USS McCawley (APA-4) torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Rendova, Solomon Islands, and sunk by U.S. motor torpedo boats, 30 June 1943. Strange ships entering the harbor!" The destroyer was aided by her fellow tin cans until all fires were out. USS YAG-4 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 22 February 1943. Steam, compressed air, and fire-main pressure were lost throughout the ship. Although down by the bow, Forrest was able to make it Kerama Retto for temporary patch-ups and eventually back to the states for permanent repairs, where she would be when the war ended. PT-113 destroyed as a result of grounding, not in enemy waters, Veale Reef, near Tufi, New Guinea, 8 August 1943. USS SC-700 sunk by accidental fire off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 10 March 1944. Fires were quickly extinguished and within 24 hours the ship was back in action. At approximately 02:20 Monssen, was spotlighted by a large Japanese warship in the pitch-black night, then hit by possibly 39 shells, including many of battleship caliber. She was scrapped in 1957 after a lengthy, prestigious career. The second bomb struck the rear superfiring turret roof; it penetrated but failed to explode. Control was again lost. USS YMS-48 sunk by shore batteries in Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 14 February 1945. USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) was steaming about 60 miles east of Samar before dawn 25 October 1944 as a part of "Taffy 3" when a huge Japanese surface task force of battleships and cruisers came across the much weaker American force of escort carriers and destroyers. The after anti-aircraft director and radar were put out of commission. The blast had enough force to rupture a fire main, sever electrical cables, and even eject depth charges from the bomb bays of the Avengers stored within the hangar deck. USS Reid (DD-369) sunk after being hit by two kamikaze aircraft off Limasawa Island, Philippine Islands, 11 December 1944. USS Grebe (AT-134) wrecked south of Fiji Islands, 5 December 1942. 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. USS S-44 (SS-155) sunk by Japanese escort ship Ishigaki off Paramushiro, Kuril Islands, 7 October 1943. At 0211, a torpedo struck the starboard side of Honolulu, blowing off her bow. 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 TenryÅ«, causing severe damage. Fires broke out which were quickly brought under control but the damage was extensive and required repairs. The ship came to a dead stop. USS Leary (DD-158) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-275 in the North Atlantic, 24 December 1943. PT-172 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943. Damage control was able to save the ship. USS Scorpion (SS-278) missing in the western Pacific, 6 March 1944. The kamikaze crashed among planes waiting for takeoff, causing extensive damage, killing 15 men and wounding 44. USS YC-714 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Other U-boats, sunk far from British coastal minefields, have also been identified. USS Hancock (CV-19): On 25 November 1944, a fire exploded an incoming kamikaze some 300 ft (90 m) above the ship, but a section of its fuselage landed amidships and burst into flames. At the time, Astoria had been patrolling to the east of Savo Island in column behind Vincennes and Quincy. The first suicide rocket hit the starboard bow at speeds in excess of 500 mph (800 km/h), but luckily the warhead punched through and exited out the portside of the ship, leaving a huge hole but only minor damage. USS LCI(L)-600 sunk by undetermined explosion at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 12 January 1945. The ship departed for San Francisco for more extensive repairs on 10 October. USS Partridge (ATO-138) sunk after being torpedoed by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944. Chicago steamed west for 40 minutes away from the battle to tend her torpedo damage. YP-453 destroyed by grounding in the Bahama Islands, 15 April 1943. At the same time Laffey was struck by a torpedo on her fantail. The ship returned to Pearl Harbor for repairs. USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130 off Fedala, Morocco, 12 November 1942. USS Saratoga (CV-3) was hit and sent back for repairs multiple times during the war. Henley dodged the first two warheads, but a third torpedo struck the ship on her portside; exploded in her boiler rooms, and broke her keel which nearly halved the ship in two. The planes bomb passed through the ship's hull and out the other side of the ship, causing minimal damage, and all fires were soon extinguished. 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. 15 men went down with Henley. After several hours of pursuit, the confused Japanese task force reversed course and retired from battle, much to the bewilderment of the Americans. USS YMS-98 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. The plane hit the ship's aft quarter, and penetrated two decks before its bomb exploded, killing 13 and wounding 44, and knocking out her rear turrets. This amazing footage from 1942 captures the British Navy sinking three Nazi German U-Boats during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. USS LCT(6)-1075 sunk off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1944. Warning! White Plains five-inch gun crew claimed six hits on heavy cruiser Chōkai. The ship quickly sank in less than six minutes, taking forty-seven crewmen down with her. 9 men were killed and 21 wounded. Williamsburg VA: Mill Neck Publications, 1997. Bailey returned to service in October 1943. USS Bristol (DD-453) was escorting a convoy to Oran on 13 October 