71 of her men were rescued. At 00:43 the crew noticed waves breaking against rock just twenty-five yards forward of the bow and ordered "Back Emergency", but it was too late. USSGregory(DD-802) was patrolling radar picket duty in company with three Landing Craft Ship on the afternoon of 8 April when at 18:30, four Japanese Ki-51 Sonia planes dove from out of the sun, a favorite tactic of the kamikaze. Despite the hellish conditions her crew toiled to save their ship, and maintained fire on the enemy ships, sinking the Japanese destroyer Harusame. The ship was sunk with all hands; 116 men were lost. PT-339 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. Due to the war coming to an end a few months after receiving her damage, Newcomb was not repaired or returned to service. Maryann (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. Both ships were on fire and sinking within a few minutes. No other US submarine bedsides Pompano would have been operating in this area. She suffered 36 men killed and 59 were wounded. The ship returned to the States for repairs and an overhaul, and was back in the combat zone by April 1943. The ship was scrapped in 1977 after a prestigious career. On January 21, a plane returning from a sortie made a normal landing, taxied forward abreast of the ship's island and disintegrated in a blinding explosion that killed 50 men and wounded 75. Ultimate fate unknown. Shaw would be repaired, her bow rebuilt and amazingly would return to service by August 1942 to an illustrious career. The ship had to have a false bow installed for its trip stateside for repairs. A second Ohka (or "Baka Bomb" as the Americans called it) came in but missed the ship, taking off the Stanly's ensign as it went by before disintegrating in the ocean. The crew abandoned ship for fear of a magazine explosion but when nothing happened, a skeleton crew returned and got Mullany underway again. Efforts were made to free the boat off the rocks but all attempts failed. Although the crew feared the destroyer would break in half while under tow, Wadleigh was brought back to seaworthy condition and made its way back to the states for a near complete overhaul. Purdy left the area to make repairs and tend her wounded crew, eventually making it back to the states. Soon thereafter, Quincy veered across Astoria's bow, blazing fiercely from bow to stern. 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. On 30 October 1942, while maneuvering to avoid a submarine contact, South Dakota collided with the destroyer Mahan, receiving significant damage that needed repairs in Nouma. At 14:56, a [D3A] "Val" broke from its group and dove down on Borie, hitting the ship between her mast and five-inch gun director. The bomb punched through the steel plating and exploded inside causing extensive damage, killing thirteen men. The damage inflicted to the naval yard made repairs an impossibility, so orders were given to salvage any valuable equipment and destroy the sub. Forty-six members of her crew were lost with the ship, but luckily two hundred forty one were saved. 10 men were killed and 8 were wounded. 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. Columbia would be awarded ten battle stars for her service in WWII. USSMeredith(DD-434) was towing supplies on a barge to US forces holding Guadalcanal on 12 October 1942, when it was discovered that a Japanese carrier task force was nearby and all ships were to turn back immediately. Before noon the enemy planes departed, leaving the damaged cruiser with 15 dead or mortally wounded and 84 seriously injured. This was due to a number of factors, the darkest of which was that, even when U-boats had the edge against Navy vessels, they needed to remain underwater. USSPorter(DD-356) was sailing as a part of TF16 during the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October 1942. USS LCT(5)-200 sunk off northern France, June 1944. USSSt. Augustine(PG-54) sunk after collision with S.S. Camas Meadows off Cape May, New Jersey, 6 January 1944. Only 316 of the nearly 900 men set adrift after the sinking survived. 1 April 1864. At the time, Astoria had been patrolling to the east of Savo Island in column behind Vincennes and Quincy. The battleship put the starboard 5in battery out of commission. Gasoline from the plane's fuel tanks started a fire and a 5-inch shell from another ship accidentally hit one of California's 5-inch guns, exploded inside the turret, and started another fire. Soon after H-Hour, the destroyer was struck amidships by several large caliber shells. USSHerring(SS-233) went out from Midway Island for her eighth patrol of the war on 21 May 1944, then ten days later made rendezvous with USSBarb(SS-220) before heading off to the Kuril Islands. Marblehead underwent extensive repairs before being sent to the Atlantic theater for the rest of the war. Despite the losses, Wasp continued operations with 27 minutes of the strike. Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine. Captain Young was the last man to evacuate the burning wreck. USSSouthard(DD-207) was conducting minesweeping operations in Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when she was attacked by kamikazes in the afternoon. USSBunker Hill(CV-17) was severely damaged by two kamikaze planes striking the carrier within 30 seconds on 11 May 1945 off Okinawa, killing 390 men and wounding 264. USS YT-198 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 18 February 1944. USSGrowler(SS-215) was on her eleventh patrol of the war on 20 October 1944 east of Luzon, when she and two sister subs attacked a Japanese convoy from two sides. 