List of United States Navy losses in World War II
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List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946[1], sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of.
Contents
Combatants[edit]
Battleships (BB)[edit]
Name | Class | Location | Date | Cause |
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Arizona | Pennsylvania | 21°21′N 157°57′W / 21.350°N 157.950°W, Pearl Harbor | 7 December 1941 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs. |
Oklahoma | Nevada | Pearl Harbor | 7 December 1941 | Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes, raised in 1943, sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping. |
Aircraft carriers (CV/CVL)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Hornet (CV-8) | 08°38′S 166°43′E / 8.633°S 166.717°E, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands | 26 October 1942 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs and torpedoes |
Lexington (CV-2) | 15°12′S 155°27′E / 15.200°S 155.450°E, Battle of the Coral Sea | 8 May 1942 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs and torpedoes |
Princeton (CVL-23) | 15°21′N 123°31′E / 15.350°N 123.517°E, Battle of Leyte Gulf | 24 October 1944 | Sunk by land-based aircraft bomb |
Wasp (CV-7) | 12°25′S 164°08′E / 12.417°S 164.133°E | 15 September 1942 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 |
Yorktown (CV-5) | 30°36′N 176°34′W / 30.600°N 176.567°W, Battle of Midway | 7 June 1942 | Crippled by carrier-based aircraft bombs and torpedoes, sank after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168 |
Escort aircraft carriers (CVE)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Liscome Bay | 02°54′N 172°30′E / 2.900°N 172.500°E | 24 November 1943 | Torpedoed by Japanese Kaidai class submarine I-175 |
Block Island | 31°13′N 23°03′W / 31.217°N 23.050°W | 29 May 1944 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-549 |
Gambier Bay | 11°31′N 126°12′E / 11.517°N 126.200°E, Battle off Samar | 25 October 1944 | Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire |
St. Lo | 11°13′N 126°05′E / 11.217°N 126.083°E, Battle off Samar | 25 October 1944 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft |
Ommaney Bay | 11°25′N 121°19′E / 11.417°N 121.317°E | 4 January 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft |
Bismarck Sea | 24°2′21″N 141°18′49″E / 24.03917°N 141.31361°E, Battle of Iwo Jima | 21 February 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft |
Heavy cruisers (CA)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Astoria | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island | 9 August 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire |
Chicago | 11°25′S 160°56′E / 11.417°S 160.933°E, Battle of Rennell Island | 30 January 1943 | Sunk by land-based aircraft torpedoes |
Houston | 05°50′S 105°55′E / 5.833°S 105.917°E, Battle of Sunda Strait | 1 March 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes |
Indianapolis | 12°02′N 134°48′E / 12.033°N 134.800°E | 30 July 1945 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58 |
Northampton | 09°12′S 159°50′E / 9.200°S 159.833°E, Battle of Tassafaronga | 30 November 1942 | Sunk by naval torpedoes |
Quincy | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island | 9 August 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes |
Vincennes | 9°7′17″S 159°52′48″E / 9.12139°S 159.88000°E, Battle of Savo Island | 9 August 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes |
Light cruisers (CL)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Atlanta | Off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal | 13 November 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire |
Helena | 7°46′S 157°11′E / 7.767°S 157.183°E, Battle of Kula Gulf | 6 July 1943 | Sunk by naval gunfire (torpedoes) |
Juneau | 10°34′S 161°04′E / 10.567°S 161.067°E, Battle of Guadalcanal | 13 November 1942 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-26 |
Destroyers (DD)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Aaron Ward | 9°10′S 160°12′E / 9.167°S 160.200°E | 7 April 1943 | Sunk by bombs from land-based aircraft. |
Abner Read | 10°47′N 125°22′E / 10.783°N 125.367°E | 1 November 1944 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Barton | Off Guadalcanal, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal | 13 November 1942 | Torpedoed by Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze. |
Beatty | 37°10′N 6°00′E / 37.167°N 6.000°E | 6 November 1943 | Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedo. |
Benham | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal | 15 November 1942 | Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo. |
Blue | 9°17′S 160°02′E / 9.283°S 160.033°E | 22 August 1942 | Torpedoed by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze. |
Borie | 50°12′N 30°48′W / 50.200°N 30.800°W | 1 November 1943 | Sunk after collision with German submarine U-405 which also sank. |
Bristol | 37°19′N 6°19′E / 37.317°N 6.317°E | 13 October 1943 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-371. |
Brownson | 5°20′S 148°25′E / 5.333°S 148.417°E | 26 December 1943 | Sunk by land-based aircraft bombs. |
Buck | 40°00′N 14°30′E / 40.000°N 14.500°E | 9 October 1943 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-616. |
Bush | 27°16′N 127°48′E / 27.267°N 127.800°E | 6 April 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Callaghan | 25°43′N 126°55′E / 25.717°N 126.917°E | 29 July 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Chevalier | 7°30′S 156°14′E / 7.500°S 156.233°E Battle of Vella Lavella | 6 October 1943 | Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo. |
Colhoun | 27°16′N 127°48′E / 27.267°N 127.800°E | 6 April 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Cooper | 10°54′N 124°36′E / 10.900°N 124.600°E | 3 December 1944 | Torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Take. |
Corry | 49°31′N 1°11′W / 49.517°N 1.183°W | 6 June 1944 | Sunk by German shore batteries. |
Cushing | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal | 13 November 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire. |
De Haven | 9°09′S 159°52′E / 9.150°S 159.867°E | 1 February 1943 | Sunk by aircraft bombs. |
Drexler | 27°6′N 127°38′E / 27.100°N 127.633°E | 28 May 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Duncan | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Cape Esperance | 12 October 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire. |
Edsall | 13°45′S 106°45′E / 13.750°S 106.750°E | 1 March 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire and carrier-based aircraft bombs. |
Emmons | 26°48′N 128°04′E / 26.800°N 128.067°E | 6 April 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Glennon | 50°32′N 1°12′W / 50.533°N 1.200°W | 8 June 1944 | Sunk by German shore batteries. |
Gwin | 7°41′S 157°27′E / 7.683°S 157.450°E, Battle of Kolombangara | 13 July 1943 | Sunk by torpedoes from Japanese destroyers. |
Halligan | 26°10′N 127°30′E / 26.167°N 127.500°E | 26 March 1945 | Sunk by naval mine. |
Hammann | 30°36′N 176°34′W / 30.600°N 176.567°W | 6 June 1942 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168. |
Henley | 7°40′S 148°06′E / 7.667°S 148.100°E | 3 October 1943 | Sunk by torpedo from Japanese submarine Ro-108. |
Hoel | 11°46′S 126°33′E / 11.767°S 126.550°E, Battle off Samar | 25 October 1944 | Sunk by naval gunfire |
Hovey | 16°20′N 120°10′E / 16.333°N 120.167°E | 6 January 1945 | Sunk by aircraft torpedo |
Hull | 14°57′N 127°58′E / 14.950°N 127.967°E | 18 December 1944 | Sunk in typhoon. |
Ingraham | 42°34′N 60°05′W / 42.567°N 60.083°W | 22 August 1942 | Sunk in collision with the oil tanker USS Chemung (AO-30) |
