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There were several '''Japanese special weapons''' used late in [[World War II]]. The one special weapon that is most often associated with World War II is the Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft. The word kamikaze was used to describe the way the Japanese believed they would destroy the American fleet by crashing aircraft into the American ships, thereby destroying their fleet.During [[World War II]], '''Japanese Special Attack Units''' (''tokubetsu kogeki tai'', often abbreviated to''tokkotai''), also called ''shimbu-tai'', were specialized units of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. |
There were several '''Japanese special weapons''' used late in [[World War II]]. The one special weapon that is most often associated with World War II is the Japanese [[kamikaze]] aircraft. The word kamikaze was used to describe the way the Japanese believed they would destroy the American fleet by crashing aircraft into the American ships, thereby destroying their fleet.During [[World War II]], '''Japanese Special Attack Units''' (''tokubetsu kogeki tai'', often abbreviated to''tokkotai''), also called ''shimbu-tai'', were specialized units of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. |
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In addition to the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Imperial Japanese Army participated in what came to be called "Body attack" or "body crash" attacks. The term kamikaze is often mistakenly used for incidents involving Imperial Japanese Army aircraft, as in Japan, kamikaze always was a term used by the navy. To the ships under attack, it did not matter if the attack was from the Japanese army or navy. |
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There were several Japanese special weapons used late in World War II. The one special weapon that is most often associated with World War II is the Japanese kamikaze aircraft. The word kamikaze was used to describe the way the Japanese believed they would destroy the American fleet by crashing aircraft into the American ships, thereby destroying their fleet.During World War II, Japanese Special Attack Units (tokubetsu kogeki tai, often abbreviated totokkotai), also called shimbu-tai, were specialized units of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
In addition to the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Imperial Japanese Army participated in what came to be called "Body attack" or "body crash" attacks. The term kamikaze is often mistakenly used for incidents involving Imperial Japanese Army aircraft, as in Japan, kamikaze always was a term used by the navy. To the ships under attack, it did not matter if the attack was from the Japanese army or navy.
Kamikaze Aircraft
Kamikaze (神風, literally: "God wind"; common translation: "Divine wind") [kamikaꜜze] Audio file "Kamikaze.ogg" not found, official name: Tokubetsu Kōgekitai (特別攻撃隊), Tokkō Tai (特攻隊) or Tokkō (特攻) were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy warships more effectively than was possible with conventional attacks. Numbers quoted vary, but at least 47 Allied vessels, from PT boats to escort carriers, were sunk by kamikaze attacks, and about 300 damaged. During World War II, nearly 4,000 kamikaze pilots were sacrificed. About 14% of kamikaze attacks managed to hit a ship.
Regular aircraft
Almost every make and model of aircraft were used as kamikazes, The most often seen were the Mitsubishi A6M "Zeek", Aichi D3A "Val", Mitsubishi G4M "Betty", Nakajima B5N "Kate", Yokosuka P1Y "Francis", although in the final months of the war, every flyable aircraft was used.
Rocket plane Ohka
The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka ("cherry blossom") was a purpose-built kamikaze aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service towards the end of World War II. The US gave the aircraft the Japanese name Baka ("idiot").
It was a small flying bomb that was carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M "Betty", Yokosuka P1Y Ginga "Frances" (guided Type 22) or planned Heavy Nakajima G8N Renzan "Rita" (transport type 43A/B) bomber to within range of its target; on release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka's engine(s) and dive against the ship to destroy. That final approach was almost unstoppable (especially for Type 11) because the aircraft gained tremendous speed. Later versions were designed to be launched from coastal air bases and caves, and even from submarines equipped with aircraft catapults, although none were actually used this way.
Shinryu
The Mizuno Shinryu ("Divine Dragon") was a proposed rocket-powered kamikaze aircraft designed for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards the end of World War II. It never reached production.
Tsurugi
The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi ("Sword") was a one-man kamikaze aircraft developed by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in the closing stages of World War II in late 1945.
Baika
The Kawanishi Baika ("Ume Blossom") was a pulsejet-powered kamikaze aircraft under development for the Imperial Japanese Navy towards the end of World War II. The war ended before any were built. The design was greatly inspired by the manned version of the German V1 flying bomb, the Fieseler Fi 103R "Reichenberg".
Boats
The Shinyo ("Sea Quake") were Japanese suicide boats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Special Attack Units program. These fast motorboats were driven by one man, to speeds of around 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph). They were typically equipped with two depth charges as explosives.
Around 6,200 Shinyo were produced for the Imperial Japanese Navy and 3,000 Maru-Ni for the Imperial Japanese Army. Around 400 were affected to Okinawa and Formosa, and the rest were stored on the coast of Japan for the ultimate defense against the invasion of the Home islands.
Submarines
Kaiten
The Kaiten (variously translated as "Change the World", "Returning to Heaven" or "Heaven-shaker") was a torpedo modified as a suicide weapon, and used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.
Early designs allowed for the pilot to escape after the final acceleration towards the target, although whether this could have been done successfully is doubtful. There is no record of any pilot attempting to escape or intending to do so, and this provision was dropped from later production kaitens. The inventor of the Kaiten, Lt. Hiroshi Kuroki was lost during one of the first training missions. When the sub was raised a note was found with a note written during his final minutes before death, sending his respects to his family and detailing the cause of the accident and how to repair the defect.
Kairyu
The Kairyu ("Sea Dragon") was a class of kamikaze midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed in 1943-1944, and produced from the beginning of 1945. These submarines were meant to meet the invading American Naval forces upon their anticipated approach of Tokyo.
These submarines had a two-man crew and were fitted with an internal warhead for suicide missions. Over 760 of these submarines were planned, and by August 1945, 200 had been manufactured, most of them at the Yokosuka shipyard.
Divers
Suicide divers (Fukuryu "Crouching dragons") were a part of the Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of the Home islands by Allied forces. They were armed with a mine containing 15 kg (33 lb) of explosive, fitted to a 5 m (16 ft) bamboo pole. They would dive and stick the pole into the hull of an enemy ship, destroying themselves in the process. They were equipped with a diving jacket and trousers, diving shoes, and a diving helmet fixed by four bolts. They were typically weighed down with 9 kg (20 lb) of lead, and had two bottles of compressed air at 150 bars. They were expected to be able to walk at a depth of 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft), for about six hours. This new weapon is only known to have been used a few times operationally:
- January 8, 1945: Damage by suicide divers to Infantry landing craft (gunboat) LCI(G)-404 in Yoo Passage, Palaus.
- February 10, 1945: Attempted attack by suicide divers on surveying ship USS Hydrographer (AGS-2) in Schonian Harbor, Palaus.
