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The Corry sank in 30 feet of water with her masts flying the colors and tops of her stacks still visible. USS YC-669 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Six men were killed and twenty-three wounded. The kamikaze's bomb detonated, engulfing the bridge in flames and inflicting damage to communication, fire control and radar equipment. On board Birmingham 239 men were killed and 408 wounded during the attempt to save the carrier. USSLeopold(DE-319) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-255 south of Iceland, 10 March 1944. Lost with the Shark were the lives of fifty four crew. USSPortent(AM-106) sunk by a mine off Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. 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. 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. 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. USS YMS-127 sunk in the Aleutian Islands, 10 January 1944. This report is a mystery however as a Japanese cargo ship was attacked by a submarine on 25 September, eight days later. The detonation sheared off nearly the entire rear end of the carrier, killing everyone behind the forward bulkhead of the aft engine room. USSMannert L. Abele(DD-733) was patrolling radar picket duty off Okinawa on 12 April 1945 when she and her two escorts came under sustained attack by several kamikazes. On 9 August 1945, Hank and Borie would find themselves in the midst of five circling kamikazes stalking the two destroyers from above. USS LCT(5)-342 sunk off Salerno, Italy, 29 September 1943. 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. PT-118 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943. The other exploded in the six-inch magazine located between Number I and II turrets causing a powder fire and flooding, putting Turrets I, II, and III out of action and causing a number of casualties including 107 killed. Structural damage was extensive, but not fatal. USSMercedes(YT-108) destroyed to prevent capture at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 2 January 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. 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. USS LCT(5)-242 sunk off Naples, Italy, 2 December 1943. She earned three battle stars for her WWII service. Seriously damaged with 17 dead and 23 wounded, the ship steamed to Funafuti on 23 November for emergency repairs. The explosion killed three of the ship's crew. Five men were killed and another twenty one wounded. The front of the ship was doused in flaming gasoline, and the ship's mast toppled over. USS YD-47 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Not one man from the salvage crew lost his life. Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs. All battle damage was repaired and she was given a major refit. USS LCT(5)-28 sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 May 1943. The certainty of this information remains in question, for Japanese records for April 1943 are notoriously inaccurate, and the reported position was out of Pickerel's assigned hunting grounds. As she made headway the ship gradually leaked more water. The sub failed to make the scheduled rendezvous with USS Tunny and was officially declared lost on July 30, 1945. Damage was minimal and the ship stayed in action. On April 14, 1942, the first German U-boat fought by the American navy in U.S. waters was sunk sixteen miles southeast of Nags Head. Sunk after running aground in heavy weather. No casualties were reported and the ship remained on station. After being towed home to the states, it was determined the ship was too badly damaged to be returned to service. Navy command did not know of the ship's sinking until survivors were spotted in the open ocean three and a half days later. On 6 January 1945 while escorting a minesweeper group off Lingayen Gulf, O'Brien was targeted by two kamikazes at 1427. In the nearly seven decades since less than 30 ships have been lost directly due to enemy action or accidents. USSMorrison(DD-560) was manning radar picket station No.1 off Northeast Okinawa the morning of 4 May 1945 when at 08:25; after several close encounters with kamikazes, two A6M "Zero's" managed to crash into the ship. Probably sunk by a mine. The ship would survive the war to be returned to the US Navy, and later sunk as a target. USSNorman Scott(DD-690) was providing fire support for the amphibious landings to capture Tinian Island on 24 July 1944 when at 07:40, previously unseen Japanese six-inch shore batteries began firing on the American ships, in particular the battleship Colorado. USSGwin(DD-433) was operating with battleships Washington and South Dakota on course to intercept a Japanese naval task force on 14 November 1942. USSJuneau(CL-52) was engaged in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942, firing on an enemy destroyer when she was hit by a torpedo on her port side from Amatsukaze causing flooding and a severe list. USSGansevoort(DD-608) was operating near Mindanao on 30 December 1944 protecting unloading landing craft when at 1548 an enemy plane was observed dropping a bomb on a friendly ship and then turning towards the Gansevoort. Less than a minute after the impact