List of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean explained

See also: List of shipwrecks of Oceania.

This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Pacific Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Pacific Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Bohol Sea, Celebes Sea, Chilean Sea, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Seto Inland Sea, Sibuyan Sea, Solomon Sea, South China Sea, Sulu Sea, Tasman Sea, Visayan Sea, and Yellow Sea.

North Pacific

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		7 January 1968	A sunk as a target off San Diego, California.
		20 September 2010	A sunk as a target off Guam.
		16 June 2000	An that was sunk as a target.	23.5836°N -159.8334°W
		15 February 1944	An that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine 160nmi north of Truk.	10.1833°N 193°W
		18 July 1982	A sunk as a target off Los Angeles, California, by the U.S. Navy submarine .	32.75°N -151°W
		5 June 1942	An aircraft carrier that was scuttled during the Battle of Midway.	30.5°N -218°W
		2 September 1924	A sunk as a target in Tokyo Bay by the Japanese battlecruiser and battleship .	35.025°N 139.856°W
		7 November 1944	A sunk by a mine 7km (04miles) east of Hakodate, Japan.	41.8167°N 152°W
		12 October 1979	An sunk as a target off Southern California.
		1 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		4 April 2015	A decommissioned scuttled to form an artificial reef in Halkett Bay Provincial Park off Gambier Island in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada.	49.4492°N -123.3308°W
		25 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		6 August 1946	An auxiliary floating drydock scuttled at Bikini Atoll after sustaining damage on 25 July 1946 in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		25 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		1 August 1929	A minesweeper, formerly a, sunk as a gunnery target by the Japanese battlecruisers and .
Aso		4 August 1932	A minesweeper, formerly a armored cruiser, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine after use as a gunnery target by the Japanese heavy cruisers and .
	United States	8 May 1960	An oil exploration survey vessel that burned and sank off Point Conception, California.
		7 November 1969	A sunk as a target by the U.S. Navy submarine off California.
		1 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.	33.7°N -174°W
		4 December 1943	A that was sunk by the United States Navy submarine off Hachijō-jima.	32.6167°N 182°W
	United States	7 June 1942	A Design 1023 cargo ship sunk by the Japanese submarine 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.	48.3167°N -165°W
	United States	17 November 1997	An ocean liner that sank under tow 700nmi north of the Hawaiian Islands.
		16 November 1943	A that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine south of Truk.	5.0833°N 161°W
		14 July 2008	A sunk as a target off Hawaii.
	United States	7 December 1941	A cargo ship sunk by the Japanese submarine northeast of Hawaii, the first American merchant ship lost after the entry of the United States into the World War II and the first American merchant ship sunk by a Japanese submarine.	33.7°N -174°W
		11 July 2008	A sunk as a target off Hawaii.
Decommissioned Destroyer No. 15		18 July 1945	A training hulk—a former —sunk by Allied aircraft at Yokosuka, Japan, in the attack on Yokohama.
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.
		14 August 1968	A sunk as a target off San Francisco, California, by the U.S. Navy submarine .	37.0833°N -132°W
EK-3		17 November 1948	A patrol frigate which ran aground on the coast of the Soviet Union on the Kamchatka Peninsula off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and became a total loss.
		17 December 1917	An F-class submarine that sank after colliding with the submarine off Point Loma, San Diego, California.
		25 March 1915	An F-class submarine that sank in a diving accident off Honolulu, Hawaii.
		23 August 2005	A sunk as a target off Washington.
		16 July 2008	A sunk as a target north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.	23.0172°N -159.9858°W
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk in the Battle off Samar.	11.7667°N 135°W
		1 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		14 June 1944	A sunk by Japanese warships northwest of Honshu.	41.0667°N 172°W
		7 April 1944	A missing after departing Johnston Atoll.
		24 March 1920	An H-class submarine that sank during salvage operations off Magdalena Bay on the coast of the Baja California peninsula, where she had run aground on a shoal on 12 March 1920.
		October 1945	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine possibly scuttled off Shimizu, Japan.
		October 1945	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine possibly scuttled off Shimizu, Japan.
		October 1945	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine possibly scuttled off Shimizu, Japan.
		6 June 1942	A that was torpedoed by in the Battle of Midway.	30.6°N -210°W
		15 July 2004	A sunk as a target off Hawaii.
		8 June 1944	A that was sunk by US aircraft 30nmi northwest of Manokwari, New Guinea.	-0.0833°N 177°W
		13 August 1928	A sunk as a target by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.
		11 December 1941	A that was sunk in the Battle of Wake Island.	19.1667°N 188°W
		5 June 1942	An aircraft carrier scuttled northwest of Midway Atoll after U.S. Navy aircraft damaged her in the Battle of Midway.
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk of Samar, Philippines by Japanese warships.^[1]	11.7667°N 159°W
		29 June 2008	A guided-missile cruiser sunk as a target off Hawaii.
		19 July 1944	A Type J1 Mod submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort 360nmi east of Guam.	13.0167°N 209°W
		16 June 1944	A Type J2 submarine sunk in error by the Japanese armed cargo ship Toyokawa Maru off Yokosuka, Japan.
		22 June 1943	A Type J3 submarine that ran aground and sank off the coast of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands after suffering heavy damage in combat with the United States Navy destroyer .	51.8167°N 197°W
		4 July 1944	A Type A1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer northeast of Saipan in the Mariana Islands.	15.4333°N 195°W
		13 November 1944	A Type A2 submarine sunk by the United States Navy minesweeper and patrol frigate 1000nmi west-southwest of Los Angeles, California.	31.9167°N -184°W or
		16 July 1945	A Type AM submarine sunk by United States Navy aircraft east of Yokosuka, Japan.	34.4667°N 205°W
		28 May 1946	A Type AM submarine sunk as a torpedo target by the United States Navy off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.	21.2167°N -166°W
		19 May 1944	A Type C1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort northeast of Cape Alexander on Choiseul in the Solomon Islands.	-5.1667°N 168°W
		29 November 1943	A Type B1 submarine sunk by United States Navy aircraft near Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.
		24 February 1942	A Type B1 submarine missing near Oahu, Hawaii.
		17 May 1942	A Type B1 submarine that was torpedoed by south of Chuuk.	6.5°N 152°W
		24 March 1944	A Type B1 submarine sunk 50nmi south of Wotje Atoll by the United States Navy destroyer, destroyer escort, and submarine chaser .	8.5°N 180°W
		23 November 1943	A Type B1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and off Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.	1.3667°N 219°W
		26 November 1943	A Type B1 submarine missing after 25 November 1943 and probably sunk by the United States Navy destroyer southwest of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands on 26 November.	0.5167°N 188°W
		22 November 1943	A Type B2 submarine missing after departing Truk in the Caroline Islands.
		15 February 1944	A Type B2 submarine torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine east-southeast of Guam in the Mariana Islands.	10.3833°N 173°W
		2 February 1939	A Kaidai 3-type submarine sunk in a collision with the Japanese submarine in the Bungo Strait off Kyushu about northwest of Mizunokojima Lighthouse.
		29 August 1940	A Kaidai 5-type submarine that sank in a diving accident off the southern coast of Minamitorishima.
		10 December 1941	A Kaidai 6-type submarine sunk by United States Navy dive bombers northeast of the eastern end of Molokai in the Hawaiian Islands. The first Japanese warship sunk by U.S. aircraft during World War II and the first fleet submarine lost in the Pacific campaign of World War II.	23.75°N -190°W
		27 January 1942	A Kaidai 6A-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine about west of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The first warship ever sunk by a U.S. submarine.	28.4°N 213°W
		27 June 1945	A Kaidai 5-type submarine sunk by a United States Navy aircraft east of the Mariana Islands.	15.4667°N 192°W
		4 April 1944	A Kaidai 6-type submarine that sank in a diving accident in Truk Lagoon northwest of Dublon.
		12 April 1944	A Kaidai 6B-type submarine sunk by a United States Navy aircraft southeast of Truk.	10.75°N 181°W
		4 February 1944	A Kaidai 6B-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort northwest of Jaluit Atoll.	6.8°N 176°W
		23 May 1946	A Sentaka-type submarine sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the United States Navy submarine .	21.2167°N -166°W
		21 May 1946	A Sentaka-type submarine sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the United States Navy submarine .	21.2167°N -166°W
		14 January 1945	A Type D1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort in the eastern Caroline Islands.	12.1333°N 181°W
		16 September 1944	A Type D1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine east of the Boso Peninsula, Honshu, Japan.	34.5°N 168°W
		29 November 1944	A Type D1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine southeast of Yokosuka, Japan.	34.7333°N 142°W
		24 February 1945	A Type D1 submarine probably sunk by the United States Navy submarine in the Bungo Strait.	32.6667°N 165°W
		18 July 1945	A Type D1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy aircraft at Yokosuka, Japan.
		4 June 1946	A Sentoku-type submarine sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the United States Navy submarine .	21.2167°N -165°W
		31 May 1946	A Sentoku-type submarine sunk as a target off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by the United States Navy submarine .	21.0167°N -165°W
		13 April 1944	An that was torpedoed by 200 miles southeast of Guam.	10.2167°N 194°W
Iki		3 October 1915	A coastal defence ship, formerly an, sunk as a gunnery target by the Japanese battlecruisers and .
		29 January 1951	A light aircraft carrier scuttled off California near the Farallon Islands.	37.5°N -128°W
		29 July 2003	A sunk as a target north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.	23.0333°N -164°W
	United States	29 October 1944	A Liberty ship that was torpedoed and shelled by splitting in half.^[2]	29.605°N -184°W
		13 April 2004	A sunk as a target off Hawaii.
K-129		8 March 1968	A Soviet diesel submarine which carried three nuclear warheads. It was partially recovered from the seabed in 1974 by the CIA's Project Azorian. The allegedly took upwards of 10,000 pictures of the shipwreck. The exact location of the wreck remains an official secret of the United States intelligence services.
