List of shipwrecks in 1966

The list of shipwrecks in 1966 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1966.

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1966
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Pytheas	Greece	The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was beached at Rhodes, a total loss.[1]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Faro	Liberia	The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Tokyo, Japan (34°53′N 139°55′E) in a cyclone. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[1]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Polynesia	United States	The schooner ran aground on a reef 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bimini, Bahamas. Fourteen of the 47 people on board were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[2]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Monte Palomares	Spain	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 840 nautical miles (1,560 km; 970 mi) northeast of Bermuda with the loss of 32 of her 38 crew.[3][4]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Lampsis	Greece	The Liberty ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (34°18′N 51°22′W).[1]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Le Trégor	France	The coaster sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) of Cap Gris Nez following a collision with an unnamed motor vessel.[5]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Bright Star	Panama	The coaster ran aground in the South China Sea (15°32′N 109°09′E) and was wrecked.
Kremsertor	West Germany	The cargo ship foundered in heavy weather off Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew 27 rescued by the tug Atlantic ( West Germany) or by a helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.[6]
Mi Amigo	Netherlands	The coaster ran aground off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Later refloated and returned to service.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Viking Liberty	Greece	The Liberty ship ran aground at Trinidad. She was refloated, but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[7]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Praia do Saude	Portugal	The cargo ship ran aground in the southern Algarve. All six crew escaped alive.[8]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Chelwood Beacon	United Kingdom	The tanker ran aground in New York Bay,[9] 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Thirty-nine crew taken off by the pilot boat New Jersey ( United States). Thirteen crew and a pilot taken off the next day by USCGC Yeaton ( United States Navy). The ship was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[10]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Rockport	Liberia	The Liberty ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (32°59′N 168°10′W) after her hull fractured. She foundered on 5 February.[11]
Unidentified submarine chaser	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: The T-25-class submarine chaser was sunk by U. S. aircraft.[12]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
White Mountain	Liberia	The Liberty ship collided with Funabashi (flag unknown) off Singapore (1°19′N 104°18′E). She capsized and sank.[13]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Anne Mildred Brovig	Norway	The tanker was involved in a collision off Heligoland, West Germany, with the coaster Pentland ( United Kingdom). Both ships caught fire.[14]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Rexton Kent	Canada	The cargo ship, a converted Flower-class corvette, was scuttled off Cape Spencer, Nova Scotia.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Ariete	Spanish Navy	The destroyer was wrecked on the coast of Galicia in Spain.[15]
Marine Bounty	United Kingdom	The Liberty ship ran aground at Hasieshan, China and broke in two.[7]
Sun Beam	United States	During a voyage from Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska to Kodiak on Kodiak Island with five men, one woman, and a cargo of lumber on board, the 194-gross register ton, 89.4-foot (27.2 m) fishing vessel disappeared without trace in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska.[16]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Euxeinos	Greece	The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Azores (33°05′N 31°00′W). Presumed subsequently foundered.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: February 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Kyra Hariklia	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden. Refloated on 11 February, declared a constructive total loss.[17]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Anne II	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 41.1-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank at Snettisham, Alaska.[18]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Sand Star	United Kingdom	The dredger collided with Caroline M ( United Kingdom) in Southampton Water and sank. All eight crew rescued by Caroline M.

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Evi	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Red Sea near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Lambda 2	Cuba	The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated speedboat.[19]
Lambda 17	Cuba	The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated speedboat.[19]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Kettara IV	Panama	Vietnam War: The small 1910 coaster was sunk by gunfire by North Vietnamese Army artillery off the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone with the loss of her entire crew.[20][21]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Maria Despina	Liberia	The Liberty ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt and broke in tow. The bow section was salvaged and subsequently used as a derrick barge.[11]
Monteleon	Spain	The tug was severely damaged by an internal explosion at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[22]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Pegasus	Netherlands	The coaster sank in the Tagus at Lisbon, Portugal following a collision with Transsylvania ( West Germany. All crew rescued.[23]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Anzio	United Kingdom	The passenger ship ran aground at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire and capsized, killing at least thirteen people.[24][25]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Oriente	Cuba	The cargo ship collided with Stavfjord ( Norway) 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands. Both ships sank, all crew rescued by Luden ( Netherlands).[26]
Stavfjord	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Oriente ( Cuba) 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands. Both ships sank, all crew rescued by Luden ( Netherlands).[26]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Sparta	Netherlands	The coaster ran aground at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Refloated with slight damage on 17 April.[27]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Sofoclis Venizelos	Greece	The cargo ship suffered a fire at Piraeus, Greece, and was wrecked.[28]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Pericles	Greece	The liberty ship ran aground on the Ajax Reef (25°25′N 80°07′W). Declared a constructive total loss, she was consequently scrapped.[29]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Costance	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground on Lampedusa Island in the Mediterranean Sea and sank.
USS Lewis	United States Navy	The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.
Saba	Netherlands	The coaster sank between the Isles of Scilly and Penzance, Cornwall after her cargo shifted. All seven crew rescued by Scillonian ( United Kingdom).[30]
USS Walter B. Cobb	United States Navy	The decommissioned Crosley-class high-speed transport sank in the Pacific Ocean after colliding with the decommissioned high-speed transport USS Gantner ( United States Navy) while both ships were under tow.

