how many american ships were sunk in ww2

PT-339 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. All steam and electric power was temporarily lost when the forward fire room was flooded. Emmons was coming to the assistance of USS Rodman when she was targeted by multiple kamikazes. Several bombs landed on or near the Aaron Ward causing extensive damage and flooding to the engine room, fire rooms, and electric rooms. Hit by Kamikaze. USSLittle(DD-79) 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". A 20ft section of armor belt was lost and numerous holes were torn in her hull. 02/12/07. The detonation sheared off nearly the entire rear end of the carrier, killing everyone behind the forward bulkhead of the aft engine room. USS LSM-12 foundered after being damaged by a Japanese suicide boat off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945. Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding. St. PT-320 destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 5 November 1944. USS LST-496 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944. As Rowan turned to have all her guns engage the enemy, she was struck by a torpedo. USSTasker H. Bliss(AP-42) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130 off Fedala, Morocco, 12 November 1942. USS LCT(5)-30 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Cisco was the only US sub operating in the area at the time this report was made, leaving little doubt over her demise. USSPGM-17 destroyed by grounding off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. The sub resurfaced at dusk but found the damage sustained would prevent the sub from diving again. It was removed intact from the ship a couple of days later. She lost 175 crewmen from the attack and ship would be out of action for 10 months. USSPillsbury(DD-227) was attempting to rendezvous with friendly forces near Java on 2 Mar 1942 when at she was engaged in a night action with the Japanese heavy cruisers Takao and Atago. USS SC-1059 lost by grounding off the Bahamas Islands, 12 December 1944. Houston would receive three battle stars for her service in WWII and was scrapped in 1959. The ship took a direct hit on her stern, disabling the ship's steering, and killed 11 men. The first crashed through her flight deck and its bomb went off just above the hangar deck, setting afire several aircraft. As the plane was about to impact the ship, the kamikaze pulled out of his dive for his left wing to impact the ship's antenna, tumbling the plane's wreckage down onto a 40mm gun mount on the portside of the superstructure. DCH-1 (IX-44) (ex-Walker) scuttled by gunfire from oiler USSNeches(AO-5) while under tow from San Diego, California, to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 8 December 1941. USSMcCalla(DD-488) rescued 195 men from the shark-infested waters and attempted to tow Duncan away for salvage but the battered ship sank 6 miles north of Savo Island. After laying smoke and guiding the escort carriers into a rain squall; Hoel charged the Japanese formation, heading straight for the battleships. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945. Postwar analysis of Japanese records found that attacks on American submarines were reported in the areas where Capelin was assigned to operate. 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. One of the bombs hit the bridge, killing the ship's commanding officer. 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. 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. This was would the last contact ever heard from Shark, as she was never seen again. Another thirty-four were seriously wounded. One man was killed and four were wounded. USSAaron Ward(DD-483) was operating with TF 67.4 of 5 cruisers and 8 destroyers on 13 November 1945 when the American ships encountered a Japanese surface task force including two battleships and 14 destroyers. Both the hangar and flight decks were heavily damaged. USS YDG-4 lost off New Caledonia, 1 October 1943. At 20:07, the ship's island detached from the hull and slid into the water. Cony returned to duty by March 1944. Marblehead successfully maneuvered through three attacks. USSSan Felipe(YFB-12) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Pennsylvania was the last major US ship damaged in the war. The third plane; although damaged, managed to continue on and crashed into Braine's bridge and forward gun turrets. 42 crewmen were killed and 125 wounded by the attack. Auxiliary cargo schooner. 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. PT-337 destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, Hansa Bay, New Guinea, 7 March 1944. She was repaired and overhauled by October 1942. USS YT-247 sunk, 5 April 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 21 April 1944. A gasoline fire erupted, followed by six secondary explosions, including detonations of the ship's torpedo and bomb magazine. On 13 October 1944, an air-dropped torpedo from a Japanese aircraft hit the cruiser below her armour belt. Two of the attackers coordinated their attacks so that one plane caught most of the anti-aircraft fire on the starboard side, while the other plane approached from the portside. Two escorting enemy destroyers Sazanami and Ushio, dropped depth charges on and severely damaged Perch. Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb. After the survivors were taken off, Mahan was scuttled with torpedoes; the crew lost 6 men and 31 wounded. The ship suffered 14 dead and 23 wounded from the attack. The Japanese destroyers were later sunk in the Battle of Vella Gulf, so no discernable report was made describing the sinking of a submarine, however an oil slick was reported in the Blackett Strait on 6 March by Japanese sources. 2 vols. during World War II 134 Japanese "hell ships" transported roughly 126,000 Allied POWs via more than 156 voyages. USS YF-181 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YR-43 lost in the Gulf of Alaska, 28 March 1945. Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries. Severely damaged by grounding and scrapped. At that time seven float biplanes made their way to the area and homed in on the burning Morrison who had difficulties shooting down the wooden biplanes which did not detonate VT fuses. The sub reported it had sunk a passenger-cargo ship in the Talbas Strait on 27 August 1943; this was the final message received from the Grayling. USSWilliam D. Porter(DD-579) was patrolling off Okinawa on 10 June 1945, when at 08:15 she was targeted by a kamikaze "Val". She was scrapped in 1975 after a prestigious career. The Japanese ship returned fire, but all salvos passed over the cruiser. Fanshaw Bay launched as many planes as possible to harry the Japanese ships while fleeing to the safe concealment of rain squalls. Like her sister, she was sunk as a target ship in 1948. PT-117 destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, Rendova Harbor, Solomon Islands, 1 August 1943. At 1210, another kamikaze closed on St. Louis but was shot down less than 400 yards away. At 01:51, she trained her guns on a small cruiser or large destroyer 3,300yd off her starboard bow. 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 Japanese took the bait and sank the ship along with its escort (LSM-59) on 21 June 1945. The enemy bogey took fire and missed crashing into the ship but the plane's bomb detonated underneath the Butler in the water, damaging her keel and killing 14 men. The casualties for 2526 October were 107 dead and 160 wounded. Postwar analysis of Japaese records indicate an American submarine was attacked on 19 October 1944 by a Japanese escort which dropped 30 depth charges and observed a large oil slick and debris on the ocean surface. Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft and later accidentally sunk by US. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. She was torpedoed by a lone G4M during the Battle of Saipan, which killed two men and necessitated repairs at Pearl Harbor. USS YC-899 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. USSExtractor(ARS-15) sunk after being torpedoed in error by USSGuardfish(SS-217) in the Philippine Sea, 24 January 1945. Struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser. PT-363 destroyed by Japanese shore batteries in Knoe Bay, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 25 November 1944. The suicide plane ran a parallel course with Haggard but turned sharply towards the ship's starboard beam, striking the water just a few yards from the ship. After decades serving the US Navy, the destroyer was sold to Taiwan in 1970 and sunk as an artificial reef in 2001. Yamato's third salvo was a close straddle landing at 07:04. Oglala was less fortunate than Helena, as the blast effect loosened hull plates on the minelayer and caused her to capsize. At 0110, Honolulu opened fire on a Sendai-class cruiser. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. USSBlock Island(CVE-21) was torpedoed off the Canary Islands at 20:13 on 29 May 1944. USSErie(PG-50) torpedoed by German submarine U-163 off Curacao Island, USS YC-672 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Control was again lost. Scuttled on 4 April 1945. One or two "Long Lance" torpedoes ripped into the ship's number 4 fireroom and put it out of action. Its bomb exploded just before impact with the deck causing extensive casualties and fires. USSTullibee(SS-284) was on her fifth patrol of the war near Palau Islands when on 25 March 1944 her crew sighted a Japanese convoy of six ships. She would emerge through the campaign with negligible shell damage which killed one man. 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. 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. Grounded and later destroyed by a hurricane. Control aft was demolished. 