List of United States Navy losses in World War II

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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use American English Template:Use dmy dates List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946,[1] sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. The list does not include United States Merchant Marine ships, many which had United States Navy Armed Guard units.[2]

Battleships Number in
commission
Number
lost
Loss
rate
Theatre
Pacific Atlantic Panama
Old battleships (OBB) 15 2 13.3% 2
Fast battleships (NBB) 10 0.0%
Aircraft carriers Number in
commission
Number
lost
Loss
rate
Theatre
Pacific Atlantic Panama
Fleet carriers (CV) 24 4 16.7% 4
Light carriers (CVL) 9 1 11.1% 1
Escort carriers (CVE) 77 6 7.8% 5 1
Cruisers Number in
commission
Number
lost
Loss
rate
Theatre
Pacific Atlantic Panama
Large cruisers (CB) 2 0.0%
Heavy cruisers (CA) 30 7 23.3% 7
Light cruisers (CL) 34 1 2.9% 1
AA light cruisers (CLAA) 8 2 25.0% 2
Escorts Number in
commission
Number
lost
Loss
rate
Theatre
Pacific Atlantic Panama
Old destroyers (DD) * 132 12 9.1% 5 7
New destroyers (DD) 343 69 20.1% 57 12
Destroyer escorts (DE) 421 15 3.6% 7 8
Submarines Number in
commission
Number
lost
Loss
rate
Theatre
Pacific Atlantic Panama
Numbered craft (SS) * 65 7 10.8% 5 1 1
Named craft (SS) 256 47 18.4% 45 1 1
* World War I-era designs

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Combatants

Battleships (BB)

Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause
Template:USS BB-39 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū
Template:USS BB-37 Template:Sclass Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired.
Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping.

Note - USS Utah (AG-16) (ex BB-31) is not listed as a battleship as it had been converted to an anti-aircraft gunnery training ship by the time of her sinking; it is included in the sub-section "Other auxiliaries". During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS California (BB-44) were sunk while USS Nevada (BB-36) was beached, however, all three ships were refloated, rebuilt and returned to service.

Aircraft carriers (CV/CVL)

Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause
Template:USS CV-2 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of the Coral Sea Template:Dts Sunk by aircraft from carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku
Template:USS CV-5 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Midway Template:Dts Crippled by planes from aircraft carrier Hiryū, finished off by torpedoes from the Template:Jsub
Template:USS CV-7 Template:Sclass (smaller design variant) Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:Jsub
Template:USS CV-8 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Template:Dts Crippled by aircraft from Shōkaku and Zuikaku, and while sinking after failed scuttling attempt was finished off by destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo
Template:USS CVL-23 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Leyte Gulf Template:Dts Sunk by land-based aircraft bomb

Escort aircraft carriers (CVE)

Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause
Template:USS CVE-56 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:Jsub
Template:USS CVE-21 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS
Template:USS CVE-73 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle off Samar Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire primarily from the Japanese battleship Yamato
Template:USS CVE-63 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle off Samar Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft
Template:USS CVE-79 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Struck by Kamikaze aircraft and scuttled.
Template:USS CVE-95 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Iwo Jima Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft

Heavy cruisers (CA)

Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause
Template:USS CA-30 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Sunda Strait Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma and destroyer Shikinami
Template:USS CA-34 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from Japanese heavy cruisers Chōkai, Aoba, Furutaka, and Kako
Template:USS CA-39 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island Template:Dts Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes from Furutaka and Aoba and light cruiser Tenyū
Template:USS CA-44 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Savo Island Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from the heavy cruisers Kako and Kinugasa and torpedoes from Chōkai and the light cruiser Yūbari
Template:USS CA-26 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Tassafaronga Template:Dts Sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Kagerō and Makinami[3][4]
Template:USS CA-29 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Rennell Island Template:Dts Sunk by land-based aircraft torpedoes
Template:USS CA-35 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Philippine Sea Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:Jsub

Light cruisers (CL)

Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause
Template:USS CL-51 Template:Sclass Off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Fatally damaged by gunfire from battleship Hiei and a torpedo from destroyer Ikazuchi, scuttled the following day.
Template:USS CL-52 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Crippled by torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze, later finished off by another torpedo from the Template:Jsub
Template:USS CL-50 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Kula Gulf Template:Dts Sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Suzukaze and Tanikaze

Destroyers (DD)

