Battle of the Paracel Islands: The Chi Lang II-class patrol boat was sunk by an anti-tank missile fired by No. 389 (People's Liberation Army Navy) There were 37 survivors from her 104 crew.[6]
Battle of the Paracel Islands: The Type 6610 minesweeper was shelled and damaged in the Paracel Islands by South Vietnamese ships and was beached to prevent sinking. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[6]
The 147-gross register ton, 80.2-foot (24.4 m) tug foundered with the loss of three lives in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska at the entrance to Wrangell Narrows when the wind blew the barge she was towing ahead of her, causing her to capsize and sink. There was one survivor.[16]
The 98-foot (30 m) shrimp hauler, a former fireboat, caught fire at a fueling pier at Kodiak, Alaska, in late February. To prevent the fire from spreading, the United States Coast Guard towed her into the harbor, where she burned for 36 hours and became a total loss.[13]
Two fishing vessels along with the 30 crewmen aboard them were captured by North Korean ships. North Korean coastal artillerybatteries later sank the two fishing vessels with gunfire.[19]
The fish processingbarge broke away from her moorings and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off the coast of Alaska near Savoonga on Saint Lawrence Island.[29]
During a voyage from Tacoma, Washington, to the Juneau, Alaska, area, the 86-foot (26.2 m) crab-fishing vessel sank west of Anderson Island, British Columbia, Canada. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a Canadian fishing vessel.[25]
The tanker ran aground on Kiltan Island, India. She was on a voyage from Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia to Subic Bay, Philippines. Declared a total loss.[39]
Dirty War: The 36-foot (11 m) cabin cruiser was blown up by a limpet mine placed by "Montoneros", assassinating Federal Police General Alberto Viller and his wife, off the Asarsa Shipyard at Tigre, Argentina on the Río de la Plata.[46]
During a voyage from Port Angeles, Washington, to Osaka, Japan, with a cargo of logs and scrap metal and a Taiwanese crew of 28, the 11,477-gross register ton cargo ship disappeared with the loss of all hands in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) south of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands. Seaarchers found only an empty lifeboat and a large number of floating logs.[50]
The tanker was bombed and torpedoed by Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force ships and Japan Air Self-Defence Force aircraft and sunk 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Cape Inubo.
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ganges (21°34′N89°45′E / 21.567°N 89.750°E). She was on a voyage from the Philippines to Chalna, India. Koromiko was abandoned on 9 January 1975.[51]
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Elmer S. Dailey and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Elmer S. Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
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