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Merchant Ships
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NAME |
REG./CNTRY |
TYPE |
MONTH |
DATE |
YEAR |
CAS. |
LOCATION |
RTS |
CIRCUMSTANCE |
O. A. Brodin |
Sweden |
1798 grt |
1 |
27 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
O. B. Suhr |
Denmark |
1482 grt |
1 |
25 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
O. N. Clark |
|
|
|
|
1915 |
|
Clatsop Spit, OR |
Y? |
|
Oakland |
US |
3m Schooner |
3 |
22 |
1916 |
|
Manzanita Beach, OR |
Y |
Agrnd for 2 yrs but repaired!!!! |
Oakland |
|
|
6 |
24 |
1924 |
|
off Cp. Mendocino, CA |
|
|
Oakland |
|
|
1 |
27 |
1940 |
|
Oakland, CA |
|
|
Oakmar |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
3 |
20 |
1942 |
6 |
300 mi. E Cp. Hatteras, NC |
N |
Torp'd by U-71 |
Oaxaca |
Mexico |
|
7 |
|
1942 |
|
|
N |
Torp'd |
Ocean |
|
Brig |
7 |
|
1850 |
0 |
Diamond Shoals, NC |
N |
|
Ocean Cape |
|
|
10 |
10 |
1953 |
|
Iceberg Pt., Lopez Is., WA |
|
|
Ocean Monarch |
Train's Line (US) |
Full Rigged |
8 |
21 |
1847 |
180 |
|
|
Burned |
Ocean Pride |
|
|
11 |
11 |
1955 |
|
off Cp. Lookout, OR |
|
|
Oceana |
P&O |
Passenger |
3 |
16 |
1912 |
14 |
off Beachy Head, English Channel |
N |
X--sailing barque 'Pisagua' |
Oceania |
Italy |
Troopship |
9 |
18 |
1941 |
192 |
off Libya |
N |
Br. sub. Casualties split w/ Neptunia, qv. |
Oceanic |
White Star |
|
|
|
1905 |
|
|
Y |
Mutiny on board leads to conviction of 33 stokers |
Oceanic |
White Star |
conv. A.M.C. |
9 |
|
1914 |
|
Shetland Is. |
N |
Stranded, TCL, broken up in place |
Oceanos |
Epirotiki Lines (Gr.) |
Cruise |
8 |
4 |
1991 |
0 |
Off SE coast Union of S. Africa |
N |
Internal flooding caused in hvy weather |
Odda |
Norway |
1101 grt |
1 |
2 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Odin |
Norway |
1045 grt |
2 |
2 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Odysseus |
Greece |
3463 grt |
4 |
13 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Ogir |
|
Bark |
10 |
10 |
1894 |
0 |
Oak I., NC |
N |
|
Ogontz |
Juneau, AK |
Cargo |
5 |
19 |
1942 |
19 |
70 mi. SE Cozumel I., Mex. |
N |
Torp'd by U-103 |
Ogura Maru No. 2 |
Japan |
Tanker |
9 |
16 |
1944 |
|
S. of Formosa |
N |
US sub |
Ogura Maru No. 3 (ex- Limeleaf) |
Japan |
Tanker |
2 |
23 |
1944 |
|
off Halmahera I. |
N |
US sub 'Cod' |
Ohio |
|
Pass./Cargo |
11 |
20 |
1909 |
5 |
Findlay Channel |
N |
Submerged rock |
Ohioan |
American-Hawaiian SS |
Cargo |
10 |
6 |
1936 |
0 |
S.F. Bay, CA |
N |
Agrnd. ~ listed as 11/7/36 |
Ohioan |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
5 |
8 |
1942 |
17 |
10 mi. off Boynton Bch., FL |
N |
Torp'd by U-564 |
Oifjeld |
Norway |
1998 grt |
11 |
24 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Oiz Mendi |
Spain |
2104 grt |
11 |
11 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Okanogan |
|
|
7 |
8 |
1915 |
|
Wenatchee, WA |
N |
|
Okitsu Maru |
Japan |
Seaplane Tndr |
1 |
26 |
1944 |
|
