how many american ships were sunk in ww2

By 18:20, signal had been completely lost with the sub. The ship lost all power and had to be towed over 1,500 miles to Ulithi where she received sufficient repairs to power herself home. USSHancock(CV-19): On 25 November 1944, a fire exploded an incoming kamikaze some 300ft (91m) above the ship, but a section of its fuselage landed amidships and burst into flames. It would be struck by another kamikaze later that day, in the same spot the first plane had hit. USSHelena(CL-50) moored in Pearl Harbor when the base came under attack by Japanese carrier planes. Callaghan flooded and the fires which ignited anti aircraft ammunition prevented nearby ships from rendering aid. A near-miss by dive bombers caused flooding which prompted the crew to abandon ship just as the Japanese cruisers closed for the kill. After laying smoke and guiding the escort carriers into a rain squall; Hoel charged the Japanese formation, heading straight for the battleships. Twenty minutes later, at least ten Japanese planes simultaneously approached the destroyer from several directions; although facing insurmountable odds, Hadley shot down all ten attackers. Between December 1941 and September 1945, over 350 U.S. Navy warships and patrol craft were sunk or damaged beyond repair. Intense fire splashed two close aboard, but a third plane crashed into the port side of the flight deck. The wreck of the submarine was rediscovered in 2020. USS YC-671 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSRenshaw(DD-499) was escorting landing craft through Surigao Strait into the Mindanao Sea on 21 February 1945 when she was targeted by a Japanese midget submarine that hit her with a torpedo. These impacts on the Little demolished her topside superstructure and she began listing heavily to port when her captain gave the order to abandon ship. Four twin 20 AA cannon opened up to set the kamikaze ablaze prior to hitting Louisville which killed eight sailors on a quad 40mm AA gun mount, injured 45 sailors, bent the number 1 smoke stack, cut Louisville's seaplane off and left only the pontoon on the catapult. USSSwordfish(SS-193) was conducting her thirteenth patrol of the war off Okinawa in preparation for the upcoming landings scheduled there for 1 April 1945. At 00:15 on 30 July, Indianapolis was struck on her starboard side by two Type 95 torpedoes, one in the bow and one amidships, from the Japanese submarine I-58. Although the ship suffered minor flooding, five dead and twenty three wounded; Claxton was able to complete her mission rescuing over one hundred eighty seven of Abner Read. The plane smashed into the ship's forecastle with a large explosion; its torpedo detonated a few minutes later, causing more casualties. USS LCT(5)-319 sunk at Kiska, Aleutian Islands, 27 August 1943. Chester would earn 11 battle stars for her service in WWII. She lost 16 men killed and another 20 seriously wounded. USSPalmer(DMS-5) sunk by Japanese aircraft in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 7 January 1945. PT-353 destroyed by Australian aircraft, mistaken identification, Bangula Bay, New Britain Island, 27 March 1944. The plane hit the ship's number three gun mount, igniting a large fire. USSMugford(DD-389) was covering the 7 Aug 1942 landings on Guadalcanal when at 1320, a large Japanese airstrike attempted to disrupt the landings. PT-22 scrapped after being badly damaged in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 11 June 1943. The oil-fed flames engulfed Pensacola's main deck aft where ammunition exploded. USS SC-740 grounded on Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 17 June 1943. Her rudder jammed, Marblehead continuing to steam at full speed, circled to port. Three eight-inch, shells struck her within minutes of each other. Damage control parties dumped the unexploded bomb from the plane over the side, brought the fires under control. Only two YPs were lost due to enemy action. Postwar analysis of Japanese records conclude that the most likely cause of Golet's loss came on 14 June 1944 when several Japanese anti-submarine vessels depth charged an American submarine until a large slick of oil, debris, and cork floated to the surface. USSTullibee(SS-284) was on her fifth patrol of the war near Palau Islands when on 25 March 1944 her crew sighted a Japanese convoy of six ships. USS LST-228 destroyed by grounding near Bahia Angra Island, Azores, 21 January 1944. Another crashed close aboard her port quarter and exploded, flooding her blisters. This was done by a branch of the Navy that accounted for about 1.6% of the Navy's wartime complement. A nearby Landing Craft Ship took off the surviving crew at 18:00 while a tugboat attempted to tow the destroyer away, but fires and a heavy list made it obvious that she could not be saved