Name Hull Number Ship Class Location Date Cause
Template:USS DD-483 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by dive bombers from the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō.
Template:USS DD-526 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-599 Template:Sclass Off Guadalcanal, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Torpedoed by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS DD-640 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedo.
Template:USS DD-397 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Fatally damaged by torpedo possibly from the Japanese destroyer Shirayuki, later scuttled.
Template:USS DD-387 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS DD-215 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after collision with Template:GS which also sank.
Template:USS DD-453 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DD-518 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by land-based aircraft bombs.
Template:USS DD-420 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DD-529 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-792 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-451 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Battle of Vella Lavella Template:Dts Fatally damaged by torpedo from Japanese destroyer Yūgumo, later scuttled
Template:USS DD-801 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-695 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Take.
Template:USS DD-463 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German shore batteries.
Template:USS DD-376 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese light cruiser Nagara and destroyers Yukikaze, Harusame, and Teruzuki.
Template:USS DD-469 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by aircraft bombs.
Template:USS DD-741 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-485 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Cape Esperance Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa and friendly fire.
Template:USS DD-219 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Crippled by bombers from the aircraft carrier Soryū, finished off by battleships Hiei and Kirishima and escorting cruisers.
Template:USS DD-552 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-620 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German shore batteries.
Template:USS DD-433 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Kolombangara Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo spread from the Japanese destroyers Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Kiyonami, and Yūgure
Template:USS DD-555 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-584 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS DD-412 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:Jsub.
Template:USS DD-391 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo from Japanese submarine Ro-108.
Template:USS DD-533 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle off Samar Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleships Yamato and Nagato and heavy cruiser Haguro.
Template:USS DD-774 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-350 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk in typhoon.
Template:USS DD-476 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-444 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk in collision with the oil tanker Template:USS
Template:USS DD-130 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DD-393 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by land based Japanese torpedo bombers.
Template:USS DD-557 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle off Samar Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Yamato, the light cruiser Yahagi, and destroyers Yukikaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, and Nowaki
Template:USS DD-459 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo from destroyer Yukikaze
Template:USS DD-426 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedoes.
Template:USS DD-158 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DD-481 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-803 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-559 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding.
Template:USS DD-522 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-622 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German land-based aircraft bombs.
Template:USS DD-364 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-733 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by rocket-powered Ohka aircraft bomb .
Template:USS DD-434 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by aircraft from Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS DD-726 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS DD-354 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk in typhoon.
Template:USS DD-436 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from battleship Hiei and destroyers Asagumo, Murasame, and Samidare.
Template:USS DD-417 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-560 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-586 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-415 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:Jsub
Template:USS DD-218 Template:Sclass Boston, Massachusetts Template:Dts Irreparably damaged after being rammed by Template:SS, later towed to Norfolk, Virginia and scrapped.
Template:USS DD-226 Template:Sclass Template:Coord, Bombing of Darwin Template:Dts Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs in Darwin Harbour
Template:USS DD-377 Template:Sclass Off New Guinea Template:Dts Sunk after being rammed by Australian troopship Duntroon.
Template:USS DD-227 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sank in surface action with Japanese heavy cruisers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS DD-225 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs.
Template:USS DD-356 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Fate uncertain: Torpedoed by crashing TBF Avenger, downed by fighters from the light carrier Zuihō
Template:USS DD-379 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from the light cruiser Nagara and torpedo from the destroyer Ayanami
Template:USS DD-477 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-369 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-245 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DD-405 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by a German E-boat.
Template:USS DD-373 Template:Sclass Leyte, Philippines Template:Dts Grounded and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-639 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-409 Template:Sclass Coral Sea Template:Dts Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs.
Template:USS DD-512 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk in typhoon.
Template:USS DD-224 Template:Sclass Off Surabaya, Java Template:Dts Scuttled on account of damage inflicted by the Japanese destroyers Asashio and Ōshio during the battle of the Badung Strait, 19 February 1942.[5]

Later salvaged by Japanese as Patrol Boat No. 102 (Sunk in 1946 as target ship).

