USS YC-673 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The submarine was scheduled to pass through the heavily mined Balabac Strait south of Palawan before heading to the Natuna Islands. If correct, it would make Bullhead possibly the last American ship sunk by enemy action in the Second World War. She would earn 16 battle stars for her service in WWII, and was sold for scrap in 1959. Fisheries II (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USS YC-717 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS PC-590 destroyed by grounding during typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. The ship's engine room and much of her machinery was demolished. PT-346 destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft, mistaken identification, near Cape Pomas, New Britain Island, 29 April 1944. After sending by radio and signal lamp: "Warning! USS YCF-42 lost, December 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 8 February 1945. Four of the five American cruisers were hit by torpedoes, killing hundreds of men. Forty two men were killed and another forty one wounded. The ship had been waiting to refuel and was not prepared to ride out the storm. 9 men were killed and 21 wounded. On 31 August 1942, a torpedo from I-26 sent her back to Pearl Harbor until November. Many salvos exploded close aboard or passed directly overhead; and, though no destroyer fire hit Kalinin Bay directly, she took ten more eight-inch hits from the now obscured cruisers. New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981. She received a direct hit just abaft the bridge, but was able to stay on station long enough to lay a smoke screen for Texas. USSIntrepid(CV-11) was struck by a torpedo bomber during Operation Hailstone which killed 11 men. PT-28 damaged beyond repair in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 12 January 1943. Once outside the harbor of Balboa, Panama, PC-460 sent a visual message informing the escort was about turn around and return to port, but unfortunately only S-21 saw the signal. Within a minute, however, Japanese shells bracketed the ship and Vincennes shuddered under the impact of Japanese eight-inch armor-piercing shells. The cause for the loss of the Scamp and her sixty man crew remains unsolved. USSNavajo(AT-64) sunk by Japanese submarine I-39 east of the New Hebrides Islands, 12 September 1943. Her crew struggled to put out the fires, repair the damage, and keep the ship afloat but their efforts were in vain. USSKanawha(AO-1) damaged by Japanese aircraft at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 April 1943, sinks on 8 April 1943. An order went out to blow main ballast but it was too late. Braine managed to make it back to the states under her own power with her remaining crew. UNITED STATES NAVAL SHIPS SUNK OR DAMAGED BY ENEMY TORPEDO, BOMBS, OR GUNFIRE. After six months of stateside repairs, Portland rejoined the fleet in early June 1943. 33 of her crew was killed and another 40 wounded. Intense fire splashed two close aboard, but a third plane crashed into the port side of the flight deck. Recent research has suggested the Japanese laid lines of fresh mines out across areas where Capelin should have been operating at the time. The ship was back in service by October 1944. The task force then retired to Tulagi for temporary repairs, and then departed for the large naval base at Pearl Harbor. . The two fleets engaged each other around 23:15. The Buck flooded quickly and sank within four minutes. PT-323 destroyed by kamikaze attack, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1944. She survived the war to be scrapped in 1959. Minutes later at 07:56, a torpedo fired from Japanese submarine I-56 struck the ship, causing flooding of several compartments and creating a 6 list to starboard. Only 316 of the nearly 900 men set adrift after the sinking survived. Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft. Maryann (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. 31 January 1945. USSLong(DD-209) was conducting minesweeping operations in Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when a "Zero" kamikaze crashed into get portside, below the bridge about 1ft above the water line. Sunk by Japanese assault demolition boats off entrance to Mariveles harbor. The sub quickly sank in less than a minute but fifteen men were able to escape the stricken boat. Another suicide plane hit the ship at 17:45, further spreading fires and igniting the ship's ammunition storages. Denis Warner, Peggy Warner, and Sadao Seno. However by 15 August, Bullhead had not arrived at her scheduled position nor was her crew responding to any attempts to communicate by her fellow submarines. USS PE-56 sunk by German submarine U-853 off Portland, Maine, 23 April 1945. With