List of ships
This table list every known ship that was attacked and damaged by a Japanese special weapon. Not included are ships that were not damaged from a near miss, or were damaged when debris from another ship that was attacked and hit fell or flew on or into it.
| Ship | Damaged or Sunk | Date | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged[1] | 3 May 1945 | Okinawa radar picket station number 10 | Cressman p 672 Rieley p 220-214 DANFS |
| USS Abner Read (DD-526) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 1 Nov 1944 | 10°47'N 125°22'E | Cressman p 569 DANFS |
| USS Achernar (AKA-53) (Attack Cargo Ship) |
Damaged | 2 April, 1945 | San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands, 26°07'N, 127°45'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Achilles (ARL-41) ex USS LST-455 (Repair Ship, Landing Craft) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p575 DANFS Navsource.org |
| USS Adams (DM-27) (Destroyer Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 27 March 1945 | 26°17'N, 127°40'E | Cressman p 649 |
| USS Adams (DM-27) (Destroyer Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 31 March 1945 | 26°12'N, 127°08'E | Cressman p 652 |
| SS Alcoa Pioneer (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 19 November 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | Cressman p 581 |
| SS Alexander Majors (Cargo ship) |
damaged | 12 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p575 Bud's Liberty & Victory Cargo Ships |
| USS Allegan (AK-225) (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 3 June 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 688 |
| USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 January | 16°40'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Alpine (APA-92) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | 11°07'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 579 DANFS Navsource |
| USS Alpine (APA-92) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 1 April 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°41'E | Cressman p 652 DANFS Navsource |
| USS Alpine (APA-92) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 17 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°07'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 579 |
| USS Ammen (DD-527) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 1 November 1944 | 10°40'N, 125°20'E | Cressman p 569 |
| USS Anderson (DD-411) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 1 November 1944 | 10°11'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 569 |
| USS Anthony (DD-515) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°25'N, 128°30'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Anthony (DD-515) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 7 June 1945 | 27°07'N, 127°38'E | Cressman p 691 |
| USS Apache (ATF-67) (Fleet Tug) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 15°53'N, 120°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| HMAS Arunta (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 14°00'N, 120°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| SS Augustus Thomas (Liberty Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 24 October 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands | Cressman p 561 |
| USS Aulick (DD-569) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 29 November 1944 | 10°35'N, 125°40'E | Cressman p 585 |
| HMAS Australia (D84) (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 14°00'N, 120°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| HMAS Australia (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 8 January 1945 | 16°22'N, 120°12'E | Cressman p 606 |
| HMAS Australia]] (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 9 January 1945 | 16°22'N, 120°12'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Bache (DD-470) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 3 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 672 |
| USS Bache (DD-470) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 13 May 1945 | 26°01'N, 126°53'E | Cressman p 678 |
| USS Barry (DD-248) (APD-29) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged[2] | 25 May 1945 | 26°30'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Barry (DD-248) (APD-29) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 21 Jun 1945[3] | off Okinawa | Naval Historical Center DANFS Kimball (2007) |
| USS Barry (DD-248) (APD-29) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Sank[4] | 22 June 1945 | En route to Ie Shima | Cressman p 701-702 |
| USS Bates (DE-68) (APD-47) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Sunk | 25 May 1945 | 26°41'N, 127°47'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Belknap (DD-251) (APD-34) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 11 January 1945 | Off Luzon, 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 608 |
| USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) (Aircraft Carrier, Light) |
Damaged | 30 October | 15°07'N, 124°01'E | Cressman p 568 |
| USS Benham (DD-796) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 17 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 24°01'N, 132°32'E | Cressman p 664 |
| SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler (Liberty Cargo ship) |
damaged | 27 October | Off Leyte | Cressman p 566 |
| USS Bennion (DD-662) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | 27°26'N, 127°51'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Bennion (DD-662) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 30 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°26'N, 127°51'E | Cressman p 671 |
| USS Bennett (DD-473) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 7 April 1945 | 27°16'N, 127°48'E | Cressman p 658 |
| USS Biloxi (CL-80) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS Birmingham (CL-62) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 4 May 1945 | 26°19'N, 127°43'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) (CVE-21) (Aircraft Carrier, escort) |
Sank | 21 February 1945 | Off Iwo Jima, 24°36'N, 141°48'E | Cressman p 627 |
| USS Borie (DD-704) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 9 August 1945 | Off Honshu at 37°21'N, 143°45'E | Cressman p 730 |
| USS Bowers (DE-637) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 26°52'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 664 |
| SS Bozeman Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Damaged[5] | 28 April 1945 | in Nago Bay | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Braine (DD-630) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[6] | 27 May 1945 | 26°25'N, 128°30'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Bright (DE-747) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 13 May 1945 | 26°21'N, 127°17'E | Cressman p 678 |
| USS Brooks (DD-232) (APD-10) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Brown (DD-546) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 10 May 1945 | 26°26'N, 127°20'E | Cressman p 676 |
| SS Brown Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Damaged | 28 May 1945 | Off Ie Shima | Cressman p 685 |
| USS Bryant (DD-665) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 22 December 1944 | off Mindoro, 12°00'N, 121°00'E | Cressman p 595 |
| USS Bryant (DD-665) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 27°05'N, 128°13'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Bullard (DD-660) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 11 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 130°00'E | Cressman p 660 |
| USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged[7] | 11 May 1945 | 25°44'N, 129°28'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Bush (DD-529) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 6 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°16'N, 127°48'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Butler (DD-636)(DMS-29) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Butler (DD-636)(DMS-29) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | 26°12'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Cabot (CVL-28) (Aircraft carrier, light) |
Damaged | 25 November 1944 | 15°42'N, 123°09'E | Cressman p 584 |
| USS Caldwell (DD-605) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 12 December 1944 | off Leyte, 10°30'N, 124°42'E | Cressman p 592 |
| USS California (BB-44) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Callaghan (DD-792) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°43'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS Callaghan (DD-792) (Destroyer) |
Sunk[8] | 29 July 1945[9] | 25°43'N, 126°55'E | Cressman p 722 Foster (2002, 302-7) Parkin (1995, 329-30) |
| USS Callaway (APA-35) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 7 January 1945 | 17°00'N, 120°00'E | Cressman p 607 |
| SS Canada Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Sunk | 27 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 669 |
| SS Cape Constance (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 3 November | Tacloban, Leyte | Cressman p 571 |
| SS Cape Romano (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 19 November 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | Cressman p 581 |
| USS Carina (AK-74) (Cargo ship) |
Damaged[5] | 3 May 1945 | 26°13'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 672 |
| USS Cassin Young (DD-793) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 27°17'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Cassin Young (DD-793) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 29 July 1945 | 26°08'N, 127°58'E | Cressman p 723 |
