List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II
This is a list of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II. It also lists United States Coast Guard losses. Battleships (BB). was hit by two torpedoes dropped from B5N "Kate" bombers at the onset of the attack on Pearl Harbor. She immediately began listing and capsized within ten minutes. Fifty-eight men were lost on "Utah" during the attack. Attempts to salvage the old ship were abandoned and today her wreck lies in Pearl Harbor as a war memorial. , on  3 May 1945 off Okinawa, was attacked by two Vals and three Kates at 1452. She shot them all down, but one exploded close off her port quarter. Another crashed close aboard her port quarter and exploded, flooding her blisters. Shrapnel was sent flying over the deck but the ship had taken only minor damage. She was scrapped in 1947. During Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the ship lost power right as combat was initiated with a Japanese surface task force. "South Dakota" was illuminated by burning ships and fired upon by the Japanese task force, including battleship Kirishima. It  is estimated she was hit by one 14", one 5", six 6", and eighteen 8" caliber shells. Most of the enemy shells were aimed at the ship's superstructure, thus not threatening the ship's survival. Forty men were killed and one hundred eighty wounded from this action. The ship returned to the states for repairs shortly afterward. During the Battle of the Philippine Sea, a D4Y dive bomber hit "South Dakota" with a 500 lb bomb, disabling a 40 mm mount, killing twenty-four and wounding another seventy-seven men. After receiving repairs at Puget Sound, she rejoined the  fleet. During the Okinawa campaign in 1945, she suffered her final wartime damage from an explosion that occurred while loading ammunition which killed three men. She was scrapped in 1962. Aircraft carriers (CV). Fleet Carriers. was hit by two armor-piercing bombs and two torpedoes on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. After several hours of fighting fires and suffering severe internal explosions caused by leaking gasoline vapors, the ship was abandoned and scuttled with a loss of 216 men. , on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500 lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the  flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast after being at general quarters all night. 102 crewmen were lost. Despite the losses, "Wasp" continued operations with 27 minutes of the strike. She was scrapped in 1973 after a prestigious career. Aircraft carrier, light (CVL). was attacked on 20 November 1943 by a group of aircraft low on the water. Six were shot down, but the aircraft launched at least five torpedoes, one of which hit the carrier's starboard quarter. Seriously damaged with 17 dead and 23 wounded, the ship  steamed to Funafuti on 23 November for emergency repairs. "Independence" returned to San Francisco on 2 January 1944 for more permanent repairs. She survived the war and atomic bomb tests at Operation Crossroads to be scuttled off California in 1951. USS "Birmingham" and USS "Irwin" approached and attempted to fight the fire and rescue crew members. A few hours later, a second, larger explosion shook the "Princeton", possibly caused by an explosion of one or more bombs in the magazine. "Birmingham" suffered extensive damage to her superstructure and numerous casualties. "Irwin" was also damaged, but stayed close to rescue survivors . By 16:00, the fires were out of control and the remaining personnel were evacuated. 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. "Princeton" sank at approximately 17:50 with a loss of 108 men; however, 233 men were killed and 426 wounded on the USS "Birmingham". Aircraft carrier, escort (CVE). was torpedoed off the Canary Islands at 20:13 on 29 May 1944. U-549 had slipped undetected through her screen. The submarine put three torpedoes into the carrier before being sunk herself  by depth charges. The carrier lost six men in the attack; the remaining 951 were picked up by the escort screen. This was the only American carrier sunk in the Atlantic during the war. USS "Sangamon" (CVE- 26) was rearming at Kerama Retto during the battle of Okinawa on 4 May 1945, when at 19:55 a Ki-45 kamikaze crashed into the center of her deck; its bomb penetrated the flight deck and exploded in the hangar. Initial damage was extensive, fires broke out on the flight deck, the hangar deck, and in the fuel deck, communications from the bridge were  lost within 15 minutes, and the ship was soon out of control. 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. By 22:30, all fires were under control. The attack killed 46 and wounded 116. The plane's bomb compounded the fracture when it exploded between the flight and hangar decks, tearing a 25-foot gash in the latter and causing a number of casualties. Within two hours, her flight deck was sufficiently repaired to enable the escort carrier to  resume air operations. Just after noon on 26 October, another group of kamikazes jumped "Taffy 1". A Zero crashed into "Suwanee"s flight deck at 1240 and careened into a torpedo bomber which had just been recovered. The two planes erupted upon contact as did nine other planes on her flight deck. The resulting fire burned for several hours, but was finally brought under control. The casualties for 25–26 October were 107 dead and 160 wounded. USS "Santee" (CVE- 29) was sailing as part of "Taffy 1" off the northern coast of Mindanao on 25 October 1944 when at 07:40, a  kamikaze managed to sneak over the formation and dove into the center of "Santee", crashing through the flight deck and starting fires in the hangar deck. These fires were quickly brought under control and by 07:51 the ship was fully operational. 16 men were killed and 27 wounded. Minutes later at 07:56, a torpedo fired from Japanese submarine "I-56" struck the ship, causing flooding of several compartments and creating a 6° list to starboard. Emergency repairs were completed by 09:35 and the carrier had kept station with the other ships in the group. The entire task force was rocked  by the explosion, but no other ships were significantly damaged. A mushroom cloud erupted, rising thousands of feet above the wreck of "Liscome Bay". The detonation sheared off nearly the entire rear end of the carrier, killing everyone behind the forward bulkhead of the aft engine room. Both the hangar and flight decks were heavily damaged. The forward part of the hangar was immediately engulfed in flames, igniting the few remaining planes on the flight deck. Planes fell off the carrier's deck. Steam, compressed air, and fire-main pressure were lost throughout the ship. Fires on the flight deck  caused ammunition within the burning aircraft and anti-aircraft guns to detonate, further complicating matters. The gasoline-coated water surrounding "Liscome Bay" caught fire, hampering survivors' efforts to escape. At 05:33, only 23 minutes after the explosion, "Liscome Bay" listed to starboard and sank; 53 officers and 591 enlisted men were killed, while 272 survived. Fires were quickly extinguished and within 24 hours the ship was back in action. 22 men were killed and 56 wounded by this attack. 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. Four of "Natoma Bay"s crew were wounded while one officer was killed. A second Zero was splashed by the ship's port batteries. The damage control party immediately extinguished the blaze and set about emergency repairs. The next strike was cancelled, but the following one, against Miayako Shima, took place as scheduled at 10:30. Nevertheless, the Americans accepted battle and many of the escorting destroyers would valiantly sacrifice themselves to prevent the Japanese from sailing into Leyte Gulf where the bulk  of transports for the Philippines invasion was. Throughout the battle, "St. Lo" would avoid damage from Japanese shells. After several hours of pursuit, the confused Japanese task force reversed course and retired from battle, much to the bewilderment of the Americans. Just 90 minutes after the engagement ended with Japanese surface forces, "Taffy 3" was attacked by the first organized kamikaze attack of WWII. At 10:51, an A6M Zero kamikaze dove on "White Plains" but was hit by AA fire and turned towards "St. Lo". The plane came homing in on the carrier from a low angle directly astern  and crashed into the flight deck aft, its burning wreckage skidding across the flight deck while its 500 lb bomb penetrated the flight deck to explode among rearming and refueling aircraft. A gasoline fire erupted, followed by six secondary explosions, including detonations of the ship's torpedo and bomb magazine. "St. Lo" was engulfed in flames and sank 30 minutes later. Of the 889 men aboard, 113 were killed or missing and approximately 30 others died of their wounds. "St. Lo" became the first major warship to sink as the result of a kamikaze attack. Prompt and effective damage control  restored power and communications within three minutes and she was able to remain in formation by overspeeding her port engine to compensate. Fortunately, the black smoke resulting from the sudden loss of boiler intake air pressure had convinced the crews of "Yamato" and "Nagato" they had scored a hit and subsequently shifted their fire. "White Plains" five-inch gun crew claimed six hits on heavy cruiser "Chōkai". For the next two and a half hours, the Japanese force chased "Taffy 3" southward and subjected the escort carriers and their counterattacking screen to a heavy-caliber cannonade before miraculously giving up  the pursuit and retiring from the Battle off Samar. The retreat by Kurita's surface force, however, did not end the ordeal for "White Plains" and her fellow warships. After a 90-minute respite, they suffered harassment from a different quarter. At 10:50 hours, a formation of nine Japanese Navy Zero kamikaze planes attacked in the first organized suicide attack of the war. Two of them singled out "White Plains" as their victim. Her antiaircraft gunners responded, hitting one of the intruders, which immediately changed course and crashed into USS St. Lo, which eventually sank. The other aircraft continued on  toward "White Plains", but her antiaircraft guns finally brought it down yards astern, scattering debris all over the ship's deck and sides, but causing only 11 relatively minor casualties. After the battle, "White Plains" was repaired and returned to service to ferry fighters to Okinawa. After the war she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. As the trailing ship in the escort caravan, "Kalinin Bay" came under intense enemy shell fire. Though partially protected by chemical smoke, a timely rain squall, and valiant counterattacks of screening destroyers and destroyer escorts, she took the first of 15 direct hits at 07:50 . Fired from an enemy battleship, the large-caliber shell (14-inch or 16-inch) struck the starboard side of the hangar deck just abaft the forward elevator. By 08:00, the enemy cruisers, which were steaming off her port quarter, closed to within 18,000 yards. "Kalinin Bay" responded to their straddling salvos with fire from her five-inch gun, which only intensified the enemy fire. Three eight-inch, shells struck her within minutes of each other. At 08:30, five enemy destroyers steamed over the horizon off her starboard quarter. The closing ships opened fire from about 14,500 yards, and, as screening  ships engaged the cruisers and laid down concealing smoke, "Kalinin Bay" shifted her fire, trading shots with Japan's Destroyer Squadron 10. Many salvos exploded close aboard or passed directly overhead; and, though no destroyer fire hit "Kalinin Bay" directly, she took ten more eight-inch hits from the now obscured cruisers. One shell passed through the flight deck and into the communications area, where it destroyed all the radar and radio equipment. At 09:30, the enemy fleet suddenly broke off action and turned northward. Just 90 minutes after the Japanese fleet turned away, "Taffy 3" came under attack from  kamikaze planes. Four diving A6M Zeros attacked "Kalinin Bay" from astern and the starboard quarter. Intense fire splashed two close aboard, but a third plane crashed into the port side of the flight deck. The fourth hit destroyed the aft port stack. "Kalinin Bay" suffered extensive structural damage during the morning's furious action, and counted five dead among her sixty casualties. Following her repairs, the ship served as a replenishment carrier and eventually in "Magic Carpet". Although the fires were quickly put under control by the crew, several of her aircraft were compelled to land on other carriers  as a result of the blazes. The ship suffered 14 dead and 23 wounded from the attack. "Fanshaw Bay" retired from operations and proceeded to Pearl Harbor for a long period of repairs. She returned to duty in September. On 25 October 1944 while sailing as a component of "Taffy 3" off Samar, "Fanshaw Bay"s task force came into direct contact with a much more powerful Japanese task force of several battleships and cruisers. "Fanshaw Bay" launched as many planes as possible to harry the Japanese ships while fleeing to the safe concealment of rain squalls. At 7:50, four eight -inch shells made impact with her hull, with another two missing just in front of her bow. One shell penetrated through a ventilator, killing two men as it tore into the carrier. Another shell passed under one of her Bofors guns, tearing the face off of one of her crew. Deflected by the gun's shield, the shell ricocheted over her flight deck. Another shell destroyed her catapult track, and resulted in a small explosion within her flag office. Four small fires were kindled by these shells, but they were quickly put under control, along with a minor issue with  flooding. Although four men were killed in the attack, her operational capability was not significantly compromised. Rather, "Fanshaw Bay"s own single five-inch gun responded by firing against one of the leading Japanese cruisers, landing at least five hits against its superstructure. Despite the addition of smoke screens, and the heroic defense of her escorts, by 08:55, the Japanese had already closed the distance to only 6.25 miles. 