Template:USS DD-467 Template:Sclass Kula Gulf, Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo from Japanese destroyer Niizuki
Template:USS DD-240 Template:Sclass Off Key West, Florida Template:Dts Sunk in American-laid minefield.
Template:USS DD-514 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DD-229 Template:Sclass Placentia Bay, Newfoundland Template:Dts Sunk after accidental grounding in a storm.
Template:USS DD-374 Template:Sclass Off Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Template:Dts Sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS DD-648 Template:Sclass Off Ambrose Light, New York Template:Dts Sunk by internal explosions.
Template:USS DD-591 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by aerial torpedo and Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DD-416 Template:Sclass Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Template:Dts Torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Samidare
Template:USS DD-383 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sank in a hurricane.
Template:USS DD-579 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft
Template:USS DD-352 Template:Sclass Amchitka Island, Aleutians Template:Dts Sunk after accidental grounding.

Destroyer escorts (DE)

Name Hull Number Ship Class Location Date Cause
Template:USS DE-56 Template:Sclass North Atlantic Ocean Template:Dts Torpedoed by U-473 and damaged beyond repair. Re-designated IX-182 15 July 1944 and converted to a floating power plant at Cherbourg, France in August 1944. Later used as a barracks ship.
Template:USS DE-635 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
Template:USS DE-404 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Presumed torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45.
Template:USS DE-157 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DE-143 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DE-136 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Template:GS.
Template:USS DE-401 Template:Sclass Mediterranean Sea Template:Dts Irreparably damaged by German aircraft torpedo.
Template:USS DE-319 Template:Sclass Template:Coord 10 March 1944 Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS DE-344 Template:Sclass Off Okinawa, Ryukyus Template:Dts Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DE-695 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Utah Beach Template:Dts Sunk by German mines.
Template:USS DE-197 Template:Sclass Off Eniwetok Template:Dts Irreparably damaged by naval mine.
Template:USS DE-413 Template:Sclass Off Samar Island, Battle off Samar Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese battleship Kongō
Template:USS DE-407 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese Kaichū type submarine Ro-41.
Template:USS DE-221 Template:Sclass Naval Ammo Depot, Earle, New Jersey Template:Dts Accidental explosion. Damaged beyond repair and scuttled on 9 June 1946.
Template:USS DE-682 Template:Sclass Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by kaiten suicide torpedo.

Submarines (SS)