the port waterway awash at noon, Commodore William G. Greenman gave the order to abandon ship. Severely damaged by grounding and scrapped. From available information culled together after the war, it is most likely that Grampus was caught on the surface the night of 5 March 1943, and was sunk by gunfire from Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame passing through Blackett Strait where the sub was supposed to be operating. USS LCT(5)-496 sunk in the English Channel, 2 October 1943. When the turret responded with Astoria's 12th and final salvo, the shells missed Kinugasa but struck the No. 102 crewmen were lost. USS YP-345 sunk south-east of Midway Island, 31 October 1942. After receiving repairs at Puget Sound, she rejoined the fleet. 28 men were wounded. USSQuincy(CA-39) While on patrol in the channel between Florida Island and Savo Island, in the early hours of 9 August, Quincy was attacked by a large Japanese naval force during the Battle of Savo Island. Chester would earn 11 battle stars for her service in WWII. The Naval losses were 214 ships and submarines totaling 577,626 tons. For her service in WWII she was awarded 16 Battle Stars. USS PC-1129 sunk by Japanese Suicide boat off Nasugbu, Luzon, Philippine Islands, The Japanese took the bait and sank the ship along with its escort (LSM-59) on 21 June 1945. Hit by a German glider bomb and heavily damaged. All crew with the exception of a fifty-man damage control party abandoned the ship into life rafts. USS YSP-44 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Damaged on beach in Normandy and abandoned. Rowan sank in less than a minute, taking 202 of her crew down with her. No other US submarine bedsides Pompano would have been operating in this area. Kidd was dead in the water and had to be protected by fellow ships while her crew got the engines going again, thirty eight men were killed and another fifty five wounded. The ship came to a complete stop to avoid colliding with the larger cruiser, but before she could get moving again Barton was hit by two torpedoes amidships fired by Amatsukaze. While leaving the Guadalcanal area on 9 August 1942, at 0130 she steamed right past a Japanese task force on their way to meet the Americans near Savo Island. USS LCT(5)-200 sunk off northern France, June 1944. Lambert, John, and Al Ross. Postwar analysis of Japanese records proved to be inconclusive as there were no reports of attacks on US submarines in the area, and the circumstances surrounding the loss of mystery Kete has eluded history. The ship took on water and settled in the dock, her stern underwater. Struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser. How many US ships were sunk by Japan in World War 2? Zane was repaired and continued her service until scrapping after the war. USSHouston(CA-30) and her task force were sailing to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy bound for Makassar on 4 February 1942 when she became the target of an enemy aerial bomb that put Turret 3 out of commission, killing 48 men and wounding 20. The Cassin would return to service by April 1944. Throughout the battle, St. Although survivors could be heard in the water, the Japanese destroyer did not bother to rescue anybody. Kimberly would survive the war to service with the Republic of China Navy until 1999, afterwards she was sunk in 2003 as a target. A near-miss by dive bombers caused flooding which prompted the crew to abandon ship just as the Japanese cruisers closed for the kill. No hits had been received below the waterline. The oil-fed flames engulfed Pensacola's main deck aft where ammunition exploded. USSDrayton(DD-366) was operating in the Philippines near San Pedro Bay when on 7 December 1944 she was attacked by strafing Japanese planes. One crewman was slightly wounded when a piece of the enemy plane's wingtip struck his head. Serviceable life jackets and rafts were broken out, and the crew began abandoning ship. These are a few of the notable incidents: USS Bullhead Grounded by Typhoon Louise. At 20:00, the Coast Guard cutter contacted Pearl Harbor for help. USSPecos(AO-6) sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Christmas Island, 1 March 1942. She would take part in an operation to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing their island garrisons on Attu and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians. Within the next couple of months, three more U-boats were sunk along the North Carolina coast: one by a U.S. Army Air Corps bomber, one by a U.S. Coast Guard patrol ship, and one by a U.S. Navy destroyer. While attempting to make open sea; William B Preston was struck by a bomb aft near the deckhouse near the living area disabling steering. Ex-USSRochester(CA-2) scuttled as a block ship in