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Corrine	United States	The 22-gross register ton, 39.5-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel sank off Craig, Alaska.[31]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Heinz Bernd	West Germany	The coaster collided with the motor vessel Torne ( Sweden) in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of six lives.[32]

May

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
HDMS Skarven	Royal Danish Navy	The cutter ran aground and was wrecked at Mjóvanes, Faroe Islands.[33]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Capetown Castle	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Refloated undamaged later that day.[34]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
C-100	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: The naval trawler, a blockade runner, either was bombed and sunk by South Vietnamese Air Force aircraft or destroyed by gunfire while beached near the Ca Mau Peninsula in South Vietnam by the cutters USCGC Point Cypress and USCGC Point Grey (both United States Coast Guard).[12]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Fina Norvege	Belgium	The tanker ran aground on Cani Island, Tunisia. Her cargo was transferred to Fina Canada ( Belgium). She was refloated on 31 May, rebuilt with a new bow section and returned to service.[35]
Pioneer Cebu	Philippines	The ferry foundered off Cebu Island during Typhoon Irma.[36] Of the 305 passengers and crew, at least 175 were killed.[37]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Aurora	Greece	The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Cape Race, Canada. Presumed subsequently sank.[38]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Kaitawa	New Zealand	The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Reinga with the loss of all 29 crew.[39]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Eastern Mariner	Australia	Vietnam War: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Saigon River in South Vietnam. She was salvaged in 1968 and scrapped.[40]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
P A F #13	United States	A storm destroyed the barge at Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago off Alaska.[41]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Andrea	United States	The 9-gross register ton, 33.6-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel was lost after she collided with an unidentified object in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska off Point Marsden (58°03′30″N 134°48′25″W).[18]
Tempo	Panama	The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[42]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Tingey	United States Navy	The Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California.

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
P A F #23	United States	A tsunami destroyed the barge at Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago off Alaska.[41]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Kawana	Hong Kong	The cargo ship caught fire in the Chittagong Roads, East Pakistan. She was beached but broke in two and was declared a total loss.[17]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Cordova	United States	The 55-gross register ton, 79.2-foot (24.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Copper River Flats near Cordova, Alaska.[31]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Frederick C	United States	The 73-gross register ton, 69.1-foot (21.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the south-central coast of Alaska east of Ocean Cape (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W) at 59°32′N 139°51′W.[43]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Dixmude	French Navy	The decommissioned Avenger-class escort aircraft carrier was sunk as a target by United States Navy forces.[17]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Alva Cape	United Kingdom	The tanker collided with Texaco Massachusetts ( United States), and caught fire, killing 33 people on board both ships and the tugs Esso Vermont and Latin America.[44]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
C-187	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: When her scuttling charges failed to detonate, the blockade runner was captured by South Vietnamese forces after running aground near the mouth of the Cổ Chiên River in the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam while trying to escape attack by the destroyer USS John A. Bole, the destroyer escort USS Haverfield, and the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (all United States Navy).[45]
Zanita	Liberia	The Liberty ship developed a leak and sank off the Kuria Muria Islands . All crew rescued by the Ol-class tanker RFA Olna ( Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[7][46]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Stalwart	United States Navy	The Aggressive-class minesweeper caught fire, capsized and sank at San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was later refloated and scrapped.