Name Hull Number Ship Class Location Date Cause
Template:USS SS-218 Template:Sclass Japanese home waters Template:Dts Presumed sunk by naval mine off northeastern Hokkaidō.
Template:USS SS-219 Template:Sclass Off New Britain Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. 18.
Template:USS SM-1 Off New Britain Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese destroyers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-316 Template:Sclass Off Borneo Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS SS-223 Template:Sclass Sea of Japan Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese depth charge attack by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207.
Template:USS SS-332 Template:Sclass Java Sea Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war.
Template:USS SS-289 Template:Sclass Celebes Sea Template:Sort Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-290 Template:Sclass off Mindanao Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu (ex-Template:USS).
Template:USS SS-226 Template:Sclass off Truk Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:Jsub.
Template:USS SS-227 Template:Sclass Palawan Passage, Philippines Template:Dts Accidentally grounded and scuttled after sinking Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and chasing Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-248 Template:Sclass near the Panama Canal Zone Template:Dts Possibly sunk by friendly fire air attack (PBM Mariner of Patrol Squadron 210) or possibly mines laid by Template:GS.
Template:USS SS-294 Template:Sclass Yellow Sea Template:Sort Probably sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS SS-250 Template:Sclass Balabac Strait, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS SS-361 Template:Sclass Japanese home waters Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese patrol vessel Miya Maru and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru.
Template:USS SS-207 Template:Sclass Off New Britain Template:Dts Sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". or by 958th Kōkūtai naval aircraft.
Template:USS SS-208 Template:Sclass Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS SS-209 Template:Sclass Lingayen Gulf, Philippines Template:Sort Fate unknown: possibly rammed by transport Hokuan Maru.
Template:USS SS-210 Template:Sclass Strait of Malacca Template:Dts Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS SS-215 Template:Sclass Philippine waters Template:Dts Sunk by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., and kaibokan Chiburi and "CD-19".
Template:USS SS-216 Template:Sclass Aleutian waters-10 miles north of Kiska Island Template:Dts Sunk by accident following circular run of her own torpedo.[6]
Template:USS SS-211 Template:Sclass Maug Islands or possibly Iwo Jima Template:Dts Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS SS-232 Template:Sclass Bashi Channel, Philippines Template:Dts Severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and not repaired to operational condition. Decommissioned on 18 July 1945.
Template:USS SS-257 Template:Sclass Dasol Bay, Philippines Template:Dts Depth charged by kaibokan CD-22.
Template:USS SS-233 Template:Sclass Kurile Islands Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries.
Template:USS SS-369 Template:Sclass Ryukyu Islands Template:Sort Fate unknown: lost either to Japanese submarine or to mines.
Template:USS SS-371 Template:Sclass Gulf of Thailand Template:Dts Sunk by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-296 Template:Sclass Boston Navy Yard Template:Dts Sank at her mooring due to flooding and was refloated but not repaired. Decommissioned on 24 March 1945 after only 40 days in commission.
Template:USS SS-176 Porpoise class Java Sea 1-Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Ushio, and Sazanami
Template:USS SS-177 Porpoise class off northern Honshu Template:Sort Cause unknown; possibly sunk by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru.
Template:USS SS-181 Porpoise class off northern Honshu Template:Sort Fate unknown: possibly sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS SS-89 R class Off Key West, Florida Template:Dts Sunk by accidental flooding.
Template:USS SS-273 Template:Sclass West of Palawan Island Template:Dts Probably sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS SS-275 Template:Sclass off Hokkaidō Template:Sort Fate unknown: possibly lost to a mine.
Template:USS SS-131 S class Gulf of Panama Template:Dts Accidentally rammed by submarine chaser Template:USS.
Template:USS SS-132 S class Amchitka Island, Alaska Template:Dts Accidental grounding.
Template:USS SS-133 S class off Oahu, Hawaii Template:Dts Foundered while diving in an ASW exercise; cause unknown.
Template:USS SS-141 S class Makassar Strait Template:Dts Accidental grounding.
Template:USS SS-144 S class Off Rossel Island Template:Dts Accidental grounding.
Template:USS SS-155 S class Kurile Islands Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-277 Template:Sclass Tokyo Bay Template:Dts Probably sunk by kaibokan CD-4 with naval aircraft.
Template:USS SS-278 Template:Sclass East China Sea Template:Sort Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine.
Template:USS SS-191 Template:Sclass Gilbert Islands Template:Dts Scuttled after being damaged by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-195 Template:Sclass Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December.
Template:USS SS-197 Template:Sclass Off Morotai Island Template:Dts Probably sunk by friendly fire from Template:USS.
Template:USS SS-174 Porpoise class Molucca Sea Template:Dts probably sunk by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-314 Template:Sclass Luzon Strait Template:Dts Depth charged by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS SS-279 Template:Sclass Off Hainan Island, South China Sea Template:Sort Possibly sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kōkūtai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna.
Template:USS SS-193 Template:Sclass Ryukyu Islands Template:Sort Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by kaibokan CD-4.
Template:USS SS-306 Template:Sclass Formosa Strait Template:Dts Sunk by circular run of own torpedo.
Template:USS SS-237 Template:Sclass Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Sunk by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59; assisted by air attack.
Template:USS SS-201 Template:Sclass Admiralty Islands Template:Dts Fate unknown: believed sunk by Japanese destroyers Samidare and Satsuki and submarine chasers CH-22 and CH-24
Template:USS SS-202 Template:Sclass off Okinawa Template:Dts Most likely sunk by depth charges from Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". southeast of Okinawa in position 22º40'N, 131º45'E.
Template:USS SS-284 Template:Sclass off Palau Islands Template:Dts Sunk by circular run of own torpedo.
Template:USS SS-238 Template:Sclass Japanese Home Waters - La Perouse Strait Template:Dts Believed sunk by subchasers CH-15, CH-43 and 3 E13A1 Jakes. Wreck shows evidence of being hit by an aerial bomb.

Patrol craft

Gunboats (PG/PGM/PE)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS South of Java, N.E.I. Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire by Japanese destroyers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Template:USS Off Portland, Maine Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Damaged by Template:GS in the Caribbean Sea; later capsized.
Template:USS Bismarck Sea Template:Dts Sunk in an accidental collision.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Accidentally grounded then sunk by US warships.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mines off Okinawa.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS off the coast of North Carolina.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after accidental collision with merchant tanker Camas Meadows.

River gunboats (PR)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Scuttled then salvaged by IJN. Raised as Karatsu and helped sink Template:USS.
Sunk by Template:USS on 3 March 1944.
Template:USS Off Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Damaged by aerial bomb then scuttled.
Template:USS At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by land-based gunfire.
Template:USS At Shanghai China Template:Dts Surrendered to Japanese forces and pressed into IJN service as Tatara; recaptured by US;
entered Chinese service after the war.