Subic Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 24 December 1941. A slick of oil appeared as the sub went down making almost certain the she did not survive. Juneau withdrew from the action, and after the melee was over proceeded to Espiritu Santo with other ships damaged in the night's action. On 6 January 1945 while escorting a minesweeper group off Lingayen Gulf, O'Brien was targeted by two kamikazes at 1427. The last known communication between Snook and friendly forces was on 8 April, after which the submarine and her crew disappeared and were never seen or heard from again. USSWahoo(SS-238) left Midway Island on 13 September for her seventh patrol of the war, heading for the Sea of Japan to hunt cargo ships. Talomo Bay, Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines. USS LCT(5)-182 sunk off the Solomon Islands, 7 August 1944. At the end of her first circle, she fired on the battleship Hiei, with her forward turrets. The ship's crew made temporary repairs while moored at Florida Island and proceeded to Espiritu Santo, and finally back to Pearl Harbor by 29 December 1942. Postwar analysis of Japanese records conclude that on 28 September, an American submarine was repeatedly attacked by aircraft and surface vessels until a large oil slick and debris appeared on the ocean surface. While underway on 23 Aug, USS Tennessee collided with California after a steering malfunction. During the intense gunfire, at 00:13 Cooper was struck amidships on her starboard side by a torpedo, most likely from the Japanese destroyerTake. Only supreme effort and skillful damage control by her men saved the ship. . USS YCF-59 lost off Delaware, January 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. USS YW-55 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The USCGC cutter detected the submarine by sound several times but the signal got more distant as time went on. Suffering from the effects of at least 65 hits, Astoria fought for her life. Chicago steamed west for 40 minutes away from the battle to tend her torpedo damage. USS LCI(G)-82 sunk by Japanese suicide boat off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945. USSEdsall(DD-219) was responding to distress calls from USS Pecos near Java on 1 Mar 1942 when she stumbled upon Kido Butai; Japan's fast carrier force escorted by two battleships. USSShark(SS-314) was on her third patrol of the war hunting Japanese shipping near the Luzon Strait when on 24 October 1944, the Shark reported to nearby American they were preparing to attack an enemy freighter. After leaving Tinian the ship stopped at Guam where a number of her crew who had completed their tours of duty were relieved by other sailors. On 24 August, the Navy reported Bullhead as missing and presumed lost. Glennon was towed in an attempt to salvage her but on 9 June 1945, a German shore battery found its range on the ship and hit her with salvos of shells. USS LCT(5)-28 sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 May 1943. Steering and engine control were temporarily lost, then regained. 2 vols. USSBrownson(DD-518) was screening landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 43 when at 14:42 she was hit by two bombs from a "Val" dive bomber which struck starboard of centerline near the number two stack. USSAsphalt(IX-153) destroyed after grounding on a reef during a storm at Saipan, Marianas Islands, 6 October 1944. The second bomb struck the rear superfiring turret roof; it penetrated but failed to explode. Changing course, it came in over the stern, fired incendiary ammunition at the bridge, and on reaching the island structure, nosed over and crashed the flight deck. USSTrigger(SS-237) was on her twelfth patrol of the war in the East China Sea hunting cargo ships in March 1945. Former destroyer converted to damage control hulk. USS YMS-350 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 2 July 1944. Her list increased, first to 10 and then 15. Despite valiant efforts of her crew to save the ship, the fires were out of control and ignited the forward magazine. 51 were killed and 81 were wounded. The two sides clashed in the Battle of Tassafaronga. The plane's bomb penetrated the deck, exploding in the engine room, and knocked out all water pressure to fight the fires. The plane's bomb passed through the ship, exploding close enough for shrapnel to kill and injure several men. USSLittle(DD-79) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies and reinforcements to Guadalcanal when at 01:00 on 5 September 1942, Little and her sister ship Gregory encountered three Japanese destroyers of the "Tokyo Express". USS LCT(5)-208 sunk off Algeria, 20 June 1943. USSDaly(DD-519) was providing fire support for forces at Okinawa when on 28 April 1945 at 17:00, a raid of kamikazes targeted Daly and her group