List of shipwrecks in April 1945
Ship Country Description
Aji Maru Imperial Japanese Navy World War II : The patrol boat was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean south of Honshu ( 31°39′N 139°00′E / 31.650°N 139.000°E / 31.650 ; 139.000 ) by USS Cero ( United States Navy )
Ariake Maru Imperial Japanese Navy The auxiliary guard boat was lost on this date
Idefjord Norway World War II : Convoy PK 9 : The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Barents Sea ( 69°40′N 33°14′E / 69.667°N 33.233°E / 69.667 ; 33.233 ) by U-997 ( Kriegsmarine ) with the loss of one crew member . Survivors abandoned ship but later reboarded her . Idefjord was taken in tow by HNoMS Karmøy and HNoMS Tromøy ( both Royal Norwegian Navy ) , arriving at Murmansk , Soviet Union the next day . Later repaired and returned to service
HMS LCA 841 Royal Navy The landing craft assault was sunk off Holland
USS LCS-15 United States Navy World War II : The landing craft support was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa , Japan by a Japanese kamikaze attack . Survivors were rescued by USS Van Valkenburgh ( United States Navy )
Neukuhren Germany World War II : The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by British aircraft off Fredrikshavn , Denmark
Onega Soviet Union World War II : Convoy PK 9 : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Barents Sea ( 69°40′N 33°18′E / 69.667°N 33.300°E / 69.667 ; 33.300 ) by U-997 ( Kriegsmarine ) with the loss of five of her 42 crew . Survivors were rescued by BO-220 and BO-228 ( both Soviet Navy )
Pavin Vinogradov Soviet Union World War II : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Alaska by I-180 ( Imperial Japanese Navy )
USS SC-1019 United States Navy The SC-497 -class submarine chaser ran aground and sank in the Yucatan Channel ( 22°28′N 84°30′W / 22.467°N 84.500°W / 22.467 ; -84.500 ) north west of Arroyos de Mantua , Cuba
Sverre Helmersen Norway World War II : The Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom by U-2326 ( Kriegsmarine ) . She was towed to Falmouth , Cornwall , where she was declared a total loss . Scrapped in 1948
USS Swallow United States Navy World War II : The Auk -class minesweeper was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the Ryukyu Islands , Japan ( 26°10′N 127°12′E / 26.167°N 127.200°E / 26.167 ; 127.200 ) by a kamikaze aircraft attack
U-518 Kriegsmarine World War II : The Type IXC submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Azores , Portugal ( 43°26′N 38°23′W / 43.433°N 38.383°W / 43.433 ; -38.383 ) by USS Carter and USS Neal A. Scott ( both United States Navy ) with the loss of all 56 crew
The list of shipwrecks in April 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1945.