| USS Champion (AM-134) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[5] | 8 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°18'N, 127°39'E | Cressman p 659 |
| USS Chase (DE-158) (APD-54) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 20 May 1945 | 26°18'N, 127°14'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS Chilton (APA-38) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged[10] | 2 April, 1945 | 25°59'N, 127°17'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Claxton (DD-571) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 1 November 1944 | 10°40'N, 125°20'E | Cressman p 569 |
| USS Colhoun (DD-801) (Destroyer) |
Sunk[11] | 6 April 1945 | 27°16'N, 127°48'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Colorado (BB-45) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 27 November 1944 | 10°50'N, 125°25'E | Cressman p 585 |
| USS Columbia (CL-56) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Columbia (CL-56) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 9 January 1945 | 16°08'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Comfort (AH-6) (Hospital ship) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | 25°30'N, 127°40'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Connolly (DE-306) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 13 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°55'N, 126°46'E | Cressman p 662 |
| USS Cowanesque (AO-79)]] (Fleet Oiler) |
Damaged | 3 January 1945 | 08°56'N, 122°49'E | Cressman p 603 |
| USS Cowell (DD-547) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS Curtiss (AV-4) (Seaplane tender) |
Damaged | 21 June 1945 | 26°10'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 701 |
| USS Daly (DD-519) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | 27°12'N, 128°16'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Dashiell (DD-659) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 14 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°15'N, 130°25'E | Cressman p 662 |
| SS David Dudley Field (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 24 October | Tacloban, Leyte | Cressman p 561 |
| SS David Dudley Field (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | Subic Bay | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Defense (AM-317) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°38'N, 127°31'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Devastator (AM-318) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°26'N, 127°40'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Devilfish (SS-292) (Submarine) |
Damaged[12] | 20 March 1945 | En route to patrol area | DANFS |
| USS Dickerson (DD-157) (APD-21) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 2 April, 1945 | 26°21'N, 127°45'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Dickerson (APD-21) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Sunk[13] | 4 April 1945 | off Kerama Retto | Cressman p 654 |
| USS Ditter (DM-31) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 6 June 1945 | 26°14'N,128°01'E | Cressman p 690 |
| USS Denver (CL-58) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 28 October | 10°57'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 567 |
| USS Dorsey (DMS-1) ex (DD-117) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 17 May 1945 | 25°59'N, 126°54'E | Cressman p 680 |
| USS Drayton (DD-366) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 5 December 1944 | 10°10'N, 125°20'E | Cressman p 588 |
| USS Drexler (DD-741) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 28 May 1945 | 27°06'N, 127°38'E | Cressman p 685 |
| USS Dupage (APA-41) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 10 January 1945 | 16°17'N, 120°15'E | Cressman p 608 |
| USS Dutton (AGS-8) (Survey Ship) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°15'N, 127°59'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Earl V. Johnson (DE-702) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged[14] | 5 August 1945 | 20°17'N, 128°07 | Cressman p 727 |
| SS Edward M. Wescott (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | Off the west coast of Luzon | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Egeria (ARL-8) (Repair Ship, Landing Craft) |
Damaged | 12 November | 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p 575 |
| USS Ellyson (DMS-19) ex (DD-) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 22 June 1945 | 26°04'N, 127°55'E | Cressman p 702 |
| SS Elmira Victory (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | 16°11'N, 120°20'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Emmons (DD-457) (DMS-22) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°48'N, 128°04'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Emmons (DD-457) (DMS-22) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Sunk[15] | 7 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 658 |
| USS England (DE-635) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 27 April 1945 | 26°40'N, 127°40'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS England (DE-635) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 9 May 1945 | 26°18'N, 127°13'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Enterprise (CV-6) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged[16] | 11 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 660 |
| USS Enterprise (CV-6) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 14 May 1945 | Off Honshu, 30°23'N, 132°36'E | Cressman p 678 |
| USS Essex (CV-9) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 25 November 1944 | 15°47'N, 124°14'E | Cressman p 584 |
| USS Evans (DD-552) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 11 May 1945 | 26°58'N, 127°32'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Facility (AM-233) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Fieberling (DE-640) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°48'N, 128°04'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Foote (DD-511) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 21 December 1944 | Off Mindoro, 11°05'N, 121°20'E | Cressman p 595 |
| USS Foreman (DE-633) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 648 |
| HMS Formidable (R67) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 4 May 1945 | 26°01'N, 237°26'E | Cressman p 673 |
| HMS Formidable (R67) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 9 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Forrest (DMS-24) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 26 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 685 |
| SS Francisco Morozan (Cargo ship) |
Damaged[17] | 30 December 1944 | Off Mindoro | Cressman p 598 |
| USS Franklin (CV-13) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 13 October 1944 | 22°55'N, 123°12'E | Cressman, p 554 DANFS |
| USS Gansevoort (DD-608) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 30 December 1944 | 12°21'N, 121°02'E | Cressman p 598 |
| USS Gayety (AM-239) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged[18] | 4 May 1945 | 26°32'N, 126°58'E | Cressman p 673 |
| MV General Fleischer (Norwegian motor vessel) |
Damaged | 19 November 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | Cressman p 581 |
| SS Gilbert Stuart (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 18 November 1944 | Off Tacloban | Cressman p 580 |
| USS Gilligan (DE-508) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | Off the west coast of Luzon, 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Gilligan (DE-508) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged[19] | 27 May 1945 | 26°47'N, 127°47'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Gilmer (APD-11) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 25 March 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°20'E | Cressman p 647 |
| USS Gladiator (AM-319) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged[20] | 12 April 1945 | 26°05'N, 127°35'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Gladiator (AM-319) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged[21] | 22 April 1945 | 26°21'N, 127°45'E | Cressman p 667 |
| USS Goodhue (APA-107) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 2 April, 1945 | 25°56'N, 127°17'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Gregory (DD-802) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 8 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°07'N, 128°39'E | Cressman p 659 |
| USS Guest (DD-472) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | 26°22'N, 127°44'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Gwin (DM-33) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged | 4 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS Haggard (DD-555) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 29 April 1945 | Off Okinawa,27°01'N, 129°40'E | Cressman p 670 |
| USS Halloran (DE-305) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 21 June 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 701 |
| USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 20 March 1945 | 30°27'N, 134°28'E | Cressman p 644 |
| USS Hambleton (DMS-20) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 3 April, 1945 | 27°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 654 |
| USS Hancock (CV-19) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 25 November 1944 | 15°47'N, 124°14'E | Cressman p 584 |
| USS Hancock (CV-19) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 7 April 1945 | 27°00'N, 130°00'E | Cressman p 658 |
| USS Hank (DD-702) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 11 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANSF |
| USS Haraden (DD-585) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 13 December 1944 | Mindanao-Negros area 08°40'N, 122°33'E | Cressman p 592 |
| USS Harding (DMS-28) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 26°42'N, 127°25'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Harry F. Bauer (DM-26) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 29 April 1945 | Off Okinawa,26°47'N, 128°42'E | Cressman p 670 |
| USS Harry F. Bauer (DM-26) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 10 May 1945 | 26°25'N, 128°31'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Harry F. Bauer (DM-26) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 6 June 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 690 |
| USS Harrison (DD-573) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 27°05'N, 129°22'E | Cressman p 656 |
| USS Haynesworth (DD-700) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°55'N, 129°29'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Hazelwood (DD-531) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 29 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°02'N, 129°59'E | Cressman p 670 |
| USS Helm (DD-388) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 15°00'N, 119°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Henrico (APA-45) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 2 April, 1945 | 25°59'N, 127°17'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Hinsdale (APA-120) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 31 March 1945 | 25°54'N, 127°49'E | Cressman p 652 |
| USS Hinsdale (APA-120) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 1 April 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°41'E | Cressman p 652 |
| SS Hobbs Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Sunk[22] | 6 April 1945 | Northwest of Kerama Retto 26°05'N, 125°14'E. | Cressman p 657 |
| USS Hobson (DMS-26) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 27°26'N, 126°59'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Hodges (DE-231) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 9 January 1945 | 16°22'N, 120°12'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Hopkins (DD-249) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 4 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 29 July 1945 | 26°17'N, 127°34'E | Cressman p 723 |
| USS Howorth (DD-592) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 15 December 1944 | 12°19'N, 121°02'E | Cressman p 593 |
| USS Howorth (DD-592) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°32'N, 127°40'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Hudson (DD-475) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 22 April 1945 | 27°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[23] | 11 May 1945 | 26°59'N, 127°32'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Hughes (DD-410) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 10 December 1944 | 10°15'N, 125°10'E | Cressman p 590 |
| USS Hunt (DD-674) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 14 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°15'N, 130°25'E | Cressman p 663 |
| USS Hyman (DD-732) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[24] | 6 April 1945 | 26°45'N, 27°42'E | Cressman p 656 |
| USS Idaho (BB-42) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°26'N, 127°32'E | Cressman p 661 |
| HMS Indefatigable (R10) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 1 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 30 March 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°25'N, 127°30'E | Cressman p 651 |
| HMS Indomitable (R92) (Aircraft carrier) |
Hit[25] | 4 May 1945 | 26°01'N, 237°26'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS Ingraham (DD-694) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 5 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS Intrepid (CV-11) (Aircraft Carrier) |
Damaged | 29 October | 15°07'N, 124°01'E | Cressman p 567 |
| USS Intrepid (CV-11) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 25 November 1944 | 15°47'N, 124°14'E | Cressman p 584 |
| USS Intrepid (CV-11) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 27°37'N, 131°14'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Isherwood (DD-520) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 22 April 1945 | 26°14'N, 127°28'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS J. William Ditter (DM-31) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged | 6 June 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS James O'Hara (APA-90) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 23 November 1944 | off Leyte, 10°57'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 583 |
| USS Jeffers (DMS-27) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged[26] | 12 April 1945 | 26°50'N, 126°35'E | Cressman p 661 |
| SS Jeremiah M. Daily (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p575 |
| SS John Burke (Liberty Cargo ship) |
Sunk | 28 December 1944 | Off Mindoro, 9°1'11"N 123°26'50"E | Cressma p 598 |
| USS John C. Butler (DE-339) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 20 May 1945 | 26°47'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 673 |
| SS John Evans (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 5 December 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 09°34'N, 127°30'E | Cressman p 588 |
| SS Josiah Snelling (Cargo ship) |
Damaged[27] | 28 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 685 |
| SS Juan de Fuca (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 21 December 1944 | Off Panay, continues on to Mindoro (see 31 December) | Cressman p 595 |
| USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 8 January 1945 | 15°10'N, 119°08'E | Cressman p 606 |
| USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 11°10'N, 126°20'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) (Seaplane Tender) |
Damaged | 21 June 1945 | 26°10'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 701 |
| USS Keokuk (AKN-4) (Net Cargo Ship) |
Damaged | 21 February 1945 | 24°36'N, 141°48'E | Cressman p 627 |
| USS Kidd (DD-661) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 11 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 130°00'E | Cressman p 660 |
| USS Kimberley (DD-521) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 25 March 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°02'N, 126°54'E | Cressman p 647 |
| USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 11°10'N, 126°20'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 8 January 1945 | 15°48'N, 119°09'E | Cressman p 606 |
| SS Kyle V. Johnson (Cargo Ship) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | 15°12'N, 119°30'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS La Grange (APA-124) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged[28] | 13 August 1945 | Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 26°14'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 733 |
| USS Laffey (DD-724) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 15 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°16'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 663 |
| USS Lamson (DD-367) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 7 December 1944 | 10°28'N, 124°41'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS LCI(G)-70 (Landing craft, infantry (gunboat)) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 15°36'N, 119°20'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS LCI-82) (Landing craft infantry) |
Sunk[5] | 4 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 654 |
| USS LCI(L)-90 (Landing craft, infantry, large) |
Damaged | 3 June 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 688 |
| USS LCI(G)-365 (Landing craft, infantry (gun boat)) |
Sunk[29] | 10 January 1945 | 16°06'N, 120°14'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS LCI(G)-404 (Landing craft Infantry (gunboat)) |
Damaged[30] | 8 January 1945 | Yoo Passage, Palaus | Cressman p 606 |
| USS LCI(G)-588 (Landing craft, infantry (gun boat)) |
Damaged[5] | 28 March 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 648 |
| USS LCI(M)-974 (Landing craft, infantry (mortar)) |
Sunk[29] | 10 January 1945 | 16°06'N, 120°14'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS LCS(L)-7 (Support Landing Craft, Large (Rocket)) |
Sunk[5] | 16 February 1945 | At the entrance to Mariveles harbor | Cressman p 623 |
| USS LCS(L)(3)-15 (Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III)) |
Sunk | 22 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°20´N, 127°10´E | navsource |
| USS LCS-25 (Support Landing Craft) |
Damaged | 3 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°24'N, 126°15'E | Cressman p 672 |
| USS LCS(L)(3)-33 (Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III)) |
Sunk | 12 Apr 1945[31] | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 661 Rielly (2000, 125) Naval Historical Center Rielly 2000, 112,125 |
| USS LCS-52 (Support Landing Craft) |
Damaged[32] | 27 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 683-685 |
| USS LCS-88 (Support Landing Craft) |
Damaged | 11 May 1945 | 26°58'N, 127°32'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS LCS(L)-119 (Support Landing Craft, Large (Rocket)) |
Damaged | 28 May 1945 | 26°15'N, 127°51'E | Cressman p 685 |
| USS LCS(L)-121 (Support Landing Craft, Large (Rocket)) |
Damaged | 24 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS LCS(L)(3)-122 (Support Landing Craft, Large (Rocket)) |
Damaged | 11 June 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 694 |