1943, when at 0430 the ship was hit by a torpedo on her portside in her forward engine room, breaking her in two halves. Attempts to salvage the old ship were abandoned and today her wreck lies in Pearl Harbor as a war memorial. Despite the hellish conditions her crew toiled to save their ship, and maintained fire on the enemy ships, sinking the Japanese destroyer Harusame. A bomb struck the ship's aft magazines which detonated in a tremendous explosion. USS Borie (DD-215) sunk as a result of damage received on the 1 November 1943 ramming of the German submarine U-405 in the North Atlantic, north of the Azores, 2 November 1943. USS Edsall (DD-219) was responding to distress calls from USS Pecos near Java on 1 Mar 1942 when she stumbled upon Kido Butai; Japan's fast carrier force escorted by two battleships. The ship's crew made temporary repairs while moored at Florida Island and proceeded to Espiritu Santo, and finally back to Pearl Harbor by 29 December 1942. USS Pollux (AKS-2) wrecked in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 18 February 1942. USS Gilmer (DD-233) was operating off Okinawa on 26 March 1945 when the ship was hit by a kamikaze in her galley deckhouse which killed 1 man and wounded 3 more. The Nelson returned to duty in November 1944. Now gun flashes, tracers, and star shell candles stained the black inky darkness. The ship made for Boston to have permanent repairs done. Shortly thereafter, Portland was struck by a torpedo fired by either the destroyer Inazuma or the destroyer Ikazuchi at 01:58, causing heavy damage to her stern. The crew managed to keep the flooding isolated in the forward fire room and the ship was able to escape the danger and make it to Reykjavík for temporary repairs and back to New York for permanent repairs. USS PGM-7 sunk in collision in the Bismarck Sea, 18 July 1944. USS LCI(L)-93 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS YMS-350 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 2 July 1944. She returned to active duty the day after the Battle of Midway ended. USS LST-203 destroyed by grounding near Nanumea, Ellice Islands, 2 October 1943. USS YMS-421 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. 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 24 and wounding another 77 men. 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. USS Bunker 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 Escolar (SS-294) probably sunk after striking a mine in the Yellow Sea, 17 October 1944. A World War II era German U-Boat is shown in this circa 1941 photo. The battleship suffered only superficial damage, and the fire was brought quickly under control. USS Butler (DD-636) was performing radar picket duty off Okinawa on 25 May 1945 when she was attacked by a kamikaze. USS YSP-43 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The concussion blew two gaping holes in the keel which flooded nearby compartments, killing nine crewmen. USS Rathburne (DD-113) was operating off Okinawa on 27 April 1945 when at 22:00 a lone kamikaze targeted the Rathburne. Despite being outnumbered two to one, the Americans pressed their attack, hoping to get shots at transports. After six months of stateside repairs, Portland rejoined the fleet in early June 1943. USS LCT(6)-579 sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 4 October 1944. USS Houston (CA-30) and her task force were sailing to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy bound for Makassar on 4 February 1942 when she became the target of an enemy aerial bomb that put Turret 3 out of commission, killing 48 men and wounding 20. 6 gun mount, and exploded in the midships living compartment. It was discovered decades later. Selfridge attacked the enemy ships on her own after the O'Bannon and the Chevalier collided during the engagement. 22 men were killed or fatally wounded, with another 107 injured. She was raised and underwent major reconstruction to modernize the ship, rejoining the fleet in May 1944. USS Sculpin (SS-191) sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamagumo off Truk, Caroline Islands, 19 November 1943. The ship rolled over and sank ten minutes later, taking 116 crew with her. At 7:50, four eight-inch shells made impact with her hull, with another two missing just in front of her bow. PT-247 destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 5 May 1944. Zane was repaired and continued her service until scrapping after the war. A 20 ft section of armor belt was lost and numerous holes were torn in her hull. In the first attack wave a torpedo passed ahead and a second hit Raleigh portside amidships. USS Porcupine (IX-126) damaged by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, scuttled by destroyer Gansevoort (DD-608), 30 December 1944. Despite the heavy gunfire, a kamikaze approached Bismarck Sea from the starboard side at a low angle, which the anti-aircraft guns could not depress sufficiently to fire at. USS Longshaw (DD-559) Destroyed by Japanese shore batteries after running aground off Naha Airfield, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 18 May 1945. Despite valiant efforts of her crew to save the ship, the fires were out of control and ignited the forward magazine. The ship resumed flight operations a few hours later. As the ship was being abandoned, Leary was hit by two additional torpedoes which quickly put the ship beneath the waves. The first was shot down but the second plane, although afire and shedding large pieces, continued to come in. The crew feared the magazine would explode and abandoned ship. Three 20 mm mounts were destroyed. 