Irwin was also damaged, but stayed close to rescue survivors. No other discernable information about this incident has been recorded. Emergency repairs were completed by 09:35 and the carrier had kept station with the other ships in the group. USS LCT(6)-714 sunk off northern France, June 1944. Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding. Immobilized by Japanese aircraft bombs on 29 December 1941 but continued to support defenders of the Philippines. USS LCT(6)-548 sunk at Portsmouth, England, October 1944. The crew attempted to hoist a white flag of surrender but the Japanese vessel continued to fire at the S-44. Scuttled on 4 April 1945. Navy command did not know of the ship's sinking until survivors were spotted in the open ocean three and a half days later. Although the crew battled valiantly to save their ship, Beatty could not be saved and broke in two halves, sinking at 2305. USSLexington(CV-2) was hit by two armor-piercing bombs and two torpedoes on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. The crash jammed the ship's steering gear, causing a near collision with the huge Essex class carrier. Before giving the order to abandon ship, the crew of Chevalier fired a torpedo at a nearby Japanese destroyer, which exploded and sank soon afterwards. in Japanese hands. The extremely violent and freezing seas took the lives of 110 of her crew, 46 were rescued. Wilson had five dead and three wounded in the attack, but the damage was minimal. A bucket brigade battled the blaze on the gun deck and the starboard passage forward from that deck, and the wounded were moved to the captain's cabin, where doctors and corpsmen proceeded with their care. The casualties for 2526 October were 107 dead and 160 wounded. In 2006, the Wahoo was found by a team of divers resting in two-hundred feet of water near the La Prouse Strait. The ship was hit numerous hits in rapid succession and lost power through the fight. One crewman was slightly wounded when a piece of the enemy plane's wingtip struck his head. USSOklahoma(BB-37) was consecutively hit by at least five torpedoes during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Disabled by artillery shell and abandoned. USS YF-223 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Fifty-two men were lost with Flier. Sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft. She got underway for Mare Island for permanent repairs and modifications on 5 January 1942. Although the fires were extinguished, seven men had been killed, thirty-three wounded and there were serious concerns for the integrity of the ship's hull. At approximately 02:20Monssen, was spotlighted by a large Japanese warship in the pitch-black night, then hit by possibly 39 shells, including many of battleship caliber. 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. USSStrong(DD-467) was operating with TF 18 on 5 July 1943 supporting landings on New Georgia in the Kula Gulf by bombarding Japanese positions near Bairoko Harbor. Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause. The remains of the sub were discovered in 2017 off the coast of Oahu at a depth of eight thousand five hundred feet. Her first torpedo hit on 11 January 1942 killed nine men. 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. Neither the submarine nor any of her crew were ever seen again. Grounded and sunk. Engine repair ship. Johnston's brave crew would lose one hundred eightysix men. Scheina, Robert L. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. USS YPK-7 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The plane's right wing hit the torpedo director and pilot house while the fuselage struck the forward stack and exploded. After major repairs and an overhaul, Indianapolis received orders to undertake a top secret mission: to deliver enriched uranium and other important components of the Little Boy atomic device. Damage to the wreck indicates the sub was indeed struck by a large aerial bomb. Two other attacks on submarines were recorded by the Japanese in the area on 16 November which were not reported by any American sub, however it is unlikely these were made on Scamp if the submarine had been previously damaged as reported by the Japanese on 11 November. USSCorvina(SS-226) left Pearl Harbor on her maiden voyage on 4 November 1943, stopped at Johnson Island on the 6th to off her fuel tanks then proceeded to Truk for her first combat patrol. 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). Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. 