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. She was also forced  to dodge torpedo attacks launched by the Japanese destroyer screen. Fortunately for the crew of "Fanshaw Bay", the Japanese turned and retired from battle, having lost several ships themselves. During the action "Fanshaw Bay" suffered four killed and four wounded, but the damage was not threatening to the hull of the ship. She would finish the war, later participating in "Magic Carpet". On 7 January 1945, the ship was targeted by a Ki-43 "Oscar" kamikaze at 18:57. The enemy plane crashed through the port side at the waterline amidships tearing a hole in the ship's side approximately 20 feet  long and nine feet high. An explosion and large fire flared up simultaneously with a hit by a five-inch round from one of the other ships, which burst close to the carrier's bow below a gun sponson, killing and wounding several men. The attack killed 16 men and wounded another 37. The ship was sent home for repairs but eventually rejoined the fight against Japan. Around 08:20, "Gambier Bay" was severely damaged by a shell hit that flooded her forward engine room, cutting her speed in half. While most US accounts report this as an eight-inch shell  from the Japanese heavy cruiser "Chikuma", Japanese sources report it was more likely a damaging near-miss from "Yamato" as both "Yamato" and "Kongō" claimed hits on an aircraft carrier at this time but "Yamato" had the shorter range and a better target angle. "Gambier Bay" was soon dead in the water as the battleship "Yamato" closed to point-blank range. "Yamato" is clearly seen in the background of photographs taken during the attack on "Taffy 3". Fires raged through the riddled escort carrier, and she capsized at 09:07 and sank at 09:11. The majority of her nearly 800 survivors  were rescued two days later by landing and patrol craft dispatched from Leyte Gulf. Sharks killed many drifting crew members. "Gambier Bay" was the only US Navy aircraft carrier to be sunk by surface naval gunfire during WWII. She lost 147 of her crew. Perhaps as a result of the concentrated fire, it then plunged down, striking below the bridge at the waterline, tearing a 9 ft by 17.5 ft hole, destroying the junior officers' quarters. A brief gasoline fire broke out, which was quickly put under control. A more pressing concern was flooding, which was accentuated by the ship 's turn. Her gasoline system was inoperative, and her bow sank 7 ft below design specifications. Remarkably, no one was killed, and only three crewmen were wounded. "Kadashan Bay" would have to retire for repairs before finishing the war. 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. Destroyer escorts found it difficult to assist "Ommaney Bay", because of the intense heat, the ammunition going off, and the real possibility that a catastrophic detonation could be triggered by the  blaze. At 17:45, wounded crew began to be taken off the ship, and by 17:50 the entire topside area had become untenable. In addition, the stored torpedo warheads threatened to detonate at any time. The order to abandon ship was given. Captain Young was the last man to evacuate the burning wreck. At 18:18, the torpedoes stored in the aft end of the ship finally detonated, collapsing the flight deck and launching debris onto the destroyers who were rescuing survivors. Two crewmen from the USS "Eichenberger" were struck and killed by airborne debris. At 19:58 the carrier was scuttled by  a torpedo from the destroyer USS "Burns", taking with her 95 men. Seven survivors were killed by a kamikaze attack a few days later on USS "Columbia". 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. At 19:00, the crew assembled at their "abandon ship" locations, and the engines were cut. Captain John L.  Pratt issued the order to abandon ship at 19:05. As the crew abandoned ship, a large explosion, likely from the detonation of the torpedoes within the hangar deck, rocked the ship. This explosion tore much of the aft-end of the ship to shreds, and she quickly acquired a list to the starboard. At 20:07, the ship's island detached from the hull and slid into the water. Two hours after the dual kamikaze attacks, at 21:15, Bismarck Sea sank with the loss of 318 men, the last US Navy aircraft carrier to be lost during World War II. Heavy  cruiser (CA). was sailing on 29 November 1942 with TF 67 to intercept a Japanese destroyer-transport force expected off Guadalcanal the next night. Just before midnight of the 30th, the American ships transited Lengo Channel and headed past Henderson Field on Guadalcanal as the Japanese task group steamed on a southerly course west of Savo Island to enter "Ironbottom Sound". In the Battle of Tassafaronga that followed, American destroyers launched torpedoes as the enemy range came within 5 miles of "Pensacola"s cruiser formation. Now gun flashes, tracers, and star shell candles stained the black inky darkness. "Pensacola" turned left  to prevent collision with two damaged American ships ahead of her. Silhouetted by the burning American cruisers, she came into the Japanese line of fire. One of 18 torpedoes launched by Japanese destroyers hit her below the mainmast on the portside. Her engine room flooded, three gun turrets went out of commission, and her oil tanks ruptured to make a soaked torch of her mast. The oil-fed flames engulfed "Pensacola"s main deck aft where ammunition exploded. Only supreme effort and skillful damage control by her men saved the ship. The fire punctuated by the frightful explosion of eight-inch  projectiles in her Number 3 turret gradually subsided. "Pensacola" made steady progress toward Tulagi. She arrived there still aflame. After 12 hours the last fire was quenched. Her dead numbered 125 men and 67 men were wounded. She would be out of action for several months. 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. Despite the damage, she was temporarily repaired and resumed bombardment and counter-battery fire of enemy positions. "Pensacola" would finish the war and survived Operation Crossroads to be  sunk as a target ship in 1948. During the battle, "Salt Lake City" fired on multiple Japanese ships scoring many hits. "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. "Salt Lake City" would spend the next four months undergoing repairs and replenishment at Pearl Harbor. She would take part in an operation to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing their island garrisons on Attu and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians. Operating with TF 8, contact was made  with Japanese ships on 26 March 1943 leading to the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. Despite being outnumbered two to one, the Americans pressed their attack, hoping to get shots at transports. The enemy responded by opening fire at 20,000 yards. The ensuing battle was a retiring action on the part of the Americans, for the Japanese foiled their attempt to get to the auxiliaries. "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. Her rudder stops were carried away, limiting  her to 10° course changes. The starboard seaplane caught fire and was jettisoned. Another hit soon flooded forward compartments. Under cover of a thick smokescreen and aggressive torpedo attacks by the destroyers, the American cruisers were able to make an evasive turn, which for a while allowed the range to open. "Salt Lake City" soon began taking hits again and her boiler fires died one by one. Salt water had entered the fuel oil feed lines. There was now cause for grave concern; she lay dead in the water, and the Japanese ships were closing fast. Luckily, she was  hidden in the smoke, and the enemy was not aware of her plight. The destroyers charged the Japanese cruisers and began to draw the fire away from the damaged "Salt Lake City". Her engineers purged the fuel lines and fired the boilers. With fresh oil supplying the fires, she built up steam and gained headway. "Salt Lake City" would be repaired and participated in several more campaigns in the war, earning 11 battle stars for its service. Like her sister, she was sunk as a target ship in 1948. The Japanese destroyers began laying a smokescreen and launched more than  45 "Long Lance" torpedoes towards the American column. Four of the five American cruisers were hit by torpedoes, killing hundreds of men. Northampton which was the last ship in the column was hit by two torpedoes most likely launched from "Kawakaze". One hit 10 feet below the waterline abreast the after engine room, and four seconds later, the second hit 40 feet further aft, ripping away decks and bulkheads. The after engine room flooded, three of four shafts ceased turning, and flaming oil sprayed over the ship; she took on water rapidly and began to list. Three hours later, as  she began to sink stern-first, she had to be abandoned. So orderly and controlled was the process that loss of life was surprisingly light. 50 men were killed during the battle. Most of the survivors were picked up within an hour by destroyers of Task Force 67. About 40 crewmen spent the rest of the night in two life rafts. While cruising in support of the operations in the Solomons, specifically north of the New Hebrides Islands, Chester was hit by a torpedo from "I-176" on the starboard side, amidships on 20 October which killed 11 and wounded 12 . She returned to Espiritu Santo under her own power for emergency repairs on 23 October. Chester would earn 11 battle stars for her service in WWII. The ship would be scrapped in 1959 after years in mothball. The ship rejoined the fleet in time for the battle of Okinawa. On 5 June 1945, she was again hit by a kamikaze (initially identified as a friendly plane). Four twin 20 AA cannon opened up to set the kamikaze ablaze prior to hitting "Louisville" which killed eight sailors on a quad 40 mm 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. "Louisville" was back on the gun line by 9 June. She survived the war to be scrapped in 1959. She was awarded 13 battle stars for her WWII service. At 01:47, a torpedo, probably from Japanese cruiser "Kako", hit "Chicago"s bow, sending a shock wave throughout the ship that damaged the main battery director. A second torpedo hit but failed to explode, and a shell hit the cruiser's mainmast, killing two crewmen. "Chicago" steamed west for 40 minutes away from the battle to tend  her torpedo damage. After repairs in San Francisco, "Chicago" returned to the theater of combat. On 29 January 1943 while escorting a convoy south of Guadalcanal her task force came under repeated air attacks from Japanese G4M and G3M torpedo bombers in what would be known as the Battle of Rennell Island. During the attacks, two burning Japanese planes silhouetted the American ships, providing enough light for further torpedo runs; at 19:38 two hits on "Chicago" caused severe flooding and loss of power. The ship came to a dead stop. In pitch darkness, "Louisville" managed to take the  crippled "Chicago" under tow and slowly headed south, away from the battle area, escorted by the rest of the task force. The next morning of 30 Jan, the fleet tug "Navajo" took over the tow job from "Louisville", which was accomplished at 08:00. At 16:00 eleven G4M torpedo bombers launched an attack on the damaged cruiser. 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. Captain Ralph O. Davis gave the order to abandon ship shortly before "Chicago" sank  stern first 20 minutes later, taking 62 of her crew with her, most of them killed by the torpedo detonations. Escorting ships rescued her 1,049 survivors. Receiving word that the major Japanese invasion force was approaching Java protected by a formidable surface unit, "Houston" sailed on 26 February 1942 with a task force of one other heavy cruiser, three light cruisers and ten destroyers to intercept. The Japanese force consisted of 2 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 14 destroyers and 10 transports. Both sides sighted each other at 16:00 on 27 February and opened fire soon after closing range; marking  the start of the Battle of Java Sea. Poor accuracy affected both sides, but the Allied fleet took more damage and was unable to attack the Japanese transports. At 18:00 the Allied force disengaged, having lost several ships with no success attacking the transports. After dispatching all remaining destroyers back to Surabaya, the Allied task force commander attempted to evade the Japanese escort group but at 23:00 encountered the enemy warships again. The Allied flagship and another cruiser were sunk by torpedoes, leaving "Houston" and alone. Both ships managed to make it to Tjilatjap on 28 Feb, but were unable  to resupply or refuel completely. While attempting to navigate through the Sunda Strait the two cruisers ran into a Japanese invasion task force with 5 cruisers and 12 destroyers around 23:30. During the desperate battle, the two cruisers managed to sink and ground four enemy transports and inflicted damage on four other warships, but "Houston" and "Perth" were both severely outnumbered and fought a fierce battle at close range with the Japanese. At midnight, "Perth" attempted to force a way through the destroyers, but was hit by four torpedoes in the space of a few minutes, then subject to close  range gunfire until sinking at 02:40 on 1 March. "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. After being struck with two torpedoes, with Japanese destroyers that were firing less than 1500 yards away with cannon and machine guns, the order to abandon ship was given. She rolled on her side and went down at 03:00 after receiving a final torpedo hit. 693 men went down with "Houston", while 368 survived the sinking to become prisoners of the Japanese. 77 more of  Houstons crew would die while in captivity. 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. The blast severed the ship's entire bow forward of turret two. 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. Everyone in turrets one and two perished. "New Orleans" was forced into a reverse  course to starboard and lost steering and communications. A total of 183 men were killed. With one-quarter of her length gone, slowed to 2 knots, and damage control parties managed to repair the ship enough to sail to Tulagi Harbor near daybreak on 1 December. The crew camouflaged their ship from air attack, jury-rigged a bow of coconut logs, and worked clearing away wreckage. 