Jacob Jones | 38°42′N 74°39′W / 38.700°N 74.650°W | 28 February 1942 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-578. |
Jarvis | 9°42′S 158°59′E / 9.700°S 158.983°E | 9 August 1942 | Sunk by aerial torpedo. |
Johnston | 11°46′N 126°09′E / 11.767°N 126.150°E, Battle off Samar | 25 October 1944 | Sunk by naval gunfire. |
Laffey | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal | 13 November 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire. |
Lansdale | 37°03′N 3°51′E / 37.050°N 3.850°E | 20 April 1944 | Sunk by land-based aircraft torpedoes. |
Leary | 45°N 22°W / 45°N 22°W | 24 December 1943 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-275. |
Little | 26°24′N 126°15′E / 26.400°N 126.250°E | 3 May 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Long | 16°12′N 120°11′E / 16.200°N 120.183°E | 6 January 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Longshaw | 26°11′N 127°37′E / 26.183°N 127.617°E | 18 May 1945 | Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding. |
Luce | 26°35′N 127°10′E / 26.583°N 127.167°E | 4 May 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Maddox | 36°52′N 13°56′E / 36.867°N 13.933°E | 10 July 1943 | Sunk by land-based aircraft bombs. |
Mahan | 10°50′N 124°30′E / 10.833°N 124.500°E | 7 December 1944 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Mannert L. Abele | 27°25′N 126°59′E / 27.417°N 126.983°E | 12 April 1945 | Sunk by rocket-powered Ohka aircraft bomb . |
Meredith | 11°53′S 163°20′E / 11.883°S 163.333°E | 15 October 1942 | Sunk by aircraft from Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku. |
Meredith | 49°33′N 1°06′W / 49.550°N 1.100°W | 8 June 1944 | Sunk by naval mine. |
Monaghan | 14°57′N 127°58′E / 14.950°N 127.967°E | 18 December 1944 | Sunk in typhoon. |
Monssen | 9°04′S 159°54′E / 9.067°S 159.900°E, Battle of Guadalcanal | 13 November 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire. |
Morrison | 27°10′N 127°58′E / 27.167°N 127.967°E | 4 May 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Noa | 71°0′N 134°30′E / 71.000°N 134.500°E | 12 September 1944 | Sunk after collision with USS Fullam. |
O'Brien | 13°30′S 171°18′W / 13.500°S 171.300°W | 19 October 1942 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 |
Parrott | Boston, Massachusetts | 2 May 1944 | Irreparably damaged after being rammed by SS John Morton, later towed to Norfolk, Virginia and scrapped. |
Peary | 12°28′30″S 130°49′45″E / 12.47500°S 130.82917°E | 19 February 1942 | Sunk by aircraft bombs. |
Perkins | Off New Guinea | 29 November 1943 | Sunk after being rammed by Australian troopship Duntroon. |
Perry | Off Angaur, Palau | 13 September 1944 | Sunk by naval mines. |
Pillsbury | 14°30′S 106°30′E / 14.500°S 106.500°E | 1 March 1942 | Sank in surface action with Japanese cruisers Takao and Atago. |
Pope | 04°00′S 111°30′E / 4.000°S 111.500°E | 1 March 1942 | Sunk by aircraft bombs. |
Porter | 8°32′S 167°17′E / 8.533°S 167.283°E | 26 October 1942 | Fate uncertain: Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-12 or by errant torpedo from US TBF Avenger. |
Preston | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal | 15 November 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire by Japanese cruiser Nagara. |
Pringle | 27°25′N 126°59′E / 27.417°N 126.983°E | 16 April 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Reid | 9°50′N 124°55′E / 9.833°N 124.917°E | 11 December 1944 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
Reuben James | 51°59′N 27°05′W / 51.983°N 27.083°W | 31 October 1941 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-552. |
Rowan | 40°07′N 14°18′E / 40.117°N 14.300°E | 11 September 1943 | Torpedoed by a German E-boat. |
Sims | Coral Sea | 7 May 1942 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs. |
Spence | 14°57′N 127°58′E / 14.950°N 127.967°E | 18 December 1944 | Sunk in typhoon. |
Stewart | Off Surabaya, Java | 19 February 1942 | Scuttled but salvaged by Japanese as Patrol Boat No. 102 (Sunk in 1946 as target ship). |
Strong | Kula Gulf, Solomons | 5 July 1943 | Sunk by aerial torpedo and shore batteries. |
Sturtevant | Off Key West, Florida | 26 April 1942 | Sunk in American-laid minefield. |
Truxtun | Placentia Bay, Newfoundland | 18 February 1942 | Sunk after accidental grounding. |
Tucker | Off Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides | 4 August 1942 | Sunk by naval mine. |
Turner | Off Ambrose Light, New York | 3 January 1944 | Sunk by internal explosions. |
Twiggs | 26°08′N 127°35′E / 26.133°N 127.583°E | 16 June 1945 | Sunk by aerial torpedo and Kamikaze aircraft. |
Walke | Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal | 15 November 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire. |
Warrington | 27°N 73°W / 27°N 73°W | 13 September 1944 | Sank in a hurricane. |
Ward | 10°51′N 124°32′E / 10.850°N 124.533°E | 7 December 1944 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. |
William D. Porter | 27°06′N 127°38′E / 27.100°N 127.633°E | 10 June 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft |
Worden | Amchitka Island, Aleutians | 12 January 1943 | Sunk after accidental grounding. |
Destroyer escorts (DE)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Eversole | 10°10′N 127°28′E / 10.167°N 127.467°E | 28 October 1944 | Presumed torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45 |
Fechteler | 36°07′N 02°40′W / 36.117°N 2.667°W | 5 May 1944 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-967 |
Fiske | 47°11′N 33°29′W / 47.183°N 33.483°W | 2 August 1944 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-804 |
Frederick C. Davis | 43°52′N 40°15′W / 43.867°N 40.250°W | 24 April 1945 | Sunk by German submarine U-546 |
Holder | Mediterranean Sea | 11 April 1944 | Irreparably damaged by German aircraft torpedo |
Leopold | 58°44′N 25°50′W / 58.733°N 25.833°W | 9 March 1944 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-255 |
Oberrender | Off Okinawa, Ryukyus | 9 May 1945 | Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft |
Rich | 49°31′N 1°10′W / 49.517°N 1.167°W Utah Beach | 8 June 1944 | Sunk by German mines |
Roche | Off Eniwetok | 22 September 1945 | Irreparably damaged by naval mine |
Samuel B. Roberts | Off Samar Island, Battle off Samar | 25 October 1944 | Sunk by naval gunfire |
Shelton | 2°32′N 129°13′E / 2.533°N 129.217°E | 3 October 1944 | Torpedoed by Japanese Kaichū type submarine RO-41 |
Solar | Naval Ammo Depot, Earle, New Jersey | 30 April 1946 | Accidental explosion |
Underhill | 19°20′N 126°42′E / 19.333°N 126.700°E | 24 July 1945 | Sunk by kaiten suicide torpedo |
Submarines (SS)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Albacore | Japanese home waters | 7 November 1944 | Presumed sunk by naval mine off northeastern Hokkaidō |
Amberjack | Off New Britain | 16 February 1943 | Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. 18 |
Argonaut | Off New Britain | 10 January 1943 | Sunk by Japanese destroyers Isokaze and Maikaze |
Barbel | Off Borneo | 4 February 1945 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Bonefish | Sea of Japan | 19 June 1945 | Sunk by Japanese depth charge attack by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207. |
Bullhead | Java Sea | 6 August 1945 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war |
Capelin | Celebes Sea | Lost after 2 December 1943 | Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or minelayer Wakataka |
Cisco | off Mindanao | 28 September 1943 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon) |
Corvina | off Truk | 16 November 1943 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-176 |
Darter | Palawan Passage, Philippines | 24 October 1944 | Accidentally grounded and scuttled after sinking Atago and chasing Japanese cruiser Takao |