Converted yachts (PY/PYc)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (PY-26) Off Atlantic Coast Template:Dts Sunk by Template:GS.[7]
Template:USS (PYc-9) Off Delaware Capes Template:Dts Collision with Template:USS (DD-145).
Template:USS (PY-32) Off Okinawa Template:Dts Sunk by Typhoon Louise after five collisions.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture.
Perry At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture.

Submarine chasers (PC/SC)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Off Puerto Rico Template:Dts Collision with a freighter.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo from Italian submarine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Template:GS.
Template:USS Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Grounded, broke in half and sank by Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS Off San Diego, California Template:Dts Sunk by collision with Template:USS.
Template:USS Off Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese suicide boat.
Template:USS Off Utah Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by German coast artillery.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Damaged by kamikaze and later scuttled.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Foundered.
Template:USS Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Ida (1945).
Template:USS Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Foundered by Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS Off Palermo, Sicily Template:Dts Sunk by German bombers.
Template:USS Off Palermo, Sicily Template:Dts Bombed and sunk by German aircraft.
Template:USS Vella Lavella, Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by accidental fire.
Template:USS Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded on Great Barrier Reef.
Template:USS Tacloban Bay, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded and sunk.
Template:USS Cook's Reef, Mai Island, New Hebrides Template:Dts Grounded, abandoned and sunk.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded and sunk. Salvaged and repaired. Decommissioned on 31 May 1945.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Collided with Template:USS and SS Cities Service Fuel and sank with all hands.
Template:USS In Bahama Islands Template:Dts Grounded. Later salvaged and repaired.
Template:USS Off Attu, Aleutians Template:Dts Foundered.

Eight submarine chasers were lost due to enemy action. All others were lost in accidents.

Patrol torpedo boats (PT)

Name Location Date Cause
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". North Pacific Template:Dts Damaged in storm[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dora Harbor, Alaska Template:Dts Wrecked in storm[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Subic Bay, Philippine Islands Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sulu Sea Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Cape Santiago, Philippine Islands Template:Dts Damaged by grounding and destroyed to prevent capture.[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Cauit Island, Philippine Islands Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cebu, Philippine Islands Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Guadalcanal, Solomons Template:Dts Destroyed by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Guadalcanal, Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese destroyers Hatsukaze and Tokitsukaze
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 09º10'S, 159º45'E Off Savo Island, Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese destroyers Kawakaze and Suzukaze
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off New Ireland Template:Dts Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Tufi, New Guinea Template:Dts Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". New Guinea Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Philippines Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Talin Pt., Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts Destroyed by friendly fire due to false identification.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Talin Pt., Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts Destroyed by friendly fire due to false identification.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island Template:Dts Accidental gasoline fire.[9]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Blackett Strait, Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by collision with Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off New Guinea Template:Dts Sunk after collision.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons Template:Dts Destroyed by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese destroyers Hatsukaze and Tokitsukaze
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Buna, New Guinea Template:Dts Wrecked by grounding in friendly waters.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rendova Harbor, Solomons Template:Dts Destroyed by Japanese aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vella Lavella, Solomons Template:Dts Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Tufi, New Guinea Template:Dts Accidentally destroyed by fire while fueling in port.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Destroyed in error by friendly fire from Allied aircraft
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Destroyed by Japanese aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Cape Pus, New Guinea Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore battery.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". New Guinea Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". New Guinea Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Solomon Islands Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Munda Pt., Solomon Islands Template:Dts Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ferguson Passage, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-17.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off New Georgia, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Accidentally strafed and sunk by US B-25 bomber.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Vella Lavella, Solomons Template:Dts Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-17.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bani Point, New Guinea Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded on a coral reef and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Newport, Rhode Island Template:Coord Template:Dts Collision with unknown object.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German mine off Point Aygulf, France.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German mine off Point Aygulf, France.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Attu, Aleutians Template:Dts Grounded in a storm.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lambu Lambu Cove, Vella Lavella, Solomons Template:Dts Destroyed after fire broke out in a gasoline dump.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore battery, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Empress Augusta Bay, off Bougainville, Solomons Template:Dts Grounded on 26 February 1944 and sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Bougainville I., Solomon Islands Template:Dts Sunk in a collision with PT-282.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Choiseul Island, near Bougainville, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Mistakenly sunk by gunfire from USS Guest (DD-472).
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Mindoro, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mios Woendi, Biak Island, off New Guinea Template:Dts Heavily damaged by an accidental explosion. Laid up as a constructive loss.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine off Corsica.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". San Pedro Bay, off Leyte, Philippines Template:Dts Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". San Isidoro Bay, P.I. Template:Dts Grounded and damaged on 10 November 1944 and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea Template:Dts Grounded and damaged and then scuttled to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Leyte, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by a Japanese Kamikaze.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Hansa Bay, New Guinea Template:Dts Destroyed by Japanese shore batteries.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Mindoro, Philippines Template:Dts Severely damaged by grounding and scrapped.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Biak, New Guinea Template:Dts Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off New Britain Template:Dts Attacked and destroyed by mistake by American aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off New Britain Template:Dts Attacked and destroyed by mistake by American aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Accidentally sunk by allied aircraft.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kaoe Bay, Halmahera, N.E.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Halmahera, N.E.I. Template:Dts Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In Surigao Strait, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese warships.
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Coord Template:Dts Gunfire and ramming from a German minesweeper[10]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Off Cape Couronne, Mediterranean Template:Dts Sunk by enemy mine.

