The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel sank off Cape Decision (56°00′10″N134°08′00″W / 56.00278°N 134.13333°W / 56.00278; -134.13333 (Cape Decision)) on Kuiu Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Rachael Pauline (United States) rescued all three people on board.[1]
12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1988
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State
Description
Cape Karluk
United States
The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm in Geese Island Channel (56°45′N153°53′W / 56.750°N 153.883°W / 56.750; -153.883 (Geese Island Channel)) at the southern end of Alaska′s Kodiak Island with the loss of all three men on board.[2]
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1988
Ship
State
Description
Icy Queen
United States
The 55-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel capsized in Meares Passage and washed ashore on the west coast of Suemez Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of six survived. She later was salvaged.[3]
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1988
Ship
State
Description
Exodus
United States
The 86-foot (26.2 m) crab-fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.[4]
18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1988
Ship
State
Description
Wayward Wind
United States
The 86-foot (26.2 m) crab fishing vessel flooded and sank in the Gulf of Alaska 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) south of Tugidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, probably due to an improperly dogged hatch on a crab pumping tank. Four of her six crewmen died.[5]
19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1988
Ship
State
Description
La Dieppoise
French Navy
The decommissioned Bay-class minesweeper was sunk as an artificial reef in the lagoon at Nouméa.[6]
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1988
Ship
State
Description
Rolandia
Cyprus
The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 820 nautical miles (1,520 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all twelve crew.[7]
The anchor handling tug supply vessel foundered in heavy seas in a position 53.01.45N 01.32.06E, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Haisboro’ light vessel, off the coast of Norfolk, England, on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Norway. All 13 aboard were taken off liferafts by helicopter.[8]
The trawler ran ashore on the Cressars Rock, Penzance, Cornwall in a SW gale after steering the wrong side of the pole. Refloated by the Penlee Lifeboat.[9]
The 153-foot (46.6 m) processing vessel was wrecked during a blizzard on a rock in Nikolski Bay (52°57′30″N168°54′00″W / 52.95833°N 168.90000°W / 52.95833; -168.90000 (Nikolski Bay)) 100 yards (91 m) off the coast of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vesselNeahkahnie (United States) rescued her entire crew of 15. Alaska Star rolled over and sank on 29 February.[11]
The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing trawler was sighted for the last time in Uyak Bay (57°48′N154°04′W / 57.800°N 154.067°W / 57.800; -154.067 (Uyak Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. She subsequently disappeared with the loss of all three men on board. The fishing vesselNomad (United States) found the bodies of two of them in a life raft near Sutwik Island 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) east of Chignik, Alaska, on 19 March.[14]
Iran–Iraq War: The supertanker was hit by an Iranian missile in the Strait of Hormuz and set on fire.[15] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
The hull of the 47-gross register ton, 48.5-foot (14.8 m) troller and longliner was found washed up on the beach in Icy Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska. She had not been heard from since she departed Yakutat, Alaska, on 7 April. Her entire crew of five men was lost.[4]
The submarine had an on-board fire while submerged 160 nautical miles (300 km) off the coast of Florida. She surfaced and her crew abandoned with the loss of three crew members. She was towed to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in August 1989.
The halibut-fishing vessel sank near Cape Junken (59°55′N148°38′W / 59.917°N 148.633°W / 59.917; -148.633 (Cape Junken)) off south-central Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew.[1]
The chemical carrier transporting toxic Acrylonitrile was in collision with Atlantic Compass (Sweden) in the North Sea and sank with the loss of one of her twelve crew.[21]
The retired 230-foot (70.1 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, in 75 feet (23 m) of water at 40°06.301′N073°57.424′W / 40.105017°N 73.957067°W / 40.105017; -73.957067 (Morania 180).[25]
After taking a large wave over her stern, the 40-foot (12.2 m) troller-gillnetter-longliner capsized off Tolstoi Point (55°40′10″N132°23′10″W / 55.66944°N 132.38611°W / 55.66944; -132.38611 (Tolstoi Point)) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. All three crew members abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by the fishing vessel Harvey-O (United States). The cutter USCGC Cape Hatteras ( United States Coast Guard) attempted to tow Trish to shallower water, but the towline parted and Trish sank in deeper water.[27]
The Army Sail Training Association yacht sank after a collision with the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror (Royal Navy) 11 miles south of the Mull of Kintyre. Her four crewmembers were rescued by the frigate HMS Battleaxe (Royal Navy).[30]
The bulk carrier broke in two and sank in the Indian Ocean, position approximately 35°00′S106°00′E / 35.000°S 106.000°E / -35.000; 106.000, with the loss of 19 crew.