Dorado | near the Panama Canal Zone | 15 October 1943 | Sunk by friendly fire air attack (PBM Mariner of Patrol Squadron 210) or possibly mines laid by U-214 |
Escolar | Yellow Sea | Lost about 17 October 1944 | Probably sunk by naval mine |
Flier | Balabac Strait, Philippines | 12 August 1944 | Sunk by naval mine |
Golet | Japanese home waters | 14 June 1944 | Sunk by Japanese patrol vessel Miya Maru and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru |
Grampus | Off New Britain | 5 March 1943 | Sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame or by 958th Kōkūtai naval aircraft. |
Grayback | Ryukyu Islands | 27 February 1944 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Grayling | Lingayen Gulf, Philippines | Between 9 September and 12 September 1943 | Fate unknown: possibly rammed by transport Hokuan Maru |
Grenadier | Strait of Malacca | 21 April 1943 | Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft |
Growler | Philippine waters | 8 November 1944 | Sunk by Japanese destroyer Shigure, and kaibokan Chiburi and CD-19. |
Grunion | Aleutian waters-10 miles north of Kiska Island | 31 July 1942 | Fate unknown: possibly rammed by Kano Maru |
Gudgeon | Maug Islands or possibly Iwo Jima | 18 April 1944 | Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Halibut | Bashi Channel, Philippines | 14 November 1944 | Severely damaged and not repaired. Decommissioned on 18 July 1945. |
Harder | Dasol Bay, Philippines | 24 August 1944 | Depth charged by kaibokan CD-22 |
Herring | Kurile Islands | 1 June 1944 | Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries |
Kete | Ryukyu Islands | Lost about 20 March 1945 | Fate unknown: lost either to Japanese submarine or to mines |
Lagarto | Gulf of Thailand | 3 May 1945 | Sunk by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka |
Lancetfish | Boston Navy Yard | 15 March 1945 | Sank at her mooring due to flooding and was not repaired |
Perch | Java Sea | 3 March 1942 | Scuttled after being damaged by Japanese destroyer Ushio |
Pickerel | off northern Honshu | Lost after 7 April 1943 | Cause unknown; possibly sunk by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru |
Pompano | off northern Honshu | Lost after 25 September 1943 | Fate unknown: possibly sunk by naval mine |
R-12 | Off Key West, Florida | 12 June 1943 | Sunk in accident by internal flooding |
Robalo | West of Palawan Island | 26 July 1944 | Probably sunk by naval mine |
Runner | off Hokkaidō | Lost after 26 June 1943 | Fate unknown: possibly lost to a mine |
S-26 | Gulf of Panama | 24 January 1942 | Accidentally rammed by submarine chaser USS Sturdy (PC-460); probably mistaken for a U-boat |
S-27 | Amchitka Island, Alaska | 19 June 1942 | Accidental grounding |
S-28 | off Oahu, Hawaii | 4 July 1944 | Foundered while diving in an ASW exercise; cause unknown. |
S-36 | Makassar Strait | 20 January 1942 | Accidental grounding. |
S-39 | Off Rossel Island | 14 August 1942 | Accidental grounding. |
S-44 | Kurile Islands | 7 October 1943 | Sunk by gunfire from Japanese escort Ishigaki. |
Scamp | Tokyo Bay | 11 November 1944 | Probably sunk by kaibokan CD-4 with naval aircraft. |
Scorpion | East China Sea | Lost after 5 January 1944 | Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine. |
Sculpin | Gilbert Islands | 19 November 1943 | Scuttled after being damaged by Japanese destroyer Yamagumo. |
Sealion | Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines | 10 December 1941 | Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December. |
Seawolf | Off Morotai Island | 4 October 1944 | Probably sunk by friendly fire from USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403). |
Shark | Molucca Sea | 11 February 1942 | Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze. |
Shark | Luzon Strait | 24 October 1944 | Depth charged by Japanese destroyer Harukaze. |
Snook | Off Hainan Island, South China Sea | Lost after 8 April 1945 | Possibly sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kōkūtai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna. |
Swordfish | Ryukyu Islands | Lost about 12 February 1945 | Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or by kaibokan CD-4. |
Tang | Formosa Strait | 25 October 1944 | Sunk by circular run of own torpedo. |
Trigger | Ryukyu Islands | 28 March 1945 | Sunk by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59; assisted by air attack. |
Triton | Admiralty Islands | 15 March 1943 | Fate unknown: believed sunk by Japanese destroyer Satsuki or subchaser CH-24. |
Trout | off Okinawa | 29 February 1944 | Most likely sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyer Asashimo southeast of Okinawa in position 22º40'N, 131º45'E. |
Tullibee | off Palau Islands | 26 March 1944 | Sunk by circular run of own torpedo. |
Wahoo | Japanese Home Waters - La Perouse Strait | 11 October 1943 | Believed sunk by subchasers CH-15, CH-43 and 3 E13A1 Jakes. |
Patrol craft[edit]
Gunboats (PG/PGM/PE)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Asheville | South of Java, N.E.I. | 3 March 1942 | Sunk by gunfire by Japanese destroyers Arashi and Nowaki. |
Eagle 56 | Off Portland, Maine | 23 April 1945 | Torpedoed by U-853. |
Erie | 12°03′N 68°58′W / 12.050°N 68.967°W | 12 November 1942 | Damaged by U-163 in the Caribbean Sea; later capsized. |
PGM-7 | Bismarck Sea | 18 July 1944 | Sunk in an accidental collision. |
PGM-17 | Off Okinawa | 4 May 1945 | Accidentally grounded then sunk by US warships. |
PGM-18 | 26°13′N 127°54′E / 26.217°N 127.900°E | 8 April 1945 | Sunk by mines off Okinawa. |
Plymouth | 36°17′N 74°29′W / 36.283°N 74.483°W | 5 August 1943 | Torpedoed by U-566 off the coast of North Carolina. |
St. Augustine | 38°00′N 74°05′W / 38.000°N 74.083°W | 6 January 1944 | Sunk after accidental collision with merchant tanker Camas Meadows. |
River gunboats (PR)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Luzon | At Corregidor, P.I. | 5 May 1942 | Scuttled then salvaged by IJN. Raised as Karatsu and helped sink the Cisco. Sunk by USS Narwhal on 3 March 1944. |
Mindanao | Off Corregidor, P.I. | 2 May 1942 | Damaged by aerial bomb then scuttled. |
Oahu | At Corregidor, P.I. | 5 May 1942 | Sunk by land-based gunfire. |
Wake | At Shanghai China | 8 December 1941 | Surrendered to Japanese forces and pressed into IJN service as Tatara; recaptured by US; entered Chinese service after the war. |
Converted yachts (PY/PYc)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Cythera (PY-26) | Off Atlantic Coast | 2 May 1942 | Sunk by U-402[2]. |
Moonstone (PYc-9) | Off Delaware Capes | 16 October 1943 | Collision with USS Greer (DD-145). |
Southern Seas (PY-32) | Off Okinawa | 9 October 1945 | Sunk by Typhoon Louise. |
Fisheries II | At Corregidor, P.I. | 5 May 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture. |
Maryann | At Corregidor, P.I. | 5 May 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture. |
Submarine chasers (PC/SC)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
PC-457 | Off Puerto Rico | 14 Aug 1941 | Collision with a freighter. |
PC-496 | 37°23′N 9°52′W / 37.383°N 9.867°W | 4 June 1943 | Sunk by torpedo from Italian submarine. |
PC-558 | 38°41′N 13°43′E / 38.683°N 13.717°E | 9 May 1944 | Sunk by German submarine U-230. |
PC-815 | Off San Diego, California | 11 September 1945 | Sunk by collision with USS Laffey (DD-724). |
PC-1129 | Off Luzon, P.I. | 31 January 1945 | Sunk by Japanese suicide boat. |
PC-1261 | Off France | 6 June 1944 | Sunk by German shore batteries. |
PC-1603 | 26°25′N 127°56′E / 26.417°N 127.933°E | 26 May 1945 | Damaged by kamikaze and later scuttled. |
SC-521 | 11°03′S 164°50′E / 11.050°S 164.833°E | 10 July 1945 | Foundered |
SC-632 | Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | 6 September 1945 | Foundered. |
SC-636 | Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | 9 October 1945 | Sunk in typhoon |
