |
Sonny Boy | ![]() | The 93-foot (28 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in Akun Strait ( 54°08′N165°39′W / 54.133°N 165.650°W ) in the Aleutian Islands after she lost power. Her crew of four survived. [1] |
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Granny Rosa | ![]() | The 51-foot (15.5 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska north of Bligh Island and west of Busby Island ( 60°53′45″N146°47′09″W / 60.8958°N 146.7858°W ). Her crew of four survived. [9] |
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Fleetwood | ![]() | The 21-foot (6.4 m) salmon troller ran aground and sank southeast of Shelter Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her two crewmen swam ashore in survival suits and survived. [10] |
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Silver Star | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank off the coast of Kodiak Island in Whale Pass ( 57°56′N152°50′W / 57.933°N 152.833°W ) toward Kupreanof Strait off the south-central coast of Alaska. She was salvaged and repaired, after which she returned to service with the name Sylvia Star. [1] |
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Capricorn | ![]() | The 43-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life in Kachemak Bay in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. [11] |
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Vitse-Admiral Drozd | ![]() | The Kresta I-class cruiser sank in the Barents Sea whilst being towed to India for scrapping. [12] |
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Katina P | ![]() | The oil tanker′s captain deliberately ran her aground on the coast of Mozambique 40 kilometres (25 miles; 22.6 nautical miles) north of Maputo. She was soon salvaged. |
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Katina P | ![]() | After being salvaged, the oil tanker sank while under tow in the Mozambique Channel northeast of Maputo, Mozambique. |
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Point Sophia | ![]() | The 60-foot (18.3 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in Dog Bay Harbor ( 57°47′20″N152°24′10″W / 57.78889°N 152.40278°W ) at Kodiak, Alaska, after striking a submerged object. All three people on board survived. [14] |
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Dutchess | ![]() | The 79-foot (24.1 m) fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait near Uganik Bay ( 57°50′N153°32′W / 57.833°N 153.533°W ) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her crew of four survived. She may have been towed into Port Bailey 57°55′48″N153°02′26″W / 57.9301°N 153.0406°W ), Alaska, and salvaged. [15] |
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Melody | ![]() | The 42-foot (12.8 m) longline fishing vessel struck a reef and sank northwest of Baker Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after her steering failed. Her crew of two survived. [5] |
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Dolores | ![]() | The 28-foot (8.5 m) salmon seiner was abandoned after she became disabled in heavy seas in Strawberry Channel ( 60°24′N146°03′W / 60.400°N 146.050°W ) on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two. [15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cajun Mama | ![]() | The 71-foot (21.6 m) fishing vessel flooded from the stern, capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south-southwest of Cape Cleare ( 59°50′N147°50′W / 59.833°N 147.833°W ) on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued all five people aboard. [11] |
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Lora Mae | ![]() | The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel burned to the waterline and sank in Chignik Bay ( 56°22′N158°00′W / 56.367°N 158.000°W ) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Her crew of four survived. [16] |
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Active | ![]() | The 42-foot (12.8 m) cod trawler struck bottom and sank at Grand Island ( 61°40′N161°25′W / 61.667°N 161.417°W ) in the Yukon River in central Alaska. Her crew of two perished. [17] |
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Monster | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank at the mouth of the Egegik River in Alaska. Her crew survived. [5] |
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Sea Hawk | ![]() | The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel sank in the Copper River Delta in Alaska after she struck a submerged reef. Her crew of two survived. [1] |
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Cheryl Suzanne | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) crab-fishing vessel sank after striking rocks off Point Couverden ( 58°11′25″N135°03′10″W / 58.19028°N 135.05278°W ) in Southeast Alaska. The only person aboard survived. [11] |
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90% Angel | ![]() | The 28-foot (8.5 m) salmon seiner sank in a gale with the loss of two lives a few miles south of Graveyard Point ( 58°52′N157°01′W / 58.867°N 157.017°W ) at the mouth of the Kvichak River on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska. Helicopters from a nearby fish processing plant rescued her two survivors. [18] |
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Whirl Point | ![]() | Four or five large waves struck the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon seiner, flooding and sinking her near Ikatan Point ( 54°46′30″N163°11′00″W / 54.77500°N 163.18333°W ) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Donna B | ![]() | The 33-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank at the entrance to the Kenai River on the south-central coast of Alaska. All six people aboard – one of them an infant – survived. [15] |