1 turret of Chkai. Divers reported they could not hear any tapping from inside the hull, making it doubtful anyone survived the initial sinking. A Union stern-wheel tinclad minesweeper and gunboat sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) in Mobile Bay . Reno was hit on her port side by two torpedoes, one of which was a dud. 5 men were killed during the battle. 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. The plane's bomb passed through the ship's hull and out the other side of the ship, causing minimal damage, and all fires were soon extinguished. Forty men were killed and one hundred eighty wounded from this action. The destroyer was towed to Boston, MA where she had a new stern installed. The ultimate cost of victory in this vast area of operations was sobering: Between 1939 and 1945, 3,500 Allied merchant ships (14.5 million gross tons) and 175 Allied warships were sunk, and. Rear Admiral Callaghan's task group maneuvered to intercept in what became the first engagement in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The bomb penetrated into her aft aircraft elevator, and detonating within the hangar bay, some 5ft below the flight deck. USSTurner(DD-648) was anchored not far from Ambrose Light on 3 January 1944 after a series of trips escorting convoys across the Atlantic when suddenly at 0650, several internal explosions in her ammunition storage area began to wreck the destroyer. USSRedwing(ARS-4) sunk by explosion at Bizerte, Tunisia, 27 June 1943. Raised by the Japanese and designated. Again, Columbia's damage control teams jumped into action and kept the ship in action, able to resume her fire support despite the damage. Zellars lost twenty-nine men killed and thirty-seven wounded by the kamikaze strike on 12 April. The most likely incident which caused the loss of Scamp occurred on 11 November 1944 just north of Iwo Jima, when a Japanese patrol plane led a coastal defense vessel to a trail of oil which was then heavily depth charged until a larger slick appeared on the water. As it is now this map shows the entire US coastline and losses off it. Struck by torpedo. Pringle would be repaired and back in service by February 1945. USSHughes(DD-410) was operating off the southern tip of Leyte on 10 December 1944, when she was attacked by a G4M "Betty" kamikaze which crashed into the ship causing severe damage. 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. USSHornbill(AMc-13) sunk after collision with the lumber schooner Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay, California, 30 June 1942. USSIndependence(CVL-22) was attacked on 20 November 1943 by a group of aircraft low on the water. Another bucket brigade attacked the fires while the ship's first lieutenant investigated all accessible lower decks. USSJohn Penn(APA-23) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 13 August 1943. Zane took a direct hit on the ship's forward battery, killing 3 men, but maintained course until the Japanese ships gave up the chase after an hour. During the action Fanshaw Bay suffered four killed and four wounded, but the damage was not threatening to the hull of the ship. USSPalmer(DMS-5) sunk by Japanese aircraft in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 7 January 1945. The Essex class was the 20th century's most numerous class of capital ships, was the backbone of the U.S. Navy's combat strength during World War II from mid-1943 on, and (along with the addition of the three Midway-class carriers just after the war) continued to be the heart of U.S. In a raid lasting 17 minutes; Plunkett was struck by a 550lb. Throughout the battle, St. She was scrapped in 1973. The ship left Guam headed for Leyte on 28 July 1945. In the ensuring Battle of Cape Esperance, Farenholt was hit by shells below the waterline from both Japanese and American guns causing concerning flooding. During the course of the action, Duncan was hit by numerous shells that ignited large fires and put the ship out of action with extensive damage. 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. twenty-two men were killed or fatally wounded, with another one hundred seven injured. USSMcKean(DD-90) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying reinforcements to Guadalcanal when on 17 November 1942 while approaching Empress Augusta Bay, she was attacked by a G4M torpedo bomber. Japanese records indicate the only submarine action occurring on 3 April, which was attacked with depth charges from destroyers and a plane until an oil slick developed. Fortunately the ship's crew was able to bring her safely toSaipan by 7 January 1945 under her own power. She lies in 400ft of water, 3 miles west of Lunga Point. Fifty-eight men were lost on Utah during the attack. YP-492 sunk by collision off east Florida, 8 January 1943. YP-205 destroyed by grounding, 1 November 1942. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945. Williamsburg VA: Mill Neck Publications, 1997. 