South Oregon Coast
| Name | Date Wrecked | Vessel Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandon | 00 Jan 0000 | steamship | Coos Bay | Grounded several times before being sold. |
| Cohansa | 00 Jan 0000 | Coos Bay | No further information. | |
| Echo | 00 Jan 0000 | sternwheeler | Bandon | Refloated. |
| Jackson | 00 Jan 0000 | Coos Bay | No further information. | |
| New World | 00 Jan 0000 | Coos Bay | No further information. | |
| W.L. Hackstaff | 00 Aug 1849 | schooner | Gold Beach | Grounded at Rogue River. Survivors marched overland to the Willamette Valley. |
| Captain Lincoln | 30 Dec 1851 | schooner | Coos Bay | Survivors established Camp Castaway. |
| Anita | 00 Jan 1852 | barque | Port Orford | |
| Chansey | 00 May 1854 | Coos Bay | ||
| Quadratus | 00 Jan 1856 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Friendship | 00 Jan 1860 | barque | Sixes River | |
| Baltimore | 00 Jan 1861 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Cyclops | 00 Jan 1862 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Energy | 00 Jan 1862 | brig | Coos bay | One survivor. |
| Noyo | 00 Jan 1868 | schooner | Coos Bay | Burned when her cargo of lime ignited. |
| D.M. Hall | 03 Oct 1868 | barque | Coos Bay | |
| Alaska | 00 Dec 1869 | schooner | Bandon | |
| Ida D. Rogers | 15 Dec 1869 | brig | Coos Bay | |
| Commodore | 00 Jan 1870 | steamship | Coos Bay | |
| Charles Devans | 00 Feb 1870 | barque | Coos Bay | |
| Occident | 3 May 1870 | barquentine | Bandon | |
| Bunkalation | 00 Jul 1870 | schooner | Cape Blanco | |
| Jenny Thelin | 00 Jan 1874 | schooner | Refloated. Lost for good later at Punta Maria, California. | |
| Laura May | 00 Jan 1874 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Northwester | 00 Jan 1875 | schooner | Gold Beach | |
| Mary Schowner | 00 Jan 1876 | schooner | Bandon | |
| Messenger | 00 Jan 1876 | Sternwheeler | Coos Bay | |
| Harriet Rose | 28 Jan 1876 | schooner | Port Orford | |
| Perpetua | 24 Oct 1876 | brig | Coos Bay | Foundered in a gale offshore. |
| Oregonian | 16 Jan 1877 | schooner | Bandon | |
| Esther Colos | 21 Oct 1879 | schooner | Gold Beach | |
| Gussie Telfair | 25 Sep 1880 | steamship | Coos Bay | Formerly a Confederate blockade runner named the Gertrude that had been captured. |
| Victoria | 28 Nov 1883 | steamship | Port Orford / Cape Blanco | |
| Mose | 28 Jul 1884 | Port Orford | ||
| Escort | 21 Dec 1886 | tugboat | Coos Bay | Sank in bay when it's boiler exploded. |
| Dawn | 03 Feb 1887 | scow | Coos Bay | Drifted for nine days before being towed into Coos Bay. However, abandoned due to the ship being water logged. |
| Ocean King | 26 Dec 1887 | cargo ship | Cape Blanco | Destroyed by on board fire. |
| Julia H. Ray | 26 Jan 1889 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Parkersburg | 18 Nov 1889 | schooner | Bandon | Ran aground during storm attempting to enter Coquille River. |
| Rosalind | 18 Feb 1890 | schooner | Gold Beach | |
| Express | 08 Sep 1891 | steamship | Coos bay | Destroyed by fire. |
| General Butler | 08 Dec 1891 | barque | Coos bay / Cape Blanco | Started breaking up 100 miles (160 km) offshore. Part of hull drifted north and ran aground at the Yaquina jetty. |
| Charles W. Wetmore | 08 Sep 1892 | steamship | Coos Bay | Previously ran afoul of Columbia Bar after rudder came loose. |
| Emily | 17 Jul 1893 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | Repaired and renamed the Arago. The re-christened Arago sank at the same location. |
| T.W. Lucas | 24 Oct 1894 | brig | Port Orford | |
| Bawnmore | 28 Aug 1895 | steamship | Bandon | |
| Ella Laurena | 18 Dec 1895 | schooner | Coos Bay | Abandoned by crew during a storm. Found ran aground the next day. |
| Arago | 20 Oct 1896 | steamboat | Coos Bay | Struck bar previously in 1891 at same location. |
| Cyclone | 00 Jan 1897 | schooner | Destroyed by fire prior to launch. | |
| Moro | 06 Dec 1897 | gas schooner | Bandon | |
| Eureka | 30 Nov 1899 | schooner | Bandon | |
| Monterey | 19 May 1900 | power schooner | Coos Bay | Salvaged and converted into a whaler. |
| Baroda | 29 Aug 1901 | barque | Bandon | Refloated. Converted into barge. |
| South Portland | 19 Oct 1903 | steamboat | Cape Blanco | |
| Fulton | 12 Feb 1904 | Port Orford | ||
| Western Home | 13 Nov 1904 | schooner | Bandon | |
| Del Norte | 00 Jan 1905 | steam schooner | Bandon | Collided with the vessel Sea Foam. |
| Onward | 25 Feb 1905 | schooner | Bandon | |
| Sacramento | 15 Oct 1905 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Melanope | 00 Dec 1906 | barge | Cape Blanco | Began as a Cape Horn windjammer in 1876, turned into a barge after damage at Cape Blanco in 1906. Sunk to form part of breakwater at Royston, British Columbia in 1946. |