SC-694 | Off Palermo, Sicily | 23 August 1943 | Sunk by German bombers |
SC-696 | Off Palermo, Sicily | 23 August 1943 | |
SC-700 | Vella Lavella, Solomons | 10 March 1944 | |
SC-709 | Cape Breton, Nova Scotia | 21 January 1943 | |
SC-740 | 15°32′S 147°06′E / 15.533°S 147.100°E | 17 June 1943 | |
SC-744 | Tacloban Bay, P.I. | 27 November 1944 | |
SC-751 | 21°56′S 113°53′E / 21.933°S 113.883°E | 22 June 1943 | |
SC-984 | In New Hebrides | 9 April 1944 | |
SC-1019 | 22°28′N 84°30′W / 22.467°N 84.500°W | 22 April 1945 | |
SC-1024 | 35°12′N 74°57′W / 35.200°N 74.950°W | 2 March 1943 | |
SC-1059 | In Bahama Islands | 11 December 1944 | |
SC-1067 | Off Attu, Aleutians | 19 November 1943 |
Patrol torpedo boats (PT)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
PT-22 | North Pacific | 11 June 1943 | Damaged in storm[3] |
PT-28 | Dora Harbor, Alaska | 12 January 1943 | Wrecked in storm[3] |
PT-31 | Subic Bay, Philippine Islands | 20 January 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture[3] |
PT-32 | Sulu Sea | 13 March 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture[3] |
PT-33 | Off Pt. Santiago, Philippine Islands | 15 December 1941 | Destroyed to prevent capture[3] |
PT-34 | Off Cauit Island, Philippine Islands | 9 April 1942 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
PT-35 | Cebu, Philippine Islands | 12 April 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture[3] |
PT-37 | Off Guadalcanal, Solomons | 1 February 1943 | Destroyed by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze[3] |
PT-41 | Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands | 15 April 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture |
PT-43 | Off Guadalcanal, Solomons | 10 January 1943 | |
PT-44 | In South Pacific | 11 December 1942 | |
PT-63 | Off New Ireland | 18 June 1944 | |
PT-67 | Off Tufi, New Guinea | 17 March 1943 | |
PT-68 | New Guinea | 1 October 1943 | |
PT-73 | Philippines | 15 January 1945 | |
PT-77 | Off Talin Pt., Luzon, P.I. | 1 February 1945 | |
PT-79 | Off Talin Pt., Luzon, P.I. | 1 February 1945 | |
PT-107 | Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island | 18 June 1944 | Accidental gasoline fire[4] |
PT-109 | Blackett Strait, Solomons | 2 August 1943 | Sunk by collision with Japanese destroyer Amagiri |
PT-110 | Off New Guinea | 26 January 1944 | |
PT-111 | Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons | 1 February 1943 | |
PT-112 | Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons | 10 January 1943 | |
PT-113 | Off Buna, New Guinea | 8 August 1943 | |
PT-117 | rendova Harbor, Solomons | 1 August 1943 | |
PT-118 | Vella Lavella, Solomons | 7 September 1943 | |
PT-119 | Off Tufi, New Guinea | 17 March 1943 | |
PT-121 | 5°S 151°E / 5°S 151°E | 27 March 1944 | Destroyed by friendly fire from Allied aircraft |
PT-123 | Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons | 1 February 1943 | |
PT-133 | Off New Guinea | 15 July 1944 | |
PT-135 | 5°29′S 152°09′E / 5.483°S 152.150°E | 12 April 1944 | |
PT-136 | Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea | 17 September 1943 | |
PT-145 | New Guinea | 4 January 1944 | |
PT-147 | New Guinea | 19 November 1943 | |
PT-153 | Solomons | 4 July 1943 | |
PT-158 | Off Munda Pt., Solomons | 5 July 1943 | |
PT-164 | In Rendova Harbor, Solomons | 1 August 1943 | |
PT-165 | 23°45′S 166°30′E / 23.750°S 166.500°E | 23 May 1943 | |
PT-166 | Solomons | 20 July 1943 | |
PT-172 | Off Vella Lavella, Solomons | 7 September 1943 | |
PT-173 | 23°45′S 166°30′E / 23.750°S 166.500°E | 23 May 1943 | |
PT-193 | 0°55′S 134°52′E / 0.917°S 134.867°E | 25 June 1944 | |
PT-200 | 41°N 71°W / 41°N 71°W | 22 February 1944 | |
PT-202 | 43°23′N 6°43′E / 43.383°N 6.717°E | 16 August 1944 | |
PT-218 | 43°23′N 6°43′E / 43.383°N 6.717°E | 16 August 1944 | |
PT-219 | Off Attu, Aleutians | September 1943 | |
PT-239 | Solomons | 14 December 1943 | |
PT-247 | 6°38′S 156°01′E / 6.633°S 156.017°E | 5 May 1944 | |
PT-251 | Off Bougainville I., Solomons | 26 February 1944 | |
PT-279 | Off Bougainville I., Solomons | 11 February 1944 | |
PT-283 | Off Bougainville I., Solomons | 17 March 1944 | |
PT-300 | Off Mindoro I., P.I. | 18 December 1944 | |
PT-301 | Off New Guinea | 7 November 1944 | |
PT-311 | 43°N 9°E / 43°N 9°E | 18 November 1944 | |
PT-320 | Off Leyte, P.I. | 5 November 1944 | |
PT-321 | San Isidoro Bay, P.I. | 11 November 1944 | |
PT-322 | Off New Guinea | 23 November 1944 | |
PT-323 | 10°33′N 125°14′E / 10.550°N 125.233°E | 10 December 1944 | |
PT-337 | Hansa Bay, New Guinea | 7 March 1944 | Destroyed by Japanese shore batteries |
PT-338 | 12°06′N 121°23′E / 12.100°N 121.383°E | 28 January 1945 | |
PT-339 | Off Biak, New Guinea | 27 May 1944 | |
PT-346 | Off New Britain | 29 April 1944 | |
PT-347 | Off New Britain | 29 April 1944 | |
PT-353 | 5°S 151°E / 5°S 151°E | 27 March 1944 | |
PT-363 | Kaoe Bay, Halmahera, N.E.I. | 25 November 1944 | |
PT-368 | Off Halmahera, N.E.I. | 11 October 1944 | |
PT-371 | 2°05′N 127°51′E / 2.083°N 127.850°E | 19 September 1944 | |
PT-493 | In Surigao Strait, P.I. | 25 October 1944 | |
PT-509 | 49°11′N 2°15′W / 49.183°N 2.250°W | 9 August 1944 | Gunfire and ramming from a German minesweeper[5] |
PT-555 | Off Cape Couronne, Mediterranean | 23 August 1944 |
Yard patrol craft (YP)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
YP-16 | Guam | 9 December 1941 | Seized by Japanese forces. |
YP-17 | Guam | 9 December 1941 | Seized by Japanese forces. |
YP-26 | In Canal Zone | 19 November 1942 | Explosion. |
YP-47 | Off Staten Island, New York | 26 April 1943 | Sunk in collision. |
YP-72 | Adak Island, Aleutians | 17 February 1943 | Struck uncharted reef in Kuluk Bay. |
YP-73 | In Kodiak Harbor, Alaska | 15 January 1945 | Struck reef and grounded near Spruce Cape signal station. |
YP-74 | 54°23′N 164°10′W / 54.383°N 164.167°W Aleutian Islands | 6 September 1942 | Collision with freighter SS Derblay off Unimak Island. |
YP-77 | Off Atlantic Coast | 28 April 1942 | |
YP-88 | At Amchitka, Aleutians | 28 October 1943 | Grounded. |
YP-94 | 56°32′N 154°22′W / 56.533°N 154.367°W Tugidak Passage, Alaska | 18 February 1945 | Grounded. |
YP-95 | Adak Island, Aleutians | 1 May 1944 | Grounded. |
YP-97 | Philippines | March 1942 | Destroyed to prevent capture. |
YP-128 | Off Monterey, California | 30 June 1942 | |
YP-183 | On West Coast of Hawaii | 12 January 1943 | |
YP-205 | 18°30′N 65°00′W / 18.500°N 65.000°W | 1 November 1942 | |
YP-235 | In Gulf of Mexico | 1 April 1943 | |
YP-270 | 25°30′N 112°06′W / 25.500°N 112.100°W | 30 June 1942 | |
YP-277 | East of Hawaii | 23 May 1942 | |
YP-279 | Off Townsville, Australia | 5 September 1943 | Foundered |
YP-281 | 16°53′S 177°18′W / 16.883°S 177.300°W | 9 January 1944 | |
YP-284 | Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons | 25 October 1942 | Sunk in action, along with USS Seminole (AT-65), by Japanese destroyers. |
YP-331 | 24°56′N 81°58′W / 24.933°N 81.967°W | 23 March 1944 | |
YP-336 | In Delaware River | 23 February 1943 | |
YP-345 | Southeast of Midway | 31 October 1942 | |
YP-346 | Off Guadalcanal | 9 September 1942 | Sunk by Japanese cruiser Sendai and three destroyers. |
YP-383 | 8°22′N 79°29′W / 8.367°N 79.483°W | 24 November 1944 | |
YP-387 | 39°N 75°W / 39°N 75°W | 20 May 1942 | |
YP-389 | Off Cape Hatteras | 19 June 1942 | Sunk by gunfire from German submarine U-701. |
YP-405 | In Caribbean Sea | 20 November 1942 | |
YP-422 | Off New Caledonia | 23 April 1943 | Grounded. |
YP-426 | 31°59′N 80°48′W / 31.983°N 80.800°W Tybee Island, Georgia | 16 December 1943 | Ran aground and declared a total loss. |
YP-438 | At Port Everglades, Fla. | 20 March 1943 | Struck coral reef while under tow and sank. |
YP-453 | South Bimini, Bahama Islands | 5 April 1943 | Ran aground and abandoned. |
