The tanker ran aground at Kingsand, Cornwall, England.[1]
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2002
Ship
State
Description
Unnamed barge
United States
The retired 109-foot (33.2 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, at 40°07.370′N073°56.765′W / 40.122833°N 73.946083°W / 40.122833; -73.946083 (Wedding Barge). Her wreck is nicknamed the "Wedding Barge."[2]
18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 2002
Ship
State
Description
Meridian
United States
The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Marmot Bay (58°00′N152°06′W / 58.000°N 152.100°W / 58.000; -152.100 (Marmot Bay)) in the Kodiak Archipelago approximately 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) north of Kodiak, Alaska. The fishing vessel Carlsen Point (United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[3]
The fishing vessel was abandoned 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) north of the Outer Hebrides and eighteen men were airlifted by a RAF Lossiemouth, 202 squadron, Sea King helicopter. One man, the skipper, was swept overboard and was missing.[4]
The 39-foot (12 m) crabfishing vessel sank after striking a rock near Cape Chiniak (57°37′N152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)), 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) south of Kodiak, Alaska. Her crew of three abandoned ship in survival suits and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[6]
The cargo ship sunk in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta (35°31′N14°32′E / 35.51°N 14.53°E / 35.51; 14.53). All the crew were rescued.[9]
The 33-foot (10.1 m) longlinehalibut-fishing vessel sank off Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N134°40′20″W / 56.16667°N 134.67222°W / 56.16667; -134.67222 (Cape Ommaney)) on the coast of Southeast Alaska approximately 54 nautical miles (100 km; 62 mi) southwest of Sitka, Alaska. Her two crew members put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, from a which a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[11]
The 32-foot (9.8 m) bowpicker was destroyed by fire in Nushagak Bay off of Bristol Bay on the Bering Sea coast of Alaska. The only person aboard ran her aground and escaped onto the shore.[14]
The retired 42-foot (12.8 m) tow boat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.1 nautical miles (5.7 km; 3.6 mi) off Barnegat, New Jersey, at 39°45.973′N074°01.459′W / 39.766217°N 74.024317°W / 39.766217; -74.024317 (Unidentified barge).[16]
The 97-foot (29.6 m) squid-fishing catcher processor was abandoned in the North Pacific Ocean after she caught fire. She floated as a derelict until she washed ashore on 10 November in Kazakof Bay (58°06′N152°35′W / 58.100°N 152.583°W / 58.100; -152.583 (Kazakof Bay)) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[17]
The decommissioned Belknap-class guided-missile cruiser was sunk by explosive charges off Puerto Rico after being used as a missile, torpedo, and aircraft target on 11 and 12 June.
The 43-foot (13.1 m) longlinehalibut-fishing vessel was abandoned in the Bering Sea after she struck a submerged object northwest of Unalaska, Alaska, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Spray Cape (53°36′50″N167°09′20″W / 53.61389°N 167.15556°W / 53.61389; -167.15556 (Spray Cape)) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[20]
The 24.3-metre (79 ft 9 in) sailing vessel, a converted former KFK-class naval trawler, sank after a gust of wind put her on her side (54°34′N10°10′E / 54.567°N 10.167°E / 54.567; 10.167). The four people on board were rescued by Orban (The Netherlands). The wreck was raised on 6 July 2002.[21]
The decommissioned Mars-class combat stores ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean at 22°55′00.9″N160°10′00.3″W / 22.916917°N 160.166750°W / 22.916917; -160.166750 (USS White Plains (AFS-4)"), during the RIMPAC 02 exercise.