| Daisy | 00 Jan 1907 | schooner | Destroyed by forest fire prior to launch. | |
| Chinook | 12 Apr 1907 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Novelty | 20 Sep 1907 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Marconi | 23 Mar 1909 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Czarina | 12 Jan 1910 | steamship | Bandon | |
| San Buenaventura | 14 Jan 1910 | schooner | Cape Blanco | Abandoned. Final resting spot unknown. |
| Washcalore | 21 May 1911 | oil schooner | Gold Beach | |
| North Star #1 | 20 Jan 1912 | Motor launch | Coos Bay | |
| Osprey | 01 Nov 1912 | gas schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Advent | 08 Feb 1913 | schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Randolph | 15 Apr 1915 | gas schooner | Bandon | |
| Claremont | 22 May 1915 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Santa Clara | 02 Nov 1915 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | Formally named John S. Kimball and then James Dollar. |
| Fifield | 21 Feb 1916 | steam schooner | Bandon | Second ship named Fifield. |
| Sinaloa | 15 Jun 1917 | gas schooner | Cape Blanco | |
| Wallacut | 03 Nov 1918 | barge | Coos Bay | |
| Rustler | 24 Aug 1919 | Destroyed by on board fire. | ||
| J.A. Chanslor | 18 Dec 1919 | oiler | Cape Blanco | |
| Adel | 02 Oct 1920 | Coos Bay | ||
| Joan of Arc | 15 Nov 1920 | steamboat | Gold Beach | |
| Ozmo | 17 May 1922 | schooner | Port Orford | Originally christened as Hugh Hogan |
| Sea Eagle | 20 Nov 1822 | tugboat | Coos Bay | Wrecked while towing the vessel Ecola. The Ecola survived. |
| Brush | 26 Apr 1923 | steamship | Coos Bay | |
| C.A. Smith | 16 Dec 1923 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Columbia | 17 Feb 1924 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Acme | 31 Oct 1924 | steam schooner | Bandon | |
| Admiral Wainright | 00 Jan 1927 | steamboat | Bandon | Refloated. |
| Mary E. Moore | 23 Feb 1927 | steam schooner | Bandon | |
| Sujameco | 28 Feb 1929 | steamboat | Coos Bay | Ran aground at Horsfall Beach in heavy fog missing Coos Bay entrance by a few miles. During WWII much of the hull was scrapped for iron. The wreck is partially visible each winter due to seasonal sand movement; more than usual emerged April 2010. |
| Fort Bragg | 14 Sep 1932 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | Hit south jetty and ran aground inland. |
| E. L. Smith | 01 Jan 1936 | gas schooner | Bandon | |
| Phyllis | 09 Mar 1936 | steam schooner | Port Orford | Scuttled by captain after ship sprang a leak. |
| Golden West | 29 Mar 1936 | cargo ship | Bandon | |
| Golden Bear | 00 Jan 1937 | cargo ship | Coos Bay | Superstructure began to fall apart, incapacitating the ship and crew. Towed by the Active and converted into a barge. Now a part of a breakwater in British Columbia. |
| Cottoneva | 10 Feb 1937 | steam schooner | Port Orford | Originally christened as Frank D. Stout |
| Willapa #2 | 02 Dec 1941 | steam schooner | Port Orford | Formerly christened Florence Olson. Crew saved by local fishermen. |
| Camden | 04 Oct 1942 | oiler | Coos Bay | Torpedoed off Coos Bay by Japanese submarine I-25. Towed north by tug Kenai to attempt salvage. Sank off Grays Harbor several days later. |
| Larry Doheny | 05 Oct 1942 | oiler | Gold Beach | Torpedoed and sank off Gold Beach by Japanese submarine I-25. |
| Susan Olson | 15 Nov 1942 | steam schooner | Port Orford | Formerly named the Willamette and California. |
| Y M S #133 | 21 Feb 1943 | minesweeper | Coos Bay | |
| George L. Olson | 23 Jun 1944 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | Formerly named the Ryder Hanify. |
| Alvarado | 16 Mar 1945 | steam schooner | Coos Bay | |
| Ida M. | 23 Sep 1948 | Coos Bay | ||
| Alice H. | 23 Sep 1950 | Port Orford | ||
| Helen E. | 00 Sep 1951 | patrol boat | Coos Bay | Grounded and burned. |
| Cynthia Olson | 09 Jun 1952 | cargo ship | Bandon | Salvaged by crew of the Salvage Chief and repaired. Sister ship of the Oliver Olson. |
| Oliver Olson | 03 Nov 1953 | cargo ship | Bandon | Filled with rocks and sank as extension of the south Coquille River jetty. Sister ship of the Cynthia Olson. |
| Port of Pasco #510 | 12 Dec 1953 | barge | Coos Bay | |
| Andrew Jackson | 05 Mat 1954 | Gold Beach | ||
| New Carissa | 04 Feb 1999 | cargo ship | Coos Bay | After running aground, oil cargo was burned out. Half of the ship remained beached while the other half was taken out to sea and scuttled. Remaining half has since been scrapped. |
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