of ships. USSSouthard(DD-207) was conducting minesweeping operations in Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when she was attacked by kamikazes in the afternoon. USS LCT(5)-340 sunk, 9 February 1944 and stricken from the Navy List, 6 March 1944. During the intervening period, the Japanese shells had sparked a series of fires, which the damage control parties struggled to contain, and the situation seemed to be deteriorating. Wreckage and an oil slick developed and the Japanese assumed the vessel had been destroyed. Off Choiseul Island, near Bougainville, Solomon Islands. USS YMS-21 sunk by a mine off Toulon, France, 1 September 1944. USSBarry(DD-248) was on patrol off Okinawa on 25 May when she was attacked by two kamikazes off Okinawa. USSS-36(SS-141) was proceeding to Surabaya, Java on her second patrol of the war when at 04:04 on 20 January 1942, the sub was transiting through the Makassar Strait and was grounded on the Taka Bakang Reef. USS LST-333 sunk by German submarine U-593 off Dellys, Algeria, 22 June 1943. USS YC-664 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The ship was split in half by an enormous explosion and sank at 14:59, taking one hundred eight crew down with her. The ship quickly sank in less than six minutes, taking forty-seven crewmen down with her. These ships were 56 metres (184 ft) long and their construction required 2,800 oak trees and 40 kilometres (25 mi) of rope; they carried a crew of about 800 sailors and soldiers. USSShelton(DE-407) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-41 off Morotai Island, 3 October 1944. She returned to the states for two months of repairs and modernization. USSBryant(DD-665) was rushing provide relief to fellow radar picket destroyer USSLaffey(DD-724) on 16 Apr 45 when she herself came under attack by six "Zero" fighters closed on the warship in a shallow glide. At 01:57 the Americans opened up with radar directed fire, quickly sinking several enemy destroyers. USS YPK-7 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Ward would be sunk by gunfire from escorting destroyers. The De Haven settled rapidly and sank two miles east of Savo Island, taking 167 lives of her crew down with her. USS YC-891 lost off Key West, Florida, 18 April 1943. 5 men were killed during the battle. PT-41 destroyed to prevent capture on road to Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 15 April 1942. Kalk made for San Francisco to make repairs and returned to fight the war in October 1944. The ship began to flood, but was quickly brought under control and the ship headed to Kerama Retto for repairs. Damage was minimal and days later the ship resumed her duty. The ship rapidly took hits from all sides, and by 12:36 she was ordered abandoned. The fourth hit destroyed the aft port stack. A four-degree list was quickly corrected by shifting ballast, but the steering problem could not be overcome and the ship was forced to steam in circles to starboard. USSUtah(AG-16) was hit by two torpedoes dropped from B5N "Kate" bombers at the onset of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Thirty minutes later, all major fires were out, and salvage work had been started. The United States Navy is a powerhouse. USSBennett(DD-473) was escorting landing ships off Okinawa on 7 April 1945 when the task force was attacked by a swarm of kamikazes. Salvaged on 17 February 1945, but not returned to active service. Probably captured with fall of Corregidor. A Japanese plane dove down out of the cloud cover and hit the water close aboard to the Claxton, its bomb detonating in the water. 11 of her crew were killed and 4 others wounded. Henley dodged the first two warheads, but a third torpedo struck the ship on her portside; exploded in her boiler rooms, and broke her keel which nearly halved the ship in two. Despite the damage, Louisville continued bombarding enemy positions and shot down several planes before she put in for repairs. The Japanese lost 1,178 Merchant Ships sunk for a tonnage total of 5,053,491 tons. The bridge, carpenter shop, "Battle II," and radio antenna trunks all were hit by the first salvo. USS YF-86 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. After opening fire and throwing the Japanese ships into disarray, the Americans continued on course to bear all guns and torpedoes on the enemy. Three miles northeast of Monterey, California. The plane smashed into the ship's main radio transmitter room spreading a large fire over the ship's superstructure, fortunately the plane had lost its bomb as it violently maneuvered to hit the ship, certainly sparing the ship more damage. USS LST-563 grounded off Clipperton Island, southwest Pacific, 22 December 1944, and abandoned, 9 February 1945. PT-165 lost in transit, tanker torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17, 100 miles south of Nouma, New Caledonia, 24 May 1943. The two submarine captains agreed to position themselves ahead of the convoy for a better attack angle after a brief gunfight with escorting vessels had driven the two subs away. Scuttled to prevent capture. YP-284 sunk by surface ships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 25 October 1942. USS YC-648 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Postwar analysis of Japanese records conclude that the most likely cause of Golet's loss came on 14 June 1944 when several Japanese anti-submarine vessels depth charged an American submarine until a large slick of oil, debris, and cork floated to the surface. Escorting ships rescued her 1,049 survivors. The order to abandon ship was given. The plane's bomb detonated inside the ship, killing three men outright and wounding eighteen others. On 5 November 1944, a kamikaze aircraft struck the ship's island, causing extensive damage and killing 50 men. Off Leyte Gulf on 1 November 1944, Claxton was coming to the aid of stricken destroyer USS Abner Read, which was sinking after several kamikaze strikes. San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 June 1943. She was steaming 800 yards off the starboard quarter of San Francisco, down by the bow and making a steady 13 kn when she was spotted by Japanese submarine I-26. She was gone in less than thirty seconds. The battleship USS West Virginia provided cover for the Butler while the crew worked to get power working again. On 5 June 1945, she was again hit by a kamikaze (initially identified as a friendly plane). USSHarder(SS-257) disembarked on her sixth patrol of the war in company with two other submarines on 5 August 1944 to hunt Japanese shipping in the South China Sea off Luzon. USSMississippi(BB-41) suffered an explosion in her number two turret during bombardment of Makin Island on 20 November 1943 which killed forty-three men. She was scrapped in 1975 after a prestigious career. She returned to Espiritu Santo under her own power for emergency repairs on 23 October. USS YC-715 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Nicholson was hit by a 4-inch shell that struck in the Number 2 ammunition handling room, killing three crewmen and wounding another four. The crew camouflaged their ship from air attack, jury-rigged a bow of coconut logs, and worked clearing away wreckage. As the crew abandoned ship, a large explosion, likely from the detonation of the torpedoes within the hangar deck, rocked the ship. Early in the morning on June 4, the Japanese struck the island of Midway. USS LCT(6)-1358 sunk off California, 4 May 1945. The second plane scored a hit on the light cruiser. Hank put up a furious barrage of defensive fire which caused the kamikaze pilot to miss his target, splashing the sea just a few yards away and exploding. The survivors were transported to Japan on board different vessels, one of which was sunk by another US submarine, taking the lives of another twenty more Sculpin crewmen. The fires were deemed to be out of control and the crew abandoned ship. List of United States Navyand Coast Guardships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946,[1]sorted by type and name. The loss of the Snook remains a mystery to this day. She was scrapped in 1957 after a lengthy, prestigious career. USS LST-6 sunk by a mine in the Seine River while en route from Rouen, Zambia to Portland, England, 18 November 1941. Severely damaged in a storm. USS LST-472 sunk by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 December 1944. A large group of Japanese bombers soon appeared at 09:30 and circled the two American ships searching for the reported carrier but settled on the Sims and Neosho when their fuel ran low. USS LSMR-190 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. The plane hit the ship's number three gun mount, igniting a large fire. 17 September 1945. Sunk after grounding on a reef. Astoria lost steering control on the bridge at about 02:25, shifted control to central station, and began steering a zig-zag course south. Captain John L. Pratt issued the order to abandon ship at 19:05. Both the hangar and flight decks were heavily damaged. YP-453 destroyed by grounding in the Bahama Islands, 15 April 1943. When the flagship Minneapolis was struck by two torpedoes, New Orleans, next astern, was forced to sheer away to avoid collision, and ran into the track of a torpedo which detonated the ship's forward magazines and gasoline tanks. This book has a complete list in the back of . At 02:16, the cruiser was hit by a torpedo from Aoba, and the ship's remaining guns were silenced. It then spun across the deck and landed in the water on the portside.
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