The 100-foot (30.5 m) fish tender struck a rock and sank in 1,080 feet (330 m) of water in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ratz Harbor (55°53′15″N132°35′45″W / 55.88750°N 132.59583°W / 55.88750; -132.59583 (Ratz Harbor)), 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) south of Thorne Bay, Alaska. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a 16-foot (4.9 m) skiff and was rescued by the cruise shipNorwegian Sky (Bahamas).[25]
The 38-foot (11.6 m) troller burned to the waterline at Hidden Falls Hatchery in Kasnyku Bay (57°13′00″N134°52′30″W / 57.21667°N 134.87500°W / 57.21667; -134.87500 (Kasnyku Bay)) on the coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[26]
The cargo ship developed a severe list 500 nautical miles (930 km) off Cape Town, South Africa due to No. 2 hold flooding. Crew rescued by Mineral York (Liberia). Ship taken in tow by tug Suhaili. She was scuttled on 17 September at 25°12′S9°23′E / 25.200°S 9.383°E / -25.200; 9.383[27]
The retired 224-foot (68.3 m) water barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, in 120 feet (36.6 m) of water at 38°58.688′N074°11.410′W / 38.978133°N 74.190167°W / 38.978133; -74.190167 (Mantank).[28][29]
The retired 244-foot (74.4 m) Mettawee-class T1-M-A2 tanker was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, in 135 feet (41.1 m) of water at 38°58.358′N074°11.429′W / 38.972633°N 74.190483°W / 38.972633; -74.190483 (Vincent Tibbetts).[29][30]
The two-member crew of the 52-foot (15.8 m) seiner abandoned ship in a life raft near the Copper River Delta (60°25′N145°00′W / 60.417°N 145.000°W / 60.417; -145.000 (Copper River Delta)) on the south-central coast of Alaska 31 nautical miles (57 km; 36 mi) southwest of Cordova, Alaska, after her steering failed in heavy seas and several attempts by the fishing vesselSnug Harbor (United States) to tow her failed when towlines parted. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them from the raft.[23]
The 15.68-metre (51 ft 5 in) tug sank in rough weather (54°12′N11°08′E / 54.200°N 11.133°E / 54.200; 11.133). The two crew were rescued by rescue cruiser Bremen (Germany). The ship was raised on 31 October 2002.[32]
While towing the 65-foot (20 m) vessel Mary J (United States) from Homer to Seward, Alaska, the 48-foot (15 m) fishing vessel disappeared with the loss of both people aboard after sending an automated distress signal from the vicinity of Chugach Bay (59°11′N151°34′W / 59.183°N 151.567°W / 59.183; -151.567 (Chugach Bay)) off the south-central coast of Alaska, probably while foundering in a storm. Mary J drifted ashore at the entrance to Windy Bay (59°13′21″N151°29′20″W / 59.22250°N 151.48889°W / 59.22250; -151.48889 (Windy Bay)), and wreckage from Shenandoah later was found in and around Chugach Bay.[14]
The 171-foot (52.1 m) cod-fishing catcher processor caught fire, suffered a number of explosions, and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) southwest of Saint Paul Island with the loss of two lives. The United States Coast Guard and the vessels Blue Pacific, Clipper Express, and Glacier Bay (all United States) rescued her 24 survivors, but Clipper Express lost one of her own crewmen when a rogue wave washed him overboard subsequent to the rescue.[17]
The 44-foot (13.4 m) longlinehalibut-fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks off Cape Cheerful (54°00′50″N166°40′20″W / 54.01389°N 166.67222°W / 54.01389; -166.67222 (Cape Cheerful)) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The 151-foot (46.0 m) crab-fishing vessel Stormy Sea (United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[24]
The barquentine-rigged charter ship and former minesweeper was badly damaged at her mooring at Muiden, Netherlands by a storm and abandoned. The wreck was finally broken up in situ in December 2020.[36][37]
The Trafalgar-class submarine ran aground underwater at Fladda-chuain, Scotland. She surfaced and proceeded to Faslane. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
The 97-foot (29.6 m) squid-fishing catcher processor, floating as a derelict since she was abandoned in the North Pacific Ocean on 27 May 2002 after she caught fire, washed ashore in Kazakof Bay (58°06′N152°35′W / 58.100°N 152.583°W / 58.100; -152.583 (Kazakof Bay)) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[17]
The Alta-class minesweeper suffered an engine room explosion, caught fire and capsized the next the day in Harøyfjorden north-west of Flemsøya in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Eleven of the thirty-three crew suffered light smoke inhalation injuries.[38]
The oil tanker broke in two and sank off Galicia, Spain, creating the Prestige oil spill, a massive oil spill polluting thousands of kilometers of coastline.
The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) south of Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, during explosives testing.
The schooner sank at her moorings at Glen Cove, New York, due to the poor condition of her hull. Efforts to refloat her in 2003 damaged her beyond repair, and she subsequently was scrapped.[41][42]
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