off Eniwetok Atoll |
N |
Torp'd by 'Skipjack' |
Oklahoma |
Wilmington, DE |
Tanker |
4 |
8 |
1942 |
19 |
10 off St. Simons I., GA |
N |
Torp'd by U-123 |
Olancho |
Mayan SS Co. |
Fruit ship |
3 |
11 |
1943 |
3 |
off Cuba |
N |
Torp'd |
Olanda |
Netherlands |
2138 grt |
4 |
18 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Olau Brittania |
W. Ger.y |
Car Ferry |
8 |
25 |
1984 |
|
Akkaert Bk. off Belgian coast |
|
X--Fr. ro-ro/crgo 'Mont Louis' which sinks |
Olazarri |
Spain |
2586 grt |
9 |
8 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Older |
Norway |
2256 grt |
1 |
2 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Ole Bull |
Norway |
1835 grt |
1 |
11 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Oleum |
|
|
1 |
2 |
1951 |
|
Columbia R. bar |
Y? |
|
Olga |
Norway |
200 grt |
4 |
22 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Olga |
Boston, MA |
Cargo |
3 |
12 |
1942 |
1 |
20 mi. N Nuevitas Lt., Cuba |
N |
Torp'd by U-126 |
Olivebank |
A. Wier, Bank Line |
4m Barque |
|
|
1911 |
|
Port Guaymas |
Y |
Fire |
Olivebank |
A. Wier, Bank Line |
4m Barque |
9 |
8 |
1939 |
|
Dogger Bank, England |
N |
Struck a mine |
Oliver Olson |
USA |
Stm. Schooner |
11 |
3 |
1953 |
|
S. Jetty, Coquille R., OR coast |
N |
Agrnd |
Olopana |
San Francisco, CA |
Cargo |
7 |
7 |
1942 |
6 |
10 mi. W Moller B., Nov. Zem. |
N |
Torp'd by U-255 |
Olympic |
White Star |
Passenger |
5 |
31 |
1911 |
|
off Southampton, Eng. |
Y |
X-- Br. Cruiser 'Hawke' |
Olympic |
White Star |
Troopship |
5 |
12 |
1918 |
|
Atlantic O. |
Y |
While avoiding torp's, rammed and sank offending U-boat |
Olympic |
White Star |
Passenger |
2 |
|
1934 |
|
Off Nantucket |
Y |
X-- Nantucket lightship, which sank |
Olympic |
|
|
10 |
|
1948 |
|
San Diego, CA |
Y? |
|
Olympic |
|
|
2 |
16 |
1962 |
|
off Camano I., Puget Sound, WA |
|
|
Olympic II |
|
|
9 |
4 |
1940 |
|
off San Pedro, CA |
|
|
Olympic Torch |
Liberia |
Tanker |
8 |
25 |
1969 |
|
Schelde River |
|
Ashore by interact'n w/ Liberian bulker 'Ore Chief' |
Omar D. Conger |
|
|
4 |
|
1922 |
4 |
Port Huron, MI |
|
Exploded |
Ommaney |
|
|
10 |
6 |
1951 |
|
80 mi. off Cp. Blanco, OR |
|
|
Omsk |
Denmark |
1574 grt |
1 |
15 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Omurosan Maru |
Japan |
Tanker |
12 |
22 |
1944 |
|
off Cp. Batangan |
N |
US sub 'Flasher' |
Onega |
Barber SS Co. NY |
4m steamer |
8 |
30 |
1918 |
|
English Channel |
N |
Torp'd |
Oneida |
Detroit, MI |
Cargo |
7 |
13 |
1942 |
6 |
1.5 mi. N Cape Mayzi, Cuba |
N |
Torp'd by U-166 |
Oneida |
Clyde SS Co. |
Fruit ship |
5 |
4 |
1943 |
|
off Newport News, VA |
N |
Foundered |
Oneida Victory |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
|
Point Conception, CA |
Y? |
|
Oneota |
|
Steamer |
11 |
|
1867 |
|
off Cp. Lookout, NC |
N |
|
Onoko |
Nicholas Transit |
Bulk |
9 |
14 |
1915 |
0 |
L. Superior |
N |
Exploded, sank |
Onondaga |
Detroit, MI |
Cargo |
7 |
23 |
1942 |
18 |
