PT-368 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Cape Salimoedi, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 11 October 1944. YP-279 foundered in heavy weather off Townsville, Australia, 5 September 1943. Crewmen recalled seeing the captain of a Japanese destroyer saluting the Johnston as she went down. During the wild fight, Atlanta, being exposed as the lead cruiser in the US formation was hit by several shells and took a torpedo hit to her port engine room, killing almost all power to the ship and leaving her guns inoperable. Birmingham had to put in for repairs which were completed by Jan 1945. She rejoined the Pacific fleet on 23 September 1944. PT-147 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Teliata Point, New Guinea, 20 November 1943. USSPerry(DD-340) was conducting minesweeping operations off near Anguar on 13 September when the ship struck a second mine in the last 30 hours. Although several of the enemy planes were downed, three planes managed to strike the Mahan. USSHammann(DD-412) was assisting in the effort to save the USS "Yorktown" (CV-5) on 6 June 1942. USSSkill(AM-115) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-593 south of Capri, Italy, 25 September 1943. USS LCT(5)-294 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USSThornton(AVD-11) scrapped after being damaged in collision with USSAshtabula(AO-51) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 5 April 1945. USSR-12(SS-89) was training new submariners in conducting a torpedo practice approach off Key West, Florida on 12 June 1943. The carrier lost six men in the attack; the remaining 951 were picked up by the escort screen. The last known communication between Snook and friendly forces was on 8 April, after which the submarine and her crew disappeared and were never seen or heard from again. USSMayrant(DD-402) was conducting anti-aircraft duties off Palermo, Italy on 26 May 1943 when she was attacked by German dive bombers. USSPillsbury(DD-227) was attempting to rendezvous with friendly forces near Java on 2 Mar 1942 when at she was engaged in a night action with the Japanese heavy cruisers Takao and Atago. Kimberly would survive the war to service with the Republic of China Navy until 1999, afterwards she was sunk in 2003 as a target. The aircraft survived the first approach because the proximity fuses were ineffective against its wooden fuselage then, skimmed low on the water undetected, and crashed into Callaghan on the starboard side. PT-33 grounded in enemy waters, 15 December 1941, and destroyed to prevent capture, Cape Santiago, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 26 December 1941. Kinugasa and Salt Lake City exchanged fire with each other, each hitting the other several times, causing minor damage to Kinugasa and damaging one of Salt Lake City's boilers, reducing her speed. Warrington's crew tried desperately to save their ship but it was apparent the Warrington was taking too much water and would have to be abandoned. The Darter refused to die after a failed scuttling and was abandoned to the elements after it was determined she would be of no value to the enemy. This map, currently, includes ships lost in the Gulf of Mexico which has its own map. Repeated attempts to contact the Grampus went unanswered, and the sub was presumed lost with all hands 22 March 1943. Accidentally destroyed by fire while fueling in port. At 1416, an already-damaged torpedo bomber dropped its torpedo off San Francisco's starboard quarter. USS YR-43 lost in the Gulf of Alaska, 28 March 1945. USSShark(SS-314) was on her third patrol of the war hunting Japanese shipping near the Luzon Strait when on 24 October 1944, the Shark reported to nearby American they were preparing to attack an enemy freighter. Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger. The blast tore a hole in the hull that flooded the starboard engine and boiler rooms and severed wiring for the main and secondary guns. USSMeredith(DD-434) was towing supplies on a barge to US forces holding Guadalcanal on 12 October 1942, when it was discovered that a Japanese carrier task force was nearby and all ships were to turn back immediately. USSNoa(APD-24) sunk in collision with USSFullam(DD-474) off Palau, Caroline Islands, 12 September 1944. One of the planes targeted Isherwood for destruction, coming in at thirty feet above the water off the starboard beam. Unfortunately, Hiei was able to hit Laffey with its 14-inch guns, causing massive damage to the little destroyer. Corry would at times approach within 1000 yards of the beach firing her guns at German pillboxes and emplacements. On 7 April 1945, a kamikaze cartwheeled across the flight deck and crashed into a group of planes, while its bomb hit the port catapult causing a tremendous explosion, killing 62 and wounding 71. At 13:52, a violent internal explosion shook the ship, she began to sink stern first, rolling over and going under the waves at 14:15. The engine, propeller and a bomb tore a hole in the flight deck, 12 by 20 feet, while the explosion of the bomb damaged the deck of the forecastle and the anchor windlass beyond repair and ignited a nearby fighter. USS YC-672 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American . USS Magdalena (YFB-687) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. PT-133 destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, near Cape Pus, New Guinea, 15 July 1944. The rocket powered suicide glider bomb; carrying a 2,600lb. USS LCT(5)-311 sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 9 August 1943. USSIngraham(DD-694) was serving on the radar picket line off Okinawa on 4 May 1945 when her group of ships were targeted by a large swarm of kamikazes. USS YF-224 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. 