		4 June 1942	An aircraft carrier sunk by U.S. Nay dive bombers during the Battle of Midway.	30.3833°N -196°W
Kaihei Maru	Japan	15 April 1943	A troopship that was torpedoed by .^[3]	21.25°N 152°W
		18 July 1945	A barracks ship sunk at Yokosuka, Japan, during the attack on Yokosuka by U.S. Navy aircraft.	35.3°N 139.667°W
		19 February 1944	A that was sunk by off Chuuk.	7.75°N 171°W
		20 March 1945	A missing off the Ryukyu Islands.
		14 July 2004	A sunk as a target north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.	22.9204°N -159.9946°W
		11 December 1941	A sunk by depth charges 30nmi southwest of Wake Island.	18.9167°N 183°W
	United States	12 December 1941	A cargo ship that was sunk by 800miles northeast of Honolulu.^[4]
		2 July 1946	A that sank at Bikini Atoll after sustaining damage as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		1 August 2003	A sunk as a target north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.	22.8131°N -160.5667°W
		24 November 1943	A that was torpedoed by off Makin.	2.5667°N 202°W
		25 July 1946	An obliterated by an atomic bomb suspended beneath her at Bikini Atoll in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		21 December 1944	An LST-542-class tank landing ship that ran aground on Clipperton Island.	10.3074°N -109.2349°W
		17 February 1944	A that was sunk by US ships 40 miles northwest of Chuuk.	7.75°N 171°W
	United States	17 December 1941	A cargo ship that was torpedoed by .^[5]
		15 July 2006	A that was sunk as a target 54nmi off Hawaii.
		data-sort-value="1 January 1969"	1969	A Casco-class United States Coast Guard cutter that was sunk as a target 72nmi off Hawaii.	20.1333°N -188°W
		9 June 1944	A that was torpedoed by 70 miles northeast of Chichi-jima, Japan.	26.9833°N 156°W
		1 August 2003	A sunk as a target north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.	22.7314°N -160.4897°W
		17 October 1943	An auxiliary cruiser that was torpedoed by southeast of Tokyo.
		6 June 1942	A that was sunk by US aircraft during the Battle of Midway.	29.3333°N 203°W
		13 January 1917	A protected cruiser wrecked at Samoa Beach off Eureka, California.	40.8122°N -124.1983°W
		2 May 1942	A seaplane carrier torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine 40nmi off Omaezaki, Japan.
		21 February 1933	A decommissioned sunk with demolition charges off San Pedro, California, for filming of the move Hell Below.
		29 July 1946	A which capsized and sank at Bikini Atoll during the night of 29–30 July 1946 due to damage sustained on 25 July 1946 as a target during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		18 February 1944	A that was sunk by US aircraft 35 nautical miles west of Chuuk.	7.25°N 166°W
		23 January 1942	A replenishment oiler that was torpedoed by about 120nmi west of Pearl Harbor.	21.0167°N -166°W
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.
		9 February 2006	A sunk as a target off the Pacific Missile Range Facility near Kauai, Hawaii.
		7 December 1941	A sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. (See also 17 May 1947.)
		17 May 1947	The hulk of a which sank while under tow 500nmi northeast of Hawaii. (See also 7 December 1941.)	24.9667°N -156°W
		22 August 2005	A sunk as a target off Washington.
Patrol Boat No. 32		23 December 1941	A patrol vessel, formerly the, deliberately beached on Wake Island during the Battle of Wake Island to discharge Special Naval Landing Force personnel, then destroyed by United States Marine Corps coastal artillery.	19.2833°N 203°W
Patrol Boat No. 33		23 December 1941	A patrol vessel, formerly the, deliberately beached on Wake Island during the Battle of Wake Island to discharge Special Naval Landing Force personnel, then destroyed by United States Marine Corps coastal artillery.	19.2833°N 203°W
		22 March 1943	A Porpoise-class submarine missing after departing Midway Atoll. Probably sunk by Japanese forces northeast of Honshu in early April 1943.
		25 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.	30.4333°N 193°W
		20 August 1943	A Porpoise-class submarine missing after departing Midway Atoll. Probably sunk off Hokkaido or northeast Honshu sometime after 25 September 1943, perhaps by a mine.
	Canada	25 October 1918	A passenger liner that sank in a gale after running aground on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Territory of Alaska.	58.6022°N -135.0236°W
		22 December 1946	An heavy cruiser which sank at Kwajalein Atoll due to damage sustained on 25 July 1946 at Bikini Atoll in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.	8.7527°N 167.6831°W
	United States	18 December 1941	A cargo ship that was torpedoed by south of Hawaii.^[6]
		14 August 1963	A sunk as a target by the U.S. Navy submarine .
		21 September 1921	An R-class submarine that sank accidentally in the harbor at San Pedro, California.
		13 June 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer east of Saipan.	15.35°N 147°W
		19 November 1943	A Kaichu 7-type submarine missing in the vicinity of Butaritari and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands.
		1 February 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer near the Marshall Islands.	9.4°N 202°W
		16 February 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and and minesweeper east of the Gilbert Islands.	9.8333°N 201°W
		10 June 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort east of Roi-Namur.	10.0833°N 190°W
		26 February 1945	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by a United States Navy aircraft east of the Volcano Islands.	24.1167°N 159°W
		16 June 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort 120nmi east of Eniwetok.	11.2167°N 179°W
		30 April 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and 40nmi south of Truk.	6.2167°N 170°W
		19 July 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort 300nmi east of Saipan.	13.0167°N 209°W
		29 December 1941	A Type L4 submarine wrecked on a reef north of Kwajalein Atoll.	9°N 197°W
		3 November 1942	A Type L4 submarine that sank in a diving accident in the harbor at Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.	51.9667°N 210°W
		17 December 1941	A Type L4 submarine that sank in a collision with the Japanese submarine 25nmi southwest of Wake Island.	19.1667°N 194°W
		23 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	1.4333°N 169°W
		31 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	0.7833°N 205°W
		22 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	1.6667°N 181°W
		6 July 1943	A Ro-100-class submarine missing east of Rendova in the Solomon Islands.
		10 June 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer north of the Admiralty Islands.	0.4333°N 165°W
		24 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	0.8833°N 163°W
		17 June 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by a United States Navy aircraft southeast of Saipan.	11.0833°N 181°W
		22 June 1943	A missing off Hokkaido.
Ryunan Maru		20 October 1942	A troopship for the Imperial Japanese Army that was torpedoed by .^[7]	34.1333°N 182°W
		dts	15 May 1936	An S-class submarine scuttled off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
		dts	18 December 1938	An S-class submarine scuttled off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
		24 January 1942	An S-class submarine that was accidentally rammed by in the Gulf of Panama.	8.2167°N -100°W
		19 June 1942	An S-class submarine wrecked on rocks off St. Makarius Point on Amchitka in the Aleutian Islands.	51.3306°N 179.2034°W
		4 July 1944	An S-class submarine that sank in a diving accident off Oahu, Hawaii.	21.3333°N -181°W
		20 February 1945	An S-class submarine that sank under tow off San Diego, California. Later refloated, but sank again off Imperial Beach, California.	32.6042°N -125.2334°W
		7 October 1943	An S-class submarine sunk off the Kuril Islands by the Japanese escort ship .
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.
Sado Maru	Japan	10 April 1942	A transport ship that was torpedoed by .^[8] ^[9]	34.9833°N 168°W
		2 July 1946	An light cruiser that sank at Bikini Atoll after sustaining damage as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.	11.6167°N 194°W
San Clemente Maru		4 May 1943	A tanker that was torpedoed by .^[10] ^[11]	6.8333°N 162°W
		25 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.	11.5814°N 165.4986°W
		7 September 1924	A sunk as a target in Tokyo Bay by the Japanese battleships and battleship off the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula near the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
Sazanami Maru		29 August 1916	A decommissioned miscellaneous service vessel, formerly the, sunk as a target off Tateyama, Japan.
		11 November 1944	A sunk south of Tokyo Bay by the Japanese Type D escort ship .	33.6333°N 141°W
		19 November 1943	A scuttled off Truk while under attack by Japanese destroyers.	8.6667°N 157°W
		16 March 1944	A that was torpedoed by 170 nautical miles east of Muroran, Japan.	42.4167°N 199°W
		25 July 1946	A sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests. Refloated 2 September 1946. (See also 11 March 1948.)
		11 August 1948	A sunk as a target off California. (See also 25 July 1946.)
		4 June 1942	An aircraft carrier sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft in the Battle of Midway.	30.6333°N -192°W
		20 July 1937	A sunk as a target off Hawaii.
		29 May 1958	A that sank off Hawaii after colliding with the destroyer escort .
		25 January 1944	A that was torpedoed by 127 nautical miles northwest of Pohnpei.	8.85°N 167°W
Tatsuta Maru	Japan	8 February 1943	An ocean liner converted into a troopship that was torpedoed by 42 miles east of Mikura-jima, Japan.	34°N 140°W
		30 November 1942	A merchant raider destroyed by fire at Yokohama, Japan.	35.3972°N 139.6472°W
		9 August 1945	A minelayer beached in Mutsu Bay while under attack by United States Navy aircraft.	41.2°N 141.6°W
		9 October 2002	A guided missile destroyer sunk as a target off California by the U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate .
		27 May 1924	A protected cruiser scuttled with explosive charges off Yokosuka, Japan.
Two Brothers	United States	11 February 1823	A whaler that ran aground on a reef near the French Frigate Shoals.
Uckermark		30 November 1942	A tanker sunk by an accidental internal explosion at Yokohama, Japan.	35.3972°N 139.6472°W
		28 December 1941	A that was scuttled northeast of Hawaii.	26.5833°N -192°W
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.
Yamabiko Maru	Japan	13 January 1944	A repair ship that was torpedoed by about 200nmi south of Hamamatsu, Japan.^[12]	31.4667°N 181°W
		25 June 1942	A that was torpedoed by 60 nautical miles southeast of Yokosuka, Japan.	34.5667°N 166°W
Yasukuni Maru	Japan	31 January 1944	A that was torpedoed by northwest of Chuuk.	9.25°N 160°W
		25 July 1946	A fuel oil barge sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
		7 June 1942	A that was sunk at the Battle of Midway. The wreck was discovered in 1998.
		8 September 1923	A wrecked on Honda Point on the coast of Santa Barbara County, California, in the Honda Point disaster.
		1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which sank in an accident at Hitachi, Japan.
		12 August 1945	A Yu-1001-class transport submarine sunk by U.S. aircraft at Shimoda, Japan.
		1945	A Yu-3001-class transport submarine which sank in a storm in Japan.