45 mi. N Punta Alegre, Cuba |
N |
Torp'd by U-129 |
Ontario |
|
Bark |
12 |
1 |
1845 |
0 |
Diamond Shoals, NC |
N |
|
Onward |
USA |
3m Schooner |
2 |
25 |
1905 |
0 |
Coquille Bay bar |
N |
Agrnd |
Onward |
|
|
2 |
22 |
1950 |
|
SW Catalina Harbor, CA |
|
|
Ootmarsum |
Netherlands |
2313 grt |
2 |
17 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Torp'd be Ger. sub |
Ootmarsum |
Norway |
2313 grt |
2 |
18 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Oporto |
Leyland Line |
Cargo |
|
|
1902 |
|
(different owner when lost) |
Y* |
X--raised but scr. |
Orama |
Orient Line (Br.) |
A.M.C. |
10 |
19 |
1917 |
|
S Ireland |
N |
Torp'd by U-62 while escorting convoy |
Orama |
Orient Line (Br.) |
Passenger |
6 |
8 |
1940 |
|
North Sea |
N |
Ger. warship |
Oran Sherwood |
|
Sloop |
10 |
29 |
1837 |
0 |
Currituck Beach, NC |
N |
|
Orania |
Royal Holland Lloyd |
Pass./Cargo |
12 |
19 |
1934 |
|
At anchor, Leixoes harbor, Gc |
N |
X--Portugese liner 'Loanda' |
Oranje (later- Angelina Lauro) |
Achille Lauro, Rome |
Passenger |
8 |
24 |
1965 |
6 |
Yards in Genoa |
Y |
Fire |
Oravia |
Pacific Stm. Nav. |
Passenger |
11 |
16 |
1912 |
|
Billy Rock, Pt. Stanley, Falklnd I. |
N |
Agrnd |
Orbit |
Black Ball Line |
Full Rigged |
1 |
|
1827 |
|
nr. Squan Inlet |
|
Lost |
Orbit |
USA |
Bark |
3 |
|
1850 |
0 |
Sand I., Columbia Bar |
Y |
Abandoned on bar, salvaged later. |
Orcades |
Orient Line (Br.) |
Troopship |
10 |
10 |
1942 |
48 |
off Cp. of Good Hope |
N |
Torp'd by Ger. sub. |
Oregon |
Cunard |
Passenger |
3 |
14 |
1886 |
0 |
26 mi. SE Fire I., NY Bay |
N |
X--unkwn schooner |
Oregon |
|
|
9 |
|
1906 |
|
Cp. Hinchinbrook, AK |
|
|
Oregon |
|
|
|
|
1934 |
|
off Monterey Bay, CA |
|
|
Oregon |
Wilmington, DE |
Tanker |
2 |
28 |
1942 |
5 |
150 mi. NE Mona Psg. |
N |
Torp'd by U-156 |
Oregon |
|
|
|
|
1920 |
|
Nehalem Bar, OR |
|
|
Oregon Cove |
|
|
5 |
9 |
1950 |
|
off shore fr. Golden Gate, CA |
|
|
Oregon Express |
Norway |
Cargo |
12 |
29 |
1940 |
|
Bush Pt., Whidbey I., Puget Sound, WA |
Y |
Agrnd. Later lost during WWII |
Oregonian |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
9 |
13 |
1942 |
29 |
400 mi. NW N. Cape, Norway |
N |
Torp'd by Ger. aircraft |
Orford |
Orient Line (Br.) |
Troopship |
6 |
1 |
1940 |
|
Marseilles, France |
N |
Ger. aircraft. scr. 1947 Italy |
Orient |
USA |
Brig |
5 |
7 |
1875 |
0 |
S entrance to Shoalwater Bay |
N |
Agrnd |
Orient Trader |
Greece |
Cargo |
7 |
21 |
1965 |
|
Toronto harbor |
N |
Fire while unloading |
Oriental |
New York, NY |
Full Rigged |
2 |
25 |
1854 |
|
River Min, China |
N |
Lost |
Oriental |
|
Fed. Transport |
5 |
8 |
1862 |
|
Bodie I., NC |
N |
|
Oriental |
|
|
|
|
1930 |
|
Pt. Dume, CA |
|
|
Oriental Warrior |
United Overseas Expt. |
Cargo/Pass. |
10 |
1 |
1972 |
|
30-23 N x 79-23 W |
N |
Scuttled after engineroom expl./fire on 5/25/1972 |
Orinoco |
|
Wooden str. |
5 |
|
1923 |
5 |
L. Huron |
|
Foundered at sea |
Oriole |
USA |
Bark |
9 |
19 |