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Mutual | ![]() | The 85-foot (25.9 m) longline fishing vessel burned and sank approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The two people on board survived. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Selief | ![]() | The 86-foot (26.2 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Shag Rock ( 57°54′30″N152°47′25″W / 57.90833°N 152.79028°W ) in Whale Pass in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak, Alaska. [1] |
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USS Indra | ![]() | The decommissioned Achelous-class landing craft repair ship was sunk as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina at 34°33′55″N76°58′30″W / 34.56528°N 76.97500°W [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Beach Haven | ![]() | The retired 125-foot (38.1 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°15.340′N074°14.017′W / 39.255667°N 74.233617°W . [22] |
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Angelia | ![]() | The 55-foot (16.8 m) salmon seiner flooded and sank in Lisianski Strait ( 57°50′N136°27′W / 57.833°N 136.450°W ) in Southeast Alaska after she lost a hatch cover. Her crew of three survived. [17] |
Sand Gull | ![]() | The dredger was driven against a jetty and sank at Ventnor, Isle of Wight. She was refloated on 16 August and beached. Consequently scrapped. [23] |
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Lady Anna | ![]() | The US$10 million, 121-foot (36.9 m) luxury yacht – the world’s largest private sport fishing vessel at the time – sank in five minutes in bad weather with 20-knot (37 km/h; 23 mph) winds and 10-to-12-foot (3 to 4 m) seas in the Atlantic Ocean off southern New Jersey in 428 feet (130 m) of water. The six men on board abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, early on 14 August, four hours after Lady Anna sank. [24] |
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Sea Transporter | ![]() | The retired 135-foot (41.1 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 70 feet (21 m) of water at 38°53.118′N074°40.190′W / 38.885300°N 74.669833°W . [25] |
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USS Mullinnix | ![]() | The decommissioned Forrest Sherman-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
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Royal Pacific | ![]() | The cruise ship sank in the Straits of Malacca after being rammed by fishing vessel Turfu 51 (![]() ![]() ![]() |
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USS White Plains | ![]() | ![]() |
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Loon | ![]() | The 120-foot (36.6 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in 600 feet (180 m) of water in Nuka Bay ( 59°19′N150°33′W / 59.317°N 150.550°W ) on the south-central coast of Alaska several hours after striking a submerged rock near Naked Island ( 60°39′10″N147°24′47″W / 60.6528°N 147.4130°W ) in Prince William Sound. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two. [16] |
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Tammy K | ![]() | While under tow, the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank off Seduction Point ( 59°04′55″N135°18′25″W / 59.08194°N 135.30694°W ) in Southeast Alaska. One of the two people aboard survived, but the other was lost. [28] |
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Sharyn A | ![]() | After the 40-foot (12.2 m) salmon troller ran aground in Southeast Alaska, her crew attempted repairs, but she sank without loss of life 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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EPC 22 | ![]() | After her engine broke down during a storm, the 28-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel blew ashore and sank in Bristol Bay on the coast of Alaska. [29] |
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Interceptor | ![]() | Anchored at low tide with no slack in her anchor cable, the 42-foot (12.8 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel flooded and sank near Flat Island ( 59°19′45″N151°59′45″W / 59.32917°N 151.99583°W ) in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska when the incoming tide swamped her. No one was on board at the time. [30] |
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Mary May | ![]() | The 41-foot (12.5 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel disappeared without trace near Biorka Island in Southeast Alaska with the loss of her crew of two. The body of one crewman later was discovered in Sitka Bay on the coast of Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago; the other crewman′s body was never found. [5] |
Sea Breeze | ![]() | The 47-foot (14.3 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel disappeared with the loss of her entire three-man crew near Yakutat, Alaska. Later, the body of her captain was found washed ashore on Middleton Island and that of one of her crew members on the shore of Resurrection Bay. [1] |
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Nord | ![]() | The 38-foot (11.6 m) longline fishing vessel capsized and in less than four minutes after waves broke over her gunwales and her scuppers clogged with fish off Point Couverden ( 58°11′25″N135°03′10″W / 58.19028°N 135.05278°W ) on the southern tip of Couverden Island at the entrance of Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. All five members of her crew survived. [31] |