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. The Japanese directed their fire onto Hopewell, hitting the destroyer at least four times and knocking out her battery control station and a five-inch turret. Washington: Navy Department, 1946. The navy listed her as lost in action with all sixty hands. A fourteen-day search yielded no results and the R-12 was considered lost. Portland was eventually able to correct the steering problem and withdraw on her own. The last known communication between Snook and friendly forces was on 8 April, after which the submarine and her crew disappeared and were never seen or heard from again. USSHarding(DD-625) was on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 16 April 1945 when at 0958 she was attacked by two "Val's" off her starboard beam. 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. She was repaired and back in action within a few days.[3]. Norman Scott positioned herself so as to draw fire away from the battleship some 1,800 yards from shore, unfortunately the valiant maneuver would cost the destroyer. St. Damage was minimal and days later the ship resumed her duty. USSCallaghan(DD-792) had taken station in the radar picket line the evening of 28 July 1945, where at 00:35 on the 29th she drove off an incoming Yokosuka K5Y biplane. November 8, 2017 - 4,444 likes, 70 comments - WW2 Photos/Videos (@fuehrer_of_photography) on Instagram: "A major turning point in the Second World War was the . 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. A near-miss landed just a yard off the port bow which ruptured the hull and flooded the engineering space of the ship. By 16:00, the fires were out of control and the remaining personnel were evacuated. 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. 11 men were killed and another 22 wounded. Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Laffey shot down four kamikaze planes before the fifth suicide plane struck a glancing blow on gun mount three and tumbled into the sea. Fires were quickly brought under control and the ship remained on station. USSFrederick C. Davis(DE-136) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-546 in the North Atlantic, 24 April 1945. All others were lost due to accidents. The explosion severed the ship and everything aft of turret No.4 leaving her dead in the water. USS LCI(L)-32 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 26 January 1944. Either sunk by Japanese or destroyed to prevent capture. USSAlbacore(SS-218) topped off her fuel at Midway Island on 28 October 1944 before heading out on her eleventh patrol of the war. USSMaddox(DD-731) was acting as picket for carriers off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 January 1945; when at 13:10 a single A6M "Zero", which had followed a group of F6F Hellcats to avoid detection, made a steep dive towards the Maddox from above and directly astern. 48 men were killed, 24 of the dead were survivors from other destroyers sunk in the previous days. USSShelton(DE-407) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-41 off Morotai Island, 3 October 1944. These fires were quickly brought under control and by 07:51 the ship was fully operational. In company with sister submarine Hake, the two subs had broken away from a wolf pack and were heading to patrol near Dasol Bay when on 24 August around 0455, contact was made with two Japanese escort ships (one of which was possibly the captured Clemens class destroyer USS Stewart) who turned to attack. Destroyed by enemy aircraft during attack on Cavite Navy Yard. Although Edsall brazenly fired her torpedoes and main battery at the enemy ships, she was soon struck by dive bombers and hit by large-caliber naval gunfire. USS APc-35 grounded off New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 22 September 1943. She was scrapped in 1960. As Japanese shells from shore began to come in, Strong was left to sink, breaking in half before going down. The two sides met with one another in the pitch-black night at 0130 and quickly the battle became a frenzied shootout. The plane's bomb detonated, knocking out all power in the ship, and possibly breaking the keel. Fires raged through the riddled escort carrier, and she capsized at 09:07 and sank at 09:11. 8 men were killed and 16 wounded. Towed to Philippines and scuttled off of Samar on 7 March 1946. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast after being at general quarters all night. 15 men were killed and 5 other men were wounded. A. Damage control quickly put the fires out and the ship made for emergency repairs, but twenty seven men had been killed, and another thirty three wounded. The Scorpion was declared lost on 6 March 1944 and has never been found. USSPenguin(AM-33) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guam, Marianas Islands, 8 December 1941. The plane smashed into the ship's main radio transmitter room spreading a large fire over the ship's superstructure, fortunately the plane had lost its bomb as it violently maneuvered to hit the ship, certainly sparing the ship more damage. The Cassin would return to service by April 1944. Houston subsequently sought refuge at Tjilatjap to work on repairs and to tend to wounded sailors. One five-inch gun. USSWhite Plains(CVE-66) was sailing as a part of "Taffy 3" about 60 miles east of Samar on 25 October 1944 when a powerful Japanese task force surprised the outnumbered and outgunned Americans. Preston was hit by numerous heavy shells from Nagara that knocked out her firerooms and started large fires which better illuminated Preston for her enemies to see. USSBuchanan(DD-484) was operating with TF 67.4 on 13 November 1942 in "Ironbottom Sound" when the American ships engaged a Japanese surface