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. On 7 March 1943, she left Sydney for Puget Sound, sailing backward the entire voyage, where a new bow was fitted with the use of "Minneapolis"s No. 2 Turret. All battle damage was repaired and she was given a major refit. New Orleans would finish their war with 17 battle stars for her service in WWII, among the highest in the US Navy. She spent her final days in the navy transporting prisoners of war back home. The ship was scrapped in 1959. The torpedo struck the starboard side, which blew off both inboard  propellers, jammed the rudder five degrees to starboard, and jammed her Number Three turret in train and elevation. A four-degree list was quickly corrected by shifting ballast, but the steering problem could not be overcome and the ship was forced to steam in circles to starboard. The blast disrupted her steering column, forcing her to steer in a circle. At the end of her first circle, she fired on the battleship "Hiei", with her forward turrets. The Japanese ship returned fire, but all salvos passed over the cruiser. In the four six-gun salvos returned by "Portland", she succeeded  in starting fires in the Japanese ship. At dawn, she was one of three U.S. ships still too damaged to withdraw on her own power. Then again at 06:30, still circling, "Portland" opened fire on the abandoned hulk of the destroyer "Yūdachi" at a range of 6 miles. After the sixth salvo, "Yūdachi" exploded, rolled over, and sank within five minutes. "Portland" was eventually able to correct the steering problem and withdraw on her own. She suffered 18 killed, 17 wounded in the battle. After six months of stateside repairs, "Portland" rejoined the fleet in early June 1943. She would  earn 16 battle stars for her service in WWII, and was sold for scrap in 1959. On the night of 8/9 Aug, a Japanese force of seven cruisers and a destroyer under Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa sneaked by Savo Island and attacked the American ships. At the time, "Astoria" had been patrolling to the east of Savo Island in column behind "Vincennes" and "Quincy". The Japanese came through the channel to the west of Savo Island and opened fire. The Japanese then divided into two separate groups and turned northeast, passing on either side of "Astoria" and her two consorts . The enemy cruisers began firing on that force at about 0150, and the "Astoria" began returning fire immediately. She ceased fire briefly because her commanding officer temporarily mistook the Japanese force for friendly ships but soon resumed shooting. Astoria took no hits in the first four Japanese salvoes, but the fifth ripped into her superstructure, turning her into an inferno amidships. In quick succession, enemy shells put her No. 1 turret out of action and started a serious fire in the plane hangar that burned brightly and provided the enemy with a self-illuminated target. From that moment on, deadly  accurate Japanese gunfire pounded her unmercifully, and she began to lose speed. Turning to the right to avoid "Quincy"s fire at about 0201, "Astoria" reeled as a succession of enemy shells struck her aft of the foremast. Soon thereafter, "Quincy" veered across "Astoria"s bow, blazing fiercely from bow to stern. "Astoria" put her rudder over hard left and avoided a collision while her battered sister ship passed aft, to starboard. As the warship turned, "Kinugasa's" searchlight illuminated her, and men on deck passed the order to No. 2 turret to shoot out the offending light. When the turret responded  with "Astoria"s 12th and final salvo, the shells missed "Kinugasa" but struck the No. 1 turret of "Chōkai". Astoria lost steering control on the bridge at about 02:25, shifted control to central station, and began steering a zig-zag course south. Before she made much progress, though, the heavy cruiser lost all power. Fortunately, the Japanese chose that exact instant to withdraw. By 03:00, nearly 400 men, including about 70 wounded and many dead, were assembled on the forecastle deck. Suffering from the effects of at least 65 hits, "Astoria" fought for her life. 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. Eventually, however, the deck beneath grew hot and forced the wounded back to the forecastle. Bagley came alongside "Astoria"s starboard bow and, by 0445, took all of the wounded off the heavy cruiser's forecastle. Since it appeared that the ship could be saved, a salvage crew of about 325 able-bodied men went back aboard "Astoria". Another bucket brigade attacked the fires while the ship's first lieutenant investigated  all accessible lower decks. A party of men collected the dead and prepared them for burial. Nevertheless, the fire below decks increased steadily in intensity, and those topside could hear explosions. Her list increased, first to 10° and then 15°. Her stern lowered in the dark waters, and her bow was distinctively rising. All attempts to shore the shell holes, by then below the waterline due to the increasing list, proved ineffective, and the list increased still more. With the port waterway awash at noon, Commodore William G. Greenman gave the order to abandon ship. "Astoria" turned over  on her port beam, rolled slowly, and settled by the stern, disappearing completely by 12:16. Not one man from the salvage crew lost his life. Officially, 219 men were reported missing or killed. The bomb plummeted through the deck, into the crew's mess hall, down through the berthing compartment, and through the fuel tanks before crashing through the keel and exploding in the water underneath. The concussion blew two gaping holes in the keel which flooded nearby compartments, killing nine crewmen. The ship's bulkheads prevented any progressive flooding. "Indianapolis", settling slightly by the stern and listing to port , steamed to a salvage ship for emergency repairs. Here, inspection revealed that her propeller shafts were damaged, her fuel tanks ruptured, and her water-distilling equipment ruined. But "Indianapolis" commenced the long trip across the Pacific, under her own power, to the Mare Island Navy Yard for repairs. 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. After leaving San Francisco on 16 July, she arrived at Tinian Island on 26 July. After leaving Tinian the ship stopped at Guam  where a number of her crew who had completed their tours of duty were relieved by other sailors. The ship left Guam headed for Leyte on 28 July 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". The explosions caused massive damage. "Indianapolis" quickly took on a heavy list and settled by the bow. Twelve minutes later, she rolled completely over, then her stern rose into the air and she sank. Some 300 of the 1,195 crewmen aboard went  down with the ship. Many of the survivors were wounded, and all suffered from lack of food and water. Exposure to the elements, dehydration from the hot sun during the day and hypothermia at night, as well as severe desquamation due to exposure to oily salt water, and frequent shark attacks slowly whittled down the survivors. Some killed themselves or other survivors in various states of delirium and hallucinations. Navy command did not know of the ship's sinking until survivors were spotted in the open ocean three and a half days later. Only 316 of the nearly 900 men  set adrift after the sinking survived. 2 more crewmen would die of their wounds. The ship was saved by skillful damage control work and was able to reach Tulagi where she was temporarily repaired by her own crew. From August 1943 "Minneapolis" would go on to serve in every major American operation in the Pacific save Iwo Jima. For her service in WWII she was awarded 16 Battle Stars. At 1416, an already-damaged torpedo bomber dropped its torpedo off "San Francisco"s starboard quarter. The torpedo passed alongside, but the plane crashed into "San Francisco"s control aft, swung around that  structure, and plunged over the port side into the sea. 16 men were killed, and 29 wounded. Control aft was demolished. The ship's secondary command post, Battle Two, was burned out but was reestablished by dark. The after anti-aircraft director and radar were put out of commission. Three 20 mm mounts were destroyed. At about midnight on 13 November 1942, "San Francisco", in company with heavy cruiser USS "Portland", the light cruisers "Atlanta", "Helena", and "Juneau", and eight destroyers, entered Lengo Channel. At 0125, a Japanese naval force was discovered about 27,000 yd to the northwest. Rear Admiral  Callaghan's task group maneuvered to intercept in what became the first engagement in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. At 0148, in almost pitch darkness, "San Francisco" opened fire on an enemy cruiser 3,700 yd off her starboard beam. At 01:51, she trained her guns on a small cruiser or large destroyer 3,300 yd off her starboard bow. Then in an attempt to locate other targets, "San Francisco" accidentally targeted "Atlanta". "San Francisco"s gunfire caused extensive damage to "Atlanta", killing Admiral Scott and most of "Atlanta"s bridge crew. At about 0200, "San Francisco" trained her guns on Kirishima. At the  same time, she became the target of Nagara off her starboard bow and of a destroyer that had crossed her bow and was passing down her port side. The enemy battleship joined the cruiser and the destroyer in firing on "San Francisco", whose port 5 in battery engaged the destroyer but was put out of action except for one mount. The battleship put the starboard 5 in battery out of commission. "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". A direct hit  on the navigation bridge killed or badly wounded all officers, except for the communications officer. Steering and engine control were lost and shifted to Battle Two which was soon also knocked out was out of commission by a direct hit from the port side. Control was again lost. Control was reestablished in the conning tower, which soon received a hit from the starboard side. Steering and engine control were temporarily lost, then regained. All communications were now dead. Soon thereafter, the enemy ceased firing. "San Francisco" followed suit and withdrew eastward along the north coast of Guadalcanal. 77 sailors, including  Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan and Captain Cassin Young, had been killed, and 105 wounded in the night's action. The ship had taken 45 hits. Structural damage was extensive, but not fatal. No hits had been received below the waterline. Twenty-two fires had been started and extinguished. The ship reached San Francisco for repairs on 11 December 1942. She would return to the Pacific by 26 February 1943. San Francisco was one of the Navy's most decorated ships, being awarded 17 Battle stars for her service. She was scrapped in 1961. Quincy had seen aircraft flares dropped  over other ships in the task force, and had just sounded general quarters and was coming alert when the searchlights from the Japanese column came on. "Quincy"s captain, Samuel N. Moore, gave the order to commence firing, but the gun crews were not ready. Within a few minutes, "Quincy" was caught in a crossfire between "Aoba", "Furutaka", and "Tenryū", and was hit heavily and set afire. "Quincy"s captain ordered his cruiser to charge towards the eastern Japanese column, but as she turned to do so "Quincy" was hit by two torpedoes from "Tenryū", causing severe damage. Quincy managed to fire  a few main gun salvos, one of which hit "Chōkai's" chart room 20 ft from Admiral Mikawa and killed or wounded 36 men, although Mikawa was not injured. At 02:10, incoming shells killed or wounded almost all of "Quincy"s bridge crew, including the captain. At 02:16, the cruiser was hit by a torpedo from "Aoba", and the ship's remaining guns were silenced. "Quincy" sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. The first  Japanese cruiser searchlight beams illuminated "Vincennes" shortly after 0155, and the American cruiser opened fire with her main battery at the troublesome lights. Within a minute, however, Japanese shells bracketed the ship and "Vincennes" shuddered under the impact of Japanese eight-inch armor-piercing shells. The bridge, carpenter shop, "Battle II," and radio antenna trunks all were hit by the first salvo. The ship reeled under the impact of a second salvo of direct hits which set fire to the volatile aircraft in "Vincennes"s hangar space, and the resultant flames became uncontrollable. A direct hit knocked the aft antiaircraft director  overboard. At 02:00, "Vincennes" heeled to starboard in an attempt to evade enemy gunfire, only to be hit by Japanese torpedoes. One or two "Long Lance" torpedoes ripped into the ship's number 4 fireroom and put it out of action. In moments the report came "Both engine rooms are black and dead." At 0210, the Japanese retired, leaving Savo Island and the burning hulks of three American cruisers in their wakes. As "Vincennes"s list increased to port, the order to abandon ship was given at 0230. Serviceable life jackets and rafts were broken out, and the crew began abandoning  ship. 332 of her men would go down with her as she rolled over and sank 2.5 miles east of Savo Island at 02:50. Light cruiser (CL). was moored on the west side of Ford Island when the Japanese made their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. In the first attack wave a torpedo passed ahead and a second hit Raleigh portside amidships. The cruiser took such a list to port that it appeared she might capsize. As crew jettisoned topside weight to keep her upright, her gunners helped to destroy five Japanese planes. Several of her crew were wounded, but  none were killed. Her rudder jammed, "Marblehead" continuing to steam at full speed, circled to port. Her gunners kept firing, while damage control crews fought the fires and helped the wounded. By 1100, the fires were under control. Before noon the enemy planes departed, leaving the damaged cruiser with 15 dead or mortally wounded and 84 seriously injured. "Marblehead" underwent extensive repairs before being sent to the Atlantic theater for the rest of the war. Boise would be repaired and returned to a lengthy service with the Navy during WWII. The ship would be sold to the Argentine Navy and  eventually made its way back to the US and finally Japan (ironically) for scrapping in 1978. On 20 October 1944 she was screening the invasion force of Leyte when she was attacked by a Japanese torpedo bomber. She was hit on the port side, and once again suffered damage that required a return to the US for repairs. After the war, "Honolulu" would be mothballed and sold for scrap in 1959. On 29 November 1944, "St. Louis" was operating in Leyte Gulf when she was attacked by several kamikazes. A D4Y dove on "St. Louis" from the port quarter, and  exploded with its bomb on impact. Fires broke out in the cruiser's hangar area and spaces. All crew members of 20 mm guns 7–10 were killed or wounded. 