| LCT-1075 (Landing craft, tank) |
Sunk[33] | 10 December 1944 | South of Dulag | Cressman p 590 |
| SS Leonidas Merritt (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p575 |
| USS Leray Wilson (DE-414) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 10 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 608 |
| USS Leutze (DD-481) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°38'N, 127°28'E | Cressman p 655 |
| SS Lewis L. Dyche (Liberty cargo ship) |
Sunk | 4 January 1945 | South of Mindoro | Cressman p 603 |
| USS Lexington (CV-16) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 5 November 1944 | 16°20'N, 123°59'E | Cressman p 571 |
| USS Liddle (APD-60) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 7 December 1944 | 10°57'N, 124°35'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS Lindsey (DM-32) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°28'N, 127°15'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Little (DD-803) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 3 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°24'N, 126°15'E | Cressman p 672 |
| SS Logan Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Damaged[34] | 6 April 1945 | Off Kerama Retto, 26°10'N, 127°16'E | Cressman p 656 |
| USS Long (DD-209) (DMS-12) (High-speed minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°12'N, 120°11'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Longshaw (DD-559) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 7 April 1945 | 26°29'N, 127°41'E | Cressman p 658 |
| USS Louisville (CA-28) (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 15°53'N, 120°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Louisville (CA-28) (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°37'N, 120°17'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Louisville (CA-28) (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | 5 June 1945 | 26°07'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 690 |
| USS Loy (APD-56) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°30'N, 127°30'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS LSM-18 (Landing ship, medium) |
Damaged | 7 December 1944 | 10°57'N, 124°35'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS LSM-19 (Landing ship, medium) |
Damaged | 7 December 1944 | 10°57'N, 124°35'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS LSM-20 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 5 Dec 1944 | 10º12'N, 125º19'E | Navsource |
| USS LSM-59 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk[35] | 21 June 1945 | En route to Ie Shima | Cressman p 701 |
| USS LSM-135 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 25 May 1945 | 26°41'N, 127°47'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS LSM-188 (Landing ship medium) |
Damaged | 28 March 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 648 |
| USS LSM(R)-189 (Landing ship, medium (rocket)) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS LSM-190 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sank | 4 May 1945 | 27°10'N, 127°58'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS LSM-194 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sank | 4 May 1945 | 27°10'N, 127°58'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS LSM-195 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 3 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°24'N, 126°15'E | Cressman p 672 |
| USS LSM-318 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 7 December 1944 | 10°57'N, 124°35'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS LST-447 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°09'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 656 |
| USS LST-447 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk | 7 Apr 1945[36] | 26°09'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 658 Warner (1982, 328) DANFS |
| USS LST-460 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 21 December 1944 | 11°13'N, 121°04'E | Cressman p 595 |
| USS LST-472 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged[37] | 15 December 1944 | off southern tip of Mindoro, 12°19'N, 121°05'E | Cressman p 592-593 |
| USS LST-477 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 21 February 1945 | 24°40'N, 141°44'E | Cressman p 627 |
| USS LST-534 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 22 June 1945 | 26°18'N, 127°49'E | Cressman p 702 |
| USS LST-599) (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 3 April, 1945 | 26°10'N, 127°16'E | Cressman p 654 |
| USS LST-610 (Landing ship tank) |
Damaged[5] | 10 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS LST-700 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | 14°04'N, 119°25'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS LST-724 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 31 March 1945 | 25°59'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 652 |
| USS LST-737 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 7 December 1944 | 10°57'N, 124°35'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS LST-738 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged[38] | 15 December 1944 | off southern tip of Mindoro, 12°19'N, 121°05'E | Cressman p 592-593 |
| USS LST-749 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 21 December 1944 | 11°13'N, 121°04'E | Cressman p 595 |
| USS LST-750 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk[39] | 28 December 1944 | 09°01'N, 122°30'E | Cressma p 598 |
| USS LST-808 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 20 May 1945 | 26°42'N, 127°47'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS LST-809 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 21 February 1945 | 24°08'N, 142°06'E | Cressman p 627 |
| USS LST-884 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 31 March 1945 | 25°59'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 652 |
| USS LST-884 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 1 April 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°41'E | Cressman p 652 |
| USS LST-912 (Landing ship tank) |
Damaged | 7 January 1945 | 16°20'N 120°10'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS LST-925 (Landing ship tank) |
Damaged[5] | 9 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS LST-1028 (Landing ship tank) |
Damaged[5] | 9 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Luce (DD-522) (Destroyer) |
Sank | 4 May 1945 | 26°35'N,127°10'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 21 February 1945 | 24°40'N, 141°44'E | Cressman p 627 |
| USS Macomb (DMS-23) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 3 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°01'N, 126°53'E | Cressman p 672 |
| USS Maddox (DD-731) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 21 January 1945 | 23°06'N, 122°43'E | Cressman p 613 |
| USS Mahan (DD-364) (Destroyer) |
Sank[40] | 7 December 1944 | 10°50'N, 124°30'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS Mahnomen County (LST-912) (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | 8 January 1945 | Surigao Straits | DANFS |
| USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 14°50'N, 119°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) (Destroyer) |
Sunk[41] | 12 April 1945 | Off Okinawa,27°25'N, 126°59'E | Cressman p 661 |
| SS Marcus Daly (Liberty Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 5 December 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 09°34'N, 127°30'E | Cressman p 588 |
| SS Marcus Daly (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 10 December 1944 | South of Dulag | Cressman p 590 |
| USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 15 December 1944 | off Mindoro | Cressman p 593 |
| SS Mary A. Livermore (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 28 May 1945 | Buckner Bay, 26°12'N, 127°46'E | Cressman p 685 |
| USS Maryland (BB-46) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 29 November 1944 | In Leyte Gulf, 10°41'N, 125°23'E | Cressman p 585 |
| USS Maryland (BB-46) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 7 April 1945 | 26°40'N, 127°29'E | Cressman p 658 |
| SS Matthew P. Deady (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 3 November 1944 | Tacloban, Leyte | Cressman p 571 |
| SS Minot Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman pp 661-662 |
| USS Mississinewa (AO-59) (Fleet oiler) |
Sunk[42] | 20 November 1944 | Ulithi, 10°06'N, 139°43'E | Cressman p 581 |
| USS Mississippi (BB-41) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 9 January 1945 | 16°08'N, 120°18'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Mississippi (BB-41) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 5 June 1945 | 26°09'N, 127°35'E | Cressman p 690 |
| USS Missouri (BB-63) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 11 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 130°00'E | Cressman p 660 |
| USS Missouri (BB-63) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 130°00'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Montpelier (CL-57) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 27 November 1944 | 10°50'N, 125°25'E | Cressman p 585 |
| USS Morris (DD-417) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 25°55'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Morrison (DD-560) (Destroyer) |
Sank | 4 May 1945 | 27°10'N, 127°58'E | Cressman p 673 |
| SS Morrison R. Waite (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p575 |
| USS Mugford (DD-389) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 5 December 1944 | 10°15'N, 125°20'E | Cressman p 588 |