YP-481 | At Charleston, S. C. | 25 April 1943 | |
YP-492 | Off East Florida | 8 January 1943 | |
YP-577 | Great Lakes | 23 January 1943 |
Mine warfare ships[edit]
Minelayers (CM/CMc/DM)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Gamble (DM-15) | Off Iwo Jima | 18 February 1945 | Damaged irreparably by land-based aircraft bombs |
Miantonomah (CMc-5) | Off Le Havre, France | 25 September 1944 | Sunk by naval mine |
Montgomery (DM-17) | Ngulu Lagoon, South Pacific | 17 October 1944 | Damaged irreparably by naval mine |
Minesweepers (AM/DMS)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Bittern | Cavite, Philippines | 10 December 1941 | Scuttled after being damaged in Japanese air raid |
Bunting | San Francisco Bay | 3 June 1942 | Sunk after collision with patrol craft PC-569 |
Crow | Puget Sound | 23 August 1943 | Sunk accidentally by torpedo |
Dorsey (DMS-1) | Aground off Okinawa | 9 October 1945 | Destroyed 1 January 1946 |
Finch | Corregidor, Philippines | 10 April 1942 | Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb. |
Hornbill | San Francisco Bay | 30 June 1942 | Sunk after collision with a lumber schooner in San Francisco Bay. |
Osprey | 50°12′N 1°20′W / 50.200°N 1.333°W | 5 June 1944 | Sunk by mine. |
Palmer (DMS-5) | Lingayen Gulf, Philippines | 7 January 1945 | Sunk by Japanese bombs. |
Penguin | At Guam | 8 December 1941 | Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs. |
Perry (DMS-17) | Off Palau Island | 13 September 1944 | Sunk by underwater mine explosion.[6] |
Portent | 41°23′N 12°43′E / 41.383°N 12.717°E | 22 January 1944 | Sunk by mine. |
Quail | Corregidor, Philippines | 5 May 1942 | Scuttled after damaged in battle. |
Redwing | 37°22′N 9°55′E / 37.367°N 9.917°E | 28 June 1943 | Probably sunk by a Mine {No claim by U-Boat} [7] |
Salute | 5°07′N 115°04′E / 5.117°N 115.067°E | 8 June 1945 | Sunk by mine. |
Sentinel | Off Licata, Sicily | 11 July 1943 | Sunk by German bombers during the invasion of Sicily. |
Skill | 40°20′N 14°35′E / 40.333°N 14.583°E | 25 September 1943 | Sunk by German torpedo. |
Skylark | 26°20′N 127°41′E / 26.333°N 127.683°E | 28 March 1945 | Sunk by mine. |
Southard (DMS-10) | Grounded off Okinawa by Typhoon Ida | 9 October 1945 | Unsalvageable. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946. |
Swallow | Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands | 22 April 1945 | Sunk by Japanese kamikaze. |
Swerve | 41°31′N 12°28′E / 41.517°N 12.467°E | 9 July 1944 | Sunk by mine |
Tanager | At Corregidor, Philippines | 4 May 1942 | Sunk by Japanese shore battery. |
Tide | 49°37′N 1°05′W / 49.617°N 1.083°W | 7 June 1944 | Sunk by German mine off Utah Beach. |
Valor | 41°28′N 70°57′W / 41.467°N 70.950°W | 29 June 1944 | Sunk after collision with USS Richard W. Suesens in Buzzards Bay. |
Wasmuth (DMS-15) | Aleutian Islands | 29 December 1942 | Sunk accidentally by her own depth charges. |
Amphibious warfare ships[edit]
Tank landing ships[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
LST-6 | English Channel near the Seine River, France | 18 November 1944 | |
LST-43 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | Fire and accidental explosion. |
LST-69 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | Fire and accidental explosion. |
LST-158 | Off Licata, Sicily | 11 July 1943 | |
LST-167 | At Vella Lavella | 25 September 1943 | |
LST-179 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | Fire and accidental explosion. |
LST-203 | Near Nanumea, Ellice Islands | 1 October 1943 | |
LST-228 | In Azores | 20 January 1944 | |
LST-282 | Off Southern France | 15 August 1944 | Hit by a German glider bomb and heavily damaged. Beached and abandoned. |
LST-313 | At Gela, Sicily | 10 July 1943 | |
LST-314 | 49°43′N 00°52′W / 49.717°N 0.867°W | 9 June 1944 | |
LST-318 | Off Caronia, Sicily | 9 August 1943 | |
LST-333 | 36°59′N 4°01′E / 36.983°N 4.017°E | 22 June 1943 | |
LST-342 | 9°03′S 158°11′E / 9.050°S 158.183°E | 18 July 1943 | |
LST-348 | 40°57′N 13°14′E / 40.950°N 13.233°E | 20 February 1944 | |
LST-349 | Off Ponza, Italy | 26 February 1944 | |
LST-353 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | Fire and accidental explosion. |
LST-359 | 42°N 19°W / 42°N 19°W | 20 December 1944 | |
LST-376 | Off Northern France | 9 June 1944 | |
LST-396 | 8°18′S 156°55′E / 8.300°S 156.917°E | 18 August 1943 | |
LST-447 | 26°9′N 127°18′E / 26.150°N 127.300°E | 6 April 1945 | Sunk by a Kamakaze aircraft. |
LST-448 | Off Vella Lavella, Solomons | 1 October 1943 | Damaged by Japanese dive bombers and sank while under tow. |
LST-460 | 11°10′N 121°11′E / 11.167°N 121.183°E | 21 December 1944 | |
LST-472 | Off Mindoro, Philippines | 21 December 1944 | |
LST-480 | At Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | Fire and accidental explosion. |
LST-493 | 50°20′N 4°09′W / 50.333°N 4.150°W | 12 April 1945 | |
LST-496 | Off Northern France | 11 June 1944 | |
LST-499 | Off Northern France | 8 June 1944 | |
LST-507 | 50°29′N 2°52′W / 50.483°N 2.867°W | 28 April 1944 | Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger. |
LST-523 | Off Northern France | 19 June 1944 | |
LST-531 | 50°29′N 2°52′W / 50.483°N 2.867°W | 28 April 1944 | Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger. |
LST-563 | Clipperton Island | 22 December 1944 | |
LST-577 | 8°1′N 130°22′E / 8.017°N 130.367°E | 11 February 1945 | Hit by 2 torpedoes from Japanese submarine Ro-50. |
LST-675 | Off Okinawa | 4 April 1945 | |
LST-738 | Off Mindoro, P.I. | 15 December 1944 | |
LST-749 | 11°10′N 121°11′E / 11.167°N 121.183°E | 21 December 1944 | Hit by a Kamakaze aircraft. |
LST-750 | Off Negros, P.I. | 28 December 1944 | |
LST-808 | Off Ie Shima | 20 May 1945 | |
LST-906 | At Leghorn, Italy | 18 October 1944 | Grounded by a storm and not repaired. |
LST-921 | In English Channel | 14 August 1944 | Torpedoed by U-667 |
Medium landing ships[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
LSM-12 | Off Okinawa | 4 April 1945 | |
LSM-20 | 10°12′N 125°19′E / 10.200°N 125.317°E | 5 December 1944 | |
LSM-59 | Off Okinawa | 21 June 1945 | |
LSM-135 | Off Okinawa | 25 May 1945 | Sunk by Kamikaze. |
LSM-149 | Off Philippines | 5 or 14 December 1944 | Grounded. |
LSM(R)-190 | 26°35′N 127°10′E / 26.583°N 127.167°E | 4 May 1945 | Stuck and sunk by two Kamikaze aircraft. |
LSM-194 | Off Okinawa | 4 May 1945 | |
LSM-195 | Off Okinawa | 3 May 1945 | |
LSM-318 | 10°56′N 124°38′E / 10.933°N 124.633°E | 7 December 1944 |
Tank landing craft[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
LCT-19 | Off Salerno, Italy | 15 September 1943 | |
LCT-21 | Off Oran | 1 January 1943 | |
LCT-23 | At Algiers | 3 May 1943 | |
LCT-25 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-26 | 41°4′N 13°30′E / 41.067°N 13.500°E | 25 February 1944 | |
LCT-27 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-28 | In Mediterranean | 30 May 1943 | |
LCT-30 | Normandy, Omaha beach Fox Green[8] | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-35 | Off Anzio, Italy | 15 February 1944 | |
LCT-36 | Off Naples, Italy | 26 February 1944 | |
LCT-66 | At Pearl Harbor | 12 April 1945 | |
LCT-71 | 53°38′N 146°5′W / 53.633°N 146.083°W | 11 September 1943 | |
LCT-147 | Off Northern France | June 1944 | |
LCT-154 | 37°8′N 10°58′E / 37.133°N 10.967°E | 31 August 1943 | |
LCT-175 | 4°27′N 133°40′E / 4.450°N 133.667°E | 21 February 1945 | |
LCT-182 | Solomons | 7 August 1944 | |
LCT-185 | Off Bizerte, Tunisia | 24 January 1944 | |
LCT-196 | Off Salerno, Italy | 27 September 1943 | |
LCT-197 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-200 | Off Northern France | June 1944 | |
LCT-208 | Off Algeria | 20 June 1943 | |
LCT-209 | Off Northern France | 10 June 1944 | |
LCT-215 | Off Salerno, Italy | 1943 | |
LCT-220 | At Anzio, Italy | 13 February 1944 | |
LCT-241 | Off Salerno, Italy | 15 September 1943 | |