and was sunk by gunfire. USSReno(CL-96) was sailing with TF 38 east of the San Bernardino Strait on the night of 3 November 1944 when she was targeted by Japanese submarine I-41. USSAPc-21 sunk by aircraft off Arawe, New Britain Island, 17 December 1943. The ship would survive the war to be returned to the US Navy, and later sunk as a target. USSNashville(CL-43) was shelling Vila airfield on Kolombangara when on the night of 12 May, she suffered a powder charge explosion in one of her forward turrets, killing 18 and injuring 17. A skeleton crew determined the damage was too extensive to repair the ship, so all useful equipment was removed and Barry was towed to be used as a decoy. At 17:12, a Yokosuka P1Y penetrated the screen undetected and made for Ommaney Bay, approaching directly towards the ship's bow. At 01:51, she trained her guns on a small cruiser or large destroyer 3,300yd off her starboard bow. O'Brien evaded one torpedo and was then struck by a second on her port bow. Eleven days later, New Orleans sailed stern-first to avoid sinking to Sydney, Australia, arriving on 24 December While docked in Sydney, the damaged propeller was replaced and other repairs were made, including the installation of a temporary stub bow. PT-320 destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 5 November 1944. Another twenty seven crewmen were wounded during the action. This incident was one of several reasons cited by Hitler's declaration of war on the U.S. as justification of formally opening hostilities. USS LSMR-195 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 3 May 1945. While making repairs; at 18:40 an enemy twin engine bomber dropped two bombs that scored on Palmer's portside. USS LCT(5)-496 sunk in the English Channel, 2 October 1943. USSS-44(SS-155) was on her fifth patrol of the war the night of 7 October 1943, when at 20:30 the submarine picked up on radar what was presumed to be a small merchant ship. The explosion killed three of the ship's crew. This was due to a number of factors, the darkest of which was that, even when U-boats had the edge against Navy vessels, they needed to remain underwater. The ship went down by 04:18 after several more explosions, taking 64 of her crew and 52 Marines with her. Towed to Philippines and scuttled off of Samar on 7 March 1946. By 16 April 1945, the Kete had been reported as missing by the Navy. A Zero crashed into Suwanee's flight deck at 1240 and careened into a torpedo bomber which had just been recovered. Efforts to save the ship were abandoned and her crew went over the sides just minutes later. USSBelknap(DD-251) was covering the landings at Lingayen Gulf and Luzon when on 11 January 1945 she was attacked by a kamikaze which struck the ship in the number two stack. The explosion killed every man in the after engine room and was unable to move in the rough seas. USSFechteler(DE-157) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-967 north-east of Oran, Algeria, 5 May 1944. YP-77 sunk in collision off Atlantic coast, 28 April 1942. During the gunnery duel at 0720, Ludlow was hit by a shell which caused minimal damage and no casualties. USSS-39(SS-144) was on her fifth war patrol heading across the Coral Sea to the Louisiade Archipelago when late on the night of 13 August 1942, the submarine ran aground on rocks just off Rossel Island. Although their ship was down by the bow and listing heavily to port, the destroyer's crew got the engines working again and enabled Grant to retire to friendlier waters. The second plane; likely a D3A "Val" made a steep dive on O'Brien, and despite heavy damage landed forward of amidships on the portside. A Japanese plane dove down out of the cloud cover and hit the water close aboard to the Claxton, its bomb detonating in the water. The sub sat on the sea floor for thirteen hours making repairs before finally making it back to the surface to get fresh air and clear smoke out of the submarine. USS LCI(L)-232 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Sumner was damaged by a near missed bomb which threw fragments across the deck wounding thirteen men, she was also hit by a shore battery which caused negligible damage. As crew jettisoned topside weight to keep her upright, her gunners helped to destroy five Japanese planes. USSBullhead(SS-332) was on her third patrol of the war near Bali when on 6 August 1945 the submarine reported she had made her way through the Lombok Strait en route to a rendezvous with a wolfpack in the Java Sea. Two of them singled out White Plains as their victim. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. USS LCI(L)-600 sunk by undetermined explosion at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 12 January 1945. 