36 men were killed in the accident. USS LSMR-194 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. Merchant Marine in WWII. It remains unknown to this day exactly why S-28 sank, but taken down with her were the lives of forty-nine men. The mystery of the Grunion was solved when the submarine's wreckage was found in the area she disappeared in 2006. USSPorcupine(IX-126) damaged by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, scuttled by destroyer Gansevoort (DD-608), 30 December 1944. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. The crew shifted weight topside so the ship listed far enough to raise the holes out of the water. USS YC-693 lost off Alaska, 1 February 1945,[8] and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. Perry (converted small patrol vessel) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USS LCI(L)-600 sunk by undetermined explosion at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 12 January 1945. USSPlymouth(PG-57) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-566 off North Carolina, 5 August 1943. By 1 May 1945, the submarine and her crew of sixty men were considered lost. These ships may have sunk the submarine USSGrampus(SS-207), which also went missing in the same area, however most evidence points to the 16 February sinking as the Amberjack. The hulk of the ship would later be destroyed by US gunfire later that same afternoon. Including the captain, eleven crew went down with the Sculpin while forty-one survivors were picked up by the Yamagumo (one badly wounded man was thrown overboard by the Japanese). Her wounded were transferred off at Tulagi before she left. Suffering from the effects of at least 65 hits, Astoria fought for her life. USS LCI(L)-20 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. On 2 July 1944, Robalo made a report of sighting a Japanese Fus-class battleship with escorts, but the submarine was never seen or heard from again after this final message. She survived Operation Crossroads with minor damage, to be scuttled in 1948. The bomb's explosion started fires in the gunnery, machine and electrical workshops and punched a hole through the deck over the forward engine room. Eleven men were killed and forty-nine wounded but damage was minor. USS SC-1019 lost by grounding, 22 April 1945. However, damage was slight and Tennessee was back to duty two days later. The first hit the fantail, the second on the starboard side of the pilot house, the third struck the portside of the Combat Information Center, the fourth hit the number three five-inch gun, and the fifth hit the starboard side at the waterline. It was removed intact from the ship a couple of days later. She was repaired and overhauled by October 1942. As she went down, Sims exploded, killing many of her men in the water. USS YG-44 lost at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 February 1945. The plane's bomb managed to punch through the hull and explode in the engine room causing flooding and fires. USSDickerson(DD-157) was conducting operations off Okinawa when during the night of 2 April 1945 her group of transports was attacked by a large force of kamikazes. USS LST-906 grounded off Leghorn, Italy, 18 October 1944, and scrapped, 22 June 1945. The plane's bomb detonated in the No.3 five-inch turrets magazine, causing a devastating explosion which blew holes in the ship's hull, and started a massive inferno. Lists of Ships. Although an effort was made to tow the ship to safety, further air attacks prompted her abandonment and scuttling. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-15 November 1942. USSWarrington(DD-383) was sailing from Norfolk to Trinidad Island when on 12 September 1944; the crew was warned that they were sailing straight towards a massive hurricane. YP-95 destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 1 May 1944. USS LSM-20 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. The torpedo struck behind the after engine room, and detonated the ship's bomb magazine, causing a devastating explosion that engulfed the ship and sent shrapnel flying as far as 5,000 yards (4,600m) away. At the time, Astoria had been patrolling to the east of Savo Island in column behind Vincennes and Quincy. The ship was docked for repairs from February until October 1945. YP-405 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Caribbean Sea, 20 