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. USS YTM-467 lost in the Marshall or Gilbert Islands, March 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 9 June 1944. USS Pigeon (ASR-6) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. One of the torpedoes stuck in the same spot Juneau had been hit earlier, setting off an enormous explosion that engulfed the entire ship, breaking her into two halves. 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 enemy bogey took fire and missed crashing into the ship but the planes bomb detonated underneath the Butler in the water, damaging her keel and killing 14 men. The American task force sent up a surprise ambush in the dark of night to "cross the T" and inflict several losses to the Japanese in the resulting Battle of Cape Esperance. 28 men were wounded. The ship suffered 14 dead and 23 wounded from the attack. O'Brien evaded one torpedo and was then struck by a second on her port bow. USS Tucker (DD-374) was escorting a cargo ship into Espiritu Santo on 4 August 1942 when as she was heading in through the western entrance, the ship struck a friendly mine. USS LCI(L)-416 sunk off northern France, 9 June 1944. In addition, several fires were kindled, total steering control was lost, and the ship acquired a 3° list to the port. One shell passed through the flight deck and into the communications area, where it destroyed all the radar and radio equipment. Savannah's crew quickly sealed off flooded and burned compartments, and corrected her list. www.USMM.org ©1998 - 2006. She survived the war and atomic bomb tests at Operation Crossroads to be scuttled off California in 1951. The ship's crew fought to correct the 12-degree list to starboard by shoring up bulkheads and jettisoning heavy topside weight. 70 men of Cushing's crew were lost. As she made headway the ship gradually leaked more water. USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) sunk after being bombed by Japanese aircraft off Tagoma Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 April 1943. USS Banaag (YT-104) lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Louisville was back on the gun line by 9 June. In the ensuring Battle of Cape Esperance, Farenholt was hit by shells below the waterline from both Japanese and American guns causing concerning flooding. Within a minute, however, Japanese shells bracketed the ship and Vincennes shuddered under the impact of Japanese eight-inch armor-piercing shells. Although several were shot down, at least six bombers were able to launch their warheads. On 9 April 1945 while on picket duty off Okinawa, Sterett was attacked by five kamikazes. Nov. 23, 2013— -- Researchers have apparently discovered the remains of a World War II-era German U-boat … Six men were killed and twenty-three wounded. USS Porter (DD-356) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21 near Santa Cruz Island, east of the Solomon Islands, 26 October 1942. The bridge, carpenter shop, "Battle II," and radio antenna trunks all were hit by the first salvo. The Japanese took the bait and sank the ship along with its escort (LSM-59) on 21 June 1945. 98 of her crew was lost with Leary. USS YC-672 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The collision caused extensive damage to her bow. On 5 November 1944, a kamikaze aircraft struck the ship's island, causing extensive damage and killing 50 men. Using information from this section Colhoun was abandoned and sank taking the lives of 51 men. USS England (DE-635) seriously damaged by one kamikaze aircraft, 9 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war. USS Yacal (YFB-688) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. After the war she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. YP-235 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, 1 April 1943. USS Atlanta (CL-51) was sailing as a part of TF 67 on 12 November 1942 with four additional cruisers and eight destroyers to meet an incoming Japanese surface force consisting of two battleships and eleven destroyers intending on bombarding Henderson Field. Fortunately, the ship held together and survived a tow back to Naples for temporary patching and eventually back to the states for permanent repairs. Steel plates were welded over the torpedo hole and on 31 December, Helena was refloated. Just ten minutes after the attack began, Meredith capsized and sank; taking 192 men down with her. The U-166, which sits nearly a mile below the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Texas coast, was sunk by Allied forces during WWII. Hughes crew suffered 2 men killed and 21 wounded. USS Turner (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. USS LSM-318 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 December 1944. At 0210, the Japanese retired, leaving Savo Island and the burning hulks of three American cruisers in their wakes. PT-339 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. You may not use more than a few lines without permission. 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. USS PC-558 sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-230 north of Palermo, Italy, 9 May 1944. USS Drexler (DD-741) sunk after being hit by two kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 28 May 1945. This incident was one of several reasons cited by Hitler's declaration of war on the U.S. as justification of formally opening hostilities. Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II Ships Home. The crew abandoned their destroyer and were rescued by her fellow tin cans. USS Concord (CL-10) was on a tour to survey the potential use of a number of southeast Pacific islands in national defense and commercial aviation when during this cruise, she suffered a gasoline explosion which killed 24 men including her executive officer, and caused considerable damage, which was repaired at Balboa, Panama. USS LCT(6)-612 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. She rolled on her side and went down at 03:00 after receiving a final torpedo hit. Nevertheless, the fire below decks increased steadily in intensity, and those topside could hear explosions. The carrier suffered 143 killed and 202 wounded. Strong and Nicholas entered the harbor at 0030 and began shelling when ten minutes later, Strong was hit by a torpedo on her portside aft. "Taffy 3" was pitifully weak in comparison, boasting only six escort carriers, four destroyers, and four destroyer escorts. USS Trout (SS-202) sunk by Japanese destroyer Asahimo south-east of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 29 February 1944. USS Benham (DD-397) Sunk after being damaged by a torpedo from a Japanese warship off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 15 November 1942. On 12 May, she was attacked by two kamikazes. Five-inch shells obliterated the plane just a few dozen yards from short of the ship, but its 250 lb bomb penetrated the deck house. USS Hull (DD-350) was supporting the Mindoro landings when on 18 December 1944, her fleet was hit by a hurricane type storm dubbed Typhoon Cobra. A second Zero was splashed by the ship's port batteries. The attack killed 16 men and wounded another 37. Reno was hit on her port side by two torpedoes, one of which was a dud. At 0110, Honolulu opened fire on a Sendai-class cruiser. USS Asheville (PG-21) sunk by Japanese warships south of Java, Netherlands East Indies, 3 March 1942. USS LST-314 sunk by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 9 June 1944. It then veered into her flight deck on the forward starboard side. The ship made it to a floating drydock at Surabaya but was abandoned by her crew and left behind after the ship fell over off its keel blocks into 12 feet of water. USS Skylark (AM-63) sunk by a mine off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 28 March 1945. USS LCI(L)-339 sunk off New Guinea, 4 September 1943. USS Louisville (CA-28) was operating with TF 38 on 5 January 1945 off Lingayen Gulf when she was hit by a kamikaze which crashed into the No. USS Missouri (BB-63): On 11 April, a low-flying kamikaze Zero, although fired upon, crashed on Missouri's starboard side, just below her main deck level. The Japanese ship returned fire, but all salvos passed over the cruiser. At 02:00, Vincennes heeled to starboard in an attempt to evade enemy gunfire, only to be hit by Japanese torpedoes. Pennsylvania was the last major US ship damaged in the war. The two sides engaged in combat just before midnight. As the ship went down, her depth charges exploded, killing several men trying to escape the sinking ship. USS Fanshaw 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 250 lb bomb as it flew 1,500 ft above the carrier. USS YA-65 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YF-86 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. YP-94 destroyed by grounding, 18 February 1945. A second kamikaze hit the ship the next day on 6 January 1945, crashing into the starboard side signal bridge, and fatally injuring Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler commander of cruiser Division 4. PT-112 destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 11 January 1943. Specialist divers have identified it as U-boat U-649, which sank after colliding with another German submarine which had been sunk months earlier. Water rushed through the ship's vents and knocked out all power. The hulk of Emmons exploded at 1930 and was scuttled the next day. USS YPK-6 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. … The ship would remain on station through September 1942. 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. USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) seriously damaged by an aircraft bomb and two kamikaze aircraft, 11 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war. On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island at 14:15. A more pressing concern was flooding, which was accentuated by the ship's turn. USS Tide (AM-125) sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 7 June 1944. The two task groups engaged each other at 23:00 on 6 October 1943 with gunfire and torpedoes. Today she is a museum ship in New York City. The explosions continued to stagger the Turner until 0750 when a large violent explosion ripped the ship apart. USS Lansdale (DD-426) was escorting a convoy off the coast of Algeria during the night of 20 April 1944 when the convoy came under concentrated attacks by Luftwaffe bombers. PT-200 lost after collision, 22 February 1944, off Newport, Rhode Island, and sank 23 February 1944. A near-miss by dive bombers caused flooding which prompted the crew to abandon ship just as the Japanese cruisers closed for the kill. Its 250 lb bomb, with what was left of the plane, went through the wooden deck and exploded. Lo. USS YF-777 lost at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, 6 August 1945. USS LCI(L)-20 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. At 19:58 the carrier was scuttled by a torpedo from the destroyer USS Burns, taking with her 95 men. The crew was unable to contain the fires and abandoned ship. USS Mayrant (DD-402) was conducting anti-aircraft duties off Palermo, Italy on 26 May 1943 when she was attacked by German dive bombers. USS Ingraham (DD-444) was escorting a convoy off the coast of Nova Scotia on 22 August 1942 when she was called to investigate the USS Buck (DD-420), which had suffered a collision with merchant vessel. 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