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". The first was splashed off the port quarter, and the second drove in from starboard and crashed almost on board on the port side. A 20 ft section of armor belt was lost and numerous holes were torn in her hull. By 1152, the ship had  taken on a list to port. At 1210, another kamikaze closed on "St. Louis" but was shot down less than 400 yards away. Sixteen men were lost on "St. Louis" and 43 wounded. By 1236, the cruiser was back on an even keel. Thirty minutes later, all major fires were out, and salvage work had been started. She would reach California for repairs towards the end of December. "St. Louis" would earn eleven battle stars for her service in WWII. After the war, the ship was sold to the Brazilian Navy, and sunk in 1980 while being towed to the  scrap yard. Two days after the attack, "Helena" was moved into dry dock No. 2 in Pearl Harbor for an inspection and temporary repairs. Steel plates were welded over the torpedo hole and on 31 December, "Helena" was refloated. She got underway for Mare Island for permanent repairs and modifications on 5 January 1942. In late July 1942 she would rejoin the fleet in time for Operation Watchtower. "Helena" would participate in many of the surface actions around Guadalcanal, sinking several Japanese ships and destroying many enemy planes. She would emerge through the campaign with negligible shell damage which killed  one man. On 6 July 1943 "Helena" was operating as part of TF 68 which was engaging ten Japanese destroyers that were attempting to resupply garrison troops at Kula Gulf. At 01:57 the Americans opened up with radar directed fire, quickly sinking several enemy destroyers. As the American ships turned to engage a second group of destroyers at 02:03; "Helena" was hit on the port side below the forward most turret which caused a major explosion. The blast destroyed the No. 1 turret, tore open the hull almost to the keel, and severed the bow from the rest of the  hull. The rest of the hull began to flood as the force of the blast collapsed bulkheads below turret No. 2. But even after the severe damage inflicted by the first torpedo, the aft main guns continued to fire, and the ship had not yet been fatally damaged. Two minutes after the first torpedo hit, the second and third torpedoes struck the ship in quick succession, much lower in the hull than the first had hit, as much as 15 ft below the waterline. This was below where the ship's belt armor might have reduced the scale of damage  inflicted. These hit further aft in the machinery spaces, breaking the keel, flooding the forward engine and boiler rooms, and breaching bulkheads that allowed water into the aft engine room. The flooding disabled the ship's engines and left her immobilized and without electrical power. Another gaping hole had been blasted into the hull, which exacerbated the flooding caused by the first hit. It quickly became clear that "Helena" would not be able to survive. Two minutes after the third hit, the captain gave the order to abandon ship. 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. The center third of the ship quickly sank but the bow and stern remained afloat for some time before flooding caused them both to point upward as they filled with water. During the chaos of battle, it had not been known that "Helena" was hit and sinking by the other ships in her task force. At 02:30 it was quickly realized that "Helena" was not responding to radio messages and ships began to search for the missing cruiser . At 03:13, "Radford's" radar picked up a contact some 5,000 yards away, and confirmed it was "Helena"s bow pointing up out of the water. Nearly a thousand men were in the water, clinging to life rafts and waiting to be picked up by the destroyers, which reached the men at 03:41. In the course of the night's operations, "Nicholas" had picked up 291 while "Radford" had rescued 444. A significant number of men were still in the water; some life rafts remained in the area, while a number of men had climbed onto the still floating bow or  clung to pieces of floating wreckage. Other groups of men were pulled there by the current; as the men reached the coral reef that surrounded the island on 8 July, they were met by locals who helped pull the men to shore and put them in contact with the coastwatcher station. Out of a crew of almost 1,200; 168 men were killed, either during the battle or while the men were adrift. The two sides began to open fire on one another and the battle quickly turned into a chaotic and confused close-range melee in the pitch-black dark . 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. Right after being torpedoed, "Atlanta" drifted into the line of fire of "San Francisco" and took at least nineteen eight-inch shells from the friendly ship, killing Admiral Norman Scott and most of the bridge staff. 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. As day broke, "Atlanta" was still without power and drifting about in the sound. She was taken under tow by a tugboat but by 14:00, Captain Jenkins decided the ship was beyond saving and ordered the abandonment of "Atlanta". The ship was sunk by demolition charges by her own crew, going down at 20:15 on 13 November 1942. She lies in 400 ft of water, 3 miles west of Lunga Point. Owing to the massive explosion and quick sinking, it was assumed by the task force  commander that nobody could have survived Juneau's destruction, and fearing more submarine attacks on his damaged force; he made the decision to not stop and pick up survivors. But over 100 of Juneau's crew had survived the sinking, and were left stranded in shark-infested waters for over eight days before only 10 men were finally rescued. In total 687 of Juneau's crew died as a result of her sinking; including all five Sullivan brothers. 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. Again, Columbia's damage control teams jumped into action and kept the ship in action, able to resume her fire support despite the damage. Columbia would be awarded ten battle stars for her service in WWII. On 24 October 1944, while sailing with TF 38, Birmingham came to the assistance of the stricken carrier "Princeton", coming alongside to help fight fires, when at 15:24, a magazine detonated on board "Princeton" causing extensive damage to Birmingham's superstructure. On board Birmingham 239 men were killed and 408 wounded during the attempt to save the carrier . Birmingham had to put in for repairs which were completed by Jan 1945. While operating off Okinawa on 4 May 1945, Birmingham was hit by an "Oscar" from directly overhead which crashed through her main forward deck, its bomb exploding in the sick bay, killing everyone there. 51 were killed and 81 were wounded. The ship would finish WWII with nine battle stars. She was scrapped in 1959. Destroyer (DD). Wilkes class. was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies and reinforcements to Guadalcanal when at 01:00 on 5 September 1942, "Little" and her sister ship "Gregory" encountered  three Japanese destroyers of the "Tokyo Express". Although outnumbered and outgunned, the small old ship opened fire on the enemy ships until hit by a barrage of shells which set "Little" ablaze, and caused her to quickly sink. Many of Little's crew were strafed in the water. Four of her crew were killed and 57 missing. Clemson class. was conducting minesweeping operations in Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when she was attacked by kamikazes in the afternoon. A suicide plane crashed into her stacks; wounding six men, and ricocheted off into the seas causing minor damage. The ship  was repaired and continued operating the next day. Farragut class. was supporting the Mindoro landings when on 18 December 1944, her fleet was hit by a hurricane type storm dubbed Typhoon Cobra. Despite the best efforts of her crew, the "Hull" was not prepared handle the intensity of the storm and after several minutes she rolled onto her side and did not return, being swallowed by the heavy sea. 62 of the ship's crew were rescued, unfortunately, 202 were lost with the ship. Porter class. was sailing as a part of TF16 during the Battle of Santa Cruz on  26 October 1942. During the action, she attempted to come to the aid of a downed TBF Avenger which had crashed nearby, when she was struck amidships in the forward engine room by a torpedo, most likely from the downed Avenger. 15 men were killed and 5 other men were wounded. After all the survivors were picked up the "Porter" was scuttled by USS "Shaw". Mahan class. was covering landings near Ormoc Bay on Leyte's west side on 7 December 1944 when a group of Japanese kamikazes attacked. Although several of the enemy planes were downed, three planes managed  to strike the "Mahan". Two planes hit the ship's waterline on both sides of the ship near the Number Two 5-imch gun. A third plane crashed just aft of the bridge. Despite valiant efforts of her crew to save the ship, the fires were out of control and ignited the forward magazine. After the survivors were taken off, "Mahan" was scuttled with torpedoes; the crew lost 6 men and 31 wounded. Somers class. 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 . The ship made it through the night, but by early morning the storm grew in intensity, and began to severely hamper the "Warrington". Water rushed through the ship's vents and knocked out all power. "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 ship sank at 12:50 leaving her crew stranded in the fierce storm. After several days of searching, only 73 of the ship's 321 crew were rescued. Bagley class. was patrolling Ironbottom Sound on the night of 22  Aug 1942 when she picked up the on her radar. At that moment a torpedo struck the "Blue" on her stern nearly blowing it off completely. 9 men were killed and 21 wounded. Over the next 24 hours, attempts were made to tow the ship but after these efforts failed she was scuttled. While patrolling the Surigao Strait on the afternoon of 5 December 1944, a lone "Val" kamikaze managed to slip past her antiaircraft fire and struck the "Mugford" on her portside. 8 men were killed and 16 wounded. The ship temporarily lost power and had to be towed  away until she was able to extinguish fires and proceed under her own power back to the states for repairs. The ship returned to service in March 1945. On the evening of 27 April, "Ralph Talbot" was screening off Hagushi when two kamikazes attacked her at 2040. One struck her starboard side aft and the other crashed close aboard. The ship began to flood, but was quickly brought under control and the ship headed to Kerama Retto for repairs. Her casualties were 5 dead and 9 wounded. On 30 September 1943 while engaging Japanese barges in New Georgia Sound ("The  Slot"), a damaged friendly destroyer attempting to rejoin the formation collided with "Patterson", nearly breaking off the ship's bow forward of the No.1 gun, which eventually did separate. Three men were killed and 10 were wounded in the accident. The ship had to have a false bow installed for its trip stateside for repairs. The "Patterson" rejoined the war in March 1944. While leaving the Guadalcanal area on 9 August 1942, at 0130 she steamed right past a Japanese task force on their way to meet the Americans near Savo Island. It is unclear if "Jarvis" crew were aware  of the enemy ships, but the Japanese considered an escaping cruiser. The next day while the "Jarvis" was slowly steaming towards Australia down by the bow, with no radio and few working guns; she was pounced on by 31 Japanese planes. The Japanese recorded that "Jarvis" "split and sank" at 1300 on 9 August 1942. Of her 223 crew remaining on board, not a single man survived. Benham class. was operating with TF 64 on the night of 14–15 November 1942 near Guadalcanal; on course to intercept a Japanese task force headed to bombard Henderson Field. The two sides engaged  in combat just before midnight. At 0038, "Benham" took a torpedo hit off her bow, possibly from the Japanese destroyer Ayanami. The blast carried away the bow of the ship forward of the bridge causing "Benham" to retreat from the battle. Although she suffered no casualties during the fight, the ship was severely damaged and the crew gave up efforts to save her. "Benham" would be scuttled by . On 9 April 1945 while on picket duty off Okinawa, "Sterett" was attacked by five kamikazes. The crew shot down the first three, but the fourth plane to come in struck the  starboard waterline. All power was lost, steering was knocked out and her main guns frozen in place. Two of her men were wounded, but the veteran crew was able to quickly restore power and got the ship underway again to for repairs. Sims class. was escorting the fleet oiler during the Battle of Coral Sea on 7 May 1942 when the two ships were sighted by a Japanese search plane. The pilot identified the destroyer and oiler as a cruiser and carrier, respectively. 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. The "Sims" was hit by three 250 kg bombs, two of which exploded in the engine room. In minutes the ship buckled amidships and began to sink stern first. As she went down, "Sims" exploded, killing many of her men in the water. Of a crew of 192, only 16 men were rescued. On 1 November 1944 while on patrol near Panaon Island, "Anderson" was attacked by a Ki-43 "Oscar" which dove at her at 1812. Despite being hit by 20mm and 40 mm shells, the plane got through, caught its right wing tip on the ship's stack and hit the ship's portside. Burning gasoline covered the deck area of the crash and the boilers were put out of commission by the impact. The fires were out by 1855; afterwards "Anderson" counted 16 dead and 20 wounded. The ship departed for San Francisco for more extensive repairs on 10 October. As she made headway the ship gradually leaked more water. By 18 October, the crew started jettisoning topside weight to attempt to save the ship, but it became clear the "O'Brien  would have to make the nearest port. At 0600 on 19 October, the ship started to come apart prompting the crew to abandon ship except for a small salvage team, who also left the ship 30 minutes later. By 0800 O'Brien" slipped beneath the sea after traveling 3,000 miles with torpedo damage, fortunately, none of her crew were lost. Benson class. was assisting Allied troops landing at Anzio on 24 January 1944 when at 20:01 the ship struck a mine on her starboard side. 7 men were killed and 25 were wounded by the explosion which almost broke the ship  in two. Fortunately, the ship held together and survived a tow back to Naples for temporary patching and eventually back to the states for permanent repairs. "Mayo" required some four months of repairs before she returned to service. "Lansdale" was attacked on two sides and while turning to avoid torpedoes, she was struck by another on her opposite side by a daring Ju-88 which was shot down as it passed a few feet above the ship. "Lansdale" was nearly split in two and started listing to port. After hanging on for another ten minutes and continuing to fire at attacking  enemy planes, the Captain decided it was time to abandon ship. The destroyer broke in half and quickly sank, taking 47 men down with her. 147 of her crew (and two Germans) were rescued from the water. On 25 February 1944 "Farenholt's" destroyer squadron made a hit and run bombardment of Japanese facilities and positions on Kavieng. The Japanese responded with a heavy counterfire from shore batteries which holed the "Farenholt" at the waterline. Fortunately, there were no casualties and the ship's experienced crew quickly brought the flooding under control. On 21 October 1943, "Murphy" was escorting a  convoy 75 miles off the coast of New Jersey when she was accidentally rammed by the oil tanker SS "Bulkoil" between her first and second stacks. The forward third of the ship separated and sank while the remaining stern section of the ship was towed back to New York Navy Yard. 36 men were killed in the accident. The "Murphy" had its bow replaced and returned to service in time to participate in Operation Overlord. Gleaves class. 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. In a raid lasting 17 minutes; "Plunkett" was struck by a 550 lb. bomb which killed 51, wounded many more, knocked out an engine, and started several fires. The fires were extinguished by 1821. "Plunkett" was towed to Palmero and eventually the states for major repairs. She returned in time to participate in the Normandy invasion. 