Chronological List of Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1946 to 1950

Ships sunk or damaged during 1946 (47 ships)

Date	Ship	Type	Cause	Result	Location	Deaths
01/02/46	William H. Webb	Liberty	Grounded	Total loss	Murmansk	Unknown
01/27/46	Crown Reefer (USAT)	Freighter	Grounded	Sunk	Alaska	None
01/30/46	Antietam	Liberty	Mine	Total loss	NEAtlantic	Crew 1
01/_/46	Luray Victory	Victory	Grounded	Sunk	NEAtlantic	Unknown
02/04/46	Yukon	Cargo/Passenger Ship	Grounded	Sunk	Alaska	11
02/05/46	Nathan Hale	Liberty	Mine	Sunk	Med-BlackSea	None
02/22/46	Sea Satyr	Freighter	Mine	Damaged	Pacific	None
02/26/46	Cyrus Adler	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	None
03/01/46	Sacketts Harbor	Tanker	Split	Bow sunk; stern salvaged	Alaska	Unknown
03/02/46	Oshkosh Victory	Victory	Mine	Damaged	Pacific	None
03/03/46	Minor C. Keith	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	None
03/09/46	William L. Davidson	Liberty	Grounded	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
03/09/46	Lord Delaware	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	None
03/13/46	George W. Norris	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	Pacific	Unknown
03/16/46	Byron Darnton	Liberty	Grounded and split	Total loss	NEAtlantic	Unknown
03/22/46	Robert J. Collier	Liberty	Grounded	Total loss	NEAtlantic	Unknown
03/23/46	Jean Lykes	Freighter	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	None
03/29/46	Venus	Cargo/Passenger Ship	Fire	Sunk	Alaska	None
03/30/46	Nickajack Trail	Tanker	Grounded	Sunk	Pacific	Unknown
03/31/46	W. L. R. Emmet	Tanker	Collision	Total loss	Westcoast	Unknown
03/31/46	Oneida Victory	Victory	Collision	Total loss	Westcoast	Unknown
03/31/46	Joseph S. McDonagh	Liberty	Grounded	Total loss	Pacific	Unknown
04/02/46	Charles S. Haight	Liberty	Grounded	Total loss	Eastcoast	Unknown
04/30/46	Georgetown Victory	Victory	Grounded	Total loss	NEAtlantic	None
04/30/46	Park Victory	Victory	Mine	Damaged	Med-BlackSea	None
05/05/46	Thomas Heyward	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
05/14/46	James Rumsey	Liberty	Grounded	Damaged	Caribbean	Unknown
06/18/46	Hugh Williamson	Liberty	Grounded	Damaged	SAtlantic	Unknown
06/19/46	John Miller	Liberty	Grounded	Total loss	Pacific	Unknown
06/19/46	James McNeill Whistler	Liberty	Grounded	Total loss	Pacific	Unknown
06/25/46	Gold Creek	Tanker	Grounded	Damaged	Eastcoast	Unknown
07/03/46	Fitzhugh Lee	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	Med-BlackSea	None
07/_/46	Chief Joseph	Liberty	Grounded	Damaged	Pacific	None
08/05/46	Homestead	Tanker	Lightning & fire	Total loss	Eastcoast	Unknown
08/27/46	Frontenac Victory	Victory	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
09/04/46	David Caldwell	Liberty	Grounded	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Crew 10
09/07/46	Edmund B. Alexander (USAT)	Troopship	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	None
09/12/46	Helena Modjeska	Liberty	Grounded	Sunk	NEAtlantic	Unknown
09/14/46	Niels Poulson	Liberty	Mine	Total loss	Med-BlackSea	None
10/08/46	Signal Hills	Tanker	Mine	Damaged	Med-BlackSea	None
10/16/46	Cassius Hudson	Liberty	Mine	Sunk	Med-BlackSea	None
10/23/46	Sinnet	Freighter	Mine	Damaged	Pacific	None
10/30/46	Charles Bulfinch	Liberty	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
11/03/46	A.T.T. No. 1	Barge	Grounded	Sunk	Alaska	None
12/02/46	Blue Island Victory	Victory	Collision	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
12/24/46	Northeastern Victory	Victory	Grounded	Sunk	NEAtlantic	Unknown
12/27/46	Am-Mer-Mar	Liberty	Grounded	Sunk	NEAtlantic	Unknown

Ships sunk or damaged during 1947 (5 ships)

Date	Ship	Type	Cause	Result	Location	Deaths
03/13/47	Exanthia	Freighter	Mine	Damaged	Med-BlackSea	Crew 3
03/25/47	St. Lawrence Victory	Victory	Mine	Sunk Salvaged	Med-BlackSea	Crew 1
09/22/47	New London	Tanker	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
12/10/47	Fort Lane	Tanker	Mine	Damaged	NEAtlantic	Unknown
12/20/47	Robert Dale Owen	Liberty	Mine	Sunk	NEAtlantic	Unknown

Ships sunk or damaged during 1948 (4 ships)

Ships sunk or damaged during 1949 (1 ship)

Ships sunk or damaged during 1950 (1 ship)

Chronological list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

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Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

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Eastcoast	Gulf Mexico	Caribbean	South Atlantic	North Atlantic
Approach Med	Med-Black Sea	Murmansk Run	Normandy	NorthEast Atlantic
	Indian Ocean - Red Sea		Region unknown

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