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. This time she was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes and left dead in the water with a severe list. USS YO-42 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSCanopus(AS-9) scuttled off Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 9 April 1942. The ships reported an oil slick, and debris with English markings floating on the surface where the submarine had been previously sighted. The hulk of the ship would later be destroyed by US gunfire later that same afternoon. Her port batteries dispatched one, and the CAP splashed another; but a third attacker, survived the gauntlet of fire to crash into Bryant just below the bridge. Less than 30 percent of U.S. and allied ships lost to U-boat attacks were in a convoy while they were sunk. Damage control was able to check flooding and the Hutchins retired to make repairs at Kerama Retto and eventually the States. The Morris suffered 13 dead, 45 wounded. The plane's bomb detonated upon striking the water, spraying the ship with shrapnel, killing three and wounding another sixteen of Daly's crew. The ship was scrapped in 1977 after a prestigious career. Luckily Cassin Young was assisted in firefighting by friendly ships and her crew managed to get one engine working again despite the heavy damage. In less than fifteen seconds, R-12 sank to the sea floor. The fires were put out and volunteers detached the live warheads from the torpedoes. Enterprise was the most decorated ship in the history of the US Navy. U-549had slipped undetected through her screen. On April 9, 1963, it left port near Boston and commenced dive trials. The last communication made with Escolar was when she sent a routine report detailing her course and position, after which the submarine and her crew were never seen or heard from again. USSMindanao(PR-8) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. The attack killed 16 men and wounded another 37. USSIngraham(DD-694) was serving on the radar picket line off Okinawa on 4 May 1945 when her group of ships were targeted by a large swarm of kamikazes. USSHarder(SS-257) disembarked on her sixth patrol of the war in company with two other submarines on 5 August 1944 to hunt Japanese shipping in the South China Sea off Luzon. Submarine tender. Fires quickly spread and it took over two hours to extinguish them. The ship would finish WWII with nine battle stars. The Japanese then divided into two separate groups and turned northeast, passing on either side of Astoria and her two consorts. USSGrampus(SS-207) was on her sixth patrol of the war hunting Japanese convoys accompanied by USSGrayback(SS-208) in the waters near Vella Gulf on 5 March 1943. In total 687 of Juneau's crew died as a result of her sinking; including all five Sullivan brothers. USSNorth Carolina(BB-55) was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 on 15 September 1942, 150 miles southeast of Guadalcanal, the same spread of torpedoes which also hit and sank USS Wasp. She survived the war and atomic bomb tests at Operation Crossroads to be scuttled off California in 1951. USSEversole(DE-404) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45 east of Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 October 1944. USSMaryland(BB-46) suffered light bomb damage and four men killed at Pearl Harbor. Fortunately the ship's crew was able to bring her safely toSaipan by 7 January 1945 under her own power. Damage to the destroyer was patched up and she would remain on station. PT-371 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Tagalasa, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 19 September 1944. All crew with the exception of a fifty-man damage control party abandoned the ship into life rafts. USSAilanthus(AN-38) lost by grounding in the Aleutian Islands, 26 February 1944. Growler being on the opposite side of the convoy from the other subs in the pack. 80 miles northeast of Laysan Island, southeast of Midway, Approximately 7.5 miles NNE of Wildwood, NJ. Another bucket brigade attacked the fires while the ship's first lieutenant investigated all accessible lower decks. At the same time Laffey was struck by a torpedo on her fantail. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1943. USSReid(DD-369) was escorting ammunition resupply convoys headed for Ormoc Bay on 11 December 1944 when at 1700, as many as 12 Japanese aircraft targeted Reid for destruction. The American submarine also hit and seriously damaged Takao. In moments the report came "Both engine rooms are black and dead.". Probably captured with fall of Corregidor. The ship was saved by skillful damage control work and was able to reach Tulagi where she was temporarily repaired by her own crew. Northampton which was the last ship in the column was hit by two torpedoes most likely launched from Kawakaze. Struck reef and grounded near Spruce Cape signal station. Her survivors were strafed by remaining Japanese planes until escorts were able to rescue Abele's men from the water. Hoel launched torpedoes and forced the Japanese ships warships to turn away from chasing the carriers. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. She was scrapped in 1960. Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft. She immediately began listing and capsized within ten minutes. There were 733 Merchant Marine ships sunk due to enemy attacks, and the Japanese captured 609 mariners as prisoners of war. While providing cover for forces landing on Leyte, on 1 November 1944 at 13:41, Abner Read was targeted by a kamikaze "Val". 