| USS Mullany (DD-528) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[43] | 6 April 1945 | 26°24'N, 128°10'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Nashville (CL-43) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 13 December 1944 | 08°57'N, 123°28'E | Cressman p 592 |
| USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 7 June 1945 | 24°46'N, 126°37'E | Cressman p 691 |
| USS Nevada (BB-36) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS New Mexico (BB-40) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS New Mexico (BB-40) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 12 May 1945 | 26°22'N, 127°43'E | Cressman p 677 |
| USS New York (BB-34) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 14 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 662 |
| USS Newcomb (DD-586) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Newcomb (DD-586) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°38'N, 127°28'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS O'Brien (DD-725) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°23'N, 120°14'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS O'Brien (DD-725) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°16'N, 127°26'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS O'Neill (DE-188) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°43'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Oberrender (DE-344) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 9 May 1945 | 26°32'N, 127°30'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Sunk[44] | 4 January 1945 | 11°25'N, 121°19'E | Cressman p 603 |
| USS Orca (AVP-49) (Small Seaplane Tender) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 15°36'N, 119°20'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Orestes (AGP-10) (Patrol Craft Tender) |
Damaged | 30 December 1944 | 12°19'N, 121°04'E | Cressman p 598 |
| SS Otis Skinner (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | 14°42'N, 119°35'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Pathfinder (AGS-1) (Survey ship) |
Damaged | 5 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°38'N, 127°53'E | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 15 December 1944 | 12°19'N, 121°02'E | Cressman p 593 |
| USS PC-1129 (Coastal Patrol Craft) |
Damaged[5] | 31 January 1945 | 14°05'N, 120°30'E | Cressman p 617 |
| USS PC-1603 (Coastal Patrol Craft) |
Damaged | 26 May 1945 | 26°25'N, 127°53'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS PCS-1396 (Coastal Patrol Craft) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Philip (DD-498) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[5] | 10 January 1945 | 16°06'N, 120°14'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Pinkney (APH-2) (Troop Transport, Hospital) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Porcupine (IX-126) (Auxiliary tanker) |
Sunk[45] | 30 December 1944 | 12°21'N, 121°02'E | Cressman p 598 |
| USS Porterfield (DD-682) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS Prichett (DD-561) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[46] | 28 July | 25°43'N, 126°56'E | Cressman p 722 |
| USS Pringle (DD-477) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 30 December 1944 | 12°18'N, 121°01'E | Cressman p 598 |
| USS Pringle (DD-477) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 16 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°26'N, 126°59'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS PT-84 (Patrol torpedo boat) |
Damaged | 17 December 1944 | off Mindoro, 12°19'N, 121°04'E | Cressman p 593 |
| USS PT-223 (Patrol torpedo boat) |
Damaged | 15 December 1944 | 12°19'N, 121°05'E | Cressman p 593 |
| USS PT-300 (Patrol torpedo boat) |
Sunk | 18 December 1944 | off Mindoro, 12°19'N, 121°05'E | Cressman p 593 |
| USS PT-323 (Patrol torpedo boat) |
Sunk | 10 December 1944 | 10°33'N, 125°14'E | Cressman p 590 |
| USS Purdy (DD-734) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 27°16'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Rall (DE-304) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°36'N, 127°39'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 27 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Randolph (CV-15) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 11 March 1945 | Ulithi | Combined fleet |
| USS Ransom (AM-283) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°48'N, 128°04'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Ransom (AM-283) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 22 April 1945 | 26°14'N, 127°28'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Rathburne (APD-25) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 27 April 1945 | 26°26'N, 127°36'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Rednour (APD-102) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°29'N, 127°21'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Register (APD-92) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 20 May 1945 | 26°25'N, 127°21'E | Cressman p 681 |
| USS Reid (DD-369) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 11 December 1944 | off Leyte, 09°50'N, 124°55'E | Cressman p 591 |
| USS Reno (CL-96) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 14 October 1944 | 22°48'N, 123°01'E | Cressman p 554 DANFS |
| USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Richard W. Suesens (DE-342) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | Off the west coast of Luzon, 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Riddle (DE-185) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 25 March 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 647 |
| USS Robinson (DD-562) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[5] | 10 January | 16°06'N, 120°14'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Rodman (DMS-21) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°48'N, 128°04'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Roper (DD-147) (APD-20) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | 26°34'N, 127°36'E | Cressman p 683 |
| SS S. Hall Young (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 29 April 1945 | In Nago Bay | Cressman p 671 |
| USS Salamaua (CVE-96) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 13 January 1945 | 17°09'N, 119°21'E | Cressman p 610 |
| USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 11 April 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) (Aircraft carrier, light) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°46'N, 129°43'E | Cressman p 656 |
| USS Sandoval (APA-194) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 28 May 1945 | 26°15'N, 127°51'E | Cressman p 685 |
| USS Sangamon (CVE-26) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 4 May 1945 | 26°01'N, 237°26'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Santee (CVE-29) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 09°45'N, 126°20'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Saratoga (CV-3) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 21 February 1945 | 24°56'N, 142°01'E | Cressman p 627 |
| USS Saufley (DD-465) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 29 November 1944 | 10°50'N, 125°25'E | Cressman p 585 |
| USS Savo Island (CVE-78) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 14°50'N, 119°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS SC-744 (Submarine chaser) |
Sunk | 27 November 1944 | Leyte Gulf, 10°44'N, 125°07'E | Cressman p 585 |
| USS Sederstrom (DE-31) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 22 March 1945 | Off Okinawa | DANFS |
| USS Shannon (DM-25) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 29 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 670 |
| USS Shea (DM-30) (Light Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 22 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Shea (DM-30) (Destroyer Minelayer (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged[47] | 4 May 1945 | 27°26'N, 126°59'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Shubrick (DD-639) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 29 May 1945 | 26°38'N, 127°05'E | Cressman p 686 |
| USS Sigsbee (DD-502) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 14 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 27°15'N, 130°25'E | Cressman p 662 |
| USS Sims (APD-50) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 18 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 680 |
| USS Sims (APD-50) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 24 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Skirmish (AM-303) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 26 March 1945 | 26°25'N, 127°05'E | Cressman p 648 |
| USS Sonoma (AT-12) ATO-12 (Fleet tug, old) |
Damaged | 24 October 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | Cressman p 561, Navsource.org |
| USS Southard (DD-207) (DMS-10) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 6 January 1945 | 16°11'N, 126°16'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Southard (DMS-10) (High Speed Minesweeper (converted destroyer)) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 127°00'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS Spectacle (AM-305) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | 26°40'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS St. George (AV-16) (Seaplane Tender) |
Damaged | 5 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°10'N, 127°19'E | Cressman p 674 |
| USS St. Lo (CVE-63) (Escort carrier) |
Sunk | 25 Oct 1945[48] | 11°13'N, 126°05'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS St. Louis (CL-49) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 27 November 1944 | 10°50'N, 125°25'E | Cressman p 585 |
