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This list of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy lists all vessels sunk by ships commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and by Japanese naval aircraft, listed alphabetically by ship name.

Australia

See also: List of ships sunk by Axis warships in Australian waters

Britain

Warships

  • HMS Cornwall: British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Dorsetshire: British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Electra: British destroyer sunk 27 February 1942 by naval gun fire during the Battle of the Java Sea.
  • HMS Encounter: British destroyer sunk 1 March 1942 by naval gunfire.
  • HMS Exeter: British heavy cruiser sunk 1 March 1942 by naval gunfire and a torpedo from Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi during the Battle of Java Sea.
  • HMS Hermes: British aircraft carrier sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Hollyhock: British corvette sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Pathfinder:. British Destroyer sunk 11 February 1945 by aircraft off Ramree Island, Burma.
  • HMS Porpoise: British Submarine sunk 1945 by aircraft possibly assisted by naval escorts.[1]
  • HMS Prince of Wales: British battleship sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
  • HMS Repulse: British battlecruiser sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
  • HMS Stonehenge: British submarine, overdue and assumed mined 1944.
  • HMS Stratagem: British submarine sunk 22 November 1944 by sub-chaser CH-35.[2]
  • HMS Stronghold: British destroyer sunk 1942.
  • HMS Tenedos: British destroyer sunk April 5, 1942 during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Thanet: British destroyer sunk on January 27,1942 by light cruiser Sendai and five destroyers.
  • HMS Thracian: British destroyer badly damaged by bombing December 16, 1941 and scuttled. Later raised by the Japanese and put into service as PB-101.[3]
  • HMS Grasshopper
  • HMS Dragonfly
  • HMS Scorpion British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri.[4]
  • HMS Peterel British gunboat sunk by naval gunfire at Shanghai December 8, 1941.
  • HMS Cicala

Auxiliaries

Netherlands

New Zealand

  • HMNZS Moa (T233): New Zealand minesweeper sunk on 7 April 1943 by aircraft at Tulagi Harbour in the Solomon Islands

United States of America

Aircraft Carriers

Escort Carriers

Battleships

  • USS Arizona: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • USS California: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
  • USS Nevada: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
  • USS Oklahoma: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised and sank while under tow to the scrappers.

Cruisers

Destroyers

Destroyer Escorts

Submarines

  • USS S-44 Sunk 7 October 1943 by escort Ishigaki.[10]
  • USS Argonaut Sunk 10 January 1943 by destroyers Maikaze and Isokaze.[10]
  • USS Shark Sunk 11 February 1942 by destroyer Yamakaze.[10]
  • USS Perch Sunk 3 March 1942 by destroyer Ushio.[10]
  • USS Pickerel Sunk 3 April 1943 by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary sub-chaser Bunzan Maru.
  • USS Pompano Sunk August or September 1943 by either surface and air attack or Japanese mines.[10]
  • USS Sculpin Sunk 19 November 1943 by destroyer Yamagumo.[10]
  • USS Swordfish Possibly sunk 4 January 1945 by kaibokan CD-4 or a mine.[10]
  • USS Sealion: Damaged by bombing on 10 December 1941 at Cavite, Luzon, later scuttled.[10]
  • USS Triton Sunk 15 March 1943 by destroyer Satsuki or sub-chaser CH-24.[10]
  • USS Trout Sunk 8 February 1944 by destroyer Asashimo.[10]
  • USS Grampus Sunk 5 March 1943 by destroyers Minegumo and Murasame or by 958th Kokutai naval aircraft.[10]
  • USS Grayback Sunk 27 February 1944 by land-based B5N2 Kates from Okinawa.[10]
  • USS Grayling Sunk 9 September 1943 by ramming from transport Hokuan Maru.[10]
  • USS Grenadier Sunk 22 April 1943 by 936th Kokutai seaplanes.[10]
  • USS Gudgeon Sunk 18 April 1944 by 901st Kokutai naval aircraft.[10]
  • USS Growler Sunk 8 November 1944 by destroyer Shigure, and kaibokan Chiburi and CD-19.[10]
  • USS Albacore Sunk 7 November 1944 by Japanese mines.[10]
  • USS Amberjack Sunk 16 February 1943 by torpedo boat Hiyodori and sub-chaser CH-18 and a 958th Kokutai E13A1 Jake.[10]
  • USS Bonefish Sunk 19 June 1945 by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158 and CD-207.[10]
  • USS Corvina The only known instance of a US submarine being sunk by a Japanese submarine, sunk by I-176.[10]
  • USS Trigger Sunk 28 March 1945 by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33 and CD-59.[10]
  • USS Wahoo Sunk 11 October 1943 by sub-chasers CH-15, CH-43 and 3 E13A1 Jakes.[10]
  • USS Flier Sunk 13 August 1944 by Japanese mines.[10]
  • USS Harder Sunk 24 August 1944 by kaibokan CD-22.[10]
  • USS Runner Sunk June, 1943 by either a Japanese mine or combined surface and air attack.[10]
  • USS Scamp Sunk 11 November 1944 by kaibokan CD-4 with naval aircraft.[10]
  • USS Scorpion Possibly sunk January, 1944 by Japanese mine.[10]
  • USS Snook Sunk 9 April 1945 by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kokutai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna.[10]
  • USS Capelin Possibly sunk November, 1943 by minelayer Wakataka and 934th kokutai aircraft or a Japanese mine.[10]
  • USS Cisco Sunk 28 September 1943 by gunboat Karatsu - the former USS Luzon, and a 954th Kokutai B5N2 Kate.[10]
  • USS Escolar Sunk 17 October 1944 by a Japanese mine.[10]
  • USS Shark Sunk 24 October 1944 by destroyers Harukaze and Take.[10]
  • USS Barbel Sunk 4 February 1945 by land-based naval aircraft.[10]
  • USS Golet Sunk 14 June 1944 by gunboat Miya Maru and auxiliary sub-chaser Bunzan Maru.[10]
  • USS Kete Sunk 20 March 1945 by Japanese mines.[10]
  • USS Lagarto Sunk 3 May 1945 by minelayer Hatsutaka.[10]

Mine Warfare Craft

Transports

Motor Torpedo Boats

Other

References

  1. ^ http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/britsublist.html
  2. ^ http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-35_t.htm
  3. ^ http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-101_t.htm
  4. ^ a b c d e Japanese cruisers of the Pacific War; Lacroix & Wells
  5. ^ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kvii.htm
  6. ^ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kxvi.htm
  7. ^ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_kxviii.htm
  8. ^ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o20.htm
  9. ^ http://www.combinedfleet.com//PB-38_t.htm
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq39-1.htm

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