List of shipwrecks in October 1945

The list of shipwrecks in October 1945 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1945.

4 October

 * SS Duburg (1921) ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea.
 * SS Louise Schröder ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.
 * SS Patagonia (1912) ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.
 * SS Pillau (1923) ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.

5 October

 * HMS MFV 118 : The MFV-1-class motor fishing vessel burned at Portsmouth.

6 October

 * SS Chales M. Hall (🇺🇸 United States): The Liberty ship struck a submerged object and was damaged in the River Seine, France. She was subsequently withdrawn from service and laid up in the James River, Virginia, United States.

7 October

 * SS Juta (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off the Welsh coast. All twenty crew were rescued by a naval trawler.
 * SS Westbank Park (🇨🇦 Canada): The Park ship ran aground in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico and was wrecked.
 * USS YP-239 : The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked by  Typhoon Louise:.
 * USS YP-289 : The Yard Patrol Boat was wrecked by  Typhoon Louise:.

8 October

 * MV Kiri Marti (🇯🇵 Japan): The cargo ship ran aground in the Pacific Ocean on Miyake Shima. Survivors were rescued by USS Colahan (DD-658) (.
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Kuri :  The Momi-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Pusan, South Korea while being used as a Minesweeper.

9 October

 * SS Brockholst Livingston (🇺🇸 United States): Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan. She was declared a total loss.
 * USCGC CG-83301 : Typhoon Louise: The cutter was wrecked in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.
 * USS Dorsey (DD-117) : Typhoon Louise: The Wickes-class destroyer was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was destroyed on 1 January 1946.
 * USS Extricate (ARS-16) : Typhoon Louise: The Anchor-class repair ship was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. The wreck was dispersed by explosives on 4 March 1946.
 * USS Greene (DD-266) : Typhoon Louise: The Clemson-class destroyer was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kutaka, Japan and was declared a constructive total loss.
 * SS Harrington Emerson (🇺🇸 United States): Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa and was wrecked.
 * USS Industry (AMc-86) : Typhoon Louise: The coastal minesweeper was driven ashore in a typhoon at Buckner Bay. The wreck was sunk in December 1945.
 * SS Jack Singer (🇺🇸 United States): Typhoon Louise: The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Okinawa. She was declared a constructive total loss.
 * USS LSM-15 : Typhoon Louise: The Landing Ship, Medium was sunk in a typhoon off Okinawa. Thirty-two survivors were rescued by USS Vestal (AR-4).
 * USS Nestor (ARB-6) : Typhoon Louise: The Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ship was driven aground in a typhoon off Okinawa. She was declared a total loss and consequently scrapped.
 * USS Ocelot (IX-110) : Typhoon Louise: The unclassified miscellaneous vessel was wrecked in Buckner Bay during a typhoon and was abandoned. The wreck was sold for scrap in 1948.
 * USS PC-590 (}: Typhoon Louise: The patrol craft foundered in a typhoon at Okinawa, Japan.
 * USS Silica (IX-151) (: Typhoon Louise: The Trefoil-class concrete barge was grounded by a typhoon off Okinawa. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 January 1946.
 * USS SC-632 : Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon offshore of Okinawa. The sunken hulk was destroyed on 9 March 1948.
 * USS SC-636 : Typhoon Louise: The SC-497-class submarine chaser foundered during a typhoon offshore of Okinawa.
 * USS Southard (DD-207) : Typhoon Louise: The Clemson-class destroyer was driven aground of a reef off Tsuken Shima in a typhoon and was declared a total loss.
 * USS Southern Seas (PY-32) : Typhoon Louise: The accommodation vessel collieded with 5 vessels in Buckner Bay and sank off Okinawa with the loss of thirteen crew.
 * USS Weehawken (CM-12) : Typhoon Louise: The minelayer was sunk at Tsuken Shima, Japan. She broke in two a week later and was declared a total loss.
 * USS Vandalia (IX-191) : Typhoon Louise: The tanker was driven ashore on Naha Island, Okinawa and damaged beyond economic repair. She was abandoned on 20 November and sold for scrapping on 31 December.

12 October

 * HMT Loch Eriboll : The naval trawler collided off Start Point, Devon with SS Sidney Sherman (🇺🇸 United States) and sank. The crew were rescued.

15 October

 * Zhong'anlun ( undefined): The ferry, with 1,000 passengers aboard sank when crossing the Yangtze River. Some 800 people died. The events have been commemorated by the Zhong’anlun Monument in Taixing.

16 October

 * SS Takliwa (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo liner ran aground and then caught fire at Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Indonesia. All 1,083 on board were rescued by HMS Sainfoin (F183) . The ship later broke up, a total loss.

17 October

 * SS Balkan (1924) ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.
 * SS Drau ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.
 * MS Emmy Friederich (1943) ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.
 * SS Erika Schunemann ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.
 * SS Joshua W. Alexander (🇺🇸 United States): The Liberty ship was wrecked at Graves, Massachusetts.
 * SS Olga Siemers ( undefined): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak.

21 October

 * Medford (🇺🇸 United States): Trawler out of New Bedford, Massachusetts cut in two by USAT Thomas H. Barry outbound from New York Port of Embarkation for Le Havre, France at about 40.41º north, 67.18º west, 150 mi east of New Bedford. Medford's casualties were one killed, six missing and ten rescued.

22 October

 * MV Kronprinsen (🇳🇴 Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and returned to service.

24 October

 * SS Charles C. Glover (🇺🇸 United States): The Liberty ship ran aground in the Loire. She was refloated but declared a total loss.

25 October

 * ST Danegarth (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tug collided with a floating lock gate in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of one crew member.

26 October

 * HMS Saltburn : The Hunt class minesweeper sank in the Solent off Horse Sand Fort.
 * ST Swarthy (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tug sank in the Solent off Horse Sand Fort whilst attempting to assist HMS Saltburn.

29 October

 * JSUB I-363 : World War II: The I-361-class submarine was sunk by a mine off the coast of Miyazaki. Her C.O. and 35 crewmen killed, 10 rescued. Raised and scrapped January, 1966.