24 PT boats were destroyed by enemy action. 20 PT boats were destroyed by grounding, another 9 were sunk by friendly fire and 10 more were lost due to other accidents. 4 PT boats were destroyed to prevent capture (aside from those which were grounded and then destroyed to prevent capture).

District patrol vessels (YP)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Damaged by Japanese forces and later burned by crew.
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Scuttled and raised by the Japanese[11] CG-275/YP-17 was transferred to the Maritime Administration in 1945, presumably for disposal or layup in the Reserve Fleet[12]
Template:USS In Canal Zone Template:Dts Destroyed by explosion of unknown cause while hauled out on a marine railway.
Template:USS Off Staten Island, New York Template:Dts Sunk in collision with the minesweeper Template:USS in the Ambrose Channel.
Template:USS Adak Island, Aleutians Template:Dts Struck uncharted reef in Kuluk Bay.
Template:USS In Kodiak Harbor, Alaska Template:Dts Struck reef and grounded near Spruce Cape signal station.
Template:USS Template:Coord Aleutian Islands Template:Dts Collision with freighter SS Derblay off Unimak Island.
Template:USS Off Atlantic Coast Template:Dts Sunk by collision. (Former PC-523.)
Template:USS At Amchitka, Aleutians Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Template:Coord Tugidak Passage, Alaska Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Adak Island, Aleutians Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture.
Template:USS Three miles northeast of Monterey, California Template:Dts Sunk after running aground in heavy weather.
Template:USS Mahaiula Bay, Kona, Hawaii Template:Dts Sunk after running aground during a storm. (Originally the 71 foot long Aku Sampan Fuji Maru.)
Template:USS Saba Island, Caribbean Sea; Template:Coord Template:Dts Lost after grounding.
Template:USS In Gulf of Mexico Template:Dts Sunk by explosion of unknown cause.
Template:USS Baja, Mexico north of Isla Magdalena; Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after running aground in heavy weather.
Template:USS Off French Frigate Shoals, Northern Pacific Ocean Template:Dts Destroyed by fire after striking a U.S. mine.
Template:USS Off Townsville, Australia Template:Dts Foundered.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Foundered in heavy weather.
Template:USS Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons Template:Dts Sunk in action, along with Template:USS, by the Japanese destroyers Akatsuki, Ikazuchi, and Shiratsuyu
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Wrecked by Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS Gulf of Mexico Template:Coord Template:Dts Foundered in heavy weather.
Template:USS In Delaware River Template:Dts Grounding.
Template:USS 80 miles northeast of Laysan Island, southeast of Midway Template:Dts Cause unknown.
Template:USS Off Guadalcanal Template:Dts Sunk by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and destroyers Fubuki, Shikinami, and Suzukaze
Template:USS Gulf of Panama Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after collision with Template:USS
Template:USS Approximately 7.5 miles NNE of Wildwood, NJ Template:Coord Template:Dts Sank after collision with the collier SS Jason (ex-AV-2, ex-AC-12).
Template:USS Off Cape Hatteras Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from Template:GS.
Template:USS Off Smith Shoal, near Key West, Florida Template:Dts Sunk after fire.
Template:USS Off New Caledonia Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Template:Coord Tybee Island, Georgia Template:Dts Ran aground and declared a total loss.
Template:USS At Port Everglades, Fla. Template:Dts Struck coral reef while under tow and sank.
Template:USS South Bimini, Bahama Islands Template:Dts Ran aground and abandoned.
Template:USS At Charleston, S. C. Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Off Mayport, Florida Template:Dts Sunk in collision with Template:USS.
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS On Lake Michigan near the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois. Template:Dts Destroyed by explosion of unknown cause.