LCT-242 | Off Naples, Italy | 2 December 1943 | |
LCT-244 | Off Northern France | 8 June 1944 | |
LCT-253 | On Passage To Tarawa | 21 January 1945 | |
LCT-293 | In English Channel | 11 October 1944 | |
LCT-294 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-305 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-311 | Off Bizerte, Tunisia | 9 August 1943 | |
LCT-315 | At Eniwetok Atoll | 23 March 1944 | |
LCT-319 | At Kiska | 27 August 1943 | |
LCT-332 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-340 | 36°49′N 11°55′E / 36.817°N 11.917°E | 9 February 1944 | |
LCT-342 | Off Salerno, Italy | 29 September 1943 | |
LCT-352 | At Pearl Harbor | 12 April 1945 | |
LCT-362 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-364 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-366 | 53°1′N 152°0′W / 53.017°N 152.000°W | 9 September 1943 | |
LCT-413 | Off Northern France | June 1944 | |
LCT-458 | Off Northern France | 7 June 1944 | |
LCT-459 | Off Western France | 19 September 1944 | |
LCT-486 | Off Northern France | 7 June 1944 | |
LCT-496 | English Channel | 2 October 1943 | |
LCT-548 | At Portsmouth, England | October 1944 | |
LCT-555 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-572 | Off Northern France | June 1944 | |
LCT-579 | Off Palau | 4 October 1944 | |
LCT-582 | In Azores | 22 January 1944 | |
LCT-593 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-597 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-612 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-703 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-713 | Off Northern France | June 1944 | |
LCT-714 | Off Northern France | June 1944 | |
LCT-777 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCT-823 | Off Palau | 27 September 1944 | |
LCT-961 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | |
LCT-963 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | |
LCT-983 | Pearl Harbor | 21 May 1944 | |
LCT-984 | 20°N 157°W / 20°N 157°W | 15 May 1944 | |
LCT-988 | 20°N 157°W / 20°N 157°W | 15 May 1944 | |
LCT-995 | At Guam | 21 April 1945 | |
LCT-1029 | At Iwo Jima | 2 March 1945 | |
LCT-1050 | Off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands | 27 July 1945 | |
LCT-1075 | Off Leyte, P.I. | 10 December 1944 | |
LCT-1090 | Off Luzon, P.I. | 26 March 1945 | |
LCT-1151 | 1°0′N 138°36′E / 1.000°N 138.600°E | 26 January 1945 | |
LCT-1358 | Off California | 4 May 1945 |
Infantry landing craft[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
LCI(L)-1 | At Bizerte, Tunisia | 17 August 1943 | |
LCI(L)-20 | Off Anzio, Italy | 22 January 1944 | |
LCI(L)-32 | Off Anzio, Italy | 26 January 1944 | |
LCI(G)-82 | Off Okinawa | 4 April 1945 | |
LCI(L)-85 | Normandy, France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCI(L)-91 | Omaha Beach, Normandy, France | 6 June 1944 | Disabled by German coast artillery. |
LCI(L)-92 | Omaha Beach, Normandy, France | 6 June 1944 | Disabled by German coast artillery. |
LCI(L)-93 | Omaha Beach, Normandy, France | 6 June 1944 | Disabled by German coast artillery. |
LCI(L)-219 | Off Northern France | 11 June 1944 | |
LCI(L)-232 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCI(L)-339 | Off New Guinea | 4 September 1943 | |
LCI(G)-365 | Off Luzon, P.I. | 10 January 1945 | |
LCI(G)-459 | Off Palau | 19 September 1944 | |
LCI(G)-468 | 13°28′N 148°18′E / 13.467°N 148.300°E | 17 June 1944 | |
LCI(G)-474 | Off Iwo Jima | 17 February 1945 | |
LCI(L)-497 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCI(L)-553 | Off Northern France | 6 June 1944 | |
LCI(L)-600 | In Ulithi, Carolines | 12 January 1945 | |
LCI(L)-684 | Off Samar, P.I. | 12 November 1944 | |
LCI(L)-974 | 16°6′N 120°14′E / 16.100°N 120.233°E | 10 January 1945 | |
LCI(L)-1065 | Off Leyte, P.I. | 24 October 1944 |
Support landing craft[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
LCS-7 | Off Luzon, P.I. | 16 February 1945 | |
LCS-15 | 27°20′N 127°10′E / 27.333°N 127.167°E | 22 April 1945 | |
LCS-26 | Off Luzon, P.I. | 16 February 1945 | |
LCS-33 | Off Okinawa | 12 April 1945 | |
LCS-49 | Off Luzon, P.I. | 16 February 1945 | |
LCS-127 | Off San Clemente Island, California | 5 March 1945 |
Auxiliaries[edit]
Seaplane tenders[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Gannet (AM-54) | Off Bermuda | 7 June 1942 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-653. |
Langley (AV-3) | 8°51′S 109°2′E / 8.850°S 109.033°E, Just off Tjilatjap Harbor, Indonesia, Battle of the Java Sea | 27 February 1942 | Scuttled at sea after being heavily damaged by Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, to ensure she didn't fall into enemy hands. |
Thornton (AVD-11) | 24°24′N 128°58′E / 24.400°N 128.967°E | 5 April 1945 | Beached and abandoned on 2 May 1945 after collision with Ashtabula and Escalante. |
Cargo vessels (AK/AKS)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Aludra (AK-72) | 11°26′S 162°0′E / 11.433°S 162.000°E | 23 June 1943 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103. |
Atik (AK-101) | 36°N 70°W / 36°N 70°W | 26 March 1942 | Sunk by U-123 while serving as a Q ship. [9] |
Deimos (AK-78) | 11°26′S 162°0′E / 11.433°S 162.000°E | 23 June 1943 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103. |
Pollux (AKS-2) | Lawn Point, Newfoundland | 18 February 1942 | Grounded and wrecked in a storm. |
Serpens (AK-97) | Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | 29 January 1945 | Sunk by accidental explosion. |
Net layers (AN)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Ailanthus (AN-38) | Aleutian Islands | 26 February 1944 | Ran aground. |
Mahogany (AN-23) | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | 14 September 1945 | Grounded on a reef by Typhoon Ida. Not repaired and scuttled on 19 April 1946. |
Snowbell (AN-52) | Grounded off Okinawa. | 9 October 1945 | Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946. |
Oilers (AO)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Kanawha | 9°10′S 160°12′E / 9.167°S 160.200°E | 7 April 1943 | Sunk enemy action 8 April 1943 by Japanese aircraft off Tulagi, Solomon Islands. |
Mississinewa | 10°6′N 139°43′E / 10.100°N 139.717°E | 20 November 1944 | Sunk by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo. |
Neches | 21°1′N 160°6′W / 21.017°N 160.100°W | 23 January 1942 | Torpedoed and sunk by I-72, 23 January 1942. |
Neosho | Coral Sea | 7 May 1942 | Sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 11 May 1942. |
Pecos | 14°30′S 106°30′E / 14.500°S 106.500°E | 1 March 1942 | Sunk enemy action by Japanese air attack from Soryu March 1, 1942 |
Robert L. Barnes | Guam | 10 December 1941 | Captured in port, taken in to Japanese service and survived the war. |
Sheepscot | Off Iwo Jima | 6 June 1945 | Ran aground and capsized near Iwo Jima on 6 June 1945. |
Troop transports (AP/APA/APD)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
APc-21 | Off New Britain | 17 December 1943 | Hit by aerial bomb. |
APc-35 | Off New Georgia, Solomons | 22 September 1943 | Grounded and abandoned. |
Barry (APD-29) | Off Okinawa | 25 May 1945 | Severely damaged by Kamikaze. Stricken on 21 June 1945. |
Bates (APD-47) | Off Okinawa | 25 May 1945 | Struck by Kamikaze. |
Colhoun (APD-2) | 9°24′S 160°1′E / 9.400°S 160.017°E off Guadalcanal | 30 August 1942 | Bombed by Japanese aircraft. |
Dickerson (APD-21) | Off Okinawa | 2 April 1945 | Hit by Kamikaze. Scuttled on 4 April 1945. |
Edward Rutledge (AP-52) | Off Morocco | 12 November 1942 | Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130. |
George F. Elliott (AP-13) | Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons | 8 August 1942 | Lost to enemy action, 8 August 1942. |
Gregory (APD-3) | Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | 5 September 1942 | Sunk by Japanese gunfire. |
Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) | Off Morocco | 12 November 1942 | Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130. |
John Penn (APA-23) | Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands | 13 August 1943 | Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft. |
Joseph Hewes (AP-50) | Off Morocco | 11 November 1942 | Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173. |
Leedstown (AP-73) | Off Algiers | 9 November 1942 | Sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft. |
Little (APD-4) | Solomons | 5 September 1942 | Sunk by Japanese gunfire. |
McCawley (APA-4) | 8°25′S 157°28′E / 8.417°S 157.467°E | 30 June 1943 | Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft and later accidentally sunk by US PT boats. |
McKean (APD-5) | 6°31′S 154°52′E / 6.517°S 154.867°E | 17 November 1943 | Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft. |
Susan B. Anthony (AP-72) | 49°32′N 00°48′W / 49.533°N 0.800°W | 7 June 1944 | Sunk by a mine off Normandy, France. |
Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42) | Off Morocco | 12 November 1942 | Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130. |
Thomas Stone (AP-59) | 37°31′N 00°00′E / 37.517°N 0.000°E | 7 November 1942 | Torpedoed by German aircraft off Cape Palos, Spain. |
Repair ships (ARS/ARL)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Bellona (ARL-32) | Kama Rock, Iwo Jima | 1 December 1945 | Grounded on Iwo Jima on 1 December 1945. Stripped and blown up 14 May 1946. |
Extractor (ARS-15) | In Marianas | 24 January 1945 | Sunk by friendly torpedo. |
Extricate (ARS-16) | Okinawa | 9 October 1945 | Severely damaged and beached by a typhoon and destroyed with explosives 4 March 1946. |
Rescuer (ARS-18) | Aleutian Islands | 1 January 1943 | Beached after taking fatal damage. |
Submarine rescue ships (ASR)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Macaw (ASR-11) | At Midway Channel | 12 February 1944 | Foundered in a storm. |
Pigeon (ASR-6) | At Corregidor, P.I. | 3 May 1942 | Sunk by Japanese dive bomber. |
Tugboats (AT/ATR/YTM)[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
ATR-15 | 49°20′N 00°26′W / 49.333°N 0.433°W off Normandy | 19 June 1944 | Severely damaged in a storm. Not repaired. Hulk scuttled in mid-1946. |
ATR-98 | 44°05′N 24°08′W / 44.083°N 24.133°W off the Azores | 12 April 1944 | In collision with USS Abnaki (ATF-96). |
Genesee | At Corregidor, P.I. | 5 May 1942 | Scuttled to prevent capture. Raised by the Japanese and designated Patrol Boat No. 107; Sunk by US aircraft, 5 November 1944. |
Grebe | South of Fiji Islands | 5 December 1942 | Grounded and later destroyed by a hurricane. |
Napa | At Bataan, P.I. | 8 April 1942 | Scuttled to prevent capture. |
Nauset | 40°38′N 14°38′E / 40.633°N 14.633°E | 9 September 1943 | Sunk by bombs from German aircraft. |
Navajo | Off New Hebrides | 11 September 1943 | Sunk by I-39 |
Partridge | Off Northern France | 11 June 1944 | Torpedoed by a German E-boat. |
Seminole | Off Tulagi I., Solomons | 25 October 1942 | Sunk by gunfire from Japanese destroyers. |
Sonoma | At Leyte, P.I. | 24 October 1944 | Hit by shot down Japanese bomber. |
Tamaroa | San Francisco Bay, California | 27 January 1946 | Collision with USS Jupiter (AVS-8). |
Miscellaneous auxiliaries[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
Asphalt (IX-153) | At Saipan | 6 October 1944 | Grounded in a storm and stricken on 23 February 1945. |
Canopus (AS-9) | At Bataan, P.I. | 10 April 1942 | Bombed by Japanese aircraft. |
Mount Hood (AE-11) | At Manus, Admiralty Islands | 10 November 1944 | Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause. |
Niagara (AGP-1) | In Solomons | 23 May 1943 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft. |
Ocelot (IX-110) | Okinawa | 9 October 1945 | Wrecked by Typhoon Louise. Abandoned on 29 October 1945 and decommissioned on 6 December 1945. |
Pontiac (AF-20) | Off Halifax, Nova Scotia | 30 January 1945 | Salvaged 17 February 1945. |
Porcupine (IX-126) | At Mindoro, P.I. | 30 December 1944 | Sunk by Kamikaze plane. |
Ronaki (IX-94) | Off Eastern Australia | 18 June 1943 | Sunk after grounding on a reef. |
Utah (AG-16), ex-(BB-31) | 21°22′N 157°57′W / 21.367°N 157.950°W, Pearl Harbor | 7 December 1941 | Sunk by carrier-based aircraft torpedo. |
DCH-1 (IX-44) ex-Walker (ex DD-163, ex YW-57) | En-route to Pearl Harbor | 28 December 1941 | Cast adrift while under tow and sunk by gunfire. |
Miscellaneous district craft[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
YA-52 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YA-59 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YA-65 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YAG-2 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YAG-3 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YAG-4 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YAG-17 | 36°57′N 76°13′W / 36.950°N 76.217°W | 14 September 1944 | |
YC-178 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-181 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-523 | Off Portsmouth, N. H. | 24 February 1944 | |
YC-537 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-643 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-644 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-646 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-647 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-648 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-649 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-652 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-653 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-654 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-664 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-665 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-666 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-667 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-668 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-669 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-670 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-671 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-672 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-673 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-674 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-683 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-685 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-693 | Alaska | 1 February 1945[10] | |
YC-714 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-715 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-716 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YC-717 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-718 | Guam | 1942 | |
YC-857 | Off Cape Cod, Mass. | 12 November 1943 | |
YC-869 | Off Imperial Beach, Calif. | 23 March 1943 | |
YC-886 | Guantanamo | 3 February 1943 | |
YC-887 | Guantanamo | 3 February 1943 | |
YC-891 | Off Key West, Fla. | 18 April 1943 | |
YC-898 | Off Key West, Fla. | 29 September 1942 | |
YC-899 | Off Key West, Fla. | 29 September 1942 | |
YC-912 | In North Pacific | 13 January 1945 | |
YC-961 | At Biorka Island | 1 May 1945[10] | |
YC-970 | In Puget Sound, Wash. | 14 August 1943 | |
YC-1272 | Near San Pedro | June 1945 | |
YC-1278 | Off Atlantic Coast | 10 March 1943 | |
YCF-23 | En Route To Eniwetok | March 1945 | |
YCF-29 | En Route To Eniwetok | March 1945 | |
YCF-36 | En Route To Eniwetok | March 1945 | |
YCF-37 | En Route To Eniwetok | March 1945 | |
YCF-42 | 34°47′N 75°5′W / 34.783°N 75.083°W | December 1944 | |
YCF-59 | Off Delaware | January 1945 | |
YCK-1 | Wake Island | 1942 | |
YCK-2 | 45°47′N 58°57′W / 45.783°N 58.950°W | 5 November 1943 | |
YCK-8 | Off Key West, Fla. | 13 December 1943 | |