0910'S, 15945'E Off Savo Island, Solomons. PT-283 damaged by Japanese shore batteries or wild shot from U.S. warship, 18 March 1944, and sank off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 19 March 1944. The ship rolled over and sank in under 2 minutes taking 202 crewmen down with her. At 17:45, wounded crew began to be taken off the ship, and by 17:50 the entire topside area had become untenable. William B Preston would finish the war as a tender and occasional transport. USS PGM-27 destroyed by grounding during typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. Grounded on Iwo Jima on 1 December 1945. USSLeedstown(AP-73) sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria, 9 November 1942. 9 men were killed and 21 wounded. In quick succession, enemy shells put her No. Enterprise was the most decorated ship in the history of the US Navy. Mayo required some four months of repairs before she returned to service. She survived the war to be scrapped in 1959. USSSt. Augustine(PG-54) sunk after collision with S.S. Camas Meadows off Cape May, New Jersey, 6 January 1944. Pope sought refuge in a rain squall but was soon spotted by enemy aircraft. How many US ships were sunk by Japan in World War 2? 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. In addition, the stored torpedo warheads threatened to detonate at any time. The ship would not be returned to service. Luckily, she was hidden in the smoke, and the enemy was not aware of her plight. At 02:30 it was quickly realized that Helena was not responding to radio messages and ships began to search for the missing cruiser. 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. With assistance from the salvage tugs Hopi and Moreno; Savannah got underway under her own steam by 17:57 hours and steamed for Malta. USS LCT(6)-612 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. The submarine; most likely Barbel, disappeared under the waves in flames and smoke. USSAnderson(DD-411) was participating in a diversionary bombardment of Wotje during the Marshall Islands campaign on 30 January 1944 when during the bombardment the ship was hit by a shell fired from a shore battery. The plane's bomb penetrated the deck to explode in the aft engine room. Scuttled after damage by Japanese warships the previous day. One hundred sixty of her men were lost including nineteen of her twenty one officers. Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II Ships Home. All crew with the exception of a fifty-man damage control party abandoned the ship into life rafts. Less than 30 percent of U.S. and allied ships lost to U-boat attacks were in a convoy while they were sunk. Severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and not repaired to operational condition. USS YF-179 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Steam, compressed air, and fire-main pressure were lost throughout the ship. While underway on 23 Aug, USS Tennessee collided with California after a steering malfunction. On 24 August, the Navy reported Bullhead as missing and presumed lost. It then veered into her flight deck on the forward starboard side. USS LCS(L)(3)-49 sunk by suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. Not one man from the salvage crew lost his life. IE 11 is not supported. Somehow, the plane ended up directly beneathPorterbefore it exploded, briefly lifting the ship out of the water due to the force of the underwater blast. USSMercedes(YT-108) destroyed to prevent capture at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 2 January 1942. USS PC-1261 sunk by shellfire from shore batteries off Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. USSEmmons(DD-457) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes attacked the American ships. The instant the plane hit, the plane's torpedo struck the ship on the starboard side knocking out all power. A second torpedo hit but failed to explode, and a shell hit the cruiser's mainmast, killing two crewmen. Indianapolis quickly took on a heavy list and settled by the bow. Men struggling with the terrific blazes on the hangar deck soon had to abandon it because of the heavy black smoke from the burning planes and exploding .50 caliber ammunition. USSTrout(SS-202) topped off for fuel at Midway Island on 16 February 1944 and headed out towards the East China Sea for her eleventh patrol of the war. USS LST-167 stricken after being damaged beyond repair by Japanese aircraft off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 25 September 1943. She was hit by a torpedo, several 250kg bombs, and possibly an 800kg bomb. 7 men were killed and 25 were wounded by the explosion which almost broke the ship in two. The dud landed in the aft diesel room creating a hole in the side of the Barton but no further damage. Wreckage and an oil slick developed and the Japanese assumed the vessel had been destroyed. Kadashan Bay would have to retire for repairs before finishing the war. At 17:25, a second plane dove on the ship, crashing in between the stacks and nearly breaking