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Alva Cape	United Kingdom	The tanker exploded whilst her cargo of naptha was being unloaded in New York Harbor, killing four people.[44]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Mystras	Liberia	The Liberty ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[47]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Sandy Joy	United States	The 9-gross register ton, 31.4-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Aniakchak Bay (56°42′N 157°22′W) on the Gulf of Alaska coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[16]
South African Seafarer	South Africa	The cargo liner ran aground in Table Bay on the coast of South Africa and broke in two. All 76 people on board were rescued by South African Air Force helicopters.[48]
T-333	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: The T-333/Project 123K-class motor torpedo boat was lost, probably to air attack.[45]
T-336	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: The T-333/Project 123K-class motor torpedo boat was lost, probably to air attack.[45]
T-339	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: The T-333/Project 123K-class motor torpedo boat was lost, probably to air attack.[45]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
P G No. 10	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in southwest Alaska on the Kvichak River between King Salmon Creek and Copenhagen Creek.[41]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Alva Cape	United Kingdom	The burning tanker was scuttled by the cutter USCGC Spencer ( United States Coast Guard).[44]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Elias Dayfas II	Greece	The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (21°09′N 86°28′W. Presumed subsequently sank.[49]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Cosmos Altair	Panama	The Liberty ship ran aground on the Altair Reef (28°55′N 48°47′E). She was later refloated.[50]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Paestum	Italy	The Liberty ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[7]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Naifeh	United States Navy	The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Clemente Island, California, by a combination of naval gunfire and aircraft attacks.

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Ulvert M. Moore	United States Navy	The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Nicolas Island in Californiaʼs Channel Islands by surface gunfire and by aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea ( United States Navy).

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Bridlington Queen	United Kingdom	The passenger boat sprang a leak and sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. All 120 on board rescued by various pleasure craft. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[51]
Catherine J	United States	The 24-gross register ton, 40.2-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel sank off a location identified in the wreck report as "Seal Cape Light" on the coast of Alaska. The report does not specify to which of several locations known as Seal Cape in Alaska it refers.[31]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Angelic	Panama	The Liberty ship ran aground at Nojima Saki, Japan. Later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[1]
Favourite	United Kingdom	The 163-year-old Thames barge sank at Chiswick.[52]
Koula F	Greece	The wreck of Koula F, known locally as the "Greek Ship," on 3 December 2008. The cargo ship ran aground in the Persian Gulf at Kish Island, Iran. She was declared a total loss.[17]
Taiwind	Panama	The Liberty ship collided with St. Matthew (flag unknown) off Irosaki, Japan. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[7]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Peanut	United States	The 12-gross register ton, 31.2-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uyak (57°38′20″N 154°00′00″W), Alaska.[41]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Archangel Michael	Liberia	The Liberty ship ran aground near Okha Port, India (22°27′N 68°59′E) and broke in two, a total loss.[53]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Janet Glory	Liberia	The cargo ship ran aground at Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 31 on board abandoned the ship by lifeboat and landed at Spencer's Wharf. Three local fishermen boarded the ship with the intention of salvage, but were killed when the ship exploded. Their fishing boat was also sunk.[54][55]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Chignik 2	United States	The 10-gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank in Warner Bay (56°08′N 158°24′W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska.[31]

August

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
AR 1	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[18]
AR 5	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[18]
AR 7	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[18]
AR 8	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[18]
AR 9	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[18]
N S 10	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[56]
N S 11	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[56]
N S 22	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[56]
N S 24	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[56]
N S 25	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[56]
N S 26	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Koggiung, Alaska.[56]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Mystitchi	Soviet Union	The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark.[57]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Diana	United States	The 13-gross register ton, 37.6-foot (11.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Judd Harbor (54°53′N 131°16′W) on the coast of Duke Island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[58]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Dashava	Soviet Union	The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark, while going to the assistance of Mystitchi ( Soviet Union). The teleprinter hotline between the White House and the Kremlin was cut.[57]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Snug	United States	The 6-gross register ton, 27.8-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[16]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Baton Rouge Victory	United States	Vietnam War: The Victory ship was damaged by a limpet mine in the Long Tau River with the loss of seven crewmen killed and was beached to prevent her from sinking, although she nonetheless blocked the shipping channel. She was refloated on 30 August, towed to Vung Tao, South Vietnam, and scrapped in Taiwan in 1967.[59]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1966
Ship	Country	Description
P S No. 76	United States	A storm destroyed the 337-gross register ton, 120-foot (36.6 m) barge at East Landing (57°07′10″N 170°16′00″W) on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands.[41]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Hunzeborg	Netherlands	The cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Strait of Dover, and was beached at Sandown, Kent.[60]
USS Maurice J. Manuel	United States Navy	The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Prins der Nederlands	Netherlands	The ocean liner ran aground off Flores, Azores, Portugal. Two hundred passengers taken off.[61]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Maria	Greece	The Channel tanker sank south of Cyprus.