of the second plane, Drexler slipped beneath the sea, taking the lives of one hundred fifty eight men down with her, most of them trapped below decks. USSTennessee(BB-43) received two 800kg bomb hits during the attack on Pearl Harbor. On 7 June 1943, Aaron Ward was escorting LCT's to Guadalcanal when a Japanese air raid found her. U-549had slipped undetected through her screen. She was awarded 13 battle stars for her WWII service. She would return to the Pacific by 26 February 1943. Damage was minimal and the ship remained on duty in the South Pacific. No other discernable information about this incident has been recorded. Accidental explosion. Within two hours, her flight deck was sufficiently repaired to enable the escort carrier to resume air operations. PT-323 destroyed by kamikaze attack, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1944. USS LCT(6)-1029 sunk at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 2 March 1945. Damage control teams quickly extinguished the blaze and brought the situation back under control. The crew fought fires and attempted to beach their ship on Savo Island, but, when power failed, abandon ship was ordered. USS LCT(5)-200 sunk off northern France, June 1944. After leaving San Francisco on 16 July, she arrived at Tinian Island on 26 July. Destroyed on 20 December 1945. Foote was left adrift until the Japanese broke off contact, afterwards she was taken under tow to Purvis Bay for repairs. A direct hit on the navigation bridge killed or badly wounded all officers, except for the communications officer. The ship would return to the war to participate in the Okinawa campaign. USSLagarto(SS-371) was on her ninth patrol of the war hunting a Japanese convoy in company with the submarine USSBaya(SS-318) in the Gulf of Thailand on 3 May 1945. When damage control efforts failed, the ship was abandoned and was scuttled by Ralph Talbot (DD-390), with a loss of 61 men. 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. Just after noon on 26 October, another group of kamikazes jumped "Taffy 1". As the crew abandoned ship, a large explosion, likely from the detonation of the torpedoes within the hangar deck, rocked the ship. Thirty men had been killed, and another thirty six wounded. USSEmmons(DD-457) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes attacked the American ships. USS LCT(5)-319 sunk at Kiska, Aleutian Islands, 27 August 1943. Intense fire splashed two close aboard, but a third plane crashed into the port side of the flight deck. Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft. After a lengthy career with the US Navy; Ingraham was sold to Greece in 1971 and sunk as a target in 2001. Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes and raised in 1943 but not repaired. 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. After an exchange of fire, Nelson was struck by a torpedo on her stern just aft of turret No.4. PT-202 destroyed by enemy mine, off Point Aygulf, France, Mediterranean Sea, 16 August 1944. Destroyed by fire after striking a U.S. mine. 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. There are no known Japanese reports of a submarine being sunk in the areas and time frame Grayling disappeared. USSAstoria(CA-34) on the morning of 7 August 1942 entered the waters between Guadalcanal and Florida Islands in the southern Solomons. After the stern went under, Hammann's depth charges exploded in a violent underwater explosion, killing many more men in the water. USSAsphalt(IX-153) destroyed after grounding on a reef during a storm at Saipan, Marianas Islands, 6 October 1944. Despite this, the ship was able to remain afloat with excellent damage control and returned to the States for repairs. She was hit five times by bombs that detonated her magazines, started flooding and caused her to sink. USSWahoo(SS-238) left Midway Island on 13 September for her seventh patrol of the war, heading for the Sea of Japan to hunt cargo ships. 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. While operating as part of TF 67 off Kolombangara Island on 13 July 1943 shortly after midnight, contact was made with an enemy cruiser-destroyer force. During raids on Luzon on 25 November 1944, Intrepid was hit by two kamikaze aircraft which left 66 men dead, sending the ship home for repairs. U.S. Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II The bomb pierced the roof of Turret 3, passed through three decks into the lower ammunition handling room, where it exploded, blowing a hole in her keel and tearing a seam in the cruiser's port side. Two days after the attack, Helena was moved into dry dock No. 18 February 1945, and scuttled off Saipan, Mariana Islands, 16 July 1945. In addition, the stored torpedo warheads threatened to detonate at any time. USSGambier Bay(CVE-73) was fired on and hit by multiple Japanese warships during the Battle off Samar when the highly outgunned and outnumbered task force "Taffy 3" was engaged by a surface group consisting of four battleships, including Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever built. All eighty-two crewmen of the Golet were lost with the sub. USS YMS-14 sunk in collision in Boston harbor, Massachusetts, 11 January 1945. USS YF-212 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YCF-23 lost en route to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 28 April 1945. Concrete barge. 