SINKEX
SINKEX or Sink Exercise is a US military term for the test of a weapons system usually involving a torpedo or missile attack of an unmanned target ship.

The US Navy sometimes refers to this type of exercise as a HULKEX (Hulk + Exercise). Also, the US Navy uses SINKEX to train its sailors on the usage of modern-day weapons.

This technique is used to dispose of decommissioned warships. The U.S. Navy performs SINKEX north of Kauai, Hawaii; the Pacific Ocean, off the Californian coast;

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NW of Hawaii
1 fathom = 6 feet
Ship Type Date Location Depth
USS Barbour County LST 1195 6-Apr-04 22° 57' 20.0" N  / 160° 05' 1.5" W  2,560 fathoms
USS Ingersoll  DD 990 ?? Same general area ??
USS Harold E. Holt FF 1074 ?? Same general area ??
USS Decatur DDG 31 ?? Same general area ??
USS Horne CG 30 ?? Same general area ??
USS Harry W. Hill DD 986 15-Jul-04 23° 01' 16.0" N / 159° 54' 12.0" W ??
USS Kinkaid DD 965 14-Jul-04 22° 55' 31.5" N / 159° 59' 40.5" W ??
USS Worden CG 18 17-Jun-00 22° 57' 01.0" N / 160° 00' 00.2" W 2,560 fathoms
USS Fletcher DD 992 16-Jul-08 23° 01' 12.0" N / 159° 59' 54.0" W 2,670 fathoms
USS White Plains AFS 4 8-Jul-02 22° 55' 00.9" N / 160° 10' 00.3" W 2,570 fathoms
USS Buchanan DDG 14 14-Jun-00 22° 54' 34.0" N / 160° 27' 00.7" W 2,540 fathoms
USS Leftwich DD 984 1-Aug-03 22° 48' 47.0" N / 160° 34' 00.0" W 2,570 fathoms
USS Merrill DD 976 1-Aug-03 22° 43' 53.0" N / 160° 29' 23.0" W 2,573 fathoms
USS Richard S. Edwards DD 950 10-Apr-97 22° 38' 54.0" N / 160° 57' 29.0" W 2,499 fathoms
USS Somers DDG 34 22-Jul-98 22° 21' 00.0" N / 160° 58' 00.0" W 2,800 fathoms
USS Rathburne  FF 1057 5-Jul-02 22° 11' 42.0" N / 160° 13' 07.0" W 2,552 fathoms










    Off California Coast
1 fathom = 6 feet
Ship Type Date Location Depth
USS Okinawa LPH 3 6-Jun-02 31° 27' 03.0" N / 119° 42' 63.0" W 2,020 fathoms
USS John Paul Jones DDG 32 31-Jan-01 32° 00' 06.0" N / 121° 36' 23.0" W 1,988 fathoms
USS Hull DD 945 7-Apr-98 32° 35' 00.9" N / 120° 32' 00.3" W ??
USS Arcata YTB 768 2-Oct-04 33° 10' 20.0" N / 120° 57' 01.0" W 1,315 fathoms












      Atlantic
1 fathom = 6 feet
Ship Type Date Location Depth
USS Dale CG 19 6-Apr-00 37° 35' 59.0" N / 70° 45' 04.0" W 2,150 fathoms
USS Inchon MCS 12 5-Dec-04 36° 42' 30.0" N / 71° 40' 00.0" W 2,150 fathoms
USS Portland LSD 37 26-Apr-04 34° 55' 48.9" N / 70° 14' 56.3" W 2,621 fathoms
USS Belknap CG 26 24-Sep-98 36° 31' 00.3" N / 71° 58' 00.5" W 2,050 fathoms
USS America CV 66 14-May-05 33° 09' 00.0" N / 71° 39' 00.0" W 2,810 fathoms
USS Guam LPH 9 16-Oct-01 31° 14' 22.0" N / 71° 16' 35.0" W 1,166 fathoms
USS Samuel Gompers AD 37 22-Jul-03 31° 17' 10.0" N / 73° 51' 40.0" W ??
USS Dixon AS 37 21-Jul-03 31° 16' 17.9" N / 73° 57' 46.2" W 2,805 fathoms