List of shipwrecks in 1989

The list of shipwrecks in 1989 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1989.

The 209,200-ton very large crude carrier ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, while carrying approximately 210,000 m3 (1.3 million bbl) of crude oil.

A major oil spill resulted.

[19] The buoy tender ran aground on a reef off of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior.

Originally intended to be salvaged, she was damaged further by winter storms and subsequently sunk as an artificial reef the next year.