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. Indianapolis, settling slightly by the stern and listing to port, steamed to a salvage ship for emergency repairs. USSSt. Louis(CL-49) engaged an enemy force on 12 July 1942 consisting of the Japanese cruiser Jintsu and five destroyers in the Battle of Kolombangara. The kamikaze hit the water close aboard her port quarter, but ten minutes later, a second plane managed to evade deadly crossfire from astern, smashed through the stack and into the bridge. USSMonaghan(DD-354) was supporting the Mindoro landings when on 18 December 1944 her fleet was hit by Typhoon Cobra. USS YC-649 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. She sunk on her keel in shallow water at Pearl Harbor. The ship had been waiting to refuel and was not prepared to ride out the storm. 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. Plunkett was towed to Palmero and eventually the states for major repairs. USSTriton(SS-201) was on her sixth patrol of the war near the Papua, New Guinea area when on 15 March 1943 the submarine reported that it had attacked a Japanese convoy but was pursued by depth charge dropping destroyers. USSCanberra(CA-70) joined TF 38 in October 1944, which was tasked with performing air raids on Okinawa and Taiwan, in preparation for the landings at Leyte. USS LCI(G)-474 sunk off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 17 February 1945. The destroyer would break in half and sink under the waves by 18:55, her crew lost thirty men dead and another seventy-two wounded. USS LST-808 grounded after being damaged by Japanese aircraft off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 18 May 1945, and destroyed, 11 November 1945. Surabaya would fall to the Japanese, who would raise the Stewart and commission the ship into the IJN. PT-79 sunk in error by the USSConyngham(DD-371) and USSLough(DE-586) near Talin Point, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1 February 1945. Combat Air Patrol managed to shoot down close to fifty planes but still over a hundred planes would close in on the two destroyers and three Landing Craft Support. Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II According to the War Shipping Administration, the U.S. USSHovey(DD-208) was sailing with a minesweeper group on 7 January 1945 in Lingayen Gulf when the US ships were attacked by kamikazes. PT-73 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Baliquias Bay, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 January 1945. USSLaffey(DD-459) was operating with TF 67 on the night of 1314 November 1942 off Guadalcanal when at 0148, combat was initiated with a Japanese force including two battleships, and fourteen destroyers. The torpedo which sank Strong was fired by Japanese destroyers from over eleven miles (18km) away, believed to be the longest torpedo strike in history. Fanshaw Bay retired from operations and proceeded to Pearl Harbor for a long period of repairs. USSDale(DD-290) was supporting operations in Buna as a high speed transport named SS Masaya when on 28 March 1943 she was attacked by five dive bombers, 6 miles off Oro Bay. On 16 April 1945, a kamikaze aircraft dove through the flight deck, killing eight and wounding 21, but the ship was landing planes again within three hours. Not repaired, hulk destroyed on 29 December 1945. A spread of six torpedoes was fired which sank the Wasp, and damaged battleship North Carolina. 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. Despite the hazard of exploding ammunition from the blazing Twiggs, escorting ships were able to rescue one hundred eighty-eight survivors from the oily waters. Only two YPs were lost due to enemy action. USSRobalo(SS-273) headed out on her third patrol of the war from Fremantle, Australia on 22 June 1944 to hunt Japanese shipping in the South China Sea. USS LCT(6)-777 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. She was raised and underwent major reconstruction to modernize the ship, rejoining the fleet in May 1944. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire. 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. Allied Coastal Forces of World War II. List of United States Navyand Coast Guardships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946,[1]sorted by type and name. At 01:57 the Americans opened up with radar directed fire, quickly sinking several enemy destroyers. Fires broke out in the cruiser's hangar area and spaces. USSGrayling(SS-209) was on her eighth patrol of the war patrolling near the approaches to Manila. USS LST-348 sunk by German submarine U-410 off Anzio, Italy, 20 February 1944. One of the torpedoes hit Hammann amidships, breaking her in half. At approximately 02:20Monssen, was spotlighted by a large Japanese warship in the pitch-black night, then hit by possibly 39 shells, including many of battleship caliber. Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese destroyer, Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by, Fate unknown: believed sunk by Japanese destroyer, Most likely sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyer. USS YC-644 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. When the turret responded with Astoria's 12th and final salvo, the shells missed Kinugasa but struck the No. The vessels run the gamut from the massive Nimitz-class . USSKearny(DD-432) was assisting a British convoy under attack from a German "wolfpack" of submarines on the morning of 17 October 1941 when the ship was hit on her starboard side by a torpedo from U-568. 15 men were killed and 5 other men were wounded. 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. Including the captain, eleven crew went down with the Sculpin while forty-one survivors were picked up by the Yamagumo (one badly wounded man was thrown overboard by the Japanese). USS LCT(5)-496 sunk in the English Channel, 2 October 1943. It would be struck by another kamikaze later that day, in the same spot the first plane had hit. 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. 2 in Pearl Harbor for an inspection and temporary repairs. The ship was scrapped in 1959. She was scrapped in 1960. 3 men were killed and 11 were wounded. USSMullany(DD-528) was on anti-submarine picket duty during the afternoon of 6 April 1945 when she was targeted by several kamikazes. On 9 Dec, Capelin was seen by friendly submarine Blowfish and acknowledged a message confirming her identity, but this would be the last time the submarine was ever seen or heard from again. r/ww2 on Reddit: The Italian destroyer Leone Pancaldo. On this day 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. A passing by American bomber witnessed Argonaut attack a column of escorting destroyers. The ship was righted, refloated and sunk while under tow to California for scrapping in 1947. Divers reported they could not hear any tapping from inside the hull, making it doubtful anyone survived the initial sinking. Trigger transmitted a routine weather report that same day, but was never seen or heard from again. YP-492 sunk by collision off east Florida, 8 January 1943. Scuttled on 4 April 1945. The after anti-aircraft director and radar were put out of commission. 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. USS SC-751 grounded off Western Australia, 22 June 1943. During her participation in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, she was hit by one bomb during a dive bomber attack which landed on the roof of the main turret. She was promptly repaired in three days' time and returned in time to fight the Battle of Midway. USS YP-72 destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 22 February 1943. The ship sank at 12:50 leaving her crew stranded in the fierce storm. USS YF-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1993. The ship's engine room and much of her machinery was demolished. Damaged by Japanese forces and later burned by crew. 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. Buchanan was a victim of friendly fire, accidentally being struck by several shells later identified as US-made. 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. Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo. Silhouetted by the burning American cruisers, she came into the Japanese line of fire. USSWalke(DD-723) was participating in the landings on Luzon, 2 January 1945 when at 11:55 while providing support in Lingayen Gulf, her crew sighted four enemy Ki-63 "Oscar's" incoming at low altitude. The ship would have its bow replaced and she would return to action by May 1944. PT-172 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943. On 26 February 1944, the submarine was spotted by a Nakajima B5N which attacked. On 30 September, Escolar transmitted a partial message which indicated she had been engaged by an enemy gunboat. Despite the ship's anti-aircraft fire and evasive maneuvering the plane hit the port side on the water line starting fires and flooding several compartments. Eleven men were killed and forty-nine wounded but damage was minor. Japanese records examined post war reveal that on 29 February 1944, a Japanese convoy of troop transports was attacked by an American submarine, right in the area Trout was assigned to operate. USSMindanao(PR-8) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. Twenty minutes later, at least ten Japanese planes simultaneously approached the destroyer from several directions; although facing insurmountable odds, Hadley shot down all ten attackers. Planes fell off the carrier's deck. USS YP-73 destroyed by grounding in Kodiak Harbor, Alaska, 15 January 1945. USSBrooks(DD-232) was hit by a kamikaze on 6 January 1945 in Lingayen Gulf, which struck her port side, starting fires and causing flooding. Today she is a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina. Then again at 06:30, still circling, Portland opened fire on the abandoned hulk of the destroyer Ydachi at a range of 6 miles. Although she suffered no casualties during the fight, the ship was severely damaged and the crew gave up efforts to save her. 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. . USS LSM-59 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 21 June 1945. These are a few of the notable incidents: USS Bullhead USS LST-750 sunk by Japanese aircraft off Los Negros, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 December 1944. Severely damaged and beached by Typhoon Louise and destroyed with explosives 4 March 1946. 