List of shipwrecks in 1942

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The list of shipwrecks in 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1942.

	Operator	Ship	Class	Cause	Location	Notes
February 3	Sweden	Amerikaland	Merchant (ore carrier)	World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U-106	Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States
February 20	Turkey	Kurtuluş	Merchant	Blown onto rocks	Marmara Sea off Marmara Island
February 27	United States Navy	USS Langley	Seaplane tender and aircraft transport	World War II: Crippled by Japanese bombers and scuttled	Pacific Ocean approaching Java
March 1	United States Navy	USS Houston	Northampton Class cruiser	World War II: Sunk during Battle of Sunda Strait	Sunda Strait
March 1	Royal Australian Navy	HMAS Perth	Leander class cruiser	World War II: Sunk during Battle of Sunda Strait	Sunda Strait
April 1	Norway	Skytteren	Merchant {whaling factory ship)	World War II: Scuttled to avoid capture	waters off Maseskär, Sweden
May 1	Royal Navy	HMS Exeter		World War II: Sunk during Battle of the Java Sea
May 1	United States Navy	USS Pope		World War II: Sunk during Battle of the Java Sea
May 8	United States Navy	USS Lexington	Lexington class aircraft carrier	World War II: Crippled by Japanese bombers and scuttled	Pacific Ocean in the Coral Sea	Battle of the Coral Sea
May 28	Soviet Navy	Submarine M 98	Soviet M class submarine	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Air Force SB bomber	Gulf of Finland
May 31	Royal Australian Navy	HMAS Kuttabul		World War II: Sunk by Japanese midget submarine	Sydney Harbour
June 7	United States Navy	USS Yorktown	Yorktown class	World War II: Bomb and torpedo damage from Japanese aircraft and submarine.	Pacific Ocean near Midway	Battle of Midway
June 16	Finland	s/s Argo	Merchant	World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine SC 317	Gulf of Finland
June 17	Soviet Navy	SC 405	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by mine in the gulf of Finland	Gulf of Finland
June 22	Sweden	s/s Ada Gorthon	Merchant	World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine SC 307	Baltic Sea
July 9	Sweden	s/s Margareta	Merchant (coal carrier)	World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine S 7	Baltic Sea
July 11	Sweden	Luleå		World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine S7	Baltic Sea near Kungsgrundet
July 15	Soviet Navy	SC 317	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy Minelayer Ruotsinsalmi and patrol boat VMV 16	Gulf of Finland
July 31	Kriegsmarine	Unterseeboot 213		World War II: Sunk by Royal Navy sloops HMS Erne (U03), HMS Rochester, and HMS Sandwich	Atlantic Ocean east of the Azores
August 9	Royal Australian Navy	HMAS Canberra		World War II: Sunk during Battle of Savo Island
August 15	Soviet Navy	M 97	Soviet M class submarine	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy patrol boat VMV 5	Gulf of Finland
August 17	Sweden	s/s Liljevalch	Merchant (ore carrier)	World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine L 3	Baltic Sea off the town Västervik
August 30	United States Navy	USS Colhoun		World War II: Sunk by Japanese aircraft	Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal
September 5	United States Navy	USS Gregory		World War II: Sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers Yudachi, Hatsuyuki and Murakumo	Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal
September 5	United States Navy	USS Little		World War II: Sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers Yudachi, Hatsuyuki and Murakumo	Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal
September 12	United Kingdom	RMS Laconia		World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U 156	South Atlantic Ocean near Ascension Island
September 15	United States Navy	USS Wasp	Light aircraft carrier	World War II: Crippled by Japanese submarine Japanese submarine I-19 and scuttled	Pacific Ocean near Guadalcanal
October 10	Royal Navy	Orcades	Troop transport	World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U-172	280 miles northwest of Cape Town
October 10	Soviet Navy	SC SC 308	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by mine in the gulf of Finland	Gulf of Finland
October 12	Soviet Navy	SC 311	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy patrol boat VMV 13 and VMV 15	Gulf of Finland
October 14	Soviet Navy	SC 302	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Air Force	Gulf of Finland
October 21	Soviet Navy	S 7	Soviet S class submarine	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy Submarine Vesihiisi	Baltic sea
October 26	Soviet Navy	President Coolidge	Ocean liner	World War II: Sunk by friendly mine off the cost of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu	Pacific Ocean
October 26	United States Navy	USS Hornet	Yorktown class	World War II: Bomb and torpedo damage from Japanese aircraft and submarine.	Pacific Ocean near Santa Cruz Islands	Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
October 27	Soviet Navy	SC 320	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy Submarine Iku-Turso	Baltic Sea
October 28	Soviet Navy	SC 304	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Mine	Baltic Sea
October 28	Sweden	s/s Bengt Sture	Merchant (Ore carrier)	World War II: Sunk by Soviet Navy submarine SC 406	Baltic Sea	4 survivor rescued by SC 406 and were send to Leningrad and never heard of again
November 1	Soviet Navy	SC 306	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Mine	Baltic Sea
November 5	Soviet Navy	SC 305	Shchuka class submarines	World War II: Sunk by Finnish Navy Submarine Vetehinen by ramming	Baltic Sea
November 10	Royal Navy	HMS Ibis		World War II: Sunk by Italian torpedo bombers	Mediterranean near Algiers
November 15	Royal Navy	HMS Avenger	Avenger class escort carrier	World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U 155	Atlantic Ocean near Gibraltar	Part of Operation Torch
November 27	French Navy	Commandant Teste	Seaplane carrier and tender	World War II: Scuttled	Toulon, France	Later raised and scrapped
December 21	Royal Navy	Strathallan	Troop transport	World War II: Sunk by Kriegsmarine submarine U-562	40 miles north of Oran	Part of convoy KMF-5

[edit] See also

• List of shipwrecks
• List of World War II ships

Ship launches:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship commissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Ship decommissionings:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Shipwrecks:	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949