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. The ship  returned to the States for repairs and an overhaul, and was back in the combat zone by April 1943. 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. At approximately 0210 three US ships were hit, including "Gwin" which was hit amidships by a torpedo in her engine room. When damage control efforts failed, the ship was abandoned and was scuttled by Ralph Talbot (DD-390), with a loss of 61  men. Men began to abandon ship before the last plane even hit as the "Emmons" had become a blazing inferno. After a fruitless attempt to put the fires out, all men abandoned ship by 1800, just a couple hours after the deadly strike. The hulk of "Emmons" exploded at 1930 and was scuttled the next day. Her crew suffered 64 dead and 71 wounded. On 7 June 1943, "Aaron Ward" was escorting LCT's to Guadalcanal when a Japanese air raid found her. Several bombs landed on or near the "Aaron Ward" causing extensive damage and flooding to the engine  room, fire rooms, and electric rooms. Although her crew tried valiantly to save her, "Aaron Ward" was abandoned and sank at 2135. She suffered 36 men killed and 59 were wounded. After repairs and an overhaul, "Shubrick" was transferred to the Pacific theater. On 29 May 1945, while performing radar picket duty, she was attacked by two kamikazes at 0010, one of which was shot down. The other plane slammed into the starboard side, its 550 lb bomb blasting a 30-foot hole into the side of the ship. The fires set off ammunition and the depth charges, which amazingly  put most of the fires out. 35 crewmen had been killed and another 25 wounded. "Shubrick" was towed back to Kerama Retto for repairs and made it back to the US by 10 August. Fletcher class. was bombarding Japanese strongholds defending Manila Bay on 14 February 1945, when the ship was hit by Japanese shore batteries at Los Cochinos Point which killed eight and wounded three crewmen. Damage was minimal and fires were extinguished; "Fletcher" would remain on station continuing bombardment until the 17th when she would make for minor repairs and continued her prestigious career. On 29 November 1944 , "Saufley" was performing anti-submarine patrols at the entrance to Leyte Gulf when she was hit by a kamikaze causing considerable hull damage and killing one man. The ship would make repairs in the Admiralty Islands then rejoin the fleet in time for the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf. On 16 April 1945, "Pringle" was performing radar picket duty with and two gunboats off Okinawa when a small group of kamikazes attacked at 0910. After shooting down several planes coming at her, a single D3A "Val" crashed into the destroyer's bridge superstructure just abaft of the forward stack. The plane 's bomb detonated in a violent explosion that buckled the "Pringle"s keel and effectively broke the ship in two. The ship quickly sank in less than six minutes, taking forty-seven crewmen down with her. Off Leyte Gulf on 1 November 1944, "Claxton" was coming to the aid of stricken destroyer USS "Abner Read", which was sinking after several kamikaze strikes. 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. 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 crew patched holes with mattresses and put in for repairs at Talcoban; and later Manus, she was back in action by January 45. While providing cover for forces landing on Leyte, on 1 November 1944 at 13:41, "Abner Read" was targeted by a kamikaze "Val". Although a wing was shot off by the crew as it came in, the suicide plane crashed "Abner Read" amidships starting a large fire. The plane's bomb penetrated the deck, exploding in the engine room, and knocked out all  water pressure to fight the fires. 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. Most of the crew was picked up by neighboring ships but twenty two crewmembers would go down with "Abner Read". At 17:25, a second plane dove on the ship, crashing in between the stacks and nearly breaking the ship in half. Another suicide plane hit the ship at 17:45, further spreading fires and igniting the ship's ammunition storages. Although the crew still believed their ship was salvageable; heavy swells  broke the ship's back and she went down in two halves. Eighty-seven crewmen were lost with the "Bush". Unfortunately, "Hoel" would find herself surrounded by enemy ships and was relentlessly blasted by the Japanese. After taking some forty direct hits, at 08:30 an eight-inch shell silenced her engines, and "Hoel" began listing to port, prompting the order to abandon ship. The Japanese fired at the doomed ship as her surviving officers and men went over the side, finally ceasing fire at 08:55 when "Hoel" rolled over and sank. Only eight-six of "Hoel'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.  Unfortunately; Johnston ran out of luck when she was hit by several large caliber shells from multiple directions. Enemy ships surrounded and hammered the stricken destroyer with gunfire until she rolled over and sank. Crewmen recalled seeing the captain of a Japanese destroyer saluting the Johnston as she went down. Many of Johnston's wounded survivors would endure several days in shark infested waters awaiting rescue; her fearless commander Ernest J. Evans was not among the survivors. Johnston 's brave crew would lose one hundred eighty‐six men. While screening for minesweepers off lejima on 6 April 1945, "Newcomb" came under sustained attack by a huge swarm of kamikazes Aided by low clouds, five enemy suicide planes managed to crash into "Newcomb" five times; knocking out her power, engulfing the ship in flames, and causing extensive damage to her topside superstructure. The ship had to be towed away from the battle area after losing forty-three men killed and sixty-four wounded. Due to the war coming to an end a few months after receiving her damage, "Newcomb" was  not repaired or returned to service. The first biplane hit near the No.3 five-inch turret, detonating the powder bags and causing a huge explosion at 08:34, while just seconds later the second biplane bounced off the water before impacting the No.4 five-inch gun turret setting off another huge fireball. With this fourth kamikaze crash, the destroyer began to quickly list and sink by the stern. "Morrison" slipped beneath the sea at 08:40, taking the lives of one hundred fifty-seven men with her, most crewmen below decks were lost because the ship sank so quickly. On 30 July  45, "Cassin Young" was patrolling near the entrance to Nakagusuku Bay to the Southeast of Okinawa when at 03:00, the destroyer picked up two incoming bogeys and fired upon them. One attacker was shot down but the second made it through intense fire and crashed into the superstructure of the bridge under the forward stack causing a tremendous explosion. Luckily "Cassin Young" was assisted in firefighting by friendly ships and her crew managed to get one engine working again despite the heavy damage. 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. On 6 April 1945 just off Iejima, "Leutze" had pulled alongside her sister ship Newcomb which had been hit by multiple kamikazes to give assistance fighting fires and rescuing wounded. During the rescue, Newcomb was hit by another kamikaze, but the plane's bomb bounced off the deck and into the side of "Leutze". The explosion nearly tore off the fantail of the destroyer, killed eight men and wounded thirty. The "Leutze" was towed away from the combat area for repairs but the  end of the war left her only for the scrap yard. On 6 April 45, "Colhoun" was rushing to aid heavily damaged at 16:00 when the destroyer was targeted for attack by several incoming waves of kamikazes. The enemy suicide planes would come on in groups to devert the defensive fire of the ship, "Colhoun" shot down three of the first group but the fourth crashed into a 40mm gun mount. The plane's bomb penetrated the deck to explode in the aft engine room. Another trio of kamikazes bore in, two were downed but the third slammed into  the starboard side of the hull, its bomb would break the back of the "Colhoun", snuff out boilers, and opened a huge gash on the side of the ship to the sea. Two more kamikazes would crash into the stricken "Colhoun", the final one impacting the ship's bridge. 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. "Colhoun" lost thirty-four men and suffered some twenty-one  wounded. Allen M. Sumner class. 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. Although the American ships managed to sink the transports, the Japanese responded ferociously with planes, destroyers, and shore batteries; in the fierce fighting USS "Cooper" was hit by a torpedo and sank. "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. On 2 January 1945, "Sumner" was supporting a minesweeping  group in Lingayen Gulf when at 11:58 several kamikazes swooped in out of the sun and lined up to hit the destroyer. The first two planes were shot down, but a third plane crashed into the after stack before skidding across the deck into the water, its bomb detonating on the main deck near the No.2 torpedo launcher. A second kamikaze hit the port side of the bridge. Although damage did not threaten the integrity of the hull, extensive damage required her to retire from the gulf. The "Allen M. Sumner" lost fourteen men killed and nineteen wounded. While assisting  a damaged "LST" which had been hit by a kamikaze on 15 December 1944, off Mindoro when the landing ship suffered from a large magazine explosion. Fragments of debris and shrapnel would strike the "Moale" killing one sailor and wounding another ten men. Damage to the destroyer was patched up and she would remain on station. On 9 August 1945, "Hank" and "Borie" would find themselves in the midst of five circling kamikazes stalking the two destroyers from above. After hitting "Borie" the remaining planes turned their attention to "Hank". The first kamikaze; an A6M, came in from straight  ahead but missed the ship due to a last second maneuver, showering the destroyer with debris. 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. The ship lost one man and five wounded in one of the final kamikaze attacks of the war. Postwar, "Hank" served in Korea and was sold to the Argentinian Navy in 1972. Moments later, two D3A Val's crashed into the No.3 5" gun turret, killing several men and destroying the turret. Another D3A which made  a low gliding bomb run on the ship, which struck the stern deck and jammed the ship's rudder. Two more kamikazes would make successive direct hits on the ship's aft fireroom, adding to the carnage. Combat Air Patrol arrived at the right time to drive off the remaining enemy planes and saved "Laffey" from further damage. At least twenty-two Japanese planes would make direct assaults on "Laffey" and her escorts during the eighty minute battle; although all three in the group were damaged, every ship miraculously made it back to port. ‘’Laffey’’ had been hit by six  kamikazes and at least two bomb hits, lost thirty-two men killed, and seventy-one wounded. The ship returned to the States under her own power and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Today she is a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina. On 6 January 1945 while escorting a minesweeper group off Lingayen Gulf, "O'Brien" was targeted by two kamikazes at 1427. One missed the ship and the other crashed into the port side of her fantail, knocking off a large piece but luckily nobody was hurt. On 27 March 1945, while cruising near Kerama Retto; "O'Brien" was  attacked by two kamikazes that had been following a group of passing American planes. The first plane was blasted by gunfire and landed in the sea less than seventy-five yards away. 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. The plane's bomb detonated a magazine, causing a large explosion. Damage control teams quickly extinguished the blaze and brought the situation back under control. Fifty crewmen were killed and seventy-six wounded by the kamikaze which sent "O'Brien" back to the states. 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. "Hyman" suffered twelve dead and over forty wounded by the kamikaze strike, but luckily the ship managed to make for repairs at Saipan, then eventually back home. Around the same moment "Abele" was hit by the A6M, an incoming Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber released a MXY-7 Ohka. The rocket powered suicide glider bomb; carrying a 2,600 lb. warhead in its nose, ignited its rocket boosters and accelerated towards the "Abele" at speeds  in excess of five hundred miles per hour. The loss of power froze the main guns of the destroyer in place, leaving her helpless as the kamikaze missile slammed amidships. The tremendous explosion buckled the stricken "Abele" , breaking her in two. The ship immediately began to sink, taking the lives of eighty-four men down with her. Her survivors were strafed by remaining Japanese planes until escorts were able to rescue "Abele's" men from the water. Unfortunately she could not be spared from damage for the ship was hit by a bomb aft, a MXY-7 Ohka, a kamikaze crashed  on her aft deck, and a third suicide plane struck the rigging of the ship. All crew with the exception of a fifty-man damage control party abandoned the ship into life rafts. Despite the flooding, fires, and heavy damage, "Hadley" was able to make it to le Shima under her own power. The crew of "Hadley" lost twenty-eight men and another sixty-seven wounded, but had shot down twenty-three enemy planes, including the ones who crashed into her. After being towed home to the states, it was determined the ship was too badly damaged to be returned  to service. Destroyer, escort vessel (DE). seriously damaged by one kamikaze aircraft, 9 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war. Submarine (SS). was training new submariners in conducting a torpedo practice approach off Key West, Florida on 12 June 1943. The sub began to dive but suddenly the forward battery compartment rapidly began to flood. An order went out to blow main ballast but it was too late. In less than fifteen seconds, "R-12" sank to the sea floor. The submarine's captain and four other men were washed off the conning  tower as the boat sank and were later rescued. A fourteen-day search yielded no results and the "R-12" was considered lost. Forty-two men went down with "R-12" when she sank. Her wreck was rediscovered in 2011, but the exact cause of her sinking remains a mystery. Only the captain, executive officer, and a lookout were rescued before the sub plunged beneath the sea. Over fifty rescue attempts were made by divers to reach men trapped inside the submarine, but all failed. Divers reported they could not hear any tapping from inside the hull, making it doubtful anyone survived  the initial sinking. Forty-six men were lost with "S-26". Efforts were made to free the boat off the rocks but all attempts failed. The crew sent out distress dispatches and began to abandon the sub at 03:30. By 11:00 only a skeleton crew remained on board. The crew set up camp in abandoned buildings at Constantine Harbor and would be rescued in days ahead. "S-27" was stripped of all valuable equipment and left abandoned on the rocks where she grounded. Luckily, all of the submarine's crew was saved without serious injury. At no time was a distress signal  sent out, nor did "S-28" ever indicate there was an issue. At 20:00, the Coast Guard cutter contacted Pearl Harbor for help. A search of the area was undertaken until the afternoon of 6 July when a slick of diesel oil was found. It remains unknown to this day exactly why "S-28" sank, but taken down with her were the lives of forty-nine men. The remains of the sub were discovered in 2017 off the coast of Oahu at a depth of eight thousand five hundred feet. Postwar analysis of Japanese records are inconclusive, but it is clear that  several attacks on an Allied submarine were made in the area and time frame where "Shark" was assigned to operate. Because the submarine was ordered to northern Celebes, it is most likely "Shark" was sunk by the with five-inch gunfire while the sub was surfaced at 01:30 on 11 February 1942 off Menado. Although survivors could be heard in the water, the Japanese destroyer did not bother to rescue anybody. Lost with the "Shark" were the lives of fifty four crew. Including the captain, eleven crew went down with the "Sculpin" while forty-one survivors were picked up by  the (one badly wounded man was thrown overboard by the Japanese). 