Only four YPs were lost due to enemy action. Almost all others lost were due to accidents.

Mine warfare ships

Minelayers (CM, DM)

Name Hull Number Location Date Cause
Template:USS DM-15 off Iwo Jima Template:Dts Damaged by aircraft bombs and later scuttled.
Template:USS CM-10 off of Le Havre, France Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS DM-17 off Palau Template:Dts Severely damaged by a mine. Returned to US and decommissioned on 23 April 1945.
Template:USS CM-12 Tsuken Shima, Japan Template:Dts Broken in two. Decommissioned on 11 December 1945.

Destroyer minesweepers (DMS)

Name Hull Number Location Date Cause
Template:USS DMS-1 Off Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed 1 January 1946.
Template:USS DMS-22 Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DMS-11 Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese torpedo.
Template:USS DMS-12 Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS DMS-5 Lingayen Gulf, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese bombs.
Template:USS DMS-17 Off Palau Island Template:Dts Sunk by underwater mine explosion.[13]
Template:USS DMS-10 Off Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Deemed unsalvageable. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946.
Template:USS DMS-15 Aleutian Islands Template:Dts Sunk accidentally by her own depth charges.

Minesweepers (AM/AMc)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Cavite, Philippines Template:Dts Scuttled after being damaged in Japanese air raid
Template:USS San Francisco Bay Template:Dts Sunk after collision with patrol craft PC-569
Template:USS Puget Sound Template:Dts Sunk accidentally by torpedo.
Template:USS Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb.
Template:USS San Francisco Bay Template:Dts Sunk after collision with a lumber schooner.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Scuttled after damaged in battle.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Probably sunk by a mine. (No claim made by a U-boat.)[14]
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Off Licata, Sicily Template:Dts Sunk by German bombers during the invasion of Sicily.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo from U-593.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese kamikaze.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS At Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore battery.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German mine off Utah Beach.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after collision with Template:USS in Buzzards Bay.

Motor Minesweepers (YMS)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS In Boston Harbor Template:Dts Sunk in collision with USS Herndon (DD 638).
Template:USS Off Palau Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine off Toulon, France.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine off St. Tropez, France.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine off Anzio Beach.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine off Borneo.
Template:USS Template:Coord off Corregidor Template:Dts Scuttled after being hit by coast defense gunfire.
Template:USS Off Balikipapan, N.E.I. Template:Dts Struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser Denver.
Template:USS In Leyte Gulf, P.I. Template:Dts Foundered in storm.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by mine off Borneo.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts sunk by mine off Balikpapan, Borneo
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts
Template:USS Tanaga Island, Aleutians Template:Dts Grounded in a storm. Salvaged and sailed to Seattle, Washington where she was declared a constructive loss and stricken on 16 September 1944.
Template:USS Off Oregon Coast Template:Dts Foundered and sinks off Coos Bay, Oregon.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed in December 1945.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Sunk by a mine. 8 dead and 30 injured.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
Template:USS Off Cherbourg Template:Dts Sunk by a mine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by a mine and scuttled.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Damaged by mine and stricken on 16 September 1944.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS Zowariau Channel, Ulithi, Caroline Islands Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Off Atlantic Coast Template:Dts Foundered off Cape Hatteras in the Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944 with the loss of all hands.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
Template:USS Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945.
Template:USS Tsuken Shima, Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed on 20 December 1945.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
Template:USS Tarakan Island, off Borneo Template:Dts Sunk by shore batteries in the Battle of Tarakan (1945).

Amphibious warfare ships

Tank landing ships (LST)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS English Channel near the Seine River, France Template:Dts Struck a German mine.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Fire and accidental explosion.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Fire and accidental explosion.
Template:USS Off Licata, Sicily Template:Dts Sunk by German aircraft.
Template:USS At Vella Lavella Template:Dts Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Fire and accidental explosion.
Template:USS Near Nanumea, Ellice Islands Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS In Azores Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Off Southern France Template:Dts Hit by a German glider bomb and heavily damaged. Beached and abandoned.
Template:USS At Gela, Sicily Template:Dts Sunk by German aircraft.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by German torpedo boat.
Template:USS Off Caronia, Sicily Template:Dts Sunk by German aircraft.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by U-593 eight miles northeast of Cape Corbelin, Algeria. Towed and beached near Dellys and declared a total loss.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-106.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by U-410 north of Naples, Italy.
Template:USS Off Ponza, Italy Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Fire and accidental explosion.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by U-870.
Template:USS English Channel Template:Dts Torpedoed and sunk by a German surface craft.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Explosion.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by a Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS Off Vella Lavella, Solomons Template:Dts Damaged by Japanese dive bombers and sank while under tow.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Off Mindoro, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS At Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Fire and accidental explosion.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Mine.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Mine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Mine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger.
Template:USS Clipperton Island Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded. Refloated next day. Towed to Philippines and scuttled off of Samar on 7 March 1946.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Hit by 2 torpedoes from Japanese submarine Ro-50.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by enemy action and not repaired.
Template:USS Off Mindoro, P.I. Template:Dts Hit by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Hit by a Kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS Off Negros, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS Off Ie Shima Template:Dts Struck by aerial torpedo and grounded on a coral reef. Hit by Kamikaze on 20 May and damaged beyond repair.
Destroyed in place on 1 November 1945.
Template:USS Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded. Scrapped in 1947.
Template:USS At Leghorn, Italy Template:Dts Grounded by a storm and not repaired.
Template:USS In English Channel Template:Dts Torpedoed by U-667

Medium landing ships (LSM)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Beached and broken up.
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Foundered in Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Off Philippines Template:Dts 5 or 14 December 1944 Grounded.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Stuck and sunk by two Kamikazes.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze.

Tank landing craft (LCT)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Off Salerno, Italy Template:Dts Sunk by German aircraft.
Template:USS Off Oran, Algeria Template:Dts Lost on board the merchant Arthur Middleton that was sunk by the German submarine U-73.
Template:USS At Algiers Template:Dts Underwater explosion.
Template:USS Normandy, France Template:Dts Destroyed by German coast artillery.
Template:USS Template:Coord Gulf of Gaeta, Italy Template:Dts Lost in a storm.
Template:USS Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Grounded and later capsized.
Template:USS In Mediterranean Template:Dts Stuck a mine.
Template:USS Omaha Beach, Normandy, France[15] Template:Dts Disabled by artillery shell and abandoned.
Template:USS Off Anzio, Italy Template:Dts Sunk by German aircraft.
Template:USS Off Naples, Italy Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS At Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Lost in non-combat incident.
Template:USS Template:Coord Gulf of Alaska Template:Dts Lost in heavy seas while under tow.
Template:USS Normandy, France Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Template:Coord Off Cape Bon, Tunisia Template:Dts Foundered while under tow.
Template:USS Template:Coord off Palau Template:Dts Foundered and capsized in a storm.
Template:USS Off Wana Wana Island, New Georgia Group Template:Dts Foundered.
Template:USS Off Bizerte, Tunisia Template:Dts Foundered in a storm.
Template:USS Off Salerno, Italy Template:Dts Buckled in heavy seas while under tow.
Template:USS Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Severely damaged and later sank.
Template:USS Off Algeria Template:Dts Grounded and later disposed.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Grounded near Normandy.
Template:USS Off Salerno, Italy Template:Dts Foundered in heavy seas.
Template:USS Off Anzio, Italy Template:Dts Foundered in storm.
Template:USS Off Salerno, Italy Template:Dts Lost in air attack.
Template:USS Off Naples, Italy Template:Dts Sunk by a circling torpedo
Template:USS Off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Foundered.
Template:USS On Passage To Tarawa Template:Dts Foundered en route to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands area.
Template:USS In English Channel Template:Dts Foundered in a storm.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Struck a mine and sunk.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Destroyed during the invasion of Normandy.
Template:USS Off Bizerte, Tunisia Template:Dts Sunk by naval gunfire.
Template:USS At Eniwetok Atoll Template:Dts Sunk by an explosion of unknown origin.
Template:USS Kiska Island, Alaska Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Normandy, France Template:Dts Damaged on beach in