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. This incident was one of several reasons cited by Hitler's declaration of war on the U.S. as justification of formally opening hostilities. The plane sliced across the superstructure with its wing, collapsing it onto the flight deck. 33 of her crew was killed and another 40 wounded. Grounded on Iwo Jima on 1 December 1945. YP-336 destroyed by grounding in the Delaware River, 23 February 1943. 25 men had been killed and another 38 were wounded during the action. USSLansdale(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. One of them plunged into her; the other managed to hit with its bomb. Severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and not repaired to operational condition. USSOmmaney Bay(CVE-79) was hit by a kamikaze attack south of Mindoro, Philippine Islands, on 4 January 1945. 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. Immobilized by Japanese aircraft bombs on 29 December 1941 but continued to support defenders of the Philippines. Haynsworth unleashed a monsoon of defensive fire which turned the incoming kamikaze back, but the suicide attacker made another sharp bank for the ship. The ship left Guam headed for Leyte on 28 July 1945. USSErie(PG-50) torpedoed by German submarine U-163 off Curacao Island, 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. 1 turret of Chkai. USSBanaag(YT-104) lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb. USS YMS-304 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 30 July 1944. PT-165 lost in transit, tanker torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17, 100 miles south of Nouma, New Caledonia, 24 May 1943. 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". All were lost with the ship following the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Moments later, two D3A Val's crashed into the No.3 5" gun turret, killing several men and destroying the turret. She was scrapped in 1947. USSCrow(AMc-20) sunk by erratic running aircraft torpedo in Puget Sound, Washington, 23 August 1943. USS LCT(6)-1090 sunk off Luzon, Philippine Islands, 26 March 1945. Twelve of her crew members were killed by the kamikaze attack, and another thirty-four were seriously wounded. 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. She sank, bow first, at 02:38, being the first ship sunk in the area which was later known as Ironbottom Sound. USSBrownson(DD-518) was screening landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 43 when at 14:42 she was hit by two bombs from a "Val" dive bomber which struck starboard of centerline near the number two stack. The seriousness of her damage would mean that Howorth would have to put in to the states for repairs. PT-31 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 19 January 1942. On 7 January 1945, the ship was targeted by a Ki-43 "Oscar" kamikaze at 18:57. USSScorpion(SS-278) topped off fuel at Midway Island on 3 January 1944, then headed out for her fourth patrol of the war. As the warship turned, Kinugasa's searchlight illuminated her, and men on deck passed the order to No. Dickerson's hulk was towed to a nearby base where it was later sunk after a brief salvage and recovery of the dead. USS LCT(5)-23 sunk at Algiers, Algeria, 3 May 1943. Patterson fired star shells and engaged the enemy warships, but was quickly hit by several five-inch shells that knocked out No.4 gun and damaged No.3 gun. Sterett was hit numerous times by Japanese battleship Hiei causing extensive damage all over the ship, starting fires and flooding compartments. 2 vols. 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. USS LST-342 sunk by Japanese submarine RO-106 west of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 18 July 1943. The Allies lost some 5,150 ships during World War II. PT-322 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea, 23 November 1943. in Japanese hands. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. USS YSP-42 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Unfortunately, Hoel would find herself surrounded by enemy ships and was relentlessly blasted by the Japanese. USS YF-177 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. At the time, Astoria had been patrolling to the east of Savo Island in column behind Vincennes and Quincy. Maryann (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USS YAG-17 lost, 14 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. Before noon the enemy planes departed, leaving the damaged cruiser with 15 dead or mortally wounded and 84 seriously injured. The Leutze was towed away from the combat area for repairs but the end of the war left her only for the scrap yard. 15 men went down with Henley. USSSavannah(CL-42) was providing gun support for US troops attacking Salerno Bay as a part of Operation Avalanche on 11 September 1943 when her task force came under assault from the German Luftwaffe unit KG-100. Throughout the day, she supported the Marines as they landed on Guadalcanal and several smaller islands nearby.

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