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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_arriving_at_Bikini_Atoll%2C_circa_in_late_May_1946_%2880890%29.jpg/300px-USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_arriving_at_Bikini_Atoll%2C_circa_in_late_May_1946_%2880890%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_arriving_at_Bikini_Atoll%2C_circa_in_late_May_1946_%2880890%29.jpg/450px-USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_arriving_at_Bikini_Atoll%2C_circa_in_late_May_1946_%2880890%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_arriving_at_Bikini_Atoll%2C_circa_in_late_May_1946_%2880890%29.jpg/600px-USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_arriving_at_Bikini_Atoll%2C_circa_in_late_May_1946_%2880890%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="792" /></a></span><div><i>Gasconade</i> arriving at Bikini Atoll, in late May 1946</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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title="United States">United States</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>Gasconade</i> (APA-85)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Gasconade_County,_Missouri" title="Gasconade County, Missouri">Gasconade County, Missouri</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Consolidated Steel">Consolidated Steel</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>7 November 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>23 January 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Mrs. Winnie Cave</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>10 March 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>11 March 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>28 August 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk as target ship, 21 July 1948</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><i>Gilliam</i>-class <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transport</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>4,247 tons (lt), 7,080 t.(fl)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>426 ft (130 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>58 ft (18 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>16 ft (4.9 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation_(1886)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886)">Westinghouse</a> turboelectric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>16.9 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>47 Officers, 802 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>27 Officers, 295 Enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>1 x <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5"/38 caliber</a> dual-purpose gun mount, 4 x twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm gun</a> mounts, 10 x single <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm</a> gun mounts</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">MCV</a> Hull No. ?, hull type S4-SE2-BD1</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Gasconade</i> (APA-85)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Gilliam_class_attack_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilliam class attack transport"><i>Gilliam</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_transport" title="Attack transport">attack transport</a> that served with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> from 1944 to 1946. She was sunk as a target in 1948. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Gasconade</i> was named after a county in <a href="/wiki/Gasconade_County,_Missouri" title="Gasconade County, Missouri">Missouri</a>. She was laid down 7 November 1944 under <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> contract by the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Steel_Corporation" title="Consolidated Steel Corporation">Consolidated Steel Corporation</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Los_Angeles" title="Wilmington, Los Angeles">Wilmington, Los Angeles</a>; launched 23 January 1945; acquired by the Navy 10 March 1945, and commissioned 11 March 1945 at <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_Los_Angeles" title="San Pedro, Los Angeles">San Pedro, Los Angeles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After shakedown, <i>Gasconade</i> departed <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> 8 May on a troop transport voyage to the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. Steaming via <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a>, she arrived <a href="/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a> 3 June. Loaded with mail and cargo, she steamed to San Francisco from 18 June to 6 July; thence transported additional troops to the Philippines. Arriving Leyte Gulf 2 August, she served as receiving ship until mid-August when she proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Manila_Bay" title="Manila Bay">Manila Bay</a> to stage for the Allied occupation of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Gasconade</i> departed Manila 20 August; and, as part of a huge transport task force carrying the first sea-borne occupation forces to Japan, she entered <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> 2 September while surrender terms were being signed on board <a href="/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)" title="USS Missouri (BB-63)">USS <i>Missouri</i> (BB-63)</a>. She debarked her troops at <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Yokosuka" title="United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a> 3 September; steamed to the Philippines from 4 to 11 September, then carried more occupation troops from <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima" title="Kure, Hiroshima">Kure</a>, Japan, from 19 September to 6 October. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Magic_Carpet">Operation Magic Carpet</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operation Magic Carpet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After returning to <a href="/wiki/Leyte_Gulf" title="Leyte Gulf">Leyte Gulf</a> 11 October, <i>Gasconade</i> embarked military passengers and sailed for the United States 17 October as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Magic_Carpet" title="Operation Magic Carpet">Operation Magic Carpet</a>. She reached <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, 2 November, transported occupation troops to <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>, Japan, 18 November to 5 December; and sailed 8 December on another Magic Carpet voyage, arriving <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> 19 December. After carrying a garrison force to <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> from 13 to 29 January 1946, she voyaged to Pearl Harbor from 30 January to 8 February with returning veterans embarked. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Crossroads">Operation Crossroads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Operation Crossroads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Gasconade_(APA-85)_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_(UA_471.07.01).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_%28UA_471.07.01%29.jpg/220px-USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_%28UA_471.07.01%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_%28UA_471.07.01%29.jpg/330px-USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_%28UA_471.07.01%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_%28UA_471.07.01%29.jpg/440px-USS_Gasconade_%28APA-85%29_is_sunk_as_a_target_ship_on_21_July_1948_%28UA_471.07.01%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5590" data-file-height="4534" /></a><figcaption><i>Gasconade</i> being sunk, 1948.</figcaption></figure> <p>Assigned to Joint Task Force 1, <i>Gasconade</i> during the next 3 months prepared for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Crossroads" title="Operation Crossroads">Operation Crossroads</a>, a program of <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic bomb">nuclear tests</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>. Departing Pearl Harbor 18 May in company with Transport Division 92, she reached <a href="/wiki/Bikini_Atoll" title="Bikini Atoll">Bikini Atoll</a>, Marshalls, 30 May. On 22 June her crew transferred to <a href="/wiki/USS_Bexar" title="USS Bexar">USS <i>Bexar</i> (APA-237)</a>. Designated a target ship for the experiments, she survived an atomic blast 18 July. