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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.
During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia and USS California were sunk while USS Nevada was beached, however, all three ships were refloated, rebuilt and returned to service.
Kaisho Maru – On 4 August the Horaisan Maru-class auxiliary transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Java Sea south of Borneo off Cape Atein) by USS Finback ( United States Navy). 196 passengers, including 57 Japanese and 139 Javanese, and 47 crewmen were killed
YearCountryDescriptionLives Lost1945Wilhelm Gustloff – The German militarized ...9,3431945Goya – The German Navy transport ship was ...7,200 (estimated)1940HMT Lancastria – The worst single ...7,000 (estimated)1941Armenia – A hospital ship sunk on 7 ...5,000–7,000Aug 1, 2016 · united states naval ships sunk or damaged by enemy torpedo, bombs, or gunfire. October 15, 1917: U. S. S. Cousin (destroyer), displacement 1,139 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-105, off...
- USS Bullhead
- PC-815
- USS Magpie
- USS Thresher
- USS Liberty
- USS Pueblo
- USS Scorpion
- USS Frank E Evans
- USS Guardian
- USS Bonhomme Richard
On the same day that the city of Hiroshima was reduced to ash by the first atomic bomb, the USS Bullhead(SS-32) became the last U.S. Navy ship sunk by the enemy during WWII. The submarine is thought to have been hit by depth charges dropped by a Japanese plane on Aug. 6, 1945 off the coast of Bali. The wreck of the submarine has never been found.
Commissioned in 1943, PC-815 would go on to earn the name “The Jinxed Sub-Chaser”. Lt (j.g.) L. Ron Hubbard (the future founder of Scientology) was the first man to take the helm, only to be relieved of command three months later following a series of embarrassing incidents (including the shelling of Mexican territory) that caused his superiors to ...
USS Magpie (AMS-25) blew up after striking a mine off the coast of Korea on Sept. 29 1950, claiming the lives of 21 members of the crew. Ships hitting mines during the Korean Conflict would also cost the U.S. Navy the USS Pirate (AM-275), USS Pledge (AM-277), USS Sarsi (ATF-111) and USS Partridge (AMS-31). Mines continue to be the biggest threat to...
The first ship in a new class of advanced nuclear “hunter-killer” submarines, USS Thresher (SSN-593) was lost at sea near Cape Cod on 10 April 1963. An inquiry concluded that leaking water likely shorted out electrical systems, leading to a loss of propulsion that caused the sub to exceed its test depth and implode. The tragic loss of the Thresher ...
In an incident that still evokes heated debate today, 34 crewmen were killed and 171 were wounded when USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked by Israel Defense Forces on June 8, 1967 while conducting intelligence operations in the Mediterranean near Sinai. The Liberty returned to the US after emergency repairs, but the severity of the damage resulted in...
On Jan. 23, 1968, North Korean forces swarmed and captured the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), claiming that the intelligence ship had violated its territorial waters. The Pueblo was taken to the port of Wonsan and the U.S. crew was forced to sit for propaganda photos in which they posed with extended middle fingers, telling their North Korean captors that th...
While returning to the U.S. from a Mediterranean deployment in May 1968, the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) disappeared near the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The Navy conducted an extensive search, but on June 5 declared that the submarine and crew of 99 were presumed lost. The wreckage was eventually discovered, but the cause of the sub’s destruction sti...
During an exercise in the South China Sea on 3 June 1969, inexperienced officers standing watch aboard the destroyer USS Frank E Evans became confused while making emergency maneuvers and placed the ship directly in the path of the Royal Australian Navy carrier HMAS Melbourne. The Melbourne split the Evans in two, sending the bow to the bottom of t...
The mine countermeasures ship was underway in the Sulu Sea near the Phillippines at night when it ran aground on Jan. 17, 2013, on the Tubbataha reef system. The Navy determined the 250-ton USS Guardian (MCM-5) could not be safely removed from the reef and began a two-month long process of dismantling the ship. A report on the grounding found“this ...
On Nov. 30, 2020, the Navy announced it would not repair the amphibious warship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) after a five-day fire in July gutted the hull while the ship was pier-side in San Diego. To repair the damage from the fire, cause still unknown, the Navy estimated would cost between $2.5 billion and $3.2 billion and take five to seven year...
Santiago, P. I. 15 December 1941 PT 34 Off Cauit Island, P. I. 9 April 1942 PT 35 At Cebu, P. I. 12 April 1942 PT 37 Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons 1 February 1943 PT 41 Lake Lanao, Mindanao, P. I. 15 April 1942 PT 43 Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons 10 January 1943 PT 44 In South Pacific 11 December 1942 PT 63 Off New Ireland 18 June 1944 PT 67 Off Tufi, New Guinea 17 March 1943 PT 68 New Guinea 1 ...
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Apr 25, 2016 · USS Northampton (CA-26) torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Oyashio on 30 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga and sank on 1 December 1942. USS Quincy (CA-39) sunk by gunfire and...