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Skagerak	Norway	The train ferry sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of the 147 people on board.[62]
Hanseatic	West Germany	The ocean liner caught fire at New York. The fire developed in the engine room and gutted five decks.[63]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Etta	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 41.6-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel was lost after colliding with the vessel My Laddie ( United States) 5,000 feet (1,500 m) off Beacon Point (56°56′15″N 132°59′30″W) in Southeast Alaska.[64]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Earl M	United States	The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank at Swanson Harbor (58°11′30″N 135°05′00″W) in Southeast Alaska.[64]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Jeannette F	United States	The 74-gross register ton, 67.7-foot (20.6 m) fishing vessel was lost near Narrow Cape (57.4269°N 152.3289°W / 57.4269; -152.3289 (Narrow Cape)) on Kodiak Island south of Kodiak, Alaska, after colliding with the vessel Rosemary ( United States) at 57°27′N 152°15′W.[65]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
U-Hai	German Navy	The Type XXIII submarine foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[66] The wreck was raised on 19 September and consequently scrapped.[67]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1967
Ship	Country	Description
New Bay Beauty	United States	The 11-gross register ton, 31.6-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on East Amatuli Island (58°55′N 152°00′W) in the Barren Islands off the south-central coast of Alaska.[56]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Granikos	Lebanon	The Liberty ship ran aground off Pulo Sambu, Indonesia. She was later refloated and towed to Singapore where she was declared a constructive total loss.[47]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Ioanna	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire off Arzew, Algeria, and was scuttled two days later 5 nmi (9.26 km) offshore.[68]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
City of Wellington	United Kingdom	The ocean liner was driven ashore in Tokyo Bay during a typhoon. Later refloated.[69]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Saggitatius	Liberia	The Liberty ship collided with Schwarzburg ( West Germany) off Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. She was refloated on 1 October. Subsequently scrapped.[38]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Eleni K	Greece	The Liberty ship broke in two and sank off Thevenard, South Australia. She was refloated on 17 November and beached on Goat Island (32°18′S 133°32′E where she subsequently broke up.[53]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Bering	United States	The motor vessel sank off Deer Island (55°55′N 160°50′W) in Nelson Lagoon, Alaska.[70]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
RVNS Le Van Bihn	Republic of Vietnam Navy	Vietnam War: The LCS(L)-class landing ship was sunk by the North Vietnamese 126th Special Naval Commandos with limpet mines.[45]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS George A. Johnson	United States	George A. Johnson aground The 1,450-gross register ton decommissioned destroyer escort ran aground on Sharp Park Beach, Pacifica, California after the towing cable broke. She was later scrapped onsite. (37°37′34.43″N 122°29′43.01″W).

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Hernan Cortes	Panama	The Liberty ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef, off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[7]
S J No. 9	United States	The 12-gross register ton, 31.1-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off Aiaktalik Island (56°42′N 154°03′W) in the Kodiak Archipelago.[16]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Fennia	Finland	The ferry ran aground in fog on a voyage between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.[71]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Lumberjack	United States	The 4,924-gross register ton, 272.1-foot (82.9 m) barge was wrecked at Jorkins Point on Swindle Island in Milbanke Sound on the coast of the British Columbia in Canada.[72]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Hercules	United States	The 275-gross register ton, 116.9-foot (35.6 m) tug was destroyed by ice at Clarks Point (58°50′30″N 158°33′00″W) in Alaska′s Nushagak River.[73]
Pioneer Leyte	Philippines	The passenger ferry collided with Golden State ( United States) and sank off Manila, Philippines, with the loss of 44 lives.[74]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Gulfscout	United States	The tank ship capsized off Morgan City, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur, Texas to Tampa, Florida. Gulfscout was subsequently towed out to sea and sunk.[75]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date October 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USNS American Mariner	United States Navy	The former range instrumentation ship was intentionally grounded on a sand bar in the Chesapeake Bay 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Point Lookout, Maryland, between Point Lookout and Smith Island, Maryland, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W for use as an aerial bombing target.
USS Suisun	United States Navy	The decommissioned Barnegat-class seaplane tender was sunk as a target by the United States Navy.