the ship in half. Northampton which was the last ship in the column was hit by two torpedoes most likely launched from Kawakaze. USSAlbert W. Grant(DD-649) was launching a torpedo attack on Japanese battleships during the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944, when at 04:07 the destroyer was struck by several shells from both Japanese and American guns. Today Missouri is a museum ship in Pearl Harbor, watching over the sunken USS Arizona. The enemy formation included the Yamato, the heaviest battleship ever built, armed with 18.1-inch naval rifles. The remains of the pilot were recovered on board the ship just aft of one of the 40mm gun tubs. Despite being outnumbered two to one, the Americans pressed their attack, hoping to get shots at transports. As Vincennes's list increased to port, the order to abandon ship was given at 0230. Water rushed through the ship's vents and knocked out all power. The first crashed through her flight deck and its bomb went off just above the hangar deck, setting afire several aircraft. Laffey shot down four kamikaze planes before the fifth suicide plane struck a glancing blow on gun mount three and tumbled into the sea. Anti-aircraft gunners on Hyman managed to shoot down several more approaching kamikazes (possibly including a German built FW-190), while damage control brought the fires under control. Sunk on 11 May 1942, after being heavily damaged during the, Sunk by Japanese airplanes from aircraft carrier, Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine. By 11:00 only a skeleton crew remained on board. Just after noon on 26 October, another group of kamikazes jumped "Taffy 1". The Cassin would return to service by April 1944. Grounded in a storm and stricken on 23 February 1945. Ship's Data: U.S. USSArgonaut(SM-1) was on her third patrol of the war along the south-east coast of New Britain Island when on 10 January 1943, she intercepted a convoy of enemy ships from Rabaul. During the gunnery duel at 0720, Ludlow was hit by a shell which caused minimal damage and no casualties. The collision caused extensive damage to her bow. The submarine's captain and four other men were washed off the conning tower as the boat sank and were later rescued. YP-94 destroyed by grounding, 18 February 1945. USS LST-333 sunk by German submarine U-593 off Dellys, Algeria, 22 June 1943. The damage was negligible and Texas continued to fire back at the Germans. Despite her crews best efforts, Callaghan sank at 02:35 with the loss of forty-seven members of her crew. USS LST-675 grounded off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945, and abandoned, Grounded, broke in half and sank by Typhoon Louise. USSManila Bay(CVE-61) was operating off the Philippines when on 5 January 1945 she was attacked by kamikazes. She was hit by two bombs and a torpedo which blew a 30-foot hole into her port side, although she managed to shoot down all of her attackers. The rest of her crew was rescued by friendly ships. Although sustaining several losses, the G4M bombers managed to hit Chicago with four torpedoes at 16:24; one forward of the bridge and three others in her engineering spaces. By 1236, the cruiser was back on an even keel. Fifty crewmen were killed and seventy-six wounded by the kamikaze which sent O'Brien back to the states. PT-172 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946. USS YF-777 lost at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 6 August 1945. The ship's crew made temporary repairs while moored at Florida Island and proceeded to Espiritu Santo, and finally back to Pearl Harbor by 29 December 1942. Twelve minutes later, she rolled completely over, then her stern rose into the air and she sank. The fires were extinguished by 1821. Shubrick was towed back to Kerama Retto for repairs and made it back to the US by 10 August. Eighty-one crewmen were lost with Trout. One of the planes although hit many times, still managed to crash into Gregory on the portside amidships just above the waterline, pubching through the hull to flood her firerooms and forward engine room. USS YAG-17 lost, 14 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. Laffey nearly collided with Japanese battleship Hiei, missing the behemoth by 20 feet and then raked the bridge and superstructure of the battleship at point-blank range. Although some of her survivors were picked up by the Japanese, not a single man from Edsall would survive the war. 