The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Kukak Bay (58°19′N154°06′W / 58.317°N 154.100°W / 58.317; -154.100 (Kukak Bay)) on the coast of Alaska on the west side of the Shelikof Strait. The fishing vessel Sharon W (United States) rescued her crew.[8]
During a voyage from Kodiak to Homer, Alaska, with a cargo of shrimp and a crew of two, the 96-gross register ton, 84-foot (25.6 m) motor vessel sank with no loss of life 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) off the Barren Islands and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Shuyak Island.[10]
The 98-foot (29.9 m) crab-fishing vessel rolled on her starboard side in a gale and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) south of Cape Tolstoi (55°22′20″N161°28′00″W / 55.37222°N 161.46667°W / 55.37222; -161.46667 (Cape Tolstoi)) near Pavlof Bay on the coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Patience (United States) rescued all five members of her crew.[13]
The tanker broke in two off Le Havre, France and was wrecked with the loss of eight of her 39 crew. The bow section capsized and sank,[15] but the stern section was taken in tow by the tug Languedoc (France).[16]
While en route from Algeciras, Spain to Ras Tanura in the Persian Gulf on ballast, the crew was working to resolve a malfunction in the inert gas system; the tanker suddenly suffered a chain of four or five explosions over a few seconds, the hull rapidly broke in two and sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Nouadhibou, Mauritania. 36 people out of 43 aboard perished (34 Spanish and 2 British).[17]
The cargo ship ran aground off Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn, Sweden to Port Sudan. Refloated on 1 April but deemed beyond repair and subsequently scrapped.[24]
Under tow by the tanker Alaska Standard (United States) after suffering damage to her rudder and lazarette when she struck a rock on 27 March, the 144-gross register ton, 72.6-foot (22.1 m) or 85-foot (25.9 m) crab-fishing vesselcapsized and sank near King Cove, Alaska, between Deer Island and Fox Island. Four members of her crew perished; there was one survivor.[25]
The tanker exploded and sank off the coast of Senegal with the loss of six of her 38 crew. Mycene was the sister ship of María Alejandra, lost in a similar incident less than one month before (see 11 March).[26]
The fishing vessel sank off Southeast Alaska west of Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N134°40′20″W / 56.16667°N 134.67222°W / 56.16667; -134.67222 (Cape Ommaney)), Alaska. Her entire crew of 14 survived.[28]
The patrol boat was strafed by Cuban Air ForceMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 aircraft and sunk 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Ragged Island, Bahamas. Four Bahamian Marines killed and three crewmen wounded. Surviving crewmen and eight captured Cuban fisherman sailed to Ragged Island on a confiscated Cuban fishing boat, Ferrocem 165.[35][36][37]
The 107-foot (32.6 m) fishing vessel burned and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Granite Cape (59°36′33″N149°45′38″W / 59.60917°N 149.76056°W / 59.60917; -149.76056 (Granite Cape)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The vessel Stardust (United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[25]
The floating cannery vessel capsized and sank near Sea Ranger Reef (59°51′20″N144°36′45″W / 59.85556°N 144.61250°W / 59.85556; -144.61250 (Sea Ranger Reef)) off the southwest end of Kayak Island off the south-central coast of Alaska after she suffered a steering failure during a storm and was driven onto rocks. Her crew of ten and cannery employees who were aboard her abandoned ship in her lifeboats and were rescued by the fishing vesselAloha (United States).[28]
The ro-ro ferry capsized and sank on her maiden voyage in Larnaka Bay Cyprus at 34°53.5′N33°39.1′E / 34.8917°N 33.6517°E / 34.8917; 33.6517 after a computer fault that upset her ballast.
The 93-foot (28.3 m) fishing vessel sank with the loss of one life near Clarks Point (58°50′30″N158°33′00″W / 58.84167°N 158.55000°W / 58.84167; -158.55000 (Clarks Point)) in Nushagak Bay (58°37′20″N158°35′28″W / 58.6222°N 158.5911°W / 58.6222; -158.5911 (Nushagak Bay)) on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska. The fish processing shipSoyuz V (Soviet Union) rescued her four survivors.[20]
A storm destroyed the motor vessel at Pederson Point (58°46′15″N157°03′45″W / 58.77083°N 157.06250°W / 58.77083; -157.06250 (Pederson Point)) northwest of Naknek, Alaska.[32]
While beached at Halleck Point (57°13′45″N135°30′45″W / 57.22917°N 135.51250°W / 57.22917; -135.51250 (Halleck Point)) in Southeast Alaska northwest of Sitka, Alaska, the tug was destroyed by a fire.[21]
The 36-foot (11.0 m) vessel sank in the vicinity of Spiridon Bay (57°40′N153°52′W / 57.667°N 153.867°W / 57.667; -153.867 (Spiridon Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[20]
The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor and was stranded in Alitak Bay (56°50′N154°10′W / 56.833°N 154.167°W / 56.833; -154.167 (Alitak Bay)) on the southern end of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[4]
The 54-foot (16 m) fishing vessel ran aground in Terror Bay (57°46′N153°12′W / 57.767°N 153.200°W / 57.767; -153.200 (Terror Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island. The vessel Cold Stream (United States) rescued her crew.[32]
The U.S. cargo ship was last heard from on 24 October after it departed from Cape Henlopen, Delaware with a crew of 33 and a shipment of corn, scheduled to arrive on 9 November in Port Said in Egypt. Poet encountered a storm in the North Atlantic east of Delaware Bay on 25 October and was reported missing on 3 November.[46] An air search was made by the U.S. Coast Guard over a 296,000 square miles (770,000 km2) area until 17 November and "No trace of the vessel, crewmen, or debris was ever found."[47]
During an attempt on Lake Tahoe on the border between California and Nevada to break the world water speed record, the jet-powered hydroplane probably was traveling at close to the world-record speed of 318.60 miles per hour (512.74 km/h) when it disintegrated, killing its pilot, Lee Taylor, throwing debris 50 feet (15 m) into the air, and leaving a 200-foot (61 m) trail of wreckage.[50][51]
The fishing vessel sank with the loss of three lives in the North Pacific Ocean about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) west of Adak Island after colliding with the fishing vessel Tomi Maru No. 51 (Japan).[10]
The 114-gross register ton, 74.5-foot (22.7 m) fishing trawler disappeared during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Kodiak, Alaska. She was last seen in a gale with 30–35-foot (9.1–10.7 m) seas and 80-knot (150 km/h; 92 mph) winds in the Gulf of Alaska 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off Cape Spencer on the south-central coast of Alaska. All four people aboard – members of the same family – were lost. Wreckage from Commander was found on the coast of Alaska 27 miles (43 km) south of Yakutat.[25]
The crab-fishing vessel ran aground in Unalga Pass (53°58′N166°14′W / 53.967°N 166.233°W / 53.967; -166.233 (Unalga Pass)) in the Aleutian Islands between Unalaska Island and Unalga Island. Her crew abandoned ship in survival suits and was rescued from the beach on 27 November by the fishing vessel Advancer (United States).[20]
On her maiden voyage, the 73-gross register ton, 48.9-foot (14.9 m) or 58-foot (17.7 m) limit seiner was wrecked without loss of life at Ulakta Head (53°55′35″N166°30′45″W / 53.92639°N 166.51250°W / 53.92639; -166.51250 (Ulakta Head)) on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands just north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Most of her wreck was salvaged or scrapped in situ.[4]
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