YD-19 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YD-47 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YD-56 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YD-60 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YDG-4 | Off New Caledonia | 1 October 1943 | |
YF-86 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-177 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-178 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-179 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-180 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-181 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-212 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-223 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-224 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-230 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-317 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YF-401 | 35°7′N 69°0′W / 35.117°N 69.000°W | 20 June 1943 | |
YF-415 | 42°24′N 70°36′W / 42.400°N 70.600°W | 11 May 1944 | |
YF-487 | In Caribbean | 18 July 1943 | |
YF-575 | Off Atlantic City, N.J. | 6 May 1943 | |
YF-579 | At San Francisco | 20 September 1943 | |
YF-724 | Off Farallones | 22 March 1945 | |
YF-725 | Off Farallones | 22 March 1945 | |
YF-777 | At Eniwetok | 6 August 1945 | |
YF-926 | En Route Pearl Harbor | 8 March 1945 | |
YR-43 | In Gulf of Alaska | 28 March 1945[10] | |
San Felipe | Philippines | 1942 | |
Santa Rita | Philippines | 1942 | |
Rosal | Philippines | 1942 | |
Camia | Philippines | 1942 | |
Dapdap | Philippines | 1942 | |
Rivera | Philippines | 1942 | |
Magdalena | Philippines | 1942 | |
Yacal | Philippines | 2 January 1942 | |
Dewey | At Bataan, P.I. | 10 April 1942 | Scuttled to prevent capture. |
YFD-20 | Off California | 31 January 1943 | |
YG-39 | 10°10′N 79°51′W / 10.167°N 79.850°W | 27 September 1944 | |
YG-44 | At Pearl Harbor | 7 February 1945 | |
YM-4 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YM-13 | Guam | 1942 | |
YMS-14 | In Boston Harbor | 11 January 1945 | |
YMS-19 | Off Palau | 24 September 1944 | |
YMS-21 | 43°6′N 5°54′E / 43.100°N 5.900°E | 1 September 1944 | |
YMS-24 | 43°23′N 6°43′E / 43.383°N 6.717°E | 16 August 1944 | |
YMS-30 | 41°23′N 12°45′E / 41.383°N 12.750°E | 25 January 1944 | |
YMS-39 | 1°19′S 116°49′E / 1.317°S 116.817°E | 26 June 1945 | |
YMS-48 | 14°25′N 120°34′E / 14.417°N 120.567°E | 14 February 1945 | |
YMS-50 | Off Balikipapan, N.E.I. | 18 June 1945 | |
YMS-70 | In Leyte Gulf, P.I. | 17 October 1944 | |
YMS-71 | 4°58′N 119°47′E / 4.967°N 119.783°E | 3 April 1945 | |
YMS-84 | Off Balikpapan, Borneo | 9 July 1945 | |
YMS-98 | Off Okinawa | 16 September 1945 | |
YMS-103 | 26°13′N 127°54′E / 26.217°N 127.900°E | 8 April 1945 | |
YMS-127 | In Aleutians | 10 January 1944 | |
YMS-133 | Off Oregon Coast | 21 February 1943 | |
YMS-304 | Off Northern France | 30 July 1944 | |
YMS-341 | Off Okinawa | 16 September 1945 | |
YMS-350 | Off Cherbourg | 2 July 1944 | |
YMS-365 | 1°18′S 116°50′E / 1.300°S 116.833°E | 26 June 1945 | |
YMS-378 | 49°33′N 1°13′W / 49.550°N 1.217°W | 30 July 1944 | |
YMS-385 | Off Ulithi, Caroline Islands | 1 October 1944 | |
YMS-409 | Off Atlantic Coast | 12 September 1944 | |
YMS-421 | Off Okinawa | 16 September 1945 | |
YMS-472 | Off Okinawa | 16 September 1945 | |
YMS-481 | battle of Tarakan | 2 May 1945 | |
YO-41 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YO-42 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YO-64 | Philippines | January 1942 | |
YO-156 | At Sitka, Alaska | May 1945 | |
YO-157 | At Sitka, Alaska | May 1945 | |
YO-159 | Off New Hebrides | 14 January 1944 | |
YPD-22 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YPK-6 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YPK-7 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YR-43 | In Gulf of Alaska | 28 March 1945 | |
YRC-4 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-41 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-42 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-43 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-44 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-45 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-46 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-47 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-48 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-49 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSP-50 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YSR-2 | Philippines | 1942 | |
Banaag | Philippines | 1942 | |
Iona | Philippines | 1942 | |
Mercedes | Philippines | 1942 | |
Vaga | At Corregidor, P.I. | 5 May 1942 | |
YT-198 | Off Anzio, Italy | 18 February 1944 | |
YT-247 | 14°14′N 158°59′W / 14.233°N 158.983°W | 5 April 1944 | |
Shahaka | 27°21′N 136°29′W / 27.350°N 136.483°W | 9 May 1944 | |
YTM-467 | Marshall Or Gilbert Islands | March 1944 | |
YW-50 | Guam | 1942 | |
YW-54 | Philippines | 1942 | |
YW-55 | Guam | 1942 | |
YW-58 | Guam | 1942 |
Coast Guard cutters[edit]
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
---|---|---|---|
CG-58012 | 41°53′N 70°30′W / 41.883°N 70.500°W | 2 May 1943 | Fire[11] |
CG-83415 | Off France | 21 June 1944 | Lost in storm[11] |
CG-83421 | 26°14′N 79°05′W / 26.233°N 79.083°W | 30 June 1943 | Collision with SC-1330[11] |
CG-83471 | Off France | 21 June 1944 | Lost in storm[12] |
Acacia | Caribbean Sea | 15 March 1942 | Shelled and sunk by German submarine U-161[13] |
Alexander Hamilton | Off Iceland | 29 January 1942 | Torpedoed by German submarine U-132[14] |
Bedloe | Off Cape Hatteras | 14 September 1944 | Foundered in hurricane[11] |
Bodega | Gulf of Mexico | 20 December 1943 | Stranded during a rescue attempt[11] |
CG-85006 (ex-Catamount #229192) | Off Ambrose Light New York | 27 March 1943 | Unknown explosion[11] |
Dow | Caribbean Sea | 14 October 1943 | Foundered in gale, near Puerto Rico[11] |
Escanaba | 60°50′N 52°00′W / 60.833°N 52.000°W | 13 June 1943 | Unknown explosion |
Jackson | Off North Atlantic Coast | 14 September 1944 | Foundered in hurricane[15] |
Muskeget (WAG-48) | In North Atlantic Ocean | 9 September 1942 | Sunk by U-755 |
Natsek | Belle Island Strait | Lost after 17 December 1942 | Unknown: Probably capsized due to icing in a gale[16] |
Vineyard Sound (LIGHTSHIP 73) | Vineyard Sound | 14 September 1944 | Foundered in hurricane[11] |
Wilcox | Off Cape Hatteras | 30 September 1943 | Foundered in gale[11] |
References[edit]
- ^ US President Harry S Truman declared the last day of December 1946 the official end of the United States participation in World War II
- ^ "USS Cythera". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "USN Ships--USS PT-107, 1942-1944". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "PT-509". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ U-Boat Forum accessed 28 October 2018
- ^ U boat Forum accessed 28 October 2018
- ^ Morison, Samuel Eliot. The invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945. History of United States naval operations in World War II. 11. Boston: Little, Brown. p. 141. ISBN 9781591145776. LCCN 2009052288. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "USS Atik". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ a b c alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (Y)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "HyperWar: The Coast Guard at War--8: Lost Cutters". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "USCGC Acacia". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "USCGC Alexander Hamilton". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Casualties, Navy and Coast Guard Ships, WW II". Retrieved 28 April 2012.
- ^ Willoughby, Malcolm F. (1957). The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 100–104.
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