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
North Cape	United States	A tsunami destroyed the 86-gross register ton, 109.7-foot (33.4 m) barge in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska.[56]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Kitsap	United States	While under tow from the Pacific Northwest to Alaska, where she was to be employed as a floating cannery, the retired 526-gross register ton, 158.9-foot (48.4 m) ferry sank approximately 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km; 0.9 mi) northwest of Tonki Cape Light (58°21′N 151°59′W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[76]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Ada	Italy	The dredger collided with Boček ( Yugoslavia) and sank at Lido de Venezia.[77] Refloated on 4 February 1967, repaired and given a new diesel engine, returned to service.[78]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Bettles	United States	The landing craft ran aground and broke up in gale off Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutian Islands without loss of life. The seagoing buoy tender USCGC Balsam ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew.[70]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Shibam	Aden	The coaster was driven ashore at Salalah, Oman during a tropical cyclone. Later repaired and returned to service.
White Eagle	Greece	The Liberty ship ran aground on San Clemente Island, California, United States (32°55′N 118°33′W), a total loss.[79]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Isle of Gigha	United Kingdom	The roll-on/roll-off ferry capsized off the west coast of Scotland. She was salvaged and returned to service.

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Omega	Liberia	The Liberty ship suffered a fractured hull and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (6°57′N 125°53′W). Presumed subsequently foundered.[80]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Marina di Sapri	Italy	The cargo ship struck the wreck of Ada ( Italy) and sank.[78]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Julie	United States	The 20-gross register ton, 36.3-foot (11.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Meyers Chuck, Alaska.[65]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Ypapanti	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground on Long Sands Head Shoal, 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Assistance was given by the Walton on the Naze lifeboat.[81]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Eastern Argo	Liberia	The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Mapingil, Philippines.[7]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Can-do	United States	The buoy tender sank off Anchor Point, Alaska, with the loss of three lives.[82]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
C-41	Vietnam People's Navy	Vietnam War: The blockade runner was run aground at Duc Pho, South Vietnam. to avoid capture. Two crewmen were killed after abandoning ship when they went back to her to check scuttling charges that failed to detonate on schedule but which detonated when they approached.[45]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Tegean	Greece	The Liberty ship ran aground on Sisters Shoal, Sambro Island, and was wrecked.[83][84]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Daniel J. Morrell	United States	The Great Lakes freighter broke up in a storm on Lake Huron with a loss of 28 of its 29 crewmen.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Nightmare	United States	The fishing vessel disappeared along with both people aboard – a husband and wife – during a voyage from Seldovia to Halibut Cove, Alaska.[56]
Pionere	Italy	The tug capsized while assisting Guglielmo Marconi at Messina. Refloated 22 January 1967, repaired and returned to service.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Stamatis	Liberia	The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Madras, India.[7]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
519	United States	The 210-gross register ton, 103.8-foot (31.6 m) barge sank in Chatham Strait off Takatz Island (57°08′N 134°48′W) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[85]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Heraklion	Greece	The passenger ferry capsized and sank in the Aegean Sea

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
U F 21	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Port Lions, Alaska.[86]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Agia Varvara	Greece	The coaster caught fire, then capsized and sank off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Contentia	West Germany	The cargo ship collided with the Bull lightvessel ( Trinity House, [United Kingdom]) and sank at the mouth of the Humber.[87]
Eldorita	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered north west of Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. All four crew survived.[87]
Elke	West Germany	The coaster collided with another ship and sank in the Humber Estuary.[87]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Shelikof	United States	The 72-foot (21.9 m) crab-fishing vessel foundered and drifted ashore at Cape Lazaref (54°37′00″N 163°35′10″W) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, where the surf pounded her to pieces. Her four-man crew survived and was rescued from the beach, two by the tug Trojan ( United States) and two by the medium endurance cutter USCGC Storis ( United States Coast Guard).[16]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Colahan	United States Navy	The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Mahnomen County	United States Navy	The LST-542-class tank landing ship was driven ashore off Chu Lai, South Vietnam, by the 18-foot (5.5-meter) surf and high winds of a typhoon.

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1966
Ship	Country	Description
Oriana	Panama	The cargo ship caught fire at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was grounded due to the amount of water pumped aboard during firefighting operations. She was refloated on 4 January 1967 and declared a constructive total loss.[17]
Refrigerator 10	Soviet Union	The 239-foot (72.8 m) refrigerator ship sank in the Bering Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) north of Unimak Pass with the loss of about 50 lives. Soviet fishing vessels rescued about 50 survivors.[88]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date 1966
Ship	Country	Description
USS Corson	United States Navy	The decommissioned Barnegat-class seaplane tender was sunk as a target by the United States Navy.
Francis Garnier	French Navy	The decommissioned sloop-of-war was sunk as a target in a nuclear weapon test in the Pacific Ocean.
Nafsiporos	Greece	The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[89]

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Ship events in 1966
Ship launches:	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971
Ship commissionings:	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971
Ship decommissionings:	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971
Shipwrecks:	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971

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