The fishing vessel was in collision with the submarine Nadashio (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) and sank in Tokyo Bay with the loss of 29 of the 48 people on board.[33][34]
The 28-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Cameron Bay (56°43′00″N135°16′30″W / 56.71667°N 135.27500°W / 56.71667; -135.27500 (Cameron Bay)) in Southeast Alaska south of Sitka, Alaska. Her owner and operator died after the fishing vessel Sefora (United States) pulled him from the water; a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued two other crew members.[32]
Blowout and fire in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Subsequently withdrawn from service, converted to a seaborne satellite launch vessel in 1997.
The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing trawler sank without loss of life off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island.[11]
The 42-foot (12.8 m) longlinefishing vessel sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Cape Cross (57°55′00″N136°33′30″W / 57.91667°N 136.55833°W / 57.91667; -136.55833 (Cape Cross)) off Southeast Alaska after a set of 42-foot (13 m) waves struck her stern and swamped her. All three members of her crew abandoned ship wearing survival suits and were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[1]
The 92-foot (28.0 m) crab-fishing vessel ran aground without loss of life on the north side of the western tip of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands after her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel.[2]
The 113-foot (34.4 m) supply barge was destroyed by fire off Trading Bay (60°55′N151°35′W / 60.917°N 151.583°W / 60.917; -151.583 (Trading Bay)) in upper Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska after a tank truck containing 3,000 US gallons (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) of gasoline on her deck caught fire and exploded. Her captain and engineer and the truck driver were killed; her first mate was her sole survivor. Her burned-out hulk later was towed into deeper water and scuttled by a demolition team.[11]
The 81-foot (24.7 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank while at anchor in Ugak Bay on the coast of Alaska. Her five-person crew abandoned ship in survival suits and survived.[28]
The fishing vessel ran aground on the southwest side of Gravina Island at the head of Nehenta Bay (55°09′25″N131°47′45″W / 55.15694°N 131.79583°W / 55.15694; -131.79583 (Nehenta Bay)) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska during a storm in the Clarence Strait with 60-knot (110 km/h) winds. She was abandoned without loss of life.[28]
The 85-foot (25.9 m) fishing vessel disappeared after her crew of four abandoned her in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southwest of Narrow Cape (57°25′30″N152°20′00″W / 57.42500°N 152.33333°W / 57.42500; -152.33333 (Narrow Cape)) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. She presumably sank. Her crew was rescued by the fishing vessel Kristine Alaska (United States).[32]
The destroyer, under tow from Murmansk to Spain for scrapping, broke her tow line and ran aground on Skogsøya in Øksnes Municipality, Norway. Work on scrapping the wreck only began in 2001,[50] and the breaking of the wreck was then further delayed by the find of live munitions on board.[51]
The 139-foot (42.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life in bad weather on the northwest point of Alcan Harbor (52°43′45″N174°04′30″E / 52.72917°N 174.07500°E / 52.72917; 174.07500 (Alcan Harbor)) on the northwest coast of Shemya Island in the western Aleutian Islands.[47]
The dredger broke in two and sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium with the loss of four of her ten crew.[52]
The 288-foot (87.8 m) refrigerated cargo ship lost power and ran aground without loss of life on a reef in Lost Harbor (54°13′45″N165°36′30″W / 54.22917°N 165.60833°W / 54.22917; -165.60833 (Lost Harbor)) on the west coast of Akun Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her wreck was burned in January 1989 to destroy the fuel on board.[11]
The 115-foot (35.1 m) fishing trawlercapsized and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 55 nautical miles (102 km; 63 mi) north of Unimak Pass after a large wave struck her. Her crew of five abandoned ship on a life raft, but two of them perished when another large wave struck the raft and swept them overboard. The fishing vesselAmerican Beauty (United States) rescued her three surviving crew members.[11]
In the evening, the fishing trawler ran aground near Seaford, United Kingdom. The five Belgian sailors were rescued by the British coastguard.[55]
23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1988
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State
Description
The oil tanker without engine lost its anchor due to a storm. The 34 crew members were saved after five hours. The tanker served as a collection and storage facility for oil. The production of three oil fields on the British part of the North Sea came to a standstill for a long time.[55]
The Norwegian built coastal trading vessel, sailing under the flag of Honduras was on voyage from Bergen, Norway to Antwerp, Belgium with a cargo of steel. The ship sank near Texel, the Netherlands, after the ship tilted due to shifting cargo. All crew members survived by sprinting into the water. Criticism of the rescue operation followed.[56]
The ferry collided with a tanker in foggy weather and sank in the Dhaleswari River at its confluence with the Sitalakhya River with the loss of over 200 of the 350 people on board.[57]
Eritrean War of Independence: Beginning in late 1988 through 1989 eight speed boats were sunk by Ethiopian Mi-35 attack helicopters.[60]
A merchant ship of Panama went missing in the Japanese Sea. After it was missing for eight days, the Japanese Coast gusts started a search operation on 24 December.[55]
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