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. The surviving twenty-one men had to work in copper mines for the rest of the war before finally being liberated. Evidence suggests that the "Seawolf" may have been the victim of friendly fire, as the destroyer escort attacked and dropped depth charges on what the crew believed to be a Japanese submarine which had just sunk not far from Morotai  Island, however the Japanese submarine in the area had been able to escape unscathed. On board the "Seawolf" when she was lost were eighty-three crew and an additional seventeen Army passengers, the exact circumstances of their disappearance is unknown to this day. No additional information is available. There are no known Japanese reports of a submarine being sunk in the areas and time frame "Grayling" disappeared. Her scheduled report to chain of command on the twelfth never occurred and the sub was never seen or heard from again. The fate of the "Grayling" and her seventy-six crew remain  a mystery as of today. The crew attempted to rig a sail to move the sub closer to land, but unfortunately two Japanese boats appeared and soon took all of the subs crew prisoner after "Grenadier" was abandoned. The submarine crew had to endure several years of brutal, sadistic abuse as captives of the Japanese, but out of seventy-six men taken prisoner when "Grenadier" sank, four men did not return home. The wreck of the submarine was rediscovered in 2020. The mystery of the "Grunion" was solved when the submarine's wreckage was found in the area she disappeared  in 2006. It is believed the sub suffered a depth control malfunction after one its own torpedoes circled back to strike the sub, which led to "Grunion" sinking and imploding. During her career, "Albacore" set the record for most tonnage ever sunk by a single submarine, and most combat ships sunk at thirteen. Her biggest prize included Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. After the war, captured Japanese records show on 16 February 1943, Japanese torpedo boat "Hiyodori" and a subchaser dropped depth charges on a submarine approximately sixty miles south of Rabaul. Wreckage and  an oil slick developed and the Japanese assumed the vessel had been destroyed. These ships may have sunk the submarine , which also went missing in the same area, however most evidence points to the 16 February sinking as the "Amberjack". 19 June 1945. Mine layer (CM). sunk by a mine off Le Havre, France, 25 September 1944. Light mine layer (DM). damaged by aircraft bombs off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 18 February 1945, and scuttled off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 16 July 1945. Mine sweeper, high-speed (DMS). sunk after being hit by five kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 6  April 1945. Mine sweeper (AM). Sunk by aircraft bombs at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1941. Mine sweeper, coastal (AMc). sunk by collision in San Francisco Bay, California, 3 June 1942. Auxiliary motor mine sweeper (YMS). USS "YMS-14" sunk in collision in Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 11 January 1945. USS "YMS-19" sunk by a mine off Palau, Caroline Islands, 24 September 1944. USS "YMS-21" sunk by a mine off Toulon, France, 1 September 1944. USS "YMS-24" sunk by a mine off St. Tropez, France, 15 August 1944. USS "YMS-30" sunk by a mine off Anzio, Italy, 25 January 1944. USS  YMS-39 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 26 June 1945. USS "YMS-48" sunk by shore batteries in Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 14 February 1945. USS "YMS-70" foundered off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 17 October 1944. USS "YMS-71" sunk by a mine off Brunei, Borneo, 3 April 1945. USS "YMS-84" sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 8 July 1945. USS "YMS-98" sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. USS "YMS-103" sunk by a mine off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 8 April 1945. USS "YMS-127" sunk in the Aleutian Islands, 10 January 1944. USS "YMS-133" foundered off Coos Bay, Oregon , 21 February 1943. USS "YMS-304" sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 30 July 1944. USS "YMS-341" sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. USS "YMS-350" sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 2 July 1944. USS "YMS-365" sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 26 June 1945. USS "YMS-378" sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 30 July 1944. USS "YMS-385" sunk by a mine off Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 1 October 1944. USS "YMS-409" foundered in the North Atlantic, 12 September 1944. USS "YMS-421" sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. USS "YMS-472" sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu  Islands, 16 September 1945. USS "YMS-481" sunk by shore batteries off Tarakan, Borneo, 2 May 1945. Patrol ships. Gunboat (PG). sunk by Japanese warships south of Java, Netherlands East Indies, 3 March 1942. 12 November 1942, and capsized while under tow off Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, 5 December 1942. Motor gunboat (PGM). sunk in collision in the Bismarck Sea, 18 July 1944. USS "PGM-27" destroyed by grounding during typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. Eagle (PE). USS "PE-56" sunk by German submarine "U-853" off Portland, Maine, 23 April 1945. River gunboat (PR). scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine  Islands, 6 May 1942. Motor torpedo boat (PT). "PT-22" scrapped after being badly damaged in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 11 June 1943. "PT-28" damaged beyond repair in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 12 January 1943. "PT-31" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 19 January 1942. "PT-32" destroyed to prevent capture, Tagauayan Island, Philippine Islands, 13 March 1942. "PT-33" grounded in enemy waters, 15 December 1941, and destroyed to prevent capture, Cape Santiago, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 26 December 1941. "PT-34" sunk by Japanese aircraft strafing attack off Cauit Island, Cebu , Philippine Islands, 9 April 1942. "PT-35" destroyed to prevent capture, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippine Islands, 12 April 1942. "PT-37" sunk by Japanese destroyer "Kawakaze" off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. "PT-41" destroyed to prevent capture on road to Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 15 April 1942. "PT-43" damaged by Japanese warships, beached, and destroyed to prevent capture on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 11 January 1943. "PT-44" destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 12 December 1942. "PT-63" destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island, 18 June 1944. "PT-67" destroyed by accidental fire  while refueling in port, Tufi, New Guinea, 17 March 1943. "PT-68" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture near Vincke Point, New Guinea, 1 October 1943. "PT-73" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Baliquias Bay, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 January 1945. "PT-77" sunk in error by the and near Talin Point, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1 February 1945. "PT-79" sunk in error by the and near Talin Point, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1 February 1945. "PT-107" destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island, 18 June 1944. "PT-109" sunk after being rammed by  Japanese destroyer "Amigiri" off Kolombangara Island, Blackett Strait, Solomon Islands, 2 August 1943. "PT-110" sunk after collision in Ablingi Harbor, New Britain, 26 January 1944. "PT-111" destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. "PT-112" destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 11 January 1943. "PT-113" destroyed as a result of grounding, not in enemy waters, Veale Reef, near Tufi, New Guinea, 8 August 1943. "PT-117" destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, Rendova Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 August 1943. "PT-118" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943 . "PT-119" destroyed by fire in port, Tufi, New Guinea, 17 March 1943. "PT-121" destroyed by Australian aircraft, mistaken identification, Bangula Bay, New Britain, 27 March 1944. "PT-123" destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. "PT-133" destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, near Cape Pus, New Guinea, 15 July 1944. "PT-135" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Crater Point, New Britain, 12 April 1944. "PT-136" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Malai Island, Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea, 17 September 1943. "PT-145" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture , Mindiri, New Guinea, 4 January 1944. "PT-147" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Teliata Point, New Guinea, 20 November 1943. "PT-153" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Munda Point, New Georgia, 4 July 1943. "PT-158" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Munda Point, New Georgia, 5 July 1943. "PT-164" destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, Rendova Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 August 1943. "PT-165" lost in transit, tanker torpedoed by Japanese submarine "I-17", 100 miles south of Nouméa, New Caledonia, 24 May 1943. "PT-166" destroyed in error by US Army Air  Force B-25 bombers, mistaken identification, off New Georgia, 20 July 1943. "PT-172" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943. "PT-173" lost in transit, tanker torpedoed by Japanese submarine "I-17", 100 miles south of Nouméa, New Caledonia, 24 May 1943. "PT-193" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Noemfoor Island, New Guinea, 25 June 1944. "PT-200" lost after collision, 22 February 1944, off Newport, Rhode Island, and sank 23 February 1944. "PT-202" destroyed by enemy mine, off Point Aygulf, France, Mediterranean Sea, 16 August 1944. "PT-218" destroyed by enemy  mine, off Point Aygulf, France, Mediterranean Sea, 16 August 1944. "PT-219" damaged in storm and scrapped, near Attu, Aleutian Islands, 14 September 1943. "PT-239" destroyed by fire in port, Lambu Lambu, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 14 December 1943. "PT-247" destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 5 May 1944. "PT-251" destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 26 February 1944. "PT-279" lost in collision, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 11 February 1944. "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. "PT-300  destroyed by kamikaze attack, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 18 December 1944. PT-301" damaged by explosion in port and scrapped, Mios Woendi, New Guinea, 7 November 1944. "PT-311" destroyed by enemy mine, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 18 November 1944. "PT-320" destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 5 November 1944. "PT-321" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, San Isidro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 11 November 1944. "PT-322" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea, 23 November 1943. "PT-323" destroyed by kamikaze attack, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1944. "PT-337  destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, Hansa Bay, New Guinea, 7 March 1944. PT-338" grounded, 27 January 1945, and destroyed as a result of grounding, not in enemy waters, Semirara Island, Philippine Islands, 31 January 1945. "PT-339" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. "PT-346" destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft, mistaken identification, near Cape Pomas, New Britain Island, 29 April 1944. "PT-347" destroyed by U.S. Navy aircraft, mistaken identification, near Cape Pomas, New Britain Island, 29 April 1944. "PT-353" destroyed by Australian aircraft, mistaken identification, Bangula Bay, New Britain Island, 27  March 1944. "PT-363" destroyed by Japanese shore batteries in Knoe Bay, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 25 November 1944. "PT-368" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Cape Salimoedi, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 11 October 1944. "PT-371" grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Tagalasa, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 19 September 1944. "PT-493" destroyed by Japanese warships, Surigao Strait, Philippine Islands, 25 October 1944. "PT-509" destroyed by ramming of a German minesweeper in the English Channel, 9 August 1944. "PT-555" damaged by a German mine off Cape Couronne, Mediterranean Sea, 24 August 1944, and sunk  by US gunfire, 8 September 1944. Yacht (PY). sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine off North Carolina, 2 May 1942. Yacht, coastal (PYc). sunk after collision with the off the Delaware Capes, Delaware, 16 October 1943. Converted patrol vessels. "Fisheries II" (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. "Maryann" (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. Perry (converted small patrol vessel) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. Patrol vessel, district (YP). USS "YP-16" lost due to Japanese occupation of  Guam and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YP-17" lost due to Japanese occupation of Guam and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. "YP-26" destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Canal Zone, Panama, 19 November 1942. "YP-47" sunk by collision off Staten Island, New York, 26 April 1943. USS "YP-72" destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 22 February 1943. USS "YP-73" destroyed by grounding in Kodiak Harbor, Alaska, 15 January 1945. "YP-74" sunk by collision, 6 September 1942. "YP-77" sunk in collision off Atlantic coast, 28 April 1942. "YP-88" destroyed by grounding at Amchitka , Aleutian Islands, 28 October 1943. "YP-94" destroyed by grounding, 18 February 1945. "YP-95" destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 1 May 1944. "YP-97" lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. "YP-128" destroyed by grounding off Monterey, California, 30 June 1942. "YP-183" destroyed by grounding on the west coast of Hawaii, 12 January 1943. "YP-205" destroyed by grounding, 1 November 1942. "YP-235" destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, 1 April 1943. "YP-270" destroyed by grounding, 30 June 1942. "YP-277" scuttled to avoid capture east of Hawaii , 23 May 1942. "YP-279" foundered in heavy weather off Townsville, Australia, 5 September 1943. "YP-281" foundered in heavy weather, 9 January 1944. "YP-284" sunk by surface ships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 25 October 1942. "YP-331" foundered in heavy weather, 23 March 1944. "YP-336" destroyed by grounding in the Delaware River, 23 February 1943. USS "YP-345" sunk south-east of Midway Island, 31 October 1942. "YP-346" sunk by surface ships in the South Pacific, 9 September 1942. "YP-383" sunk by collision, 24 November 1944. "YP-387" sunk by collision, 20 May 1942. "YP-389" sunk by a submarine off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina , 19 June 1942. "YP-405" destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Caribbean Sea, 20 November 1942. "YP-422" destroyed by grounding off New Caledonia. "YP-426" destroyed by grounding, 16 December 1943. "YP-438" destroyed by grounding at Port Everglades, Florida, 20 March 1943. "YP-453" destroyed by grounding in the Bahama Islands, 15 April 1943. "YP-481" destroyed by grounding at Charleston, South Carolina, 25 April 1943. "YP-492" sunk by collision off east Florida, 8 January 1943. "YP-577" destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Great Lakes, 23 January 1943. Submarine chaser, (173 foot) (PC). USS "PC-460" sunk by collision with a submarine in the Gulf  of Panama, 24 January 1942. USS "PC-496" sunk after being torpedoed by Italian submarine off Bizerte, Tunisia, 4 June 1943. USS "PC-558" sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine "U-230" north of Palermo, Italy, 9 May 1944. USS "PC-584" sunk by typhoon at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. USS "PC-590" destroyed by grounding during typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. USS "PC-814" destroyed by typhoon at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 12 December 1945. USS "PC-815" sunk by collision with off San Diego, California, 11 September 1945. USS "PC-1129" sunk by Japanese Suicide boat off Nasugbu, Luzon , Philippine Islands, 31 January 1945. USS "PC-1261" sunk by shellfire from shore batteries off Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. USS "PC-1603" damaged by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 21 May 1945, and sunk 26 May 1945. Submarine chaser (110 foot) (SC). USS "SC-521" foundered off Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, 10 July 1945. USS "SC-632" sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. USS "SC-636" sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. USS "SC-694" sunk by aircraft off Palermo, Italy, 23 August 1943. USS "SC-696" sunk by aircraft off Palermo, Italy, 23 August 1943. USS "SC-700" sunk by accidental  fire off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 10 March 1944. USS "SC-709" grounded off Cape Breton, France, 21 January 1943. USS "SC-740" grounded on Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 17 June 1943. USS "SC-744" sunk by kamikaze attack in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 27 November 1944. USS "SC-751" grounded off Western Australia, 22 June 1943. USS "SC-984" grounded off New Hebrides, 9 April 1944. USS "SC-1019" lost by grounding, 22 April 1945. USS "SC-1024" sunk after collision off North Carolina, 2 March 1943. USS "SC-1059" lost by grounding off the Bahamas Islands, 12 December 1944. USS "SC-1067" foundered off Attu, Aleutian Islands , 19 November 1943. Amphibious ships. Landing ship, tank (LST). USS "LST-6" sunk by a mine in the Seine River while en route from Rouen, Zambia to Portland, England, 18 November 1941. USS "LST-43" sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LST-69" sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LST-158" sunk by aircraft off Licata, Sicily, 11 July 1943. USS "LST-167" stricken after being damaged beyond repair by Japanese aircraft off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 25 September 1943. USS "LST-179" sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LST-203" destroyed  by grounding near Nanumea, Ellice Islands, 2 October 1943. USS "LST-228" destroyed by grounding near Bahia Angra Island, Azores, 21 January 1944. USS "LST-282" sunk by a glider bomb off St. Tropez, France, 15 August 1944. USS "LST-313" sunk by German aircraft off Gela, Sicily, 10 July 1943. USS "LST-314" sunk by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 9 June 1944. USS "LST-318" sunk by aircraft off Caronia, Sicily, 10 August 1943. USS "LST-333" sunk by German submarine "U-593" off Dellys, Algeria, 22 June 1943. USS "LST-342" sunk by Japanese submarine RO-106 west of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 18 July  1943. USS "LST-348" sunk by German submarine "U-410" off Anzio, Italy, 20 February 1944. USS "LST-349" sunk after running aground off Ponza, Italy, 26 February 1944. USS "LST-353" sunk by internal explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LST-359" sunk by German submarine "U-870" north-east of the Azores, 20 December 1944. USS "LST-376" sunk by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 9 June 1944. USS "LST-396" sunk by accidental fire and explosion off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 18 August 1943. USS "LST-447" sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 7 April 1945. USS "LST-448" sunk  by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 5 October 1943. USS "LST-460" sunk by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 21 December 1944. USS "LST-472" sunk by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 December 1944. USS "LST-480" sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LST-493" destroyed after grounding while attempting to enter Plymouth Harbor, England, 12 April 1945. USS "LST-496" sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944. USS "LST-499" sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 8 June 1944. USS "LST-507" sunk by German motor torpedo boats in Lyme Bay, England, 28  April 1944. USS "LST-523" sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 19 June 1944. USS "LST-531" sunk by German motor torpedo boats in Lyme Bay, England, 28 April 1944. USS "LST-563" grounded off Clipperton Island, southwest Pacific, 22 December 1944, and abandoned, 9 February 1945. USS "LST-577" sunk by Japanese submarine RO-50 east of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 11 February 1945. USS "LST-675" grounded off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945, and abandoned, 17 September 1945. USS "LST-738" sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 December 1944. USS "LST-749" sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 21 December  1944. USS "LST-750" sunk by Japanese aircraft off Los Negros, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 December 1944. USS "LST-808" grounded after being damaged by Japanese aircraft off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 18 May 1945, and destroyed, 11 November 1945. USS "LST-906" grounded off Leghorn, Italy, 18 October 1944, and scrapped, 22 June 1945. USS "LST-921" torpedoed by German submarine "U-764" off the channel entrance to Bristol, England, 14 August 1944, and struck from the Navy list, 14 October 1944. Landing ship, medium (LSM). USS "LSM-12" foundered after being damaged by a Japanese suicide boat off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945 . USS "LSM-20" sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. USS "LSM-59" sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 21 June 1945. USS "LSM-135" sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945. USS "LSM-149" grounded off the Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. USS "LSM-318" sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 December 1944. Landing ship, medium (rocket) (LSMR). USS "LSMR-190" sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. USS "LSMR-194" sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. USS "LSMR-195" sunk by kamikaze  attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 3 May 1945. Landing craft, tank (LCT). USS "LCT(5)-19" sunk off Salerno, Italy, 15 September 1943. USS "LCT(5)-21" sunk off Oran, Algeria, 1 January 1943. USS "LCT(5)-23" sunk at Algiers, Algeria, 3 May 1943. USS "LCT(5)-25" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-26" sunk, 25 February 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 6 March 1944. USS "LCT(5)-27" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-28" sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 May 1943. USS "LCT(5)-30" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-35" sunk off Anzio, Italy, 15 February 1944 . USS "LCT(5)-36" sunk off Naples, Italy, 26 February 1944. USS "LCT(5)-66" sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 12 April 1945. USS "LCT(5)-71" sunk, 11 September 1943. USS "LCT(5)-147" sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-154" sunk, 31 August 1943. USS "LCT(5)-175" sunk, 21 February 1945. USS "LCT(5)-182" sunk off the Solomon Islands, 7 August 1944. USS "LCT(5)-185" sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 24 January 1944. USS "LCT(5)-196" sunk off Salerno, Italy, 27 September 1943. USS "LCT(5)-197" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-200" sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-208" sunk off Algeria, 20 June 1943. USS "LCT(5)-209  sunk off northern France, 10 June 1944. USS LCT(5)-215" sunk off Salerno, Italy, 1943. USS "LCT(5)-220" sunk at Anzio, Italy, 13 February 1944. USS "LCT(5)-241" sunk off Salerno, Italy, 15 September 1943. USS "LCT(5)-242" sunk off Naples, Italy, 2 December 1943. USS "LCT(5)-244" sunk off northern France, 8 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-253" sunk on passage to Tarawa, 21 January 1945. USS "LCT(5)-293" sunk in English Channel, 11 October 1944. USS "LCT(5)-294" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-305" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-311" sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 9 August 1943. USS "LCT(5)-315" sunk at  Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, 23 March 1944. USS "LCT(5)-319" sunk at Kiska, Aleutian Islands, 27 August 1943. USS "LCT(5)-332" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-340" sunk, 9 February 1944 and stricken from the Navy List, 6 March 1944. USS "LCT(5)-342" sunk off Salerno, Italy, 29 September 1943. USS "LCT(5)-352" sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 12 April 1945. USS "LCT(5)-362" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-364" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-366" sunk, 9 September 1943. USS "LCT(5)-413" sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-458" sunk off northern France, 7 June  1944. USS "LCT(5)-459" sunk off western France, 19 September 1944. USS "LCT(5)-486" sunk off northern France, 7 June 1944. USS "LCT(5)-496" sunk in the English Channel, 2 October 1943. USS "LCT(6)-548" sunk at Portsmouth, England, October 1944. USS "LCT(6)-555" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-572" sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-579" sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 4 October 1944. USS "LCT(6)-582" sunk in the Azores Islands, 22 January 1944. USS "LCT(6)-593" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-597" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-612" sunk off northern France, 6 June  1944. USS "LCT(6)-703" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-713" sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-714" sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-777" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-823" sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 27 September 1944. USS "LCT(6)-961" sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LCT(6)-963" sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LCT(6)-983" sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. USS "LCT(6)-984" sunk, 15 May 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 9 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-988" sunk, 15 May 1944, and stricken from the  Navy List, 9 June 1944. USS "LCT(6)-995" sunk at Guam, Mariana Islands, 21 April 1945. USS "LCT(6)-1029" sunk at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 2 March 1945. USS "LCT(6)-1050" sunk off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 27 July 1945. USS "LCT(6)-1075" sunk off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1944. USS "LCT(6)-1090" sunk off Luzon, Philippine Islands, 26 March 1945. USS "LCT(6)-1151" sunk, 26 January 1945. USS "LCT(6)-1358" sunk off California, 4 May 1945. Landing craft, infantry (gunboat) (LCI(G)). USS "LCI(G)-82" sunk by Japanese suicide boat off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945. USS "LCI(G)-365" sunk by Japanese suicide boat in Lingayen Gulf , Luzon, Philippine Islands, 10 January 1945. USS "LCI(G)-459" sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 19 September 1944. USS "LCI(G)-468" sunk, 17 June 1944. USS "LCI(G)-474" sunk off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 17 February 1945. Landing craft, infantry (large) (LCI(L)). USS "LCI(L)-1" sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 17 August 1943. USS "LCI(L)-20" sunk off Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. USS "LCI(L)-32" sunk off Anzio, Italy, 26 January 1944. USS "LCI(L)-85" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-91" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-92" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-93" sunk off northern France, 6 June  1944. USS "LCI(L)-219" sunk off northern France, 11 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-232" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-416" sunk off northern France, 9 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-497" sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-553" sunk off Northern France, 6 June 1944. USS "LCI(L)-600" sunk by undetermined explosion at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 12 January 1945. USS "LCI(L)-684" sunk off Samar, Philippine Islands, 12 November 1945. USS "LCI(L)-1065" sunk off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944. Landing craft, infantry (mortar) (LCI(M)). USS "LCI(M)-974" sunk by Japanese suicide boat in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 10 January 1945 . Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III) (LCS(L)). USS "LCS(L)(3)-7" sunk by Suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. USS "LCS(L)(3)-15" sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 22 April 1945. USS "LCS(L)(3)-26" sunk by Suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. USS "LCS(L)(3)-33" sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. USS "LCS(L)(3)-37" engines damaged beyond repair by a depth charge dropped under the fantail by a suicide boat off Nakagusuki Wan, Okinawa, 28 April 1945. USS "LCS(L)(3)-49" sunk by suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor  Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. USS LCS (L)(3)-88 Fantail and aft twin 40mm heavily damaged by destroyed suicide plane bomb off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 11 May 1945. USS "LCS(L)(3)-127" sunk off California, 5 March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. Auxiliaries. Ammunition ship (AE). destroyed by explosion at Manus, Admiralty Islands, 10 November 1944. Provision storeship (AF). scrapped after foundering off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 30 January 1945. Mobile floating dry dock (AFD). USS "AFD-13" sank off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. Miscellaneous auxiliary (AG). captured at Guam, Marianas Islands, 10 December  1941. Motor torpedo boat tender (AGP). sunk by Japanese aircraft bombing near San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 May 1943. Cargo ship (AK). sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-103 off San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 June 1943. San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 June 1943. General stores issue ship (AKS). wrecked in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 18 February 1942. Net laying ship (AN). lost by grounding in the Aleutian Islands, 26 February 1944. Oiler (AO). damaged by Japanese aircraft at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 April 1943, sinks on 8 April 1943. , 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. Gasoline tanker (AOG). scrapped after being damaged beyond repair by grounding off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 5 June 1945. Transport (AP). sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine "U-130" off Fedala, Morocco, 12 November 1942. USS "Lafayette" (AP-53) converted from SS "Normandie ()" sunk by the FDNY at NYC Pier 88, Brooklyn, 9 February 1942. Transport, attack (APA). sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 13 August 1943. Coastal transport (small) (APc). sunk by aircraft off Arawe, New Britain Island, 17  December 1943. USS APc-35 grounded off New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 22 September 1943. High-speed transport (APD). damaged by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945, and sunk as a decoy, 21 June 1945. Salvage vessel (ARS). sunk after being torpedoed in error by in the Philippine Sea, 24 January 1945. Submarine tender (AS). scuttled off Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 9 April 1942. Submarine rescue vessel (ASR). lost by grounding on a reef in Midway Channel, 12 February 1944. Ocean tug (AT). scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. Ocean tug, old (ATO). sunk  after being torpedoed by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944. Ocean tug, rescue (ATR). USS "ATR-15" lost by grounding off Normandy, France, 19 June 1944. USS "ATR-98" sunk in collision off the Azores Islands, 12 April 1944. Seaplane tender (AV). irreparably damaged by Japanese aircraft bombs south of Java, Netherlands East Indies, 27 February 1942, scuttled by destroyer "Whipple" (DD-217). Seaplane tender (destroyer) (AVD). scrapped after being damaged in collision with off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 5 April 1945. Seaplane tender (small) (AVP). sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine "U-653" off Bermuda, 7 June 1942. Miscellaneous  unclassified (IX). destroyed after grounding on a reef during a storm at Saipan, Marianas Islands, 6 October 1944. Ex- scuttled as a block ship in Subic Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 24 December 1941. Damage control hulk. DCH-1 (IX-44) (ex-Walker) scuttled by gunfire from oiler while under tow from San Diego, California, to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 8 December 1941. Station tanker. damaged by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, scuttled by destroyer "Gansevoort" (DD-608), 30 December 1944. District craft. Lighter, ash (YA). USS "YA-52" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy  List, 24 July 1942. USS "YA-59" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YA-65" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. District auxiliary, miscellaneous (YAG). lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 22 February 1943. USS "YAG-17" lost, 14 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. Lighter, covered (non-self-propelled) (YC). USS "YC-178" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken  from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-181" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-523" lost off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 24 February 1944. USS "YC-537" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-643" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-644" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-646" lost  due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-647" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-648" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-649" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-652" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-653" lost  due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-654" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-664" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-665" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-666" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-667" lost  due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-668" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-669" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-670" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-671" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-672" lost  due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-673" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-674" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-683" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-685" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-693" lost  off Alaska, 1 February 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. USS "YC-714" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-715" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-716" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-717" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YC-718" lost due to enemy  action at Guam, Marianas Islands, December 1941, and stricken from the Navy List, 21 April 1944. USS "YC-857" lost off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 12 November 1943. USS "YC-869" lost off Imperial Beach, California 23 March 1943. USS "YC-886" lost at Guantanamo, Cuba, 3 February 1943. USS "YC-887" lost at Guantanamo, Cuba, 3 February 1943. USS "YC-891" lost off Key West, Florida, 18 April 1943. USS "YC-898" lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. USS "YC-899" lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. USS "YC-912" lost in the North Pacific, 13 January 1945. USS "YC-961" lost at Biorka Island , 1 May 1945. USS "YC-970" lost in Puget Sound, Washington, 14 August 1943. USS "YC-1272" lost near San Pedro, California, June 1945. USS "YC-1278" lost off the Atlantic coast, 10 March 1943. Float, car (non-self-propelled) (YCF). USS "YCF-23" lost en route to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 28 April 1945. USS "YCF-29" lost en route to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 28 April 1945. USS "YCF-36" lost en route to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 28 April 1945. USS "YCF-37  lost en route to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 28 April 1945. USS YCF-42" lost, December 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 8 February 1945. USS "YCF-59" lost off Delaware, January 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. Lighter, open cargo (YCK). USS "YCK-1" lost due to enemy action at Wake Island, December 1941. USS "YCK-2" lost, 5 November 1943. USS "YCK-8" lost off Key West, Florida, 13 December 1943. Derrick, floating (non-self-propelled) (YD). USS "YD-19" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from  the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YD-47" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YD-56" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YD-60" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Degaussing vessel (YDG). USS "YDG-4" lost off New Caledonia, 1 October 1943. Lighter, covered (self-propelled) (YF). USS "YF-86" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List , 24 July 1942. USS "YF-177" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-178" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-179" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-180" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-181" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List , 24 July 1942. USS "YF-212" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-223" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-224" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-230" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YF-317" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, January – May 1942. USS "YF-401" lost , 20 June 1943. USS "YF-415" lost, 11 May 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 16 May 1944. USS "YF-487" lost in the Caribbean Sea, 18 July 1943. USS "YF-575" lost off Atlantic City, New Jersey, 6 May 1943. USS "YF-579" lost at San Francisco, California, 20 September 1943. USS "YF-724" lost off the Farallone Islands, 22 March 1945. USS "YF-725" lost off the Farallone Islands, 22 March 1945. USS "YF-777" lost at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 6 August 1945. USS "YF-926" lost en route to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 8 March 1945. Ferryboats and launches (YFB). USS "Camia" (YFB-683 ) lost due to enemy action at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "Magdalena" (YFB-687) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "Rivera" (YFB-685) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "Rosal" (YFB-682) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "Santa Rita" (Launch Number 681) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from  the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "Yacal" (YFB-688) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Floating dry dock. scuttled to prevent capture at Bataan, Philippine Islands, 10 April 1942. Yard floating dry dock, non-self-propelled (YFD). USS "YFD-20" lost off California, 31 January 1943. Lighter, garbage (self-propelled) (YG). USS "YG-39" lost, 27 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 13 November 1944. USS "YG-44" lost at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 February 1945. Dredge (self-propelled) (YM). USS "YM-4" lost due to enemy action  in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 22 February 1942. USS "YM-13" lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 22 February 1942. Barge, fuel oil (self-propelled) (YO). USS "YO-41" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YO-42" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YO-64" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, January 1942, and stricken from the Navy List, 21 April  1944. USS "YO-156" lost at Sitka, Alaska, May 1945. USS "YO-157" lost at Sitka, Alaska, May 1945. USS "YO-159" lost off the New Hebrides Islands, 14 January 1944. Pile driver (non-self-propelled) (YPD). USS "YPD-22" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, January – May 1942. Barge, pontoon storage (YPK). USS "YPK-6" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YPK-7" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Workshop, floating (non-self-propelled) (YR). USS "YR-43  lost in the Gulf of Alaska, 28 March 1945. Submarine rescue chamber (YRC). USS YRC-4" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Pontoon, salvage (YSP). USS "YSP-41" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-42" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-43" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-44" lost due  to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-45" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-46" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-47" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-48" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-49" lost due  to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YSP-50" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Barge, sludge removal (YSR). USS "YSR-2" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Harbor tug (YT). lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YT-198" sunk off Anzio, Italy, 18 February 1944. USS "YT-247" sunk, 5 April 1944, and stricken from the  Navy List, 21 April 1944. Harbor tug, medium (YTM). USS "YTM-467" lost in the Marshall or Gilbert Islands, March 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 9 June 1944. Barge, water (YW). USS "YW-50" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YW-54" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YW-55" lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS "YW-58" lost due to enemy action in  the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. 13 June 1943. 14 October 1943. Sources. This page is based on the public domain list at the US Department of the Navy website. References. Specific