task force of two battleships and fourteen destroyers at 0148. USSFanshaw Bay(CVE-70) was supporting the invasion of Saipan when on 17 June 1944 when at 18:52, a Japanese bomber made a run for Fanshaw Bay, dropping a 250lb bomb as it flew 1,500ft above the carrier. USSHank(DD-702) was patrolling as radar picket off Okinawa the afternoon of 11 April 1945 when the ship's crew sighted an incoming [A6M] "Zero" coming in low off the port bow heading for the bridge. The fires were out by 1855; afterwards Anderson counted 16 dead and 20 wounded. After many close calls throughout the war, she was struck by a kamikaze Zero fighter on her forward elevator, killing 14 men. The sub sat on the sea floor for thirteen hours making repairs before finally making it back to the surface to get fresh air and clear smoke out of the submarine. USS YF-177 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. It is difficult to determine exactly when the submarine went missing as there was a several day period which the Snook was not required to acknowledge orders. The Corry sank in 30 feet of water with her masts flying the colors and tops of her stacks still visible. USSUtah(AG-16) capsized after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941. The two sides engaged in an artillery duel when at 13:16 Texas was hit by a 240mm shell that struck the ship's conning tower and support column of the navigation bridge wounding eleven men, one of whom later died. 9 men were killed and 21 wounded. The battleship USS West Virginia provided cover for the Butler while the crew worked to get power working again. USS YC-648 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Lo was engulfed in flames and sank 30 minutes later. The fires were extinguished by 1821. YP-235 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, 1 April 1943. Defensive fire and Combat Air Patrol shot down or drove away most of the enemy planes, but a few managed to break through the gauntlet of fire. The plane's bomb detonated inside the ship, killing three men outright and wounding eighteen others. A spread of six torpedoes was fired which sank the Wasp, and damaged battleship North Carolina. USS YMS-365 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 26 June 1945. USSMullany(DD-528) was on anti-submarine picket duty during the afternoon of 6 April 1945 when she was targeted by several kamikazes. On 2 July 1944, Robalo made a report of sighting a Japanese Fus-class battleship with escorts, but the submarine was never seen or heard from again after this final message. Sunk: Pacific: Crew 33; US Army 2: 12/07/41: Islas Visayas: Freighter (Panama) Captured by Japanese: Captured: Pacific: Unknown: 12/08/41: Meifoo No. Sunk by collision with Japanese destroyer. The Buck flooded quickly and sank within four minutes. However, the damage to the ship would haunt the crew despite the repairs they attempted to make at Espiritu Santo. The fate of Dorado remains unsolved. USS LCT(5)-362 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. 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. After six months of stateside repairs, Portland rejoined the fleet in early June 1943. Decommissioned on 31 May 1945. The ship rapidly took hits from all sides, and by 12:36 she was ordered abandoned. She was set on fire and fifty-four crew were killed, while a further one hundred nineteen were wounded. Two men were killed and fifteen wounded although damage was minor. San Francisco's gunfire caused extensive damage to Atlanta, killing Admiral Scott and most of Atlanta's bridge crew. 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. Two men were killed and 34 wounded. USS YCF-59 lost off Delaware, January 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. 70 men of Cushing's crew were lost. New Orleans would finish their war with 17 battle stars for her service in WWII, among the highest in the US Navy. She was able to make it make to Kerama Retto under her own power, suffering 22 dead and 10 seriously wounded. Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries. The hull of the ship remains near Utah Beach protected as a war grave. Laffey had been hit by six kamikazes and at least two bomb hits, lost thirty-two men killed, and seventy-one wounded. Note - Although most sources list 52 US submarines as lost during World War II, the above listing includes two others, Halibut and Lancetfish, which were damaged beyond economical repair and were subsequently scrapped without returning to active service. 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. USSBelknap(DD-251) was covering the landings at Lingayen Gulf and Luzon when on 11 January 1945 she was attacked by a kamikaze which struck the ship in the number two stack. 33 of her crew was killed and another 40 wounded. Baldwin's father, Fredrick Edward Cashell, and 41 other men died in June 1943 when the submarine sank off the Florida Keys during a World War II training exercise. YP-453 destroyed by grounding in the Bahama Islands, 15 April 1943. All crew members of 20mm guns 710 were killed or wounded. 147 of her crew (and two Germans) were rescued from the water. USS LSMR-194 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. USSGrunion(SS-216) was on her first patrol near Kiska, Alaska on 30 July 1942; reporting she had been engaged by enemy destroyers and there was heavy anti-submarine activity near the island.

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