1853 |
|
Clatsop Spit |
N |
Agrnd |
Oriole |
|
|
|
|
1921 |
|
nr. SF, CA |
|
|
Orion |
|
|
|
|
1942 |
|
nr. Sant Cruz, CA |
|
|
Oriskany |
M. Nemazee, Pan. |
Fruit ship |
2 |
24 |
1945 |
|
off Scilly Is. |
N |
Ger. sub. U-480 |
Orizaba |
Orient Line |
Passenger |
2 |
16 |
1905 |
|
off Fremantle, Australia |
N |
Agrnd |
Orkedal |
Norway |
4351 grt |
6 |
9 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Orline St. John |
Gardiner, MA |
Bark |
2 |
21 |
1854 |
4 |
off Hatteras, NC |
N |
Agrnd. Survivors resort to cannibalism. |
Ornen |
Sweden |
191 grt |
10 |
27 |
1914 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Oronsay |
Orient Line (Br.) |
Troopship |
10 |
9 |
1942 |
5 |
off W. Africa |
N |
Italian sub |
Orteric |
Bank Line (Brit.) |
Cargo |
12 |
11 |
1922 |
0 |
Fish Rocks, CA (10 mi N Pt. Arena) |
N |
Agrnd |
Orubian |
Leyland Line |
Cargo |
7 |
31 |
1917 |
|
160 mi. NW Eagle I. |
N |
Torp'd |
Os |
Norway |
637 grt |
3 |
29 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Oscar |
Norway |
766 grt |
4 |
22 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Oscar |
Norway |
107 grt |
5 |
3 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Oscoda |
Edward Hines |
Bulk (lumber) |
11 |
10 |
1914 |
|
Pelkie Reef, St. Helena I. |
N |
Agrnd |
Oshkosh |
US |
Motor vessel |
2 |
13 |
1911 |
6 |
Columbia Bar |
N |
Agrnd, 1 survivor |
Oslofjord |
Norwegian-America |
Passenger |
12 |
1 |
1940 |
|
Tynemouth, Eng. |
N |
Struck a mine |
Otago |
Sweden |
1410 grt |
6 |
11 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Oter I |
Norway |
251 grt |
9 |
27 |
1943 |
|
|
N |
Under Ger. flag |
Othello |
|
Tanker |
3 |
20 |
1970 |
|
Tralhavet Bay, Sweden |
|
X-- |
Otho |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
4 |
3 |
1943 |
31 |
200 mi. E Cp. Henry, VA |
N |
Torp'd by U-754 |
Otis Tarda |
Netherlands |
759 grt |
6 |
21 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Otranto |
Orient Line |
P&O |
10 |
6 |
1918 |
431 |
Irish Sea |
N |
X-- P&O liner 'Kashmir', beached |
Otsega |
|
|
11 |
11 |
1953 |
|
N Long Beach, WA |
Y? |
|
Otsego |
|
|
7 |
|
1923 |
|
Grays Harbor, WA |
Y? |
|
Ottar Jarl |
Norway |
1459 grt |
9 |
12 |
1941 |
|
nr. Omgang |
N |
Torp'd by U(?) |
Otto |
Norway |
401 grt |
1 |
16 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Otto Gildemeister |
Ger.y |
Barque |
|
|
1902 |
|
off California coast |
Y |
Found dismasted and wallowing |
Otway |
Orient Line |
A.M.C. |
7 |
22 |
1917 |
10 |
N Hebrides Is. |
N |
Torp'd by UC-49 |
Our Son |
|
Schooner |
9 |
26 |
1930 |
0 |
L. Michigan |
N |
Foundered |
Overseas Ohio |
Chartered by BP |
Tanker |
1 |
|
1993 |
|
off TX |
Y |
Agrnd |
Overseas Ohio |
Chartered by BP |
Tanker |
1 |
2 |
1994 |
|
Due W Blighs Rf. Pr. Wm. Snd. |
Y |
X--iceberg |
Owl |
|
|
5 |
15 |
1919 |
|
|
|
|
Ozmo |
Northern Commercial Co. |
3m Schooner |
5 |
18 |
1922 |
|
S. spit Coos Bay |
|
Struck a rock off C. Blanco, OR, wrecked > Coos Bay |