| USS Stanly (DD-478) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[49] | 12 April 1945 | 27°12'N, 128°17'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Starr (AKA-67) (Attack Cargo Ship) |
Damaged[50] | 9 April 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°44'E | Cressman p 659 |
| USS Stafford (DE-411) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 5 January 1945 | 14°00'N, 120°00'E | Cressman p 604 |
| USS Sterett (DD-407) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 9 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°47'N, 128°42'E | Cressman p 659 |
| USS Stormes (DD-780) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 25 May 1945 | 27°06'N, 127°38'E | Cressman p 683 |
| USS Suwannee (CVE-27) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 09°45'N, 126°42'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Swallow (AM-65) (Minesweeper) |
Sunk | 22 April 1945 | 26°10'N, 127°12'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Taluga (AO-62) (Fleet oiler) |
Damaged | 16 April 1945 | 26°03'N, 127°26'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Tatum (APD-81) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 29 May 1945 | 26°40'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 686 |
| USS Telfair (APA-210) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 2 April, 1945 | 25°56'N, 127°17'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Tennessee (BB-43) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 661 |
| USS Terror (CM-5) (Minelayer) |
Damaged | 29 April 1945 | 26°10'N, 127°18'E | Cressman p 671 |
| USS Thatcher (DD-514) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 20 May 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°33'N, 127°29'E | Cressman p 681 |
| USS Thatcher (DD-514) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 19 July 1945 | 26°15'N, 127°50'E | Cressman p 717 |
| SS Thomas Nelson (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p 575 |
| USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 21 January 1945 | 22°40'N, 122°57'E | Cressman p 613 |
| USS Twiggs (DD-591) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | 27°12'N, 128°16'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Tyrrell (AKA-80) (Attack Cargo Ship) |
Damaged[51] | 2 April, 1945 | 26°21'N, 127°45'E | Cressman p 653 |
| USS Underhill (DE-682) (Destroyeer escort) |
Sank[52] | 24 July 1945 | off Luzon, 19°20'N, 126°42'E | Cressman p 719 |
| USS Vammen (DE-644) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged[53] | 1 April 1945 | 26°18'N, 127°29'E | Cressman p 652 |
| HMS Victorious (R38) (aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 9 May 1945 | Off Okinawa | Cressman p 676 |
| USS Wadsworth (DD-516) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 22 April 1945 | 26°10'N, 126°24'E | Cressman p 664 |
| USS Wadsworth (DD-516) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 28 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°47'N, 126°38'E | Cressman p 669 |
| USS Wake Island (CVE-65) (Aircraft carrier, escort) |
Damaged | 3 April, 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°05'N, 128°57'E | Cressman p 654 |
| USS Walke (DD-723) (Destroyer) |
Damaged[54] | 6 January 1945 | 16°40'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 605 |
| USS Walter C. Wann (DE-412) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°17'N, 127°20'E | Cressman p 661 |
| SS Walter Colton (Cargo ship) |
Damaged[55] | 11 June 1945 | off Okinawa | Cressman p 694 |
| USS War Hawk (AP-168) (Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged[5] | 9 January 1945 | 16°20'N, 120°10'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS War Hawk (AP-168) (Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged[5] | 10 January 1945 | 16°06'N, 120°14'E | Cressman p 607 |
| USS Ward (APD-16) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Sank[56] | 7 December 1944 | 10°51'N, 124°33'E | Cressman p 589 |
| USS Wesson (DE-184) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 7 April 1945 | 26°48'N, 127°55'E | Cressman p 658 |
| USS West Virginia (BB-48) (Battleship) |
Damaged | 1 April 1945 | 26°20'N, 127°40'E | Cressman p 652 |
| USS White Plains (CVE-66) (Escort Carrier) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | off Samar | DANFS |
| USS Whitehurst (DE-634) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°04'N, 127°12'E | Cressman p 661 |
| SS William A. Coulter (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 12 November 1944 | off Leyte, 11°11'N, 125°05'E | Cressman p 575 |
| USS William C. Cole (DE-641) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 24 May 1945 | 26°45'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 682-683 |
| USS William D. Porter (DD-579) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 10 June 1945 | 27°06'N, 127°38'E | Cressman p 693 |
| SS William S. Ladd (Liberty Cargo ship) |
Sank | 10 December 1944 | South of Dulag | Cressman p 590 |
| SS William Sharon (Cargo ship) |
Damaged[57] | 28 December 1944 | Off Mindoro | Cressman p 598 |
| USS Wilson (DD-408) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 4 April 1945 | Off southern end of Kerama Retto | Cressman p 655 |
| USS Wilson (DD-408) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 15 April 1945 | Off Okinawa, 26°03'N, 127°20'E | Cressman p 663 |
| USS Witter (DE-636) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°04'N, 127°52'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS YDG-10 (degaussing vessel) |
Damaged | 27 May 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 684 |
| USS YMS-81) (Motor Minesweepers) |
Damaged | 7 April 1945 | 26°35'N, 127°53'E | Cressman p 658 |
| USS YMS-311) (Motor Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°38'N, 127°48'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS YMS-321) (Motor Minesweeper) |
Damaged | 6 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 655 |
| USS YMS-327 (Motor Minesweeper) |
Damaged[58] | 4 May 1945 | 26°32'N, 126°58'E | Cressman p 673 |
| USS YMS-331) (Motor Minesweeper) |
Damaged[5] | 15 April 1945 | 26°15'N, 127°36'E | Cressman p 663 |
| USS Zeilin (APA-3) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | 12 January 1945 | 15°23'N, 119°25'E | Cressman p 609 |
| USS Zellars (DD-777) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 12 April 1945 | 26°00'N, 128°00'E | Cressman p 661 |
References
- ^ Aaron Ward was hit by 6 kamikazes
- ^ Barry, see 21 and 22 June
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing states that Barry (APD-29) was "damaged by Kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945, and sunk as a decoy, 21 June 1945." This description does not make clear how Barry sank on June 21, 1945.
The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships describes the sinking as follows:
- Barry was towed to the anchorage at Kerama Retto 28 May and found too extensively damaged to warrant repair or salvage. Stripped of useful gear, she was decommissioned 21 June 1945. Later in the day she was towed from the harbor of Kerama Retto to be used as a decoy for the kamikazes. While under tow she was attacked by Japanese suicide planes and sunk along with her escort, LSM-59.
- The USS Barry was an old four-stacker Destroyer commissioned around 1920 and modernized and converted into a high-speed troop transport and reclassified as an APD. It took some hits and was intentionally run up on the beach to avoid sinking in deep water and it spent sometime just sitting there. The High Command was experimenting with methods of defending against the relentless kamikaze attacks by the Japanese pilots and it was decided to use the Barry as a decoy to attract the suicide pilots. Since Barry was stripped of all usable equipment its hulk was expendable. Lipan's divers put a soft patch on the hull of the Barry and its interior was filled with empty sealed 5" ammo containers. It was hoped the sealed containers would act as flotation gear and make the Barry less vulnerable to sinking from direct hits. The Barry was fitted with remote controlled flashing lights that looked like anti-aircraft gun muzzle flashes from the air. It also had smudge pots placed at strategic locations and remotely controlled to simulate stack smoke and damage from attacks. From the air it looked like a fully operational Destroyer and it was intended to draw the kamikaze pilots to it and away from the nearby manned vessels. The LSM contained the remote controls for the Barry's pseudo weapons and Lipan was to tow the Barry to simulate an underway tin can. It didn't take long before two kamikaze planes appeared just ten feet off the water equipped with huge bombs strapped to their belly to create a gigantic explosion when they slammed into a vessel. To our dismay, the first attacking Japanese plane slammed into the small LSM 59 and hit it directly amidships. The resultant explosion blew the ship into the hereafter and there was not one recognizable part left floating and at least sixty sailors met their demise. We hadn't anytime to think as the second kamikaze climbed straight up to make a dive on us and the Barry. I was a gunner on the 40mm and we gave him all we had, shooting off his wings and setting him afire. Nevertheless, he was able to slam into the Barry and hit her right on the bridge. We could not save her so we tried to tow her to Ie Shima. In the middle of the night the Barry started to sink and was pulling our old "Green Dragon" down by the stern. We had a pelican hook rigged and a sailor hit the release and the Barry slipped from our grasp and headed for Davy Jones' Locker.