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. Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II Ships Home. 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. 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. The sub quickly sank in less than a minute but fifteen men were able to escape the stricken boat. O'Neill, Richard. USSS-39(SS-144) was on her fifth war patrol heading across the Coral Sea to the Louisiade Archipelago when late on the night of 13 August 1942, the submarine ran aground on rocks just off Rossel Island. She received emergency repairs at Tonga and proceeded to Pearl Harbor for permanent repairs. The first was during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, in which 74 men were killed and 95 wounded by dive bomber attacks, and again during the Battle of Santa Cruz when 44 crewmen died. This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 00:33. Fifty-seven of her crew were killed, and 12 more wounded. USSYAG-3 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 22 February 1943. Less than ten minutes after being hit, Luce slipped beneath the waves. Forty-three men were killed, and one hundred ninety eight wounded by twenty two shell hits from Japanese shore batteries; however, she continued shelling the island and providing fire support for the invasion troops. New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Of her 223 crew remaining on board, not a single man survived. USS YF-415 lost, 11 May 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 16 May 1944. The following day the submarine sent a routine weather report, and was never heard from again. The Corry sank in 30 feet of water with her masts flying the colors and tops of her stacks still visible. 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. Two minutes after the third hit, the captain gave the order to abandon ship. USSHalsey Powell(DD-686) was alongside the carrier Hancock topping off her fuel tanks off Okinawa when at 14:00 on 20 March 1945, the task force came under attack by kamikaze planes. 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. Another thirty-seven were wounded by the crash and explosion, but damage control parties were able to save Ingraham. Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture. USSAmberjack(SS-219) was on her third patrol of the war near the traffic routes of the Rabaul-Shortland Sea area, when she made a final radio transmission on 14 February 1943, reporting she had picked up an enemy aviator, and had been forced down by two tailing destroyers. 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. Although the crew still believed their ship was salvageable; heavy swells broke the ship's back and she went down in two halves. During Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the ship lost power right as combat was initiated with a Japanese surface task force. 16 men were killed, and 29 wounded. After lengthy repairs, she returned to service in March 1943. USS LST-447 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 7 April 1945. USS LCT(5)-486 sunk off northern France, 7 June 1944. She was hit five times by bombs that detonated her magazines, started flooding and caused her to sink. Seriously damaged with 17 dead and 23 wounded, the ship steamed to Funafuti on 23 November for emergency repairs. With the ship beginning to split in half; the crew abandoned the ship while still under fire from German guns. But Indianapolis commenced the long trip across the Pacific, under her own power, to the Mare Island Navy Yard for repairs. USSColorado(BB-45) was damaged by counter battery fire during the bombardment of Tinian on 24 July. USS YC-654 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Gunfire and ramming from a German minesweeper. A bomb struck the ship's aft magazines which detonated in a tremendous explosion. USS Rivera (YFB-685) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Escorting vessels attacked the American submarine with depth charges until wood chips and oil came to the surface. USSUtah(AG-16) was hit by two torpedoes dropped from B5N "Kate" bombers at the onset of the attack on Pearl Harbor. As crew jettisoned topside weight to keep her upright, her gunners helped to destroy five Japanese planes. warhead in its nose, ignited its rocket boosters and accelerated towards the Abele at speeds in excess of five hundred miles per hour. PT-321 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, San Isidro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 11 November 1944. This incident was regarded by the Navy as the destruction of the Swordfish, but there are no collaborative Japanese reports to verify that a depth charge attack was made anywhere near where Kete was operating. The damage was minimal and Anderson remained on station. As the ship sank, her depth charges which had been set to safety detonated causing a severe underwater explosion that killed and wounded many sailors in the water. Pensacola made steady progress toward Tulagi. The ship was repaired and sent home to San, Diego, California, where she was decommissioned after the war. Although several of the enemy planes were downed, three planes managed to strike the Mahan. The destroyer took on water and began listing to port. The sub failed to make the scheduled rendezvous with USS Tunny and was officially declared lost on July 30, 1945. 