35 crewmen had been killed and another 25 wounded. PT-111 destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. The Maritime Commission called for 2,000 ships to be constructed by the end of 1943. USS LCI(L)-497 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. On 7 April 1945, Maryland was struck by a kamikaze again, which landed onto a 20mm gun mount located on top of turret number 3. YP-95 destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 1 May 1944. YP-205 destroyed by grounding, 1 November 1942. USSDickerson(APD-21) damaged by Japanese aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 2 April 1945, and scuttled, 4 April 1945. The explosion killed 23 personnel and exposed the engineering spaces to the ocean, stalling the ship. A third plane crashed just aft of the bridge. YP-481 destroyed by grounding at Charleston, South Carolina, 25 April 1943. USS YP-17 lost due to Japanese occupation of Guam and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. On 9 January 1945, she was hit again by a kamikaze "Tojo" fighter which crashed into the forward gun director gun mount, killing 24 and wounding 97 men. On 17 February 1945 Pensacola was bombarding Iwo Jima when she was hit by enemy gun batteries on shore which killed 19 men and wounded 119. 80 miles northeast of Laysan Island, southeast of Midway, Approximately 7.5 miles NNE of Wildwood, NJ. Repurposed as a cargo barge and redesignated as IX-173 on 12 August 1944. Despite the flooding, fires, and heavy damage, Hadley was able to make it to le Shima under her own power. The submarine and her crew were never seen again. New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Four of her crew were killed and six wounded. Unbeknownst to the men manning the ships to the northward, a powerful enemy force was heading in their direction. Cony returned to duty by March 1944. USS YG-39 lost, 27 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 13 November 1944. USS LCT(5)-242 sunk off Naples, Italy, 2 December 1943. On 9 Dec, Capelin was seen by friendly submarine Blowfish and acknowledged a message confirming her identity, but this would be the last time the submarine was ever seen or heard from again. PT-135 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Crater Point, New Britain, 12 April 1944. Only a single man survived the sinking to be captured by the Japanese and held as a POW until the end of the war. USSGrayling(SS-209) was on her eighth patrol of the war patrolling near the approaches to Manila. With this fourth kamikaze crash, the destroyer began to quickly list and sink by the stern. USSJoseph Hewes(AP-50) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173 off Fedala, Morocco, 11 November 1942. USS YF-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS LCI(G)-459 sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 19 September 1944. After several hours of pursuit, the confused Japanese task force reversed course and retired from battle, much to the bewilderment of the Americans. USS YMS-103 sunk by a mine off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 8 April 1945. The skeleton crew that had remained abandoned the Glennon, which floated until late 10 June 1944 when she sank. Grounded on Iwo Jima on 1 December 1945. USSLongshaw(DD-559) was en route to her patrol area on the morning of 18 May 1945, following a four-day period of fire support when at 07:19, the destroyer ran aground on a reef just south of Naha Airport. Struck reef and grounded near Spruce Cape signal station. USSWahoo(SS-238) left Midway Island on 13 September for her seventh patrol of the war, heading for the Sea of Japan to hunt cargo ships. At 0211, a torpedo struck the starboard side of Honolulu, blowing off her bow. Despite the damage, she was temporarily repaired and resumed bombardment and counter-battery fire of enemy positions. San Francisco swung left while her main battery continued to fire on the battleships which, with the cruiser and the destroyer, continued to pound San Francisco. 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. USS Liscome Bay: American escort carrier sunk on 24 November 1943 by the Japanese submarine I-175 of the island of Makin. USSManila Bay(CVE-61) was operating off the Philippines when on 5 January 1945 she was attacked by kamikazes. The plane smashed into the ship's port main deck waist, both of its bombs went off on the deck and gasoline fires engulfed the area near the crash. Due to the war coming to an end a few months after receiving her damage, Newcomb was not repaired or returned to service. Savannah's crew quickly sealed off flooded and burned compartments, and corrected her list. She lost 175 crewmen from the attack and ship would be out of action for 10 months. USS SC-751 grounded off Western Australia, 22 June 1943. USSMcCalla(DD-488) rescued 195 men from the shark-infested waters and attempted to tow Duncan away for salvage but the battered