November 1942. West Virginia was raised and sent to Puget Sound for major reconstruction. She lost 175 crewmen from the attack and ship would be out of action for 10 months. Only 316 of the nearly 900 men set adrift after the sinking survived. Her commanding officers were found to be at fault for the accident. The ship made its way to Kerama Retto under her own power, twenty-two men had been lost and another forty-five wounded in one of the last successful kamikaze attacks of the war. It became clear the propulsion system of Grenadier was wrecked and the sub was stranded in enemy waters. USSColhoun(DD-85) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies to Guadalcanal when on 30 Aug 1942 while offloading near Kukum Point she was attacked by Japanese dive bombers. She arrived there still aflame. The Shark reported she had been attacked with depth charges about ten miles off Tifore Island on 2 February, and five days later informed base she was hunting a cargo ship heading northwest. The survivors were transported to Japan on board different vessels, one of which was sunk by another US submarine, taking the lives of another twenty more Sculpin crewmen. On the 14th, at 1945 her group was attacked by six D3A "Val" dive bombers; two of the planes closed on St. Louis. USSHudson(DD-475) was performing anti-submarine duty off Okinawa on 22 April 1945 when she came under attack by kamikazes. After the sixth salvo, Ydachi exploded, rolled over, and sank within five minutes. USSDaly(DD-519) was providing fire support for forces at Okinawa when on 28 April 1945 at 17:00, a raid of kamikazes targeted Daly and her group of ships. [5], USSMacomb(DD-458) was conducting radar picket duty on 3 May 1945 when at 1829 she was targeted by a Ki-61 "Tony" fighter that crashed into the ship's number three five-inch gun. USS YSP-48 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YC-869 lost off Imperial Beach, California 23 March 1943. USSClaxton(DD-571) was bombarding Japanese positions protecting Bougainville Island on 4 February 1944 when the ship was struck by as many as two (possibly eight-inch) shells which hit aft, wounding fifteen men but otherwise causing minimal damage. USS YW-55 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The sub called for help and soon HMAS Katoomba was dispatched to assist. A second kamikaze came screaming in but its wing was shot off sending the plane tumbling into the ocean, dousing the Hank with burning gasoline in the process. New York NY: Sarpedon Publishers, 1995. Japanese records indicate that three destroyers hunted and depth charged a submarine in the area where Triton was operating. USS YD-19 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSLansdale(DD-426) was escorting a convoy off the coast of Algeria during the night of 20 April 1944 when the convoy came under concentrated attacks by Luftwaffe bombers. The fire was nearly under control when about two minutes later, a second plane, likely attracted by the ship's glow against the darkness, struck the aft elevator shaft, exploding on impact, killing the majority of the fire-fighting party and destroying the fire fighting salt-water distribution system, thus preventing any further damage control. PT-347 destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft, mistaken identification, near Cape Pomas, New Britain Island, 29 April 1944. YP-205 destroyed by grounding, 1 November 1942. Soon thereafter, three Japanese destroyers appeared and the commanding officer decided to scuttle his combat ineffective boat, and all fifty-nine crew members were taken prisoner by the Japanese. USSCrow(AMc-20) sunk by erratic running aircraft torpedo in Puget Sound, Washington, 23 August 1943. Like her sister, she was sunk as a target ship in 1948. USS YPK-6 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II, Landing craft, infantry (gunboat) (LCI(G)), Landing craft, infantry (mortar) (LCI(M)), Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. USSFarenholt(DD-491) was steaming with a task force on the night of 1112 October 1942 on course to intercept Japanese shipping runs to Guadalcanal. Captain Jenkins survived the slaughter on the bridge and ordered the crew to begin clearing debris, jettisoning topside weight to correct the list, reducing the volume of sea water in the ship, and tending the wounded. USSUtah(AG-16) was hit by two torpedoes dropped from B5N "Kate" bombers at the onset of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite the damage, she completed her mission and was repaired and back in service just a few months later. USSGenesee(AT-55) scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USSPenguin(AM-33) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guam, Marianas Islands, 8 December 1941. San Francisco was one of the Navy's most decorated ships, being awarded 17 Battle stars for her service. Savannah was hit by a Fritz-X radio-guided bomb at 10:00. USSMinivet(AM-371) sunk by a mine in Tsushima Strait, Japan, 29 December 1945. USSRalph Talbot(DD-390) was on patrol off Savo Island during the night of 7-8 Aug 1942 