List of shipwrecks in 1921

List of shipwrecks in 1921

The list of shipwrecks in 1921 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1921.__NOTOC__

June

June 13

* UC-97 (Germany): Sunk about 20 miles east of Highland Park, IL in Lake Michigan as a target ship by the USS Wilmette. US Navy records indicate the location of its sinking at 42 10'N, 87 20'W.

July

July 13

* "G-102" (Germany): Sunk about 60 miles off the Virginia Capes as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell

July 18

* "Frankfurt" (Germany): Sunk as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell

July 21

* U-117 (Germany): Sunk off the coast of Virginia, near Cape Charles as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell

* "Ostfriesland" (Germany): Sunk as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell

September

September 21

* "Woolsey" (navy|USA): Sunk near Panama in the Pacific Ocean in a collision with the merchant SS "Steel Inventor"

September 27

* "Alabama" (navy|USA): Sunk in Chesapeake Bay as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell

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