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. In fact, the small ship was a coastal defense vessel which quickly opened fire on the S-44, prompting the sub to start an emergency dive, but it was too late. After the survivors were taken off, Mahan was scuttled with torpedoes; the crew lost 6 men and 31 wounded. A slick of oil appeared as the sub went down making almost certain the she did not survive. USSVaga(YT-116) scuttled to prevent capture off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USSSwerve(AM-121) sunk by a mine off Anzio, Italy, 9 July 1944. The Japanese launched air counterattacks on the 7th8th, and Astoria helped to defend the transports from those attacks. Both ships were on fire and sinking within a few minutes. The navy reported the Grunion was presumed lost with all hands on 5 Oct 1942. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 36 men were killed in the accident. At the end of her first circle, she fired on the battleship Hiei, with her forward turrets. One of the bombs hit the bridge, killing the ship's commanding officer. Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft. On 1 November 1944 while on patrol near Panaon Island, Anderson was attacked by a Ki-43 "Oscar" which dove at her at 1812. Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger. USS YO-157 lost at Sitka, Alaska, May 1945. The ship had to withdraw from the action to tend her damage. Suicide Squads: W.W. II: Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World War II: their Development and their Missions. Abner Read was taken under tow for repairs and returned to action by April 1944. The ship was able to make it back to Kerama Retto for repairs and continued serving a long career in the Navy. Marblehead successfully maneuvered through three attacks. Houston subsequently sought refuge at Tjilatjap to work on repairs and to tend to wounded sailors. After repairs in San Francisco, Chicago returned to the theater of combat. One of the torpedoes stuck in the same spot Juneau had been hit earlier, setting off an enormous explosion that engulfed the entire ship, breaking her into two halves. In March 1942 alone, 27 ships from six Allied nations were sunk off U.S. shores. USS Thresher (SSN-593) underway, 30 April 1961. Repairs were made at Pearl Harbor. The fate of Capelin remains unknown. Although an effort was made to tow the ship to safety, further air attacks prompted her abandonment and scuttling. Attempts to salvage the old ship were abandoned and today her wreck lies in Pearl Harbor as a war memorial. USSBanaag(YT-104) lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS SC-696 sunk by aircraft off Palermo, Italy, 23 August 1943. 5 August 1864. Returned to US and decommissioned on 23 April 1945. USS LSMR-190 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. The submarine put three torpedoes into the carrier before being sunk herself by depth charges. A single "Val" made a suicide run on Hobson from the starboard side. USSAlbacore(SS-218) topped off her fuel at Midway Island on 28 October 1944 before heading out on her eleventh patrol of the war. The Naval losses were 214 ships and submarines totaling 577,626 tons. The Grant was hit at least twenty-two times, the majority of the projectiles were armor piercing six-inch shells from USSDenver(CL-58). On 21 February 1945, Saratoga was repeatedly hit by five bombs and three kamikaze aircraft in a three-minute span, killing 123 of her crew and wounding 192. At the time, Astoria had been patrolling to the east of Savo Island in column behind Vincennes and Quincy. USSSwallow(AM-65) sunk after being hit by a single kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 22 April 1945. Three men had been killed and another twenty wounded as several compartments flooded aft. Houston was engaged on all sides at ranges never greater than 5000 yards, taking many hits, including a hit on the bridge which killed the captain. Forty-six crewmen were killed by the suicide plane; including the commanding officer, another twenty six were wounded. Evidence suggests that the Seawolf may have been the victim of friendly fire, as the destroyer escort USSRichard M. Rowell(DE-403) attacked and dropped depth charges on what the crew believed to be a Japanese submarine which had just sunk USSShelton(DE-407) not far from Morotai Island, however the Japanese submarine in the area had been able to escape unscathed. USSGregory(DD-802) was patrolling radar picket duty in company with three Landing Craft Ship on the afternoon of 8 April when at 18:30, four Japanese Ki-51 Sonia planes dove from out of the sun, a favorite tactic of the kamikaze. USSRobert L. Barnes(AG-27) captured at Guam, Marianas Islands, 10 December 1941. She survived over 40 huge explosions of her own munitions but was able to make it back to the states under her own power, despite suffering 798 killed and 487 wounded. USS SC-744 sunk by kamikaze attack in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 27 November 1944. Forty-two men went down with R-12 when she sank. In addition, several fires were kindled, total steering control was lost, and the ship acquired a 3 list to the port. USS SC-1019 lost by grounding, 22 April 1945. USSSentinel(AM-113) sunk by German aircraft off Licata, Sicily, 12 July 1943. The retreat by Kurita's surface force, however, did not end the ordeal for White Plains and her fellow warships. USSBirmingham(CL-62) was operating off Bougainville Island on 8 November 1943 when her task force came under air attack by Japanese planes. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946. YP-277 scuttled to avoid capture east of Hawaii, 23 May 1942. The discovery last week of the wreck of the Montevideo Maru has prompted renewed focus on the Japanese prison ships of World War II. Officially, a total of 1,554 ships were sunk due to war conditions, including 733 ships of over 1,000 gross tons. USSDarter(SS-227) was conducting her fourth patrol of the war near Palawan on 23 October 1944 when just after midnight, a huge fleet of Japanese battleships and cruisers appeared on the submarine's radar. The Maritime Commission called for 2,000 ships to be constructed by the end of 1943. USSLeary(DD-158) was part of a sub hunting task force when during a storm on 24 December 1943 at 01:58 she was hit by a torpedo from U-275 on the starboard side. Salt water had entered the fuel oil feed lines. The plane's bomb detonated, knocking out all power in the ship, and possibly breaking the keel. PT-193 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Noemfoor Island, New Guinea, 25 June 1944. Gunfire and ramming from a German minesweeper. UNITED STATES NAVAL SHIPS SUNK OR DAMAGED BY ENEMY TORPEDO, BOMBS, OR GUNFIRE. 1 April 1864. Allied Coastal Forces of World War II. 147 of her crew (and two Germans) were rescued from the water. Both ships managed to make it to Tjilatjap on 28 Feb, but were unable to resupply or refuel completely. By 13:30, the last man to leave the sub rigged her to flood. USS YC-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSNicholson(DD-442) was participating in the conquest of Seeadler Harbor during the Admiralty Islands campaign on 6 March 1944 when the ship was assigned to draw fire from an enemy battery on nearby Hauwei Island. Longshaw's crew lost eighty-six men killed including the captain, and ninety-five more were wounded. PT-44 destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 12 December 1942. Despite the flooding, fires, and heavy damage, Hadley was able to make it to le Shima under her own power. These are a few of the notable incidents: USS Bullhead One shell passed through the flight deck and into the communications area, where it destroyed all the radar and radio equipment. USSPortent(AM-106) sunk by a mine off Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. Stricken on 21 June 1945. USSHouston(CL-81) was operating with TF 38 which was conducting air strikes on Formosa when on 14 October 1944 the task force was attacked by Japanese planes. USSSturtevant(DD-240) was escorting a convoy off Key West, Florida on 26 April 1942, when the ship unknowingly sailed into an American minefield. The Japanese did not return fire for several minutes as the Americans stunning cannonade scored many hits and sinking one destroyer; Takanami. Twelve of her crew members were killed by the kamikaze attack, and another thirty-four were seriously wounded. The explosion killed three of her crew, and broke the ship in half. At 10:50 hours, a formation of nine Japanese Navy Zero kamikaze planes attacked in the first organized suicide attack of the war. USS LCI(L)-416 sunk off northern France, 9 June 1944. Empress Augusta Bay, off Bougainville, Solomons. During the rescue, Newcomb was hit by another kamikaze, but the plane's bomb bounced off the deck and into the side of Leutze. Firefighting was abandoned at 0925 and five minutes later the forward magazines exploded, wrecking the bow of the ship. The blast had enough force to rupture a fire main, sever electrical cables, and even eject depth charges from the bomb bays of the Avengers stored within the hangar deck. USSNapa(AT-32) scuttled off Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 9 April 1942. At 17:12, a Yokosuka P1Y penetrated the screen undetected and made for Ommaney Bay, approaching directly towards the ship's bow. YP-74 sunk by collision, 6 September 1942. The destroyer would break in half and sink under the waves by 18:55, her crew lost thirty men dead and another seventy-two wounded. At 17:20, an A6M "Zero" fighter dove out of low cloud cover to hit Hazelwood. For her service in WWII she was awarded 16 Battle Stars. 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. At first glance, the England (named for John England, a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor) was not an impressive vessel. Refloated next day. Everyone in turrets one and two perished.