when at 0215 a Japanese heavy cruiser appeared out of the darkness. USS YC-643 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSGamble(DM-15) damaged by aircraft bombs off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Yamato is clearly seen in the background of photographs taken during the attack on "Taffy 3". Around 08:20, Gambier Bay was severely damaged by a shell hit that flooded her forward engine room, cutting her speed in half. This Tiny U.S. Navy Warship Sank the Most Submarines in History US Navy Has Lost Fewer Than 30 Ships Since WW2 - warhistoryonline USS YF-415 lost, 11 May 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 16 May 1944. The Merchant Marine suffered the worst losses of World War II The submarine; most likely Barbel, disappeared under the waves in flames and smoke. USS YF-777 lost at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 6 August 1945. The ship came to a dead stop. She survived the war to be scrapped in 1959. Meredith lost thirty-five of her men killed, another twenty-five wounded. The subchaser turned and violently collided with S-26 starboard amidships, causing the submarine to roll over on its side and sink within a few seconds. USSBennett(DD-473) was escorting landing ships off Okinawa on 7 April 1945 when the task force was attacked by a swarm of kamikazes. Her stern lowered in the dark waters, and her bow was distinctively rising. Japanese radio reported on 11 October 1943, an American submarine was passing through La Prouse Strait and came under a sustained attack by Japanese planes and ships for several hours until oil and debris came to the surface. Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling. As Vincennes's list increased to port, the order to abandon ship was given at 0230. 62 of the ship's crew were rescued, unfortunately, 202 were lost with the ship. USS LCI(G)-474 sunk off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 17 February 1945. The flaming plane crashed into the two smoke stacks some fifteen feet from the bridge crew before bouncing into the water causing significant damage. USSKete(SS-369) had been sinking Japanese cargo freighters west of Tokara Retto when on 19 March 1945 she had been ordered to return to Midway Island to refuel and then to Pearl Harbor for a refit which the submarine acknowledged. USSDale(DD-290) was supporting operations in Buna as a high speed transport named SS Masaya when on 28 March 1943 she was attacked by five dive bombers, 6 miles off Oro Bay. Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. She would rejoin the war on 10 February 1943. Cony returned to duty by March 1944. The aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire but it continued aiming directly for the carrier's bridge. The fire punctuated by the frightful explosion of eight-inch projectiles in her Number 3 turret gradually subsided. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Gambier Bay was soon dead in the water as the battleship Yamato closed to point-blank range. USSTexas(BB-35) was providing fire support for American troops pushing inland during the Invasion of Normandy on 25 June 1944 when at 12:08 Texas and USSArkansas(BB-33) came under fire from German coastal defense batteries. USSCythera(PY-26) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine off North Carolina, 2 May 1942. Seawolf exchanged radar recognition signals with the submarine USSNarwhal(SS-167) at 0756 on the morning of 3 October off the island of Morotai, but was never heard from again. As the ship was being abandoned, Leary was hit by two additional torpedoes which quickly put the ship beneath the waves. Two minutes after the third hit, the captain gave the order to abandon ship. Hank put up a furious barrage of defensive fire which caused the kamikaze pilot to miss his target, splashing the sea just a few yards away and exploding. The ship would finish WWII with nine battle stars. Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedo. One crewman was slightly wounded when a piece of the enemy plane's wingtip struck his head. The plane plowed in under the first 40mm gun (aft), crashing through the hangar deck and striking the ship's magazines. The wreckage of the Grayback was discovered fifty miles south of Okinawa in 2019. USSFoote(DD-511) was engaged with a Japanese task force during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay when approximately at 03:00, the ship was struck by a Japanese torpedo which severed the stern from hull and killed nineteen men, another seventeen were wounded. 12 of her crew were killed and 6 seriously wounded. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946. Meredith was abandoned in a calm orderly fashion and her hull was towed to Baie de la Seine. This time she was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes and left dead in the water with a severe list. The seriousness of her damage would mean that Howorth would have to put in to the states for repairs. One struck her starboard side aft and the other crashed close aboard. Neither the submarine nor any of her crew were ever seen again. USS YC-674 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Around the same moment Abele was hit by the A6M, an incoming Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber released a MXY-7 Ohka. She was scrapped in 1962. Broken in two. USSPlunkett(DD-431) was acting as a screen for transports landing at Cape Anzio on 24 January 1944 when she came under attack by Luftwaffe Junkers Ju-88 bombers at 1738. Zane was repaired and continued her service until scrapping after the war. At 0125, a Japanese naval force was discovered about 27,000yd to the northwest. USSStanly(DD-478) was performing radar picket duty off Okinawa on 12 April 1945 when she was targeted by two MXY-7 Ohka rocket-powered kamikaze gliders. The ship went down by 04:18 after several more explosions, taking 64 of her crew and 52 Marines with her. The battleship suffered only superficial damage, and the fire was brought quickly under control. Only eight-six ofHoel's complement survived; two hundred and fifty three officers and crew died with their ship, at least forty men perished in the water while awaiting rescue. She was also forced to dodge torpedo attacks launched by the Japanese destroyer screen. At 10:51, an A6M Zero kamikaze dove on White Plains but was hit by AA fire and turned towards St. Either sunk by Japanese or destroyed to prevent capture. The drydock was flooded to prevent the fires from spreading but Cassin fell off her keel blocks and rested against Downes. Two Japanese destroyers were able to engage the trio of American ships. (Originally the 71 foot long Aku Sampan. A Zero crashed into Suwanee's flight deck at 1240 and careened into a torpedo bomber which had just been recovered. Although possible, researchers believe this was too far from where Grayling was assigned to operate. USS YF-230 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. U-Boats off the Outer Banks | NCpedia USSFanshaw Bay(CVE-70) was supporting the invasion of Saipan when on 17 June 1944 when at 18:52, a Japanese bomber made a run for Fanshaw Bay, dropping a 250lb bomb as it flew 1,500ft above the carrier. USSRonaki(IX-94) sunk after grounding on a reef off eastern Australia, 18 June 1943. USSAilanthus(AN-38) lost by grounding in the Aleutian Islands, 26 February 1944. The suicide attacker barely missed striking the bridge, instead clipping the ship's antenna before tumbling into the sea. The ship reached the downed crews raft an hour later who were under fire from Japanese shore batteries. On 13 July 1943 during the Battle of Kolombangara, Gwin was turning with formation to bring all main batteries to bear on four enemy destroyers, when the Japanese ships released a salvo of over 30 torpedoes at the Americans. Parkin, Robert Sinclair. Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft. In the ensuring Battle of Cape Esperance, Farenholt was hit by shells below the waterline from both Japanese and American guns causing concerning flooding. Control aft was demolished. USSMiantonomah(CM-10) sunk by a mine off Le Havre, France, 25 September 1944. The ship was repaired and returned to service shortly thereafter. UPDATED: Notable U.S. Navy Ships Lost Since World War II A slick of oil appeared as the sub went down making almost certain the she did not survive. One man was killed and 8 others wounded. Remarkably, no one was killed, and only three crewmen were wounded. The first crashed into a port side five-inch gun turret and inflicted numerous casualties among personnel in two 40mm mounts. PT-322 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea, 23 November 1943. Caldwell was hit by two bombs, one of the diving planes turned on its back and struck the bridge of the destroyer. Sunk by aircraft from Japanese aircraft carrier, Irreparably damaged after being rammed by, Sank in surface action with Japanese cruisers, Sunk by naval gunfire by Japanese cruiser. On 30 January 1943 while supporting landings on the northern coast of Rendova Island, Gwin was hit by shore-based shell fire in her main deck aft which stopped her engine, killed three men and wounded seven others. USS LCT(5)-340 sunk, 9 February 1944 and stricken from the Navy List, 6 March 1944. During the gunnery duel at 0720, Ludlow was hit by a shell which caused minimal damage and no casualties. She would finish the war, later participating in "Magic Carpet". USSDorado(SS-248) was a newly commissioned submarine which had just completed sea trials and left Connecticut on 6 October 1943 en route to Panama to begin her service in the war. USSLaffey(DD-459) was operating with TF 67 on the night of 1314 November 1942 off Guadalcanal when at 0148, combat was initiated with a Japanese force including two battleships, and fourteen destroyers. USSIsherwood(DD-520) was operating off Okinawa on 22 April 1945 just west of Kerama Retto when at 17:25, her radar picked up incoming bogeys. USS YMS-133 foundered off Coos Bay, Oregon, 21 February 1943. USSPartridge(ATO-138) sunk after being torpedoed by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944.
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