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. Attempts to salvage the old ship were abandoned and today her wreck lies in Pearl Harbor as a war memorial. 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 second torpedo hit portside aft and knocked out three of the ship's four fire rooms, opening two of them to the sea. 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. The ship lost all power and had to be towed over 1,500 miles to Ulithi where she received sufficient repairs to power herself home. During the fight, Barton was firing at point-blank range on nearby enemy ships when suddenly the friendly cruiser Helena appeared directly in Barton's path. 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. USS YSR-2 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. USSCythera(PY-26) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine off North Carolina, 2 May 1942. 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. USS Yorktown (CV-5) damaged by aircraft bombs on 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway and sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168, 7 June 1942. USSSonoma(ATO-12) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944. USS PC-558 sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-230 north of Palermo, Italy, 9 May 1944. USS LCI(L)-600 sunk by undetermined explosion at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 12 January 1945. 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 500lb bomb penetrated the flight deck to explode among rearming and refueling aircraft. The ship remained commissioned in the Navy until 1963. USS YCK-1 lost due to enemy action at Wake Island, December 1941. The first plane missed but its bomb caused a power failure on Luce, freezing her main guns just as the second plane slammed into the aft section of the ship. Since it appeared that the ship could be saved, a salvage crew of about 325 able-bodied men went back aboard Astoria. On 29 November 1944, St. Louis was operating in Leyte Gulf when she was attacked by several kamikazes. The rocket powered suicide glider bomb; carrying a 2,600lb. The Submarine Service accounted for about 55% of all Japanese tonnage sunk in the war. USSOsprey(AM-56) sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 5 June 1944. The crew abandoned ship as Halligan quickly took on water and began to sink. The cause for the loss of the Scamp and her sixty man crew remains unsolved. It is believed that Corvina was sunk with all eighty-two of her crew by Japanese submarine I-176 who reported sinking an American sub south-west of Truk on 16 November. Some 300 of the 1,195 crewmen aboard went down with the ship. The ship rapidly took hits from all sides, and by 12:36 she was ordered abandoned. USSDuncan(DD-485) was operating with TF 64 of 4 cruisers and 5 destroyers during the night of 1112 October 1942, aiming to ambush approaching Japanese warships that were intending to bombard US Marine positions on Guadalcanal. While observing attacks on near-by ships, the crew of Beatty spotted an incoming Junkers Ju88 coming in low on the water. One of 18 torpedoes launched by Japanese destroyers hit her below the mainmast on the portside. Ammunition for 5 in, 40mm, and 20mm cooked off causing more casualties. Hughes crew suffered 2 men killed and 21 wounded. (Originally the 71 foot long Aku Sampan. Probably captured or destroyed by Japanese. 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. The ship departed for San Francisco for more extensive repairs on 10 October. Sunk by Japanese aircraft. One of these planes, a "Val", made a suicide run that struck the Drayton's No. However, after the war, Japanese records did not report sinking a submarine near Kiska when the submarine disappeared. The ship would receive repairs at Pearl Harbor and return to service by 6 February 1943. USSEmmons(DMS-22) sunk after being hit by five kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 6 April 1945. USSNewcomb(DD-586) was part of an anti-submarine screen off Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when her task force came under attack by kamikazes. 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. Despite taking several hits, the flaming plane continued on to crash into the ship on the portside between the No.1 and No.2 five-inch guns. 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. USSNew Mexico(BB-40) was taking part in the pre-invasion shelling of Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945. USS LCI(L)-416 sunk off northern France, 9 June 1944. Monssen was quickly reduced to a burning hulk. The starboard seaplane caught fire and was jettisoned. Four Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar's" began heading for Fox in a single file and were taken under fire from the ships.

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