ship sank 6 miles north of Savo Island. The first suicide rocket hit the starboard bow at speeds in excess of 500mph (800km/h), but luckily the warhead punched through and exited out the portside of the ship, leaving a huge hole but only minor damage. Norman Scott positioned herself so as to draw fire away from the battleship some 1,800 yards from shore, unfortunately the valiant maneuver would cost the destroyer. During the intervening period, the Japanese shells had sparked a series of fires, which the damage control parties struggled to contain, and the situation seemed to be deteriorating. USS LCT(5)-197 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. The plane's bomb detonated inside the ship, killing three men outright and wounding eighteen others. Engine repair ship. PT-200 lost after collision, 22 February 1944, off Newport, Rhode Island, and sank 23 February 1944. The ship had been waiting to refuel and was not prepared to ride out the storm. The sub settled on the sea floor in 180 feet of water with thirty survivors crammed into the bow torpedo room, of which thirteen were able to make it out of the sunken Tang to the surface. USSStewart(DD-224) was en route to Bali on 19 February 1942, leading a column of Allied ships when they were engaged by Japanese destroyers in the Battle of Badung Strait causing extensive damage. USSNatoma Bay(CVE-62) was operating off Okinawa when at 06:35, on 7 June 1945, after having maneuvered through typhoon weather, Natoma Bay was closed by an A6M Zero, broad on the port quarter and low on the water. USSRoss(DD-563) was conducting escort for minesweeping ships off Dinagat Island on 19 October 1944 when at 01:33 she struck a mine to port under the forward engine room and fireroom. Ammunition for 5 in, 40mm, and 20mm cooked off causing more casualties. At 1210, another kamikaze closed on St. Louis but was shot down less than 400 yards away. USSShahaka(YT-368) sunk after collision with ABSD-2 midway during transit from California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 9 May 1944. USS YC-537 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS LCS(L)(3)-127 sunk off California, 5 March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. 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. During the chaos of battle, it had not been known that Helena was hit and sinking by the other ships in her task force. Fires were quickly extinguished and within 24 hours the ship was back in action. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire. At 11:46, there was still no CAP cover over the cruiser's formation, and at 1151, two more enemy planes, both burning, attacked St. Louis. Following her repairs, the ship served as a replenishment carrier and eventually in "Magic Carpet". Scuttled to prevent capture. USSPontiac(AF-20) scrapped after foundering off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 30 January 1945. Damage to the wreck indicates the sub was indeed struck by a large aerial bomb. USSAllen M. Sumner(DD-692) was making a night-time sweep with two other destroyers targeting Japanese transports unloading supplies in Ormac Bay just after midnight on 3 December 1944. Three miles northeast of Monterey, California. The ship reached San Francisco for repairs on 11 December 1942. A total of 183men were killed. When the flagship Minneapolis was struck by two torpedoes, New Orleans, next astern, was forced to sheer away to avoid collision, and ran into the track of a torpedo which detonated the ship's forward magazines and gasoline tanks. USS YC-693 lost off Alaska, 1 February 1945,[8] and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. A D4Y dove on St. Louis from the port quarter, and exploded with its bomb on impact. USSLaffey(DD-724) was serving radar picket duty with two escorts off the northern coast of Okinawa on 16 April 1945 when at 08:27, a massive swarm of at least fifty Japanese planes approached and circled the three American ships. The Naval losses were 214 ships and submarines totaling 577,626 tons. The ship was able to make it back to Kerama Retto for repairs and continued serving a long career in the Navy. Salt Lake City received most of the attention and soon received two hits, one of them amidships, mortally wounding two men, but she responded with very accurate fire. USSZellars(DD-777) was screening the battleship USSTennessee(BB-43) on the afternoon of 12 April off Okinawa when at 14:50, three Nakajima B6N "Jill's" were sighted approaching low on the water from the port quarter. The sub was assigned to patrol the Yellow Sea and sink Japanese shipping. The pilot identified the destroyer and oiler as a cruiser and carrier, respectively. The hulk of the abandoned ship drifted ashore to Tokashiki where it was shelled by the Japanese and pounded by the surf. Concrete