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Majestic | ![]() | The 70-foot (21.3 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Saint Paul Island. Her crew of five survived. [5] |
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Bald Eagle | ![]() | The 37-foot (11.3 m) vessel was wrecked on rocks at Mill Bay Beach ( 57°49′30″N152°20′30″W / 57.82500°N 152.34167°W ) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island after her mooring line parted during a storm. [2] |
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Rozi | ![]() | ![]() The tug was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Ċirkewwa ( 40°39′01″N14°32′44″W / 40.65028°N 14.54556°W ), Malta, to serve as an artificial reef. [32] |
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TCG Muavenet | ![]() | The Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer was on a military exercise in Saros Bay when struck by two Sea Sparrow missiles fired by the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (![]() |
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Emerald Pacific | ![]() | The 137-gross ton, 107.5-foot (32.8 m) fishing vessel caught fire near Valdez, Alaska. The two people on board abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued. The fire was extinguished, but Emerald Pacific was declared a total loss. [29] |
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Mary Anne | ![]() | While tied up side-by-side with the fishing vessel Silver Bullit (![]() ![]() |
Miss Anngel | ![]() | The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing trawler sank approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) southwest of Kodiak Island, Alaska, after a series of large waves struck and flooded her. Her crew of three survived. [5] |
New Star | ![]() | While tied up side-by-side with the fishing vessel Silver Bullit (![]() ![]() |
Silver Bullit | ![]() | After striking a rock and tying up side by side with two vessels she was towing – the fishing vessel Mary Anne and the vessel New Star (both ![]() |
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Sea Note | ![]() | The 35-foot (10.7 m) sea cucumber and sea urchin dive boat sank near Yakutat, Alaska, with the loss of both of her crew members. [1] |
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Daeyang Honey | ![]() | Typhoon Colloeen: The bulk carrier foundered in the Pacific Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of the Philippines with the loss of all 28 crew. [33] |
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Mayflower | ![]() | The retired 50-foot (15.2 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island off Shinnecock Inlet, New York. [34] |
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SLNS Kandula | ![]() | Sri Lankan Civil War: The landing craft was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sometime in October. [35] |
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Kasilof | ![]() | The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor, ran aground, and sank near Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The only person aboard survived. [19] |
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Gulmaid | ![]() | The yacht was abandoned off Eastbourne, East Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Duke of Kent( ![]() |
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May | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank in 300 feet (91.4 m) of water at the mouth of Farragut Bay ( 57°06′N133°14′W / 57.100°N 133.233°W ) in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor. [5] |
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Arklow Castle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss. [37] |
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Aegean Sea | ![]() | The oil tanker exploded and sank off A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. |
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Kismetim-1 | ![]() | Suspected of drug-running, the cargo ship was intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by the submarine rescue vessel TCG Akın, destroyer TCG Savaştepe, and gunboat TCG Yıldırım (all ![]() ![]() |
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Demetrios | ![]() | The unmanned cargo ship ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon United Kingdom after her tow parted in a storm. [38] |
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Norsel | ![]() | The ship ran aground and was wrecked south-west of Brønnøysund, Norway at ( 65°24′N11°58′E / 65.400°N 11.967°E ). The wreck was delivered to a breaker's yard in Molde, Norway, in February 1993. [39] |
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Titan | ![]() | The floating crane capsized off Camden Head, New South Wales, Australia. She was deemed beyond salvage and was scuttled on 29 December in the Tasman Sea at ( 31°39′51″S152°52′24″E / 31.66417°S 152.87333°E ). |
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Ken M | ![]() | The decommissioned harbor tugboat was sunk as an artificial reef off St. Lucie County, Florida in 71 feet (22 m) of water ( 27°23′00″N80°02′00″W / 27.38333°N 80.03333°W ). [40] [41] |
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Alfred Jensen | ![]() | The cargo ship was scuttled off Norway. [42] |
Mr. J | ![]() | The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s. [43] |