Bering Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		30 July 1942	A sunk on or after 30 July 1942 north of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands, probably by the circular run of one of her own torpedoes.
		13 June 1943	A Type A1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer northwest of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands.	52.1333°N 180°W
		11 June 1943	A Type C1 submarine that was sunk by the United States Navy patrol vessel near Shemya in the Aleutian Islands.	53.2667°N 198°W
		13 May 1943	A Type B1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer northeast of Chichagof Harbor on Attu in the Aleutian Islands.
		31 August 1942	A Type L4 submarine sunk north of Atka in the Aleutian Islands by the United States Navy destroyer .	52.6°N -230°W

Celebes Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		2 December 1943	A missing in the Celebes Sea-Molucca Sea area.
Forafric	United Kingdom	24 December 1941	A cargo ship that was bombed by Japanese aircraft.^[13]
		7 June 1944	A that was torpedoed by the .^[14]	4.7167°N 123°W
		12 January 1942	A sunk by the Japanese destroyer and patrol vessel Patrol Boat 38 off Tarakan.
		21 January 1942	An S-class submarine scuttled after running aground on Taka Bakang Reef at the southern end of Makassar Strait, approximately 60nmi west-northwest of Makassar, Celebae, Netherlands East Indies.	4.95°N 149°W
		18 November 1943	A that sank after being torpedoed by the .^[15]	4.8667°N 129°W

East China Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		7 April 1945	A that was sunk by US aircraft 150nmi southwest of Nagasaki, Japan.	31°N 128°W
		25 May 1945	A that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft west of Okinawa, Japan.^[16]	26.6833°N 174°W
		21 August 1910	A armoured cruiser wrecked on Samarang Reef.
		6 April 1945	A that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Japan.	27.2667°N 175°W
		28 July 1945	A that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Japan.	25.7167°N 181°W
		20 May 1907	A armored cruiser wrecked on rocks off Ballard Island in the Chusan Islands off China.
		6 April 1945	A that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft and the U.S. Navy destroyer off Okinawa, Japan.	27.2667°N 175°W
		28 May 1945	An that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Japan.	27.1°N 165°W
		6 April 1945	A that was scuttled off the north coast of Okinawa after being damaged beyond repair by kamikaze aircraft.^[17]	26.8°N 132°W
		10 July 1884	A that sank in a typhoon north of Luzon in the Spanish East Indies.
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.5°N 168°W
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Sen'yu-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		5 April 1946	A Sentaka-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off Sasebo Bay, Japan.
		5 April 1946	A Sentaka-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off Sasebo Bay, Japan.
		5 April 1946	A Sentaka-Shō-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off Sasebo Bay, Japan.
		7 April 1945	A that was sunk by US aircraft 150nmi southwest of Nagasaki, Japan.	30.7833°N 136°W
		3 February 1948	An that was sunk as a target off the Gotō Islands.	35.5°N 171°W
		1 April 1946	A Type B1 submarine scuttled with demolition charges by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Type C2 submarine scuttled with demolition charges by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.
		1 April 1946	A Type C3 submarine scuttled by gunfire by the United States Navy submarine tender off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		2 October 1941	A Kaidai 4-type submarine sunk in a collision with the Japanese gunboat in Koshiki Channel.
		1 April 1946	A Kaidai 3B-type submarine scuttled with demolition charges by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Kaidai 3B-type submarine scuttled with demolition charges by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Kaidai 3B-type submarine scuttled with demolition charges by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		1 April 1946	A Kaidai 3B-type submarine scuttled with demolition charges by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.
		1 April 1946	A Kaidai 3B-type submarine scuttled by gunfire by the United States Navy submarine tender off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		5 April 1946	A Sentaka-type submarine scuttled by gunfire by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands.
		1 April 1946	A Type D1 submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.
		1 April 1946	A Type D1 submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.
		14 August 1945	A Type D2 submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine southeast of Shanghai, China.	29.0333°N 176°W
		1 April 1946	A Sentoku-type submarine scuttled by gunfire by the United States Navy destroyers and off the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.	32.6167°N 146°W
		7 April 1945	A that was sunk by US aircraft 150 miles southwest of Nagasaki, Japan.	30.46°N 128.92°W
		4 September 1942	A munition ship that was torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine northeast of Taipei, Formosa.	25.75°N 164°W
		7 April 1945	An that was attacked by US aircraft and scuttled 150nmi southwest of Nagasaki, Japan.
		21 November 1944	A which sank in the Formosa Strait 55nmi northwest of Keelung, Formosa, after she was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine .
		3 May 1945	A sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Japan.	26.4°N 126.25°W
		12 April 1945	An that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Japan.	27.25°N 126.5°W
		29 June 1934	A that collided with in the Korea Strait.	33°N 155°W
		4 May 1945	A that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Japan.	27.1667°N 185°W
		7 August 1944	A light cruiser torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine off the Amakusa Islands.	32.15°N 182°W
		16 May 1797	A sloop-of-war wrecked on a coral reef at the northwestern tip of the reef group Yabiji in the Miyako Islands.
		5 April 1946	A Kaichu 5-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces off Sasebo Bay, Japan.
		1 April 1946	A Kaichu 7-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces 16nmi off Kinai Island in the Gotō Islands in Operation Road's End.
		9 April 1945	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and 45nmi west of Okinawa.	26.15°N 151°W
Seisho Maru	Japan	18 November 1944	A cargo ship that was sunk by the U.S. Navy submarine .	33.6°N 142°W
		17 June 1904	A which sank after striking an uncharted rock off the mouth of the Yangtze.
		30 April 1933	A protected cruiser sunk as a target off Amami Ōshima.
		19 December 1944	A that was torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine .	29.9833°N 127°W
		21 November 1944	A torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine in the Formosa Strait 65nmi northwest of Keelung, Formosa.	26.15°N 144°W
		7 April 1945	An that was sunk by US aircraft south of Kyushu, Japan.
		7 April 1945	A that was sunk by US aircraft north of Okinawa, Japan.
		1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which sank in a storm at Kuchinotsu, Japan.
		1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which sank in a storm at Kuchinotsu, Japan.

Gulf of Alaska

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		26 April 1944	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort southwest of Chirikof Island.
	Netherlands	11 October 1980	A cruise ship that sank off Southeast Alaska.
Ryou-Un Maru	Japan	5 April 2012	A Japanese fishing boat that was swept out to sea by the March 2011 tsunami, and drifted across the Pacific. She was discovered a year later in Canadian waters, and scuttled by the United States Coast Guard cutter 180nmi off Southeast Alaska.