barge. On the 14th, at 1945 her group was attacked by six D3A "Val" dive bombers; two of the planes closed on St. Louis. USS PC-814 destroyed by typhoon at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 12 December 1945. Newly available records show Hann was aboard the HMT Rohna, a transport ship sunk by a German bomber in a devastating attack off the coast of Algeria on Nov. 26, 1943. USSDaly(DD-519) was providing fire support for forces at Okinawa when on 28 April 1945 at 17:00, a raid of kamikazes targeted Daly and her group of ships. At 17:49, after being torpedoed by USS Reno, an enormous explosion destroyed the entire forward section and sent flames and debris up to 2,000 feet into the air. USSTriton(SS-201) was on her sixth patrol of the war near the Papua, New Guinea area when on 15 March 1943 the submarine reported that it had attacked a Japanese convoy but was pursued by depth charge dropping destroyers. Ultimate fate unknown. USS YC-643 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. After the sixth salvo, Ydachi exploded, rolled over, and sank within five minutes. With the port waterway awash at noon, Commodore William G. Greenman gave the order to abandon ship. The two sides met with one another in the pitch-black night at 0130 and quickly the battle became a frenzied shootout. On 5 January the sub reported a crewman had been injured with a broken foot and requested the friendly sub Herring near-by make the exchange. By 1152, the ship had taken on a list to port. USSHyman(DD-732) was patrolling five miles north of le Shima on 6 Apr 1945 when starting at 16:15 she was targeted by several kamikazes. She was scrapped in 1973. Fires were put out an hour later and Haynsworth made her way back to Kerama Retto for repairs. Severely damaged by grounding and scrapped. While the ship was not struck directly, the mining effect of the under-keel explosion severely damaged her hull, deranged her starboard machinery and tripped all of the circuit breakers in her electrical network. By 20:15, however, steering control had been established, and the ship was brought back to a course that helped the crew fight the myriad fires scattered over the CVE. The kamikaze punctured more than 100 holes in the bulkheads, doors, and gasoline lines. As she made headway the ship gradually leaked more water. Sigsbee lost twenty-two men killed and seventy-two wounded. Dickerson's hulk was towed to a nearby base where it was later sunk after a brief salvage and recovery of the dead. 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. Her gunners kept firing, while damage control crews fought the fires and helped the wounded. USS LSM-149 grounded off the Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. USSNeosho(AO-23), damaged on 7 May 1942 by Japanese carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea, scuttled by destroyer Henley (DD-391) on 11 May 1942. USS LST-523 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 19 June 1944. On 12 August 1945, just off the coast of Japan, a lone Japanese torpedo bomber penetrated the Allied defense to hit Pennsylvania with its warhead. A large group of Japanese bombers soon appeared at 09:30 and circled the two American ships searching for the reported carrier but settled on the Sims and Neosho when their fuel ran low. Later in the day at 14:47, she was hit again in the bow by another 240mm shell but this time nobody was hurt and the projectile was later disarmed. USSGenesee(AT-55) scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. With the keel having been broken by the second and third hit, the girders that supported the hull structure began to buckle, collapsing the entire structure amidships and breaking the hull in half. Four of her men were killed and 17 wounded. USS LCT(5)-36 sunk off Naples, Italy, 26 February 1944. The submarine was never seen nor heard from again. Perry (converted small patrol vessel) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. The bow twisted to port, damaging the ship's hull as it was wrenched free by the ship's momentum, and sank immediately off the aft port quarter. After over four hours battling fires, throwing ammunition overboard and helping the wounded, the ship was finally brought under control. On 5 June 1945, she was again hit by a kamikaze (initially identified as a friendly plane). USS YCK-8 lost off Key West, Florida, 13 December 1943. USSYAG-4 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 22 February 1943. 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. Destroyed by enemy aircraft during attack on Cavite Navy Yard. USS YC-667 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Yamato opened fire at 06:59 at an estimated range of 34,544 yards, targeting White Plains with her first four salvos.
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