Date | Vessel Type | Name | Cause | Location | Number Lost |
Oct 23, 1918 | Canadian passenger steamer | Princess Sophia | Sank | Vanderbilt Reef, N of Juneau | 343 lost, 1 dog survived |
1799 | Native bidarkas | sixty boats | Lost in storm | Hinchinbrook Entrance | 200 lost |
Sep 20, 1908 | Bark | Star of Bengal | Went ashore | Coronation Island | 112 lost, 25 saved |
Feb 5, 1898 | Steamer | Clara Nevada | Burned and sank | Off Eldred Rock | 104 lost (all hands) |
May 21, 1799 | Russian frigate | Phoenix | Wrecked | Near Shuyak Island | 88 lost (all hands) |
Apr 26, 1890 | Salmon packer | Oneida | Stranded | Hennig Rock, 8 mi SW of Sanak Island | 77 lost, 78 rescued |
Aug 18, 1943 | Navy destroyer | Abner Read | Stern sank | NW beach of Kiska Island after vessel hit a Japanese mine | 70 lost, ? rescued |
Jan 5, 1978 | Indian cargo ship | Chandragupta | Sank | 1,500 mi SSW of Kodiak | 70 lost |
Apr 19, 1944 | Liberty ship | John Straub | Exploded and sank | Off Sanak Island | 55 lost, 15 rescued |
Jan 9, 1813 | Russian vessel | Neva | Sank | Off Cape Edgecombe, Kruzof Island, near Sitka | 49 lost, 28 rescued |
Aug 14, 1901 | Canadian passenger steamer | Islander | Hit iceberg and sank | Stephens Passage, S of Juneau | 42 lost, 130 saved |
Jan 9, 1972 | Liberian freighter | Dona Anita | Disappeared | North Pacific, 120 W of Vancouver Island | 42 lost (all hands; some bodies found near Ketchikan) |
Dec 19, 1973 | Liberian freighter | Oriental Monarch | Sank | North Pacific, 550 mi NW of Victoria, BC | 40 lost |
Oct 9, 1967 | Merchant ship | Panoceanic Faith | Sank | 870 mi SW of Kodiak | 37 lost, 5 rescued |
Jan 18, 1916 | Halibut boat | Onward Ho | Sank | Off Cape Fairweather | 34 lost (all hands) |
Sep 28, 1932 | Steamer | Nevada | Wrecked | On Amatignak Island, Aleutians | 34 lost, 3 rescued |
Apr 14, 1895 | Canadian sealing schooner | Walter A. Earle | Capsized | Off Cape St. Elias | 32 lost (all hands) |
Aug 17, 1913 | Passenger steamer | State of California | Hit reef and sank | In Gambier Bay, Admiralty Island | 32 lost, 118 saved |
Dec 17, 1964 | Liberian cargo steamer | San Patrick | Driven ashore | On Ulak Island, 120 mi W of Adak | 32 lost (all hands) |
Jan 5, 1982 | Japanese trawler | Akebono Maru | Capsized | 50 mi N of Adak | 32 lost |
Dec 24, 1972 | Liberian freighter | Pacrover | Sank | 760 mi S of Kodiak | 30 lost (all hands) |
Dec 25, 1979 | Japanese oreship | Lee Wang Zin | Capsized | Dixon Entrance, SE Alaska | 30 lost (all hands) |
Nov 24, 1974 | Hong Kong freighter | Geranium | Sank | 70 mi S of Atka Island | 28 lost |
Mar 13, 1981 | Japanese trawler | Daito Maru No. 55 | Sank | 380 mi NW of Adak | 26 lost |
Nov 1, 1903 | Steamer | Discovery | Foundered | Off Lituya Bay, Gulf of Alaska | 26+ (all hands) |
Oct 3, 1888 | Whaling bark | Ohio | Driven ashore | Near Point Hope, Chukchi Sea | 25 lost, 7 rescued |
May 11, 1894 | Whaling bark | James Allen | Struck rock and sank | On E end of Amlia Island, Aleutians | 25 lost, 33 rescued |
Feb 28, 1981 | Korean cargo ship | Dae Rim | Caught fire | 90 mi W of Attu | 24 lost |
Feb 10, 1830 | Russian baidara | Unknown | Wrecked | In Crane Bay, Kodiak Island | 20 lost |
Nov 1886 | Schooner | Flying Scud | Lost | Near Karluk | 18 lost |
Jun 28, 1898 | Small steamer | Jessie | Swamped | At mouth of Kuskokwim River | 18 lost |
Nov 11, 1976 | Japanese lumber carrier | Carnelian-I | Sank | 700 mi S of Adak | 18 lost, 14 saved |
Sep 5, 1758 | Russian ship | Sv. Kapiton | Driven onto reef | Near Kiska Island | 17 lost |
Apr 21, 1970 | Japanese fishing vessel | Nitto Maru No. 67 | Capsized | 20 mi off Unimak Island | 17 lost (all hands) |
May 20, 1858 | French whaling ship | Napoleon III | Stove by ice | St. Paul Island | 16 lost |
Aug 12, 1897 | Steam whaler | Navarch | Caught in ice and abandoned | Off Blossom Shoals; drifted in ice to Barrow | 16 lost, 16 rescued |
Feb 17, 1946 | Russian tanker | Donbass | Went aground | 40 mi S of Adak | 16 lost, 48 rescued |
Feb 14, 1984 | Japanese trawler | Kyowa Maru No. 11 | Collided with the Anyo Maru No. 15 and sank | 120 mi N of Atka | 16 lost, 8 rescued |
Sep 15, 1967 | Korean fishing trawler | Sam Su No. 7 | Sank | 200 mi SW of Adak | 15 lost |
Sep 15, 1967 | Korean fishing trawler | Sam Su No. 8 | Sank | 200 mi SW of Adak | 15 lost |
Jan 12, 1943 | Navy destroyer | Worden | Hit rock and sank | At mouth of Constantine Harbor, Amchitka Island | 14 lost, some rescued |
Apr 1954 | Canadian tug | Chelan | Foundered | 200 mi N of Prince Rupert | 14 lost |
Jan 1965 | Russian fishing trawler | Boksetegorsk | Lost | In the Bering Sea | 14 lost (all hands) |
Jan 22, 1965 | Russian fishing trawler | Nahichevan | Lost | In the Bering Sea | 14 lost (all hands) |
Jan 22, 1965 | Russian fishing trawler | Sebezh | Lost | In the Bering Sea | 14 lost (all hands) |
Jan 22, 1965 | Russian fishing trawler | Sevsk | Lost | In the Bering Sea | 14 lost (all hands) |
Mar 30, 1887 | Small steamer | Seal | Lost | Lynn Canal, N of Berners Bay | 12 lost |
Nov 1905 | Schooner | Nellie Coleman | Lost | Off Cape Yakutaga, Gulf of Alaska | 12 (all hands) |
1939 | Salmon boat | Oduno | Sank | off Noyes Island | 12 lost |
Dec 9, 1999 | Japanese trawler | Anyo Maru No. 1 | Sank | In the Bering Sea, 120 mi S of Cape Navarin, Russia | 12 lost, 24 rescued |
Jul 11, 1786 | Yawl from the Astrolabe | n/a | Capsized | At the mouth of Lituya Bay. Boats from the LaPerouse Expedition. | 11 lost |
Apr 13, 1895 | Canadian sealing schooner | C.G. White | Driven aground on a reef | NW of Cape Alitak, SW end of Kodiak Island | 11 lost, 17 rescued |
Jan 24, 1933 | Diesel srew | Umnak Native | Stranded | In Inanudak Bay, Umnak Island | 11 lost, 4 rescued |
Nov 25, 1943 | Liberty ship | John P. Gaines | Broke in two | 40 mi S of Chirikof Island | 11 lost, 89 rescued |
Feb 4, 1946 | Alaska Steamship passenger steamer | Yukon | Struck rocks | Off Johnstone Bay, 40 mi SE of Seward | 11 lost, 484 rescued |
Jul 11, 1786 | Yawl from the Boussole | n/a | Capsized | At the mouth of Lituya Bay. Boats from the LaPerouse Expedition. | 10 lost |
Jan 8, 1908 | Schooner | John F. Miller | Wrecked | East Anchor Cove, Unimak Island | 10 lost, 27 rescued |
Mar 8, 1971 | Japanese fishing vessel | Nissei Maru | Capsized and sank | N of Unalaska | 10 lost, 8 rescued |
Dec 5, 1979 | Canadian fishing vessel | Salinta | Went aground and broke in half | Tree Point, 46 mi NW of Prince Rupert, BC | 10 lost (all hands) |
Sep 1862 | Japanese junk | Unknown | Wrecked | At Attu | 9 lost, 3 rescued |
May 26, 1893 | Whaling bark | Sea Ranger | Stranded on an unmarked rock | 2 mi W of Kayak Island | 9 lost, 31 rescued |
Sep 1898 | Sloop | Unknown | Caught in tidal bore and swamped | Near Sunrise City, Turnagain Arm, Upper Cook Inlet | 9 lost |
Nov 11, 1929 | F/V | Kanatak | Lost | 30 mi NE of Cape St. Elias | 9 lost (all hands) |
Dec 2, 1981 | F/V | St. Patrick | Abandoned | 5 mi W of Marmot Island, near Kodiak | 9 lost |
Mar 22, 1990 | F/V | Aleutian Enterprise | Sank | In the Bering Sea, 60 mi S of St. Paul Island | 9 lost, 22 saved |
*Many ships suffered the loss of many or all hands with loss numbers not known. They are: St. Alexander (1799), Sv. Arkhistrati Mikhail (1801), Chilkat (1837), Monongahela (1853), Urania (1876), Royal Charlie (1866), Growler (1868), Felix (1885), Otter (1888), Annie (1889), Bessie Reuter (1892), Helen Blum (1893), Mary H. Thomas (1894), Sea Lion (1895), Lincoln (1896), Matinee (1898), Pioneer (1898), Unknown (Steam barge 1898), Unknown Schooner 1898), Minerva (1898), Midas (1898), Nicolas Thayer (1906), Japan (1907), Nora (1913), Nissan Maru (Japanese oiler 1942), Arare (Japanese destroyer 1942), Nenohi (Japanese destroyer 1942), Unknown (Japanese submarine 1942), SC-25 (Japanese subchaser 1942), SC-27(Japanese subchaser 1942), Grunion (U.S. submarine 1942), Kano Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1942), Nichiryo (Japanese cargo vessel 1942), RO-61 (Japanese submarine 1942), Nozima Maru (Japanese cargo ship 1942), Borneo Maru (Japanese cargo ship 1942), Oboro (Japanese supply destroyer 1942), RO-65 (Japanese submarine 1942), Edward Schenk (1942), Cheribon Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1942), Chihaya Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1942), Montreal Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1943), Kotohira Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1943), Uragio Maru (Japanese cargo vessel 1943), I-31 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), I-34 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), I-35 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), I-24 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), I-7 (Japanese I-class submarine 1943), Klyuchevsky (Russian trawler 1962), Chi Bo San No. 1 (South Korean freighter 1986).