- ^ Barry sank as the result of damage received the previous day (see 24 May 1945 and 21 June)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Damaged by Japanese assault demolition boats
- ^ Braine was hit by two kamikazes
- ^ Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes
- ^ Destroyer Callaghan is sunk by kamikaze, while on radar picket station approximately 50 miles southwest of Okinawa. She is the last Allied vessel to be lost to that weapon.
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing gives July 28, 1945, as the date Callaghan sunk. However, Foster (2002, 302-7) makes clear in his book on Callaghan that the kamikaze plane hit and the ship sank in the early morning of July 29, 1945. The account by Parkin (1995, 329-30) confirms this date.
- ^ Chilton was damaged by near-miss of kamikaze
- ^ Colhoun was irreparably damaged by four kamikazes, which is then scuttled by destroyer Cassin Young (DD-793)
- ^ Devilfish was attacked by a kamikaze plane on 20 March 1945 before she entered her patrol area. The plane crashed her as the submarine was submerging, destroying the mast structure and causing serious leakage.
- ^ Dickerson was irreparably damaged 2 April 1945. Towed out to sea and scuttled by salvage crew off Kerama Retto
- ^ Johnson is damaged by explosion [near-miss of kaiten fired by submarine I 53, Philippine Sea
- ^ Emmons was irreparably damaged by five kamikazes the previous day, is scuttled by high speed minesweeper Ellyson (DMS-19)
- ^ Enterprise has near miss of two suiciders
- ^ Francisco Morozan was damaged when kamikaze is shot down by U.S. fighter and explodes over the ship
- ^ Gayety is damaged by near misses of kamikaze and Baka
- ^ Gilligan was hit by dud torpedo fired by kaiten from Japanese submarine I 367
- ^ Gladiator was damaged by near-miss of kamikaze
- ^ Gladiator was damaged by strafing and near-miss of kamikaze
- ^ Hobbs Victory's uncontrollable fires lead to her abandonment. Hobbs Victory explodes and sinks the following morning
- ^ Hadley is damaged by Baka
- ^ Hyman was hit by both a kamikaze and a torpedo
- ^ Indomitable is also crashed by a suicider, but her armored deck deflects the attacker into the sea
- ^ Jeffers was hit by both a Baka and kamikaze
- ^ Armed Guard gunfire manages to deflect the Japanese plane from its suicidal course toward the amidships deckhouse and into a less vulnerable part, saving the ship from worse damage.
- ^ Lagrange is the last ship hit by a kamikaze
- ^ a b Sunk by Japanese assault demolition boats
- ^ Damaged by suicide swimmers
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing states that LCS(L)(3)-33 was "sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945." However, the LCS(L)(3)-33 Action Report dated 4 April 1945 describes the ship's firing at attacking Japanese planes (Rielly 2000, 112), so the ship obviously did not sink off Iwo Jima. describes the sinking of LCS(L)(3)-33 on April 12, 1945: LCS(L) 33 fared no better. Under attack by three kamikazes, she downed the first one and had a close miss by the second, which took off her radio antenna before crashing into the sea. Unfortunately, this was not to be her day. A Val struck the starboard side of the 33, setting her on fire. The call to abandon ship was made and the crew went into the water. Number 33 continued to circle slowly to port before she blew up and sank in front of her crew. One of Rielly's sources for the above account is Action Report - LCS(L)(3)-57, Battle of Okinawa at Radar Picket Station |1, 12 April, 1945 - 15 April, 1945. The LCS(L)(3)-57 was at the same picket station as the LCS(L)(3)-33 on April 12, 1945.
- ^ LCS-52 is damaged by near-miss of kamikaze
- ^ LCT-1075 sunk from debris from kamakize that hit SS Marcus Daly
- ^ The burning Logan Victory is then scuttled
- ^ LSM-59 sank while escorting fleet tug Lipan (ATF-85) with Barry (APD-29) in tow. Barry was damaged twice by kamikazes the previous day (see 24 May 1945 and 21 June)
- ^ Warner (1982, p 328) gives the date of the sinking as April 6, 1945. However, the Naval Historical Center listing and the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships indicate that LST-447 sank on April 7, 1945, following a kamikaze attack.
- ^ LST-472 was scuttled by destroyer Hall (DD-583)
- ^ LST-738 was scuttled by destroyer Hall (DD-583)
- ^ LST-750 scuttled by destroyer Edwards (DD-619)
- ^ Mahan is scuttled by destroyer Walke (DD-723)
- ^ Abele was sunk by Baka. She is the first U.S. Navy ship to be sunk by that type of weapon
- ^ USS Mississinewa was sunk by kaiten (fired by Japanese submarine I-47 or I-36)
- ^ Mullany was hit by two kamikazes
- ^ Ommaney Bay was irreparably damaged. Destroyer Burns (DD-588) scuttles Ommaney Bay, 11°25'N, 121°19'E
- ^ Porcupine is ultimately scuttled by Gansevoort
- ^ Prichett was damaged by the near-miss of suicide plane, as she was assisting Callaghan. The depth of desperation reached by the Japanese kamikaze forces,as Callaghan's sunk is sunk by a bomb-carrying WILLOW (primary training biplane)!
- ^ Shea was hit by a Baka
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing states that USS St. Lo was sunk by Japanese aircraft on October 25, 1944, but there is no mention of kamikaze. However, several sources (e.g., Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships; Inoguchi 1958, 59; Warner 1982, 106-8) describe the sinking of St. Lo when a Zero carrying a bomb hit the escort carrier.
- ^ Stanly was hit by a Baka
- ^ Starr was damaged by the premature explosion of assault demolition boat
- ^ See Tyrrell 3 April 1945
- ^ Underhill was damaged by kaitens from Japanese submarine I 53, and was scuttled by submarine chasers PC-803 and PC-804, and escort patrol vessel PCE-872.
- ^ Damaged by explosion of undetermined origin (possibly depth charge dropped by Japanese assault demolition boat)
- ^ attacked by four enemy aircraft
- ^ Walter Colton has a kamikaze crash alongside; the ship receives additional damage from friendly fire of nearby ships in the anchorage
- ^ Ward is scuttled by destroyer O'Brien (DD-725)
- ^ Although William Sharon was abandoned, salvage vessel Grapple (ARS-7) later tows Sharon to San Pedro Bay for repairs.
- ^ YMS-327 is damaged by kamikaze and by friendly fire