The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands.[1]
14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1987
Ship
State
Description
Testa Rosa
Philippines
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal with the loss of all 30 crew. Researchers consider this incident to be one of the 22 supercarrier losses very likely associated with rogue wave encounters between 1968 and 1995.[2][3]
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1987
Ship
State
Description
Hetta
United States
The 83-foot (25.3 m) fish tender ran aground and sank off Whale Head Island (55°51′40″N133°41′00″W / 55.86111°N 133.68333°W / 55.86111; -133.68333 (Whale Head Island)) on the west side of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew of three.[4]
28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1987
Ship
State
Description
Laura
United States
The 48-foot (14.6 m) fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait between mainland Alaska and the Kodiak Archipelago.[1]
February
1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1987
Ship
State
Description
Midnatsol Norge
Norway
The hotel ship foundered off Fredrikstad, Norway. Wreck raised, and broken up in Bruges, Belgium, in June 1987.[5]
The fishing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Bering Sea approximately 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) east of St. George Island. She was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.[7]
The longliner′s crew abandoned ship after she suffered a propane explosion in her galley and subsequently was gutted by fire in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. One member of her crew died, presumably in the explosion; her other 25 crew members were rescued by the fishing vesselFukuyoshi Maru No. 8 (Japan). The United States Coast Guard sank her drifting wreck on 14 February.[8]
The decommissioned tank cleaning vessel, formerly a Bathurst-class corvette, was sunk as a target in the Tasman Sea off the coast of Australia at 34°49′12″S151°32′00″E / 34.82000°S 151.53333°E / -34.82000; 151.53333 ("HMAS Colc") by a Mark 48torpedo fired by the submarine HMAS Ovens (Royal Australian Navy).
The 80-foot (24.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Ugak Island (57°23′N152°17′W / 57.383°N 152.283°W / 57.383; -152.283 (Ugak Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Saint Janet (United States) rescued her entire crew of four.[9]
The 123-foot (37.5 m) crab-fishing vessel was wrecked in Patton Cove (51°20′45″N178°57′00″W / 51.34583°N 178.95000°W / 51.34583; -178.95000 (Patton Cove)) on the coast of Ulak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[10]
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) off New Jersey, United States. All 37 crew were rescued by American helicopters.[11]
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel disappeared after departing Kodiak, Alaska, to fish for sablefish. It is not clear whether one or two people vanished along with the vessel.[1]
The 340-foot (103.6 m) fish processing ship ran aground north of Big Lake (57°12′30″N170°10′00″W / 57.2083333°N 170.1666667°W / 57.2083333; -170.1666667 (Big Lake)) on the coast of Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea. All 142 people aboard survived. Her wreck later was demolished and removed.[7]
The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel was driven ashore during a gale and wrecked on the south coast of Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea during a storm. Her crew of six abandoned ship in a life raft, reached a reef, and then walked to the shore, from which the high endurance cutter USCGC Midgett ( United States Coast Guard) rescued them. Ocean Clipper′s wreck was demolished and removed in 2010.[12]
The 56-foot (17.1 m) fishing vessel sank in a storm with the loss of one life approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) southeast of Seward, Alaska. The fishing vessel Kodiak (United States) rescued her four survivors.[16]
The 47-foot (14.3 m) halibut-fishing vessel sank in a storm approximately 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) from Cape Resurrection (59°52′N149°17′W / 59.867°N 149.283°W / 59.867; -149.283 (Cape Resurrection)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Sea Scape (United States).[13]
The 42-foot (12.8 m) seiner disappeared in a storm with the loss of all four men on board near Nuka Bay (59°19′N150°33′W / 59.317°N 150.550°W / 59.317; -150.550 (Nuka Bay)) on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska.[4]
The fish tender sank after striking a rock off Sutwick Island (57°20′N153°22′W / 57.333°N 153.367°W / 57.333; -153.367 (Sutwick Island)) in the Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew of four abandoned ship wearing survival suits and were rescued by a fish processing vessel.[18]
The vessel was abandoned after she ran aground in Alitak Bay (56°50′N154°10′W / 56.833°N 154.167°W / 56.833; -154.167 (Alitak Bay)) on the south end of Kodiak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four.[15]
The 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel sank at Grand Island (54°58′15″N132°51′45″W / 54.97083°N 132.86250°W / 54.97083; -132.86250 (Grand Island)) in Southeast Alaska, southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.[20]
The retired 250-foot (76.2 m) tank barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.498′N074°01.412′W / 39.624967°N 74.023533°W / 39.624967; -74.023533 (Molasses Barge). Her wreck is known as the 'Molasses Barge."[23]
The retired 250-foot (76.2 m) sludge tanker was scuttled as an artificial reef in 125 feet (38 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey at 40°06.285′N073°41.365′W / 40.104750°N 73.689417°W / 40.104750; -73.689417 (Coney Island).[25]
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands, the 127-foot (38.7 m) fishing trawler disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of five after sending out a brief distress message in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of Valdez, Alaska.[9]
A freak 70 mph (110 km/h) wind drove the 28-foot (8.5 m) gillnetter ashore and wrecked her in Astrolabe Bay in Southeast Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued both members of her crew.[28]
The retired 110-foot (33.5 m) water barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.474′N074°01.217′W / 39.624567°N 74.020283°W / 39.624567; -74.020283 (Aqua II).[34]
The decommissioned United States Army Corps of Engineers dredge foundered from leaks and sank 1 mile (1.6 km) off Boca Raton, Florida while going to Texas for scrapping.[37]
The 46-foot (14.0 m) fishing vessel sank approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of Sitka, Alaska, in a snowstorm with 70-mile-per-hour (110 km/h) winds and 30-foot (9.1 m) seas. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued both people – a man and his six-year-old son – on board.[10]
The 36-metre (118.1 ft) seiner/trawler sank in rough seas near the Queen Charlotte islands. The ship and seven crew left dock on January 27 and was last sighted in the Goletas Channel. The search lasted for 8 days, but no trace was found.[42][43]
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