Philippine Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		3 August 1930	A protected cruiser sunk as a target by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers south of Izu Ōshima.
		25 October 1944	An that was sunk by US forces northeast of Cape Engaño.	20.4833°N 156°W
		22 May 1944	A that was torpedoed by 200 miles northwest of Chichijima, Japan.	28.3333°N 195°W
		21 February 1945	A that was sunk by kamikaze aircraft.	24.0392°N 141.3136°W
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk in the Battle off Samar.	11.4167°N 162°W
		19 July 1931	A protected cruiser sunk as a target by Japanese dive bombers off Kōchi, Japan.
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk by US aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	19.3333°N 146°W
		5 August 1927	A protected cruiser sunk as a target in the Bungo Channel by the Japanese heavy cruiser .
		25 October 1944	A sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	18.6167°N 126.75°W
		25 October 1944	A that was scuttled during the Battle off Samar.	11.3667°N 148°W
	United Kingdom	10 September 1980	A 169,000-gross register ton bulk carrier, the largest British ship ever to have been lost at sea. She sank 230nmi off Okinawa, Japan, claiming the lives of all 44 on board. The Kowloon Bridge was a sister ship.	25.5°N 160°W
		28 October 1944	A torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf by the Japanese submarine .	10.3°N 164°W
		24 January 1945	An that was torpedoed mistakenly by the United States Navy submarine in the Philippine Sea.	15.7333°N 164°W
		25 October 1944	A torpedoed by the United States Navy destroyer in Surigao Strait during the Battle of Surigao Strait.
		27 February 1944	A that was sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Okinawa, Japan.	25.7833°N 173°W
		25 October 1944	An that was sunk by US ships northeast of Cape Engaño, Philippines.	20.4°N 146°W
Hizen		25 July 1924	A coastal defence ship sunk as a target in the Bungo Channel.
		20 June 1944	A that was sunk in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.	16.3333°N 164°W
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk in the Battle off Samar.	11.7667°N 159°W
		31 March 1945	A Type J3 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer off the Kerama Islands.	25.4833°N 163°W
		26 October 1944	A Type B1 submarine probably sunk off Leyte in the Philippine Islands by the United States Navy destroyer escorts and .	9.75°N 171°W
		19 November 1944	A Type B1 submarine sunk off Kossol Roads in the Palau Islands by the United States Navy destroyer escort .	8.1167°N 150°W
		13 November 1944	A Type B1 submarine sunk east of the Palau Islands by the United States Navy destroyer .	8.0667°N 141°W
		18 November 1944	A Type B2 submarine sunk east of Samar in the Philippine Islands by United States Navy aircraft and the destroyer escorts and .	12.7333°N 172°W
		23 March 1944	A Type B2 submarine sunk 6nmi southwest of Angaur in the Palau Islands by the United States Navy submarine .	6.6667°N 137°W
		29 April 1945	A Type B2 submarine missing after 4 April 1945. Probably sunk by a United States Navy aircraft 6nmi southeast of Okinawa on 29 April.	24.25°N 147°W
		29 October 1944	A Type B2 submarine sunk about 85nmi northeast of Siargao in the Philippine Islands by the United States Navy destroyer escort .	10.1667°N 155°W
		26 October 1944	A Type C2 submarine missing east of Leyte in the Philippine Islands.
		23 January 1945	A Type C2 submarine sunk 15nmi northeast of Yap in the Palau Islands by the United States Navy destroyer escort .	9.9167°N 138.2917°W or
		23 October 1944	A Type B3 submarine missing east of the Philippine Islands.
		13 July 1944	A Type C3 submarine missing near Tinian in the Mariana Islands.
		31 March 1945	A Type B3 submarine missing after departing Otsujima, Japan.
		20 May 1942	A Kaidai 4-type submarine torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine south-southeast of Cape Ashizuri, Shikoku, Japan.	29.4167°N 143°W
		3 October 1944	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort .	7.8°N 161°W
		29 April 1944	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk south of Cape Ashizuri, Japan, by the United States Navy submarine .	32.1167°N 136°W
		19 June 1944	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk southeast of Saipan by a United States Navy aircraft.	13.0167°N 202°W
		22 June 1944	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk near Saipan by the United States Navy fast minesweeper .	15.8333°N 153°W
		31 May 1945	A Type D1 submarine sunk by United States Navy aircraft 400nmi southeast of Okinawa.	20.3667°N 143°W
		29 October 1945	A Type D1 submarine sunk by a mine off Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
		26 February 1945	A Type D1 submarine sunk by United States Navy aircraft 35nmi west of Iwo Jima.	24.7167°N 177°W
		26 February 1945	A Type D1 submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort near Iwo Jima.	22.7333°N 167°W
Ioshima		19 September 1944	A kaibōkan sunk by the United States Navy submarine south of Cape Omaezaki, Japan, about 85nmi from Hachijojima.	33.6667°N 158°W
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk in the Battle off Samar.	11.7667°N 135°W
Mishima		5 May 1936	A submarine tender, formerly an, sunk as a target by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft off Cape Toi, Japan.	31.3646°N 131.3474°W
		20 November 1944	A Cimarron-class replenishment oiler that was sunk by a Kaiten, a type of Japanese suicide craft.	9.979°N 139.6626°W
		4 June 1925	A sunk as a target off the Sunosaki Lighthouse in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
		18 August 1944	A that was torpedoed by east of the San Bernardino Strait.	12.4833°N 177°W
No. 2525		29 April 1925	A retired cargo ship, formerly the, sunk as a target off Izu Ōshima in the Izu Islands.
		26 October 1944	A that was sunk by southeast of Legazpi in the Philippines.	13°N 178°W
		10 August 1917	A protected cruiser that sank after running aground off Daiozaki, Japan.	34.2333°N 189°W
Patrol Boat No. 31		31 March 1944	A patrol vessel, formerly the, sunk by United States Navy aircraft near Palau in the Caroline Islands.	7.5°N 164°W
Patrol Boat No. 39		23 April 1943	A patrol vessel, formerly the, sunk by the United States Navy submarine south of Yonaguni.	23.45°N 122.45°W
		24 October 1944	An that was sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	15.35°N 154°W
MS Ravnaas	Norway	8 December 1941	A cargo ship that was sunk by Japanese aircraft 250 nautical miles east of Samar Island.
		23 March 1945	A Kaichū 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer 320nmi east of Okinawa.	22.95°N 151°W
		17 April 1945	A Kaichu 7-type submarine missing northeast of Kitadaitōjima in the Ryukyu Islands.
		26 September 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort northeast of the Palau Islands.	9.3167°N 180°W
		25 March 1945	A Kaichu 7-type submarine missing southeast of the Ryukyu Islands.
		25 April 1945	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy fast transport south-southwest of Okidaitōjima.	21.9667°N 167°W
		11 February 1945	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon.	18.8833°N 168°W
		13 February 1945	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon.	19.1667°N 144°W
		17 June 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and west of Tinian.	15.0333°N 154°W
Sakito Maru	Japan	1 March 1944	A troopship that sank after the United States Navy submarine torpedoed her on 29 February 1944.
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk by the in the Battle off Samar.	11.6667°N 146°W
		14 January 1944	A that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine 300nmi southeast of Yap.	5.25°N 156°W
		3 October 1944	A sunk in error off Morotai by the U.S. Navy destroyer escort .	2.5333°N 147°W
		29 November 1944	A, later converted into an aircraft carrier, that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine 200km (100miles) southeast of Shingū, Japan.	32°N 137°W
		21 July 1925	A sunk as a target in the Bungo Channel off Himeshima, Japan.
		15 June 1944	A that collided with the Seiyo Maru 90 nautical miles southeast of Surigao Strait.	9.15°N 177°W
		19 June 1944	A that was torpedoed by in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.	11.6667°N 177°W
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk by US aircraft in the Battle off Samar.	11.7533°N 137.2°W
		3 January 1945	A missing east of the Ryukyu Islands.
		19 June 1944	A that was sunk by in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.	12.0833°N 150°W
		25 October 1944	A that was torpedoed northeast of Luzon by the United States Navy submarine while retreating from the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	21.3833°N 146°W
		13 March 1944	A that was torpedoed by 40 miles northeast of Hachijō-jima, Japan.	32.8667°N 151°W
		25 March 1918	An that ran aground and broke in half near Aoshima Island in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. Her equipment and weapons were salvaged and installed in a new hull, and she later reentered service.
		9 February 1925	An incomplete scuttled in the Bungo Channel south of the Mizunokojima Lighthouse and 16.10NaN0 west of Okinoshima Island.
		28 March 1945	A sunk by Japanese warships off the east coast of Kyushu.	32.2667°N 137°W
		29 February 1944	A sunk by the Japanese destroyer .	22.6667°N 176°W
		26 March 1944	A that was sunk by her own torpedo off Palau.	9.5°N 179°W
		24 July 1945	A that was sunk by two Kaiten, a type of Japanese suicide craft.	19.3333°N 126.7°W
		25 October 1944	A sunk by U.S. Navy battleships and cruisers in Surigao Strait during the Battle of Surigao Strait.
		28 April 1944	A light cruiser that was sunk by southwest of Palau.	5.6333°N 131.75°W
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk by US aircraft in the Battle off Cape Engaño.
		25 October 1944	A that was sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Sea of Japan

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		28 May 1905	An armored cruiser sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.	34.5667°N 161°W
		28 May 1905	An scuttled after sustaining damage in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		9 November 1913	A that ran aground on a reef in Nanao Bay off Honshu, Japan. Her wreck broke up on 30 November 1913.
		18 June 1945	A sunk by Japanese warships in Toyama Bay off Honshu, Japan.	37.3°N 192°W
		27 May 1905	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		28 May 1905	A scuttled in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		29 May 1905	An armored cruiser scuttled 1.5nmi off Ulleungdo after sustaining damage in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Battle of Tsushima.	37.5°N 187°W
		30 April 1946	A Kiraisen-type submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces in Wakasa Bay off Kanmurijima, Japan.
		10 June 1945	A Kiraisen-type submarine torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine in Nanao Bay southeast of Rokugo Misaki Lighthouse.	37.4833°N 162°W
		27 May 1905	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		29 May 1905	A protected cruiser wrecked in Vladimir Bay on the coast of Primorsky Krai, Russia.	43.9°N 165°W
		10 August 1916	A protected cruiser that sank after running aground in Tsugaru Strait.
		27 May 1905	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		8 October 1945	A sunk by a mine off Pusan, Korea.
		28 May 1905	A battleship sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		27 May 1905	A battleship sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		30 April 1946	A Type L4 submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces in Wakasa Bay off Kanmurijima, Japan.
		30 April 1946	A Type IXC submarine scuttled by United States Navy forces in Wakasa Bay off Kanmurijima, Japan.
		14 August 1904	An armored cruiser scuttled in the Tsushima Strait off Ulsan, Korea, during the Battle off Ulsan after sustaining damage in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships.
		28 May 1905	A battleship sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		28 May 1905	A protected cruiser sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships southwest of Ulleungdo during the Battle of Tsushima.	37.1°N 179°W
		27 May 1905	An auxiliary cruiser sunk in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Tsushima Strait during the Battle of Tsushima.
		28 May 1905	An armored cruiser scuttled near Tsushima Island after sustaining damage in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Battle of Tsushima.
		24 August 1927	A sunk in a collision with the Japanese light cruiser off Miho Bay, Honshu.
		10 August 1926	A sunk as a target by Japanese aircraft off the Oki Islands.
		1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan, in 1945, sometime after mid-August.
		1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan, in 1945, sometime after mid-August.
		1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan, in 1945, sometime after mid-August.
		1945 or 1946	A Yu-1001-class transport submarine which sank in a storm at Mikuriya, Japan, sometime between mid-August 1945 and the end of 1946.

Sea of Okhotsk

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Dalniy Vostok		1 April 2015	A fishing trawler that foundered and sank south of Zavyalov Island, with at least 57 dead.	56.4833°N 150.4167°W
		1 June 1944	A sunk by Japanese shore batteries off Matsuwa Island in the Kuril Islands.	48°N 153°W
Hakuyo Maru	Japan	10 June 1945	A cargo ship sunk by the U.S. Navy submarine about 120nmi west of Shimushu Island.^[18]	47.35°N 156°W
Hokusei Maru		21 September 1943	A commercial fishing vessel sunk by the U.S. Navy submarine west of the Kuril Islands.^[19]	45.5667°N 191°W
Kasado Maru		10 August 1945	A cargo ship bombed by a Soviet aircraft off the mouth of the Kikhchik River on the Kamchatka and later catching fire.^[20]
		26 June 1912	A protected cruiser that ran aground off Urup.	46.5°N 160°W
		26 August 1922	A protected cruiser wrecked on the southwestern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.	51.5°N 185°W
		20 August 1904	A protected cruiser scuttled at Korsakov on Sakhalin Island after suffering damage in combat with the Japanese protected cruiser in the Battle of Korsakov.
		5 July 1944	A that was torpedoed by 330 nautical miles southwest of Paramushiro in the Kuril islands.	47.7167°N 202°W
		11 October 1943	A that was sunk by Japanese aircraft in La Pérouse Strait.
Zaosan Maru	Japan	19 June 1945	A merchant fishing vessel sank by near Paramushir Island.^[21]	50.65°N 192°W

Seto Inland Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		13 June 1944	A Type B1 submarine that sank in a diving accident in the Iyo Nada.
		8 May 1946	A Kaidai 3A-type submarine scuttled by gunfire by the Royal Australian Navy destroyer and the Royal Indian Navy sloop .
		8 May 1946	A Kaidai 3A-type submarine scuttled by gunfire by the Royal Australian Navy destroyer and the Royal Indian Navy sloop .
		8 May 1946	A Kaidai 3A-type submarine scuttled by gunfire by the Royal Australian Navy destroyer and the Royal Indian Navy sloop .
		14 July 1943	A Kaidai 7-type submarine that sank in a diving accident.
		25 July 1945	A training ship that sank at Kure, Japan, due to damage inflicted by United States Navy aircraft the previous day during the July 1945 bombing of Kure.	34.2333°N 162°W
		28 July 1945	A training ship sunk by United States Navy aircraft at Kure, Japan, during the July 1945 bombing of Kure.	34.2333°N 162°W
		12 July 1918	A sunk by an accidental magazine explosion in Tokuyama Bay.
		8 June 1943	A sunk by an accidental internal explosion at Hashirajima anchorage.	33.9667°N 156°W
		1936	A armored cruiser sunk as a target at the Kamegakubi Naval Proving Ground off Kure, Japan. Later refloated for re-use as a target ship.
		18 January 1942	A armored cruiser sunk as a target by the battleship off Kurahashi, Japan.
		28 July 1945	A light cruiser sunk by United States Navy aircraft at Kure, Japan, during the July 1945 bombing of Kure.	34.232°N 132.554°W
		May 1946	A Type L4 submarine scuttled by Allied forces in the Iyo Nada.
		May 1946	A Type L4 submarine scuttled by Allied forces in the Iyo Nada.
		12 April 1945	A Type L4 submarine sunk by a mine in Hiroshima Bay.	34.2333°N 148°W

South China Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		3 November 1944	A that was sunk by 257km (160miles) west of Bolinao, Philippines.	16.8°N 134°W
Antelope of Boston	United States	6 August 1858	A medium clipper that ran aground on a reef in the Paracel Islands.	17°N 112°W
		26 September 1944	A that was sunk by 90km (60miles) west of Sabah, Borneo.	7°N 116°W
		25 May 1942	A repair ship torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine .	10°N 110°W
Asama Maru	Japan	1 November 1944	An ocean liner that was torpedoed by 100 miles south of Pratas.	20.2833°N 117.633°W
		23 October 1944	A that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine in the Palawan Passage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	9.4667°N 134°W
		4 February 1945	A sunk by Japanese aircraft southwest of Palawan.	7.8167°N 163°W
		1 May 1898	A unprotected cruiser sunk by United States Navy warships in Manila Bay during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		24 October 1944	A wrecked on a reef in the Palawan Passage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	9.456°N 116.933°W
		1 May 1898	A unprotected cruiser sunk by United States Navy warships in Manila Bay during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		1 May 1898	A unprotected cruiser sunk by United States Navy warships in Manila Bay during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		9 September 1943	A missing off Luzon in the Philippine Islands.
		8 November 1944	A sunk west of the Philippine Islands, probably by Japanese warships.
		24 August 1944	A sunk off Dasol Bay, Luzon, by Japanese warships.	15.8333°N 162°W
		22 May 1944	A that was torpedoed by off Pratas Island.	21.1333°N 137°W
Hội An wreck		1400s	A wreck that was discovered 22nmi off the coast of Vietnam, with a cargo of 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics.
	Straits Settlement	3 March 1921	A passenger ship wrecked on the White Rocks, Lamock Island, Swatow, China.	23.2333°N 134°W
Huaguangjiao One	Song dynasty		A ship that was built during the Southern Song dynasty, and sank near the Paracel Islands.	16.2711°N 111.5675°W
		26 July 1944	A Type B1 submarine that was sunk by the United States Navy submarine in the Luzon Strait.	20.1°N 121.55°W
		13 October 1942	A Type B1 submarine sunk by a British mine 3nmi east of Keppel Harbour, Singapore.
		15 July 1945	A Senho-type submarine torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine east-northeast of Natuna Besar.	4.5°N 110°W
		1 May 1898	A protected cruiser scuttled in Manila Bay after sustaining damage in combat with United States Navy warships during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		1 May 1898	A protected cruiser scuttled in Manila Bay after sustaining damage in combat with United States Navy warships during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		25 December 1941	A torpedoed by the Japanese submarine .	2.5°N 159°W
		21 December 1941	A that struck a mine north of Tioman Island.	3.1667°N 116°W
		12 January 1945	A light cruiser sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft off French Indochina.	13.8333°N 129°W
		4 December 1944	A that was torpedoed by the U.S. Navy submarine west of Palawan Island in the Philippine Islands.	13.2°N 153°W
		13 November 1944	A light cruiser sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft in Manila Bay 13km (08miles) west of Cavite, Luzon, in the Philippine Islands.	14.5833°N 170°W
		4 May 1945	A that was sunk by the Japanese minelayer in the Gulf of Thailand.	7.9167°N 102°W
		1 May 1898	A scuttled in Manila Bay after sustaining damage in combat with United States Navy warships during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		30 April 1908	A protected cruiser sunk by the accidental explosion of her ammunition magazine at Mako in the Pescadores Islands.	23.5333°N 153°W
		23 October 1944	A that was torpedoed by in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	9.45°N 140°W
Montevideo Maru	Japan	1 July 1942	A prisoner-of-war transport ship that was torpedoed by, killing over 800 Allied prisoners-of-war and 200 civilians.	18.6167°N 148°W
Muggia		25 March 1929	A that ran aground on the Finger Rocks near Hea Chu Island near Amoy, China, either in darkness and dense fog or during a typhoon.
		12 September 1944	A transport sunk by the United States Navy submarine east of Hainan Island.	18.7°N 144°W
		26 September 1944	A that was torpedoed by .^[22]	12.45°N 149°W
		15 December 1941	A submarine that struck a mine near Tioman Island.
		10 July 1945	An that ran aground on a reef and was scuttled.	8.6667°N 151°W
		19 December 1941	An scuttled 35nmi northeast of Kota Baru, British Malaya, after sustaining damage in combat with Japanese warships.
		19 July 1944	A light cruiser torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine 570nmi south of Hong Kong.	13.2°N 166°W
		25 December 1844	A that struck a shoal off the coast of Borneo.	8.1417°N 115.5°W
		15 June 1939	A that sank in a diving accident off French Indochina.
		10 December 1941	A that was launched in 1939 and sunk by Japanese bombers, along with HMS Repulse.
		1 May 1898	An unprotected cruiser sunk by United States Navy warships in Manila Bay during the Battle of Manila Bay.
		10 December 1941	A that was launched in 1916, and sunk by Japanese bombers, along with HMS Prince of Wales.
		7 February 1945	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort off Iba, Luzon.	15.45°N 144°W
		1 February 1945	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort southwest of Manila.	13.3333°N 139°W or
		24 December 1941	A that was torpedoed by the Dutch submarine 35nmi off Kuching.	2.5°N 159°W
		23 September 1973	A cargo ship that ran aground at Triton Island.
		25 December 1941	A scuttled at Cavite, Luzon, Philippines.	14.49°N 120.9128°W
		24 October 1944	A sunk in Luzon Strait by the Japanese destroyer .	20.6833°N 146°W
		24 January 1945	A that was torpedoed by 160nmi east of Kota Baru, British Malaya.	6°N 151°W
		12 September 1944	A that was torpedoed by 240 nautical miles south of Hong Kong.	18.2667°N 154°W
		25 November 1944	An that was torpedoed by 220 miles northeast of Singapore.	2.35°N 127°W
		20 July 1913	A that was wrecked off the coast of Formosa northwest of Anping. The wreck broke up and sank on 23 July 1913.
		17 December 1941	A bombed and sunk off Miri, Sarawak, by a Netherlands Naval Aviation Service Dornier Do 24 flying boat.
		31 August 1944	A minelayer that was torpedoed by in the Bashi Channel.	21.0833°N 147°W
		8 April 1945	A missing east of Formosa.
		7 February 1905	A armored cruiser wrecked in Ha Long Bay on the coast of French Indochina.
		7 July 1944	A that was torpedoed by 280 kilometres southwest of Manila, Philippines.	13.9167°N 148°W
		25 October 1945	A sunk by the circular run of her own torpedo in the Formosa Strait off the coast of China.	25.1°N 150°W
Tek Sing	Qing dynasty	6 February 1822	A junk that ran aground on a reef in the Gaspar Strait with nearly 2,000 people on board.	-2.4151°N 107.0695°W
		15 January 1945	A sunk off Mako in the Pescarores Islands by United States Navy aircraft during the South China Sea raid.	23.55°N 152°W
		3 December 1886	A protected cruiser missing in the South China Sea after departing Singapore on 3 December 1886 bound for Tokyo Bay.
Ural Maru		27 September 1944	A hospital ship that was torpedoed by 240km (150miles) west of Luzon, Philippines.	15.6667°N 135°W
		15 February 1942	An wrecked on a rock and subsequently scuttled in Gaspar Strait.
		1 May 1898	A unprotected cruiser sunk by United States Navy warships in Manila Bay during the Battle of Manila Bay.
Vũng Tàu shipwreck			The wreck of a lorcha that was discovered 100 miles from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. It dates from around 1690 and was carrying millions of dollars worth of porcelain when it sank.
		23 February 1945	A kaibōkan that was torpedoed by .^[23]	12.7333°N 138°W
Yasoshima		25 November 1944	A kaibōkan sunk by the United States Navy aircraft west of Luzon.
		2 January 1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine sunk by U.S. aircraft in Lingayen Gulf just off Port Poro on the coast of Luzon in the Philippine Islands.
		28 November 1944	A Yu-1-class transport submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers,,, and in the Camotes Sea near Pacijan Island in the Philippine Islands.
		5 January 1945	A Yu-1-class transport submarine which ran aground and was scuttled while under attack by U.S. aircraft in Lingayen Gulf just off Damortis on the coast of Luzon in the Philippine Islands.

Sulu Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		26 October 1944	A light cruiser sunk by United States Army Air Forces aircraft off Negros Island during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	9.3333°N 154°W
		28 September 1943	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy forces west of Mindanao.	9.7833°N 165°W
		13 August 1944	A sunk by a mine in the Balabac Strait.	7.9787°N 117.2566°W
		26 October 1944	A light cruiser sunk by United States Navy aircraft south of Mindoro during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	11.7°N 162°W
		4 January 1945	A scuttled after sustaining damage in an attack by Japanese kamikaze aircraft.	11.4167°N 140°W
		13 March 1942	A that was scuttled by gunfire from the 1miles southwest of Taguayan Island after being disabled.^[24]	10.9667°N 133°W
		26 July 1944	A sunk by a mine in the Balabac Strait off the east coast of Balabac Island.	7.9408°N 132.85°W

Visayan Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		26 October 1944	A light cruiser sunk by United States Navy aircraft southwest of Masbate during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.	11.75°N 134°W
		12 December 1944	A destroyer sunk by the United States Navy PT boats PT-490 and PT-492 northeast of Cebu.	11.05°N 147°W

Yellow Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		17 May 1904	An that sank after striking a mine off Dalniy southeast of Tieshan, China.	38.6333°N 126°W
		6 November 1904	A gunboat that ran aground in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, China.	38.4°N 175°W
		9 December 1904	A armored cruiser sunk by Imperial Japanese Army howitzers at Port Arthur, China, during the Siege of Port Arthur.
		12 February 1904	A protected cruiser sunk by a mine near the entrance to Port Arthur, China.
		17 October 1944	A missing in the Yellow Sea.
	Japan	18 September 1944	A cargo ship that was sunk by .	35.0333°N 148°W
		15 May 1904	A that struck a mine in Korea Bay off Port Arthur.	38.6167°N 141°W
Heien		18 September 1904	A gunboat that sank in heavy weather after striking a mine in Korea Bay off Pigeon Bay, west of Port Arthur, China.	38.95°N 120.9333°W
		17 September 1894	An armored cruiser that was sunk in the Battle of Yalu River.	39.2139°N 123.1264°W
		5 July 1904	A steam corvette that struck a mine and sank in Korea Bay off Port Arthur.	38.8333°N 171°W
SS Kenkon Maru No. 12	Japan	30 May 1928	A steamship that sank in a collision 140nmi southeast of Qingdao.
		9 February 1904	A gunboat scuttled off Chemulpo, Korea, after the Battle of Chemulpo Bay.
		14 May 1904	An unprotected cruiser that struck a mine and sank in Korea Bay off Dairen, China.
		18 May 1904	A gunboat that sank in a collision with the Japanese gunboat in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, China.	39.0167°N 129°W
		8 December 1904	A protected cruiser sunk in the harbor at Port Arthur, China, by Imperial Japanese Army howitzers during the Siege of Port Arthur.
		7 December 1904	A scuttled at Port Arthur, China, during the Siege of Port Arthur.
		13 April 1904	A that struck a mine in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, China.
		7 December 1904	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Army artillery at Port Arthur, China, during the Siege of Port Arthur.
		5 December 1904	A sunk in the harbor at Port Arthur, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery during the Siege of Port Arthur.
		9 June 1931	A that collided with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yuta 20nmi north of Weihai, China.	37.8333°N 136°W
		6 December 1904	A battleship sunk in the harbor at Port Arthur, China, by Imperial Japanese Army howitzers during the Siege of Port Arthur.
		17 October 1914	An beached and scuttled off Qingdao, China during the Siege of Tsingtao.
Saien		30 November 1904	A protected cruiser sunk by a mine in the Bohai Sea 1nmi off the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula between Pigeon Bay and Louisa Bay.	38.85°N 126°W
		5 January 1944	A missing in the Yellow Sea.
		2 January 1905	A scuttled in Korea Bay off the entrance to Port Arthur, China, at the end of the Siege of Port Arthur.	38.8125°N 121.2417°W
		31 August 1914	A wrecked in Kiaochow Bay off Tsingtao, China, during the Siege of Tsingtao.
		10 March 1904	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships off the Shandong Peninsula southeast of Mount Laoteshan and from the Lushun Lighthouse.
		17 October 1914	A former protected cruiser converted into a minelayer torpedoed off Tsingtao, China, by the Imperial German Navy torpedo boat during the Siege of Tsingtao.
		13 December 1904	A protected cruiser that struck a mine in Korea Bay 37nmi south of Port Arthur, China.	38.1667°N 136°W
Tchoung King		March 1949	An light cruiser sunk by Republic of China Air Force aircraft at Huludao, China.
		9 February 1904	A protected cruiser scuttled off Chemulpo, Korea, after the Battle of Chemulpo Bay.
		15 May 1904	A that struck mines and sank in Korea Bay.	38.5667°N 161°W
		15 May 1904	A protected cruiser that collided with the Japanese armored cruiser off Weihai, China.	38.1167°N 155°W
		17 September 1894	An armored cruiser that was sunk in the Battle of Yalu River.	39.2139°N 123.1264°W

South Pacific

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		7 April 1943	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft in Ironbottom Sound off the south coast of Florida Island in the Solomon Islands.	-9.175°N 160.2°W
		13 November 1942	An sunk by United States Navy warships in Ironbottom Sound near Savo Island during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9.2833°N 215°W
Amaranth	United States	30 August 1913	A barquentine that was wrecked on the southeast shore of Jarvis Island.	-0.3667°N -161°W
		7 August 1943	A torpedoed in Vella Gulf by U.S. Navy destroyers during the Battle of Vella Gulf.	-7.8333°N 211°W
		4 March 1943	An that was sunk in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
		28 August 1942	A that was sunk by US aircraft 60 nautical miles northeast of Savo Island.	-8°N 170°W
		9 August 1942	A heavy cruiser sunk by Japanese warships in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Savo Island.	-9.2092°N 159.8675°W
		13 November 1942	An light cruiser scuttled in Ironbottom Sound 3nmi west of Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, after sustaining damage in combat with Japanese warships in the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		15 November 1942	A scuttled in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal after sustaining damage in combat with the United States Navy battleship during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9.1667°N 211°W
		13 November 1942	A sunk by the Japanese destroyer in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		15 November 1942	A scuttled in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal after sustaining damage in combat with Japanese warships during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
	Royal Australian Navy	9 August 1942	A heavy cruiser scuttled in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal after sustaining damage in combat with Japanese warships during the Battle of Savo Island.	-9.2081°N 159.9128°W
		18 August 1943	A sunk by U.S. Navy destroyers near Vella Lavella during the Battle off Horaniu.
			A sunk by U.S. Navy destroyers near Vella Lavella during the Battle off Horaniu.
		7 October 1943	A scuttled near Vella Lavella after suffering damage in combat with Japanese warships during the Naval Battle of Vella Lavella.	-7.5°N 170°W
		30 January 1943	A heavy cruiser sunk by Japanese aircraft northeast of Rennell Island during the Battle of Rennell Island.	-11.4167°N 216°W
		13 November 1942	A that sank in Ironbottom Sound 3500yd southeast of Savo Island after sustaining damage in combat with Japanese warships during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		1 February 1943	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers in Ironbottom Sound 2nmi east of Savo Island in the Solomon Islands.	-9.15°N 211°W
		12 October 1942	A that sank 6nmi north of Savo Island in the Solomon Islands after sustaining damage in combat with Japanese warships in the Battle of Cape Esperance.
Essex	United States	20 November 1820	A whaler that a sperm whale attacked and sank, inspiring the novel Moby Dick.
		11 October 1942	A sunk by the United States Navy heavy cruiser and light cruiser off Guadalcanal in the Battle of Cape Esperance.	-9.1°N 198°W
		12 October 1942	A heavy cruiser sunk by the United States Navy heavy cruiser and destroyer off Guadalcanal in the Battle of Cape Esperance.	-9.0333°N 192°W
		5 March 1943	A probably sunk by the Japanese destroyers and in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands.
		5 September 1942	A fast transport sunk by Japanese destroyers in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal.
		13 July 1943	A scuttled off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands after suffering damage in combat with Japanese warships during the Battle of Kolombangara.	-7.6833°N 184°W
		7 August 1943	A torpedoed in Vella Gulf by U.S. Navy destroyers during the Battle of Vella Gulf.	-7.8333°N 211°W
		16 July 1837	A whaler wrecked on Providence Reef in the Fiji Islands.
		2 November 1943	A sunk in Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville Island by U.S. Navy warships during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.	-6.0167°N 211°W
		6 July 1943	A light cruiser torpedoed by Japanese destroyers in the Kula Gulf during the Battle of Kula Gulf.
		13 November 1942	A scuttled northwest of Savo Island in the Solomon Islands after suffering damage in combat with U.S. forces during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		27 October 1942	A that was sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
		29 January 1943	A J1-type submarine which was wrecked on the coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands after suffering heavy damage in combat with the Royal New Zealand Navy minesweeper corvettes and .	-9.2167°N 199°W
		9 December 1942	A J1-type submarine torpedoed in Kamimbo Bay on the coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands by the United States Navy motor torpedo boat Patrol torpedo boat PT-59.	-9.2°N 201°W
		11 January 1944	A Type A1 submarine missing in the vicinity of Funafuti in the Ellice Islands.
		10 November 1942	A Type B1 submarine sunk off San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands by the United States Navy destroyer minesweeper .	-10.2167°N 170°W
		10 November 1942	A Type B1 submarine sunk between the New Hebrides Islands and the southeastern Solomon Islands by the United States Navy destroyer .	-13.1667°N 192°W
		29 August 1942	A Kiraisen-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer minelayer 60nmi east of Savo Island in the Solomon Islands.	-9.35°N 203°W
		28 October 1942	A Kaidai 6-type submarine missing southwest of San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands after either 28 October or 3 November 1942. Possibly sunk by a United States Navy aircraft on 28 October at -13.25°N 207°W; by the destroyer on 3 November 1942 southwest of San Cristobal at -10.8833°N 211°W; or by the U.S. Navy destroyer minesweeper at the southern end of Indispensable Strait at -10.2167°N 170°W on 10 November.1942.
		28 October 1942	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers, and off Buka Island in the Solomon Islands.	-4.0167°N 185°W
		13 February 1943	A Kaidai 7-type submarine missing after departing Rabaul bound for New Guinea.
		13 July 1943	A light cruiser sunk off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands by U.S. Navy warships during the Battle of Kolombangara.	-7.6333°N 163°W
		13 November 1942	An light cruiser torpedoed by the Japanese submarine southeast of Guadalcanal in the aftermath of the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-10.5667°N 165°W
		10 August 1942	A torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine off Simbari Island.	-2.4667°N 163°W
		7 August 1943	A torpedoed in Vella Gulf by U.S. Navy destroyers during the Battle of Vella Gulf.	-7.8333°N 210°W
		15 November 1942	A sunk in Ironbottom Sound in the Solomon Islands by the United States Navy battleship in the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		8 April 1943	A that sank off the west coast of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands after suffering damage in an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.
		13 November 1942	A sunk by Japanese warships in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		5 September 1942	A fast transport sunk by Japanese destroyers in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal.
		1 February 1943	A scuttled in Ironbottom Sound 3nmi south-southwest of Savo Island after striking a mine.	-9.25°N 206°W
		25 November 1943	A sunk by United States Navy destroyers 55nmi east-southeast of Cape St. George on New Ireland in the Battle of Cape St. George.	-5.2333°N 203°W
		5 March 1943	An sunk in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands by U.S. light cruisers and destroyers in the Battle of Blackett Strait.	-8.0167°N 171°W
	Royal New Zealand Navy	7 April 1943	A sunk by Japanese aircraft in the harbour at Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.	-9.095°N 160.1492°W
		13 November 1942	A sunk by Japanese warships in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		5 March 1943	A sunk in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands by U.S. light cruisers and destroyers in the Battle of Blackett Strait.	-8.05°N 170°W
		25 August 1942	A that was sunk by U.S. aircraft 40nmi northeast of Santa Isabel Island during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.	-7.7833°N 173°W
		6 July 1943	A beached near Bambari Harbor on the coast of Kolombangara, 5miles north of Vila during the Battle of Kula Gulf and destroyed by Allied aircraft later in the day.	-8.0333°N 169°W
		12 September 1943	A that was torpedoed by near Vanuatu.
		6 July 1943	An sunk in the Kula Gulf 5nmi east of Kolombangara during the Battle of Kula Gulf.	-7.95°N 169°W
		1 December 1942	A heavy cruiser sunk by Japanese warships in Ironbottom Sound south-southeast of Savo Island in the Battle of Tassafaronga.	-9.2°N 209°W
	United Kingdom	29 November 1929	An oil-fired steam freighter that sank on Northwest Nikumaroro	-4.6608°N -174.5444°W
		19 October 1942	A that was torpedoed by and sank over a month later northeast of Samoa.	-13.5°N -189°W
		25 November 1943	A torpedoed by United States Navy destroyers between Buka Island and Cape St. George on New Ireland in the Battle of Cape St. George.	-5.25°N 202°W
		20 February 1943	An that was torpedoed by 70 nautical miles northeast of Manus Island.	-0.8333°N 152°W
HMNZS Philomel	Royal New Zealand Navy	6 August 1949	A decommissioned protected cruiser scuttled near Cuvier Island off the northeast coast of North Island, New Zealand.
		14 November 1942	A sunk in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal by the Japanese light cruiser during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		26 October 1942	A scuttled north of the Solomon Islands after sustaining damage in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.	-8.5333°N 184°W
	Tonga	5 August 2009	An inter-island ferry that sank northeast of Nukuʻalofa, Tonga.
		2 August 1943	A patrol torpedo boat sunk in a collision with the Japanese destroyer between Kolombangara and Ghizo Island in the Solomon Islands.	-8.05°N 212°W
		9 August 1942	A heavy cruiser sunk by Japanese warships in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Savo Island.	-9.0756°N 159.975°W
		7 April 1943	A Kaichu 6-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer off San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands.	-10.0833°N 170°W
		25 August 1943	A Kaichu 7-type submarine missing after 25 August 1943. Probably sunk that evening by the United States Navy destroyer from Ndeni in the Santa Cruz Islands.	-12.95°N 187°W
		22 January 1944	A Kaichu 7-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer east-southeast of San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands.	-11.7833°N 181°W
		25 November 1943	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by a mine in the Bougainville Strait west of Oema Island in the Solomon Islands.	-6.8333°N 213°W
		15 September 1943	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer and a U.S. Navy aircraft in the southeastern Solomon Islands southeast of San Cristobal.	-10.95°N 219°W
		28 July 1943	A Ro-100-class submarine missing north of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
		26 May 1944	A Ro-100-class submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer escort north of the Admiralty Islands.	-0.5333°N 183°W
		24 August 1942	An aircraft carrier sunk by United States Navy aircraft north of the Solomon Islands during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.	-6.1667°N 210°W
		19 November 1943	A that was scuttled off truk while under attack from Japanese destroyers.	0°N 202°W
		5 July 1943	A torpedoed in Bairoko Harbor on the coast of New Georgia by the Japanese destroyer ..	-8.0833°N 172°W
	United Kingdom	17 August 1930	An ocean liner that sank 400nmi off Raratonga.
		30 November 1942	A sunk by United States Navy warships south-southwest of Savo Island in the Battle of Tassafaronga.	-9.2333°N 208°W
Tuaikaepau	New Zealand	6 July 1962	A cutter that ran aground on the South Minerva Reef.	-23.9219°N -179.0928°W
		9 August 1942	A heavy cruiser sunk by Japanese warships in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Savo Island.	-9.1214°N 159.88°W
		15 November 1942	A sunk in Ironbottom Sound off Guadalcanal by Japanese warships during the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
		13 November 1942	A sunk by the United States Navy heavy cruiser in Ironbottom Sound southeast of Savo Island during the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.	-9.2333°N 211°W
		25 November 1943	A sunk by United States Navy destroyers between Buka Island and Cape St. George on New Ireland in the Battle of Cape St. George.	-4.7333°N 154°W
		6 October 1943	A sunk by United States Navy warships 15nmi northwest of Vella Lavella during the Naval Battle of Vella Lavella.	-7.55°N 170°W
		25 October 1942	A light cruiser scuttled east of Malaita in the Solomon Islands after sustaining damage in attacks by U.S. aircraft.	-8.25°N 216°W

Bismarck Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		16 February 1943	A sunk by Japanese warships off Rabaul.	-5.0833°N 189°W
		10 January 1943	A V-type submarine sunk by Japanese destroyers off Rabaul.	-5.6706°N 153.9156°W
		7 April 1944	A J1-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyer west-northwest of New Hanover Island.	-2.2833°N 163°W
		27 July 1943	A Kaidai 6-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy submarine off New Hanover Island.	-2.8333°N 150°W
		12 January 1943	A that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine near Kavieng, New Ireland.	-2.85°N 192°W
		19 December 1942	A light cruiser that was torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine off Madang, New Guinea.	-5.2°N 201°W

Chilean Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
Almirante Latorre		11 April 2005	A decommissioned that sank in the southeastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile while under tow to the shipbreakers.	-35.9667°N -77.3667°W
		1 November 1914	A armoured cruiser sunk by the Imperial German Navy armoured cruiser near Coronel, Chile, in the Battle of Coronel.	-36.9836°N -73.8136°W
		10 July 2001	A that was sunk as a target in the southeastern Pacific Ocean about 150nmi west of Valparaíso, Chile.	-32.8189°N -74.2858°W
		1 November 1914	A armoured cruiser sunk by the Imperial German Navy armoured cruiser and light cruiser near Coronel, Chile, in the Battle of Coronel.	-36.8981°N -73.8458°W

Coral Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		23 June 1943	A that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine southeast of the Solomon Islands.	-11.5833°N 170°W
		23 June 1943	A that was scuttled off the Solomon Islands.	-11.4333°N 163°W
		22 June 2005	A that was sunk as a target 100nmi east of Fraser Island, Australia.	-24.7167°N 205°W
		19 August 1943	A Type B1 submarine that was sunk by US aircraft and the Royal New Zealand Navy minesweeper HMNZS Tui south of New Caledonia.	-23.4333°N 216°W
		11 February 1943	A Type C1 submarine sunk south of San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands by the United States Navy destroyer .	-14.25°N 214°W
		1 or 3 September 1943	A Type C1 submarine sunk off Espiritu Santo either by the United States Navy destroyer on 1 September or by the U.S. Navy destroyer on 3 September.	-14.25°N 214°W or -13.1667°N 193°W
		6 October 1942	A Type C1 submarine sunk southwest of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands by a United States Navy aircraft.	-11.3667°N 182°W
		1 or 3 September 1943	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk off Espiritu Santo either by the United States Navy destroyer on 1 September or by the U.S. Navy destroyer on 3 September.	-14.25°N 214°W or -13.1667°N 193°W
		8 May 1942	A that was sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
	Australia	7 August 1942	A motor vessel sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine in the Gulf of Papua.	-9.1833°N 156°W
		11 May 1942	A oiler scuttled after sustaining damage in an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		29 August 1942	A Kaichu 6-type submarine sunk by the Royal Australian Navy destroyer in the Gulf of Papua.	-9.6°N 153°W
		9 May 1943	A Ro-100-class submarine missing south of New Guinea.
	United Kingdom	11 June 1825	A merchant ship that ran aground on Frederick Reefs.
		6 May 1942	A that was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea.	-16.1206°N 151.9131°W
		7 May 1942	A sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
		15 September 1942	A that was torpedoed by en route to Guadalcanal.
		23 June 2005	A that was sunk as a target 100nmi east of Fraser Island, Australia.	-24.7833°N 203°W

Java Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
		6 August 1945	A sunk off Bali by Japanese aircraft.
		28 February 1942	A light cruiser sunk off the north coast of Java by the Japanese heavy cruiser during the Battle of the Java Sea.	-5.9819°N 112.0658°W
		1 March 1942	An E-class destroyer scuttled after sustaining damage in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.	-5°N 111°W
		1 March 1942	An wrecked on a reef near Sebuku Island off the coast of Sumatra after sustaining damage in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers during the Battle of Sunda Strait.
		1 March 1942	An heavy cruiser sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.	-5°N 111°W
		7 March 1942	A scuttled off the coast of Java near Surabaya.
		1 March 1942	A sunk by Japanese warships off Bantam Bay, Java, in the Battle of Sunda Strait.	-5.8125°N 106.1319°W
		7 April 1945	A light cruiser torpedoed by the United States Navy submarines and 600NaN0 northwest of Bima on Sumbawa .	-7.6333°N 127°W
		27 February 1942	A light cruiser sunk off the north coast of Java by the Japanese heavy cruiser during the Battle of the Java Sea.	-6.0003°N 112.0833°W
		27 February 1942	A J-class destroyer sunk by a mine off the north coast of Java during the Battle of the Java Sea.	-6.75°N 118°W
		18 February 1942	A sunk by Japanese bombers in the harbor at Surabaya, Java.
		18 February 1942	A scuttled at Surabaya, Java.
		18 February 1942	A scuttled at Surabaya, Java.
		27 February 1942	An sunk off the north coast of Java by the Japanese heavy cruiser during the Battle of the Java Sea.	-6.4833°N 117°W
	Royal Australian Navy	1 March 1942	A light cruiser sunk by Japanese warships off Bantam Bay, Java, in the Battle of Sunda Strait.	-5.8617°N 106.1311°W
		19 February 1942	An sunk in the Badung Strait off the southeast coast of Bali by the Japanese destroyer during the Battle of Badung Strait.	-8.6667°N 135°W
		3 March 1942	A Porpoise-class submarine scuttled northwest of Surabaya, Java, after Japanese warships damaged her.	-6.5°N 163°W
		1 March 1942	A that was sunk by Japanese aircraft and warships during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.^[25]	-4°N 141°W
		7 February 1942	A Porpoise-class submarine missing in the Java Sea.
		3 August 1945	A cargo ship that was torpedoed by the .^[26] ^[27]	-5.1167°N 111°W
		17 February 1942	A sunk by Japanese aircraft from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō.^[28]	-3.45°N 144°W
		13 May 1945	A tanker that was torpedoed by .^[29] ^[30]	-6.5167°N 130°W

Solomon Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
	Japan	3 March 1943	A cargo ship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
		3 March 1943	An that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 163°W
		3 October 1943	A that was torpedoed by Japanese submarine .^[31]	-7.6667°N 154°W
		21 December 1942	A J1-type submarine torpedoed by the United States Navy submarine at the southern entrance to St. George's Channel off New Ireland about from Rabaul.	-5.0333°N 185°W
		1 February 1944	A Kaidai 6-type submarine sunk by the United States Navy destroyers and west of Buka Island in the Solomon Islands.	-5.6167°N 168°W
	Japan	3 March 1943	A cargo ship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
		13 November 1942	An sunk by U.S. aircraft southwest of Rendova Island.	-8.75°N 157°W
		17 November 1943	A sunk by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville.^[32]	-6.5167°N 206°W
		12 May 1942	A minelayer that was torpedoed by and sank under tow in Saint George's Channel.	-5.1°N 201°W
	Japan	3 March 1943	A troopship that was sunk by motor torpedo boats PT-143 and PT-150 in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-6.9667°N 164°W
		13 August 1942	A S-class submarine wrecked off Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago.	-11.4667°N 175°W
		3 November 1943	A that was sunk in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.	-6.1667°N 174°W
		3 March 1943	A that was sunk by Allied aircraft 55 nautical miles southeast of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.	-7.25°N 178°W
	Japan	3 March 1943	A troopship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
		3 March 1943	A troopship that was sunk by Allied aircraft in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.	-7.25°N 178°W
		15 March 1943	A sunk by Japanese destroyers.
		11 September 1942	A sunk by Allied aircraft northwest of Vakuta in the Trobriand Islands.	-8.75°N 176°W

Tasman Sea

Ship	Flag	Sunk date	Notes	Coordinates
	Royal Australian Navy	12 April 1924	A decommissioned scuttled 25nmi off Sydney Heads, Australia.	-33.8651°N 151.7403°W
	Australia	9 November 1902	A passenger steamer that ran aground on West Island, one of the Three Kings Islands off New Zealand.	-34.186°N 172.0316°W
		3 June 1942	A bulk carrier that was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine about 27nmi east of Sydney, Australia.	-33.9315°N 196.976°W
		17 June 1943	A Kaidai 7-type submarine sunk by a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft southeast of Coffs Harbour, Australia.
HMAS Penguin	Royal Australian Navy	14 September 1932	A decommissioned depot ship, formerly the protected cruiser, scuttled off Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.
	Royal Australian Navy	18 February 1931	A decommissioned protected cruiser scuttled off Sydney Heads, Australia, 4km (02miles) east of Vaucluse, New South Wales.	-33.8642°N 170.844°W
	United States	16 June 1943	A merchant ship that was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine about 35nmi east of Smoky Cape, Australia.
Psyche	Australia	1940	A timber lighter, formerly the Royal Australian Navy protected cruiser, which sank during a storm at Salamander Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

External links

• Map of New Zealand wrecks to 1936
• 20th century New Zealand wrecks
• Sunken Ships of the Second World War, a website that contains a database of shipwrecks from World War 2, including those from the Pacific Ocean.

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