List of shipwrecks in 1946

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The list of shipwrecks in 1946 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1946.

[edit] June

• SS Flowergate  United Kingdom ran aground on Porthminster Beach, St. Ives whilst under tow to breakers yard. Later refloated and continued her journey.^[1]

[edit] July

[edit] July 1 (Able nuclear test)

• USS Anderson  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• USS Carlisle  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• USS Gilliam  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• USS Lamson  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• USS Sakawa  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target

[edit] July 25 (Baker nuclear test)

• USS Apogon  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• ARDC-13  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• USS Arkansas  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• LSM-60  United States: Blown apart/pulverized by nuclear weapon suspended from it at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• USS Pilotfish  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target. Raised, moved to Eniwetok and sunk by another nuclear weapon in 1948.
• USS Saratoga  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target
• YO-160  United States: Sunk by nuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target

[edit] July 30

• USS Nagato  United States): Sunk after nuclear weapon detonation at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads as a test target

[edit] August

[edit] August 16

• FV Finisterre  France driven ashore at St. Ives. Three crew killed.^[1]

[edit] December

[edit] December 22

• USS Prinz Eugen  United States capsized and sank at Kwajalein Atoll.

[edit] December 31

• Schwabenland  Germany scuttled in Skagerak laden with gas shells.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of shipwrecks

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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