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decommissioning_and_fate">Decommissioning and fate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Decommissioning and fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Gasconade</i> decommissioned in the Marshall Islands 28 August. In December she was taken in tow at <a href="/wiki/Kwajalein" class="mw-redirect" title="Kwajalein">Kwajalein</a> for transfer to the United States, where she arrived San Francisco 27 January 1947. After undergoing structural and <a href="/wiki/Radioactivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Radioactivity">radioactivity</a> tests, she was redesignated a target ship in March 1948. She was sunk by <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a> 21 July in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> off lower <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Gasconade&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1948" title="List of shipwrecks in 1948">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">9 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Podolsk" title="SS Podolsk"><i>Podolsk</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_George_Weems" title="SS George Weems"><i>George Weems</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jan: <a href="/wiki/ST_Oriana" title="ST Oriana"><i>Oriana</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Joseph_V._Connolly" title="SS Joseph V. Connolly"><i>Joseph V. Connolly</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hanazuki" title="Japanese destroyer Hanazuki"><i>Hanazuki</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Trippe_(DD-403)" title="USS Trippe (DD-403)">USS <i>Trippe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Feb: <i><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_L._Thebaud" title="Gertrude L. Thebaud">Gertrude L. Thebaud</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Feb: <a href="/wiki/USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38)" title="USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)">USS <i>Pennsylvania</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Feb: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_-_B" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Empire ships - B"><i>Soegio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Feb: <a href="/wiki/USS_Banner_(APA-60)" title="USS Banner (APA-60)">USS <i>Banner</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_Ralph_Talbot" title="USS Ralph Talbot">USS <i>Ralph Talbot</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Wilson" title="USS Wilson">USS <i>Wilson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_SC-632" title="USS SC-632">USS <i>SC-632</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bracken" title="USS Bracken">USS <i>Bracken</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Mar: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mugford_(DD-389)" title="USS Mugford (DD-389)">USS <i>Mugford</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Rhind" title="USS Rhind">USS <i>Rhind</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mayrant_(DD-402)" title="USS Mayrant (DD-402)">USS <i>Mayrant</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mustin_(DD-413)" title="USS Mustin (DD-413)">USS <i>Mustin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dawson" title="USS Dawson">USS <i>Dawson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Stack" title="USS Stack">USS <i>Stack</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Briscoe_(APA-65)" title="USS Briscoe (APA-65)">USS <i>Briscoe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Catron" title="USS Catron">USS <i>Catron</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Barrow" title="USS Barrow">USS <i>Barrow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Butte_(APA-68)" title="USS Butte (APA-68)">USS <i>Butte</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-545" title="USS LST-545">USS <i>LST-545</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Salt_Lake_City_(CA-25)" title="USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)">USS <i>Salt Lake City</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Altalena_Affair" title="Altalena Affair"><i>Altalena</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Conyngham_(DD-371)" title="USS Conyngham (DD-371)">USS <i>Conyngham</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Vendetta_(D69)" title="HMAS Vendetta (D69)">HMAS <i>Vendetta</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Wainwright_(DD-419)" title="USS Wainwright (DD-419)">USS <i>Wainwright</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_New_York_(BB-34)" title="USS New York (BB-34)">USS <i>New York</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jul: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Gasconade</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-661" title="USS LST-661">USS <i>LST-661</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36)" title="USS Nevada (BB-36)">USS <i>Nevada</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Skipjack_(SS-184)" title="USS Skipjack (SS-184)">USS <i>Skipjack</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Arleux" title="HMCS Arleux">HMCS <i>Arleux</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMIS_Jamnagar" title="HMIS Jamnagar"><i>Hellenic Bulbul</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Searaven" title="USS Searaven">USS <i>Searaven</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Tuna_(SS-203)" title="USS Tuna (SS-203)">USS <i>Tuna</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Oct: <a href="/wiki/USS_Skate_(SS-305)" title="USS Skate (SS-305)">USS <i>Skate</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Oct: <a href="/wiki/USS_Hughes" title="USS Hughes">USS <i>Hughes</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_sloop_El_Amir_Farouq" title="Egyptian sloop El Amir Farouq"><i>El Amir Farouq</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Jolee" title="SS Jolee"><i>Empire Flamingo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Oct: <a href="/wiki/1948_Gozo_luzzu_disaster" title="1948 Gozo luzzu disaster">Gozo <i>luzzu</i> disaster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Pensacola_(CA-24)" title="USS Pensacola (CA-24)">USS <i>Pensacola</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Hopestar" title="SS Hopestar"><i>Hopestar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Belfast" title="USS Belfast"><i>EK-3</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1105" title="German submarine U-1105"><i>U-1105</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Nov: <i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Whaling_and_Sealing_Company#Fleet" title="Southern Whaling and Sealing Company">Southern Flyer</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Kiangya" title="SS Kiangya"><i>Kiangya</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/MV_Koolama_(1937)" title="MV Koolama (1937)"><i>Koolama</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SMS_Schleswig-Holstein" title="SMS Schleswig-Holstein"><i>Schleswig-Holstein</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Take_(1919)" title="Japanese destroyer Take (1919)"><i>Take</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Barcoo" title="HMAS Barcoo">HMAS <i>Barcoo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">June (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/Batavia_Road_(boat)" title="Batavia Road (boat)"><i>Batavia Road</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Theresia_L_M_Russ" title="SS Theresia L M Russ"><i>Cronenburgh</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Aug: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Ebani" title="SS Ebani">Maristella</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1947" title="List of shipwrecks in 1947">1947</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1947" title="List of shipwrecks in 1947"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, 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