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List of shipwrecks in 1968
The list of shipwrecks in 1968 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1968.
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January
1 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Attu | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire on the beach at Skagway, Alaska.[1] |
Denver | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska.[2] |
Seattle | ![]() |
The 1,357-ton barge was destroyed by fire at Ugashik, Alaska.[3] |
3 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Ioannis K | ![]() |
The Liberty ship was wrecked on the coast of Vietnam (10°19′23″N 107°05′11″E / 10.32306°N 107.08639°E).[4] |
Schiedyk | ![]() |
The freighter sank off Bligh Island, Nootka Sound, Canada after hitting a submerged rock. She began leaking oil fuel in 2020.[5] |
7 January
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Abercrombie | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the ships and aircraft of the USS Bon Homme Richard carrier battle group (![]() |
9 January
Ship | State | Description |
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USCGC Coos Bay | ![]() |
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11 January
Ship | State | Description |
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St Romanus | ![]() |
The trawler issued a mayday on this date which was heard but not responded to. Lost with all twenty crew. |
Unidentified fishing vessel | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk by North Korean ships.[6] |
13 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Saxona | ![]() |
The steamer sank in the Atlantic Ocean (39°42′N 30°36′W / 39.700°N 30.600°W) while being towed to Italy for scrapping.[7] |
14 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Bristol Queen | ![]() |
The paddle steamer was run into by the tanker Geodor (![]() |
15 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Cessnock | ![]() |
The dredger capsized and sank in the River Clyde during a storm. Three crew were killed.[9] |
16 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Balkan | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Lattakia, Syria. She was on a voyage from Bourgas to Lattakia. She was refloated on 24 July but was consequently scrapped.[10] |
18 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Little Joe | ![]() |
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Seal Bay on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report did not specify in which of many Seal Bays along the Alaskan coast the incident took place.[11] |
22 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Elpis | ![]() |
The coaster sank between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg, West Germany.[12] |
23 January
Ship | State | Description |
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INS Dakar | ![]() |
The Leviathan-class submarine disappeared in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on her delivery voyage to Israel. Claims that Assyout (![]() |
26 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Kingston Peridot | ![]() |
The trawler was last reported off Iceland on this date, lost with all twenty crew. |
27 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Minerve | ![]() |
The Daphné-class submarine sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) from Toulon, France, with the loss of her entire crew of 52. Wreck found 2019.[13] |
February
4 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Ross Cleveland | ![]() |
The trawler capsized and sank off Isafjordur, Iceland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. |
5 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Pacific Fir | ![]() |
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the South China Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) east of Tai Tung, Taiwan. (22°37′N 121°42′E / 22.617°N 121.700°E) and was abandoned. Beached at Koto Soh but broke in two, a total loss.[14] |
6 February
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Bache | ![]() |
10 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Charny | ![]() |
Charny began taking on water in one hold during a storm while on a voyage from Canada to Haiti. The vessel sank but all 24 people on board were rescued.[citation needed] |
13 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Spyridon | ![]() |
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15 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Delfini | ![]() |
The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Osaka, Japan.[16] |
18 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Mount Hope | ![]() |
After entering shallow water in Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island during a storm, the 118-foot (36 m), 156-gross register ton tug struck an unidentified object and sank quickly in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water just south of Hope Island at 41°35.53′N 071°22.79′W / 41.59217°N 71.37983°W without loss of life.[17] |
19 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Capitaine Frangos | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after colliding with an unidentified ship at the entrance to the Dardanelles, Turkey. Fifteen of her twenty crew were killed.[18] |
20 Februaryedit
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Saufley | ![]() |
The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Key West, Florida. |
22 Februaryedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Parvati Jayanti | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground near Casablanca, Morocco. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[4] |
25 Februaryedit
Ship | State | Description |
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British Crusader | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground in the Panama Canal, blocking it.[19] |
26 Februaryedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Shozan Maru | ![]() |
The bulk carrier struck a rock in the Panama Canal and sank. Refloated the following day.[20] |
27 Februaryedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Archon Raphael | ![]() |
The Liberty ship sank near Djibouti City.[21] |
29 Februaryedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Chirikof | ![]() |
The crab-fishing vessel sank off Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff without oars. The cargo ship Chena (![]() ![]() |
Marchedit
1 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Bayonne | ![]() |
The decommissioned Tacoma-class patrol frigate was sunk as a target. |
C-165 | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was sunk off South Vietnam when her cargo exploded when the high endurance cutter USCGC Winona (![]() |
C-235 | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was sunk off South Vietnam when her cargo exploded when the patrol craft fast USS PCF-14 (![]() |
C-43B | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was beached after being shelled by U.S. ships, then scuttled with demolition charges. Three members of her crew were killed and her commanding officer and executive officer were wounded.[23] |
3 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Ocean Eagle | ![]() |
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6 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Antonios Michalos | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Brăila, Romania and ran aground. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in May 1969.[25] |
8 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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K-129 | ![]() |
The Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) southwest of Hawaii with the loss of all 98 crew members.[26] |
9 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Universal Trader | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground on the coast of Ceylon (6°24′N 81°47′E / 6.400°N 81.783°E), caught fire and was abandoned. She broke in two on 18 March, a total loss.[27] |
10 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Hi Krooyer | ![]() |
The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south of Sule Skerry, Orkney Islands following and on-board explosion. One of her five crew was killed.[28] |
14 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Four unidentified naval trawlers | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were sunk by U.S. aircraft off the coast of South Vietnam.[29] |
Unidentified naval trawler | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler sunk by gunfire off the coast of South Vietnam by the cutter USCGC Point Ellis (![]() ![]() |
Four unidentified naval trawlers | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were beached at Trieu Phong, South Vietnam, to facilitate unloading and then scuttled.[29] |
Three unidentified naval trawlers | ![]() |
Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were beached at Gio Linh, South Vietnam, to facilitate unloading and then scuttled.[29] |
20 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Elisabethville | ![]() |
Caught fire at Antwerp, declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in January 1969.[30] |
23 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Akutan | ![]() |
The motor vessel was wrecked at Kodiak, Alaska.[1] |
29 Marchedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Jupiter | ![]() |
The Liberty ship ran aground at Cabo San Lorenzo, Mexico (24°47′N 112°19′W / 24.783°N 112.317°W) and was abandoned.[21] |
Apriledit
7 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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Capitàn Leonidas | ![]() |
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9 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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Belgion | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground off Tripoli, Libya. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Lattakia. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[31] |
10 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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Wahine | ![]() |
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12 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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M P E 110 | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank off Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[32] |
21 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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Lambda 72 | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated speedboat.[33] |
Lambda 100 | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated speedboat.[33] |
22 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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Alhelli | ![]() |
The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She sank on 24 April at 33°15′N 45°50′W / 33.250°N 45.833°W.[34] |
30 Apriledit
Ship | State | Description |
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Brandaris | ![]() |
The coaster sank in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the mouth of the Gironde. All crew rescued by a Spanish trawler.[35] |
Unknown dateedit
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Motive | ![]() |
The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by elements of the United States Pacific Fleet. |
Mayedit
6 Mayedit
Ship | State | Description |
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Cutral Co | ![]() |
The tanker burned and sank at Ensenada, Argentina, after burning oil from the tanker Islas Orcadas (![]() |
Fray Luis Beltran | ![]() |
The tanker burned and sank at Ensenada, Argentina, after burning oil from the tanker Islas Orcadas (![]() |
Islas Orcadas | ![]() |
The tanker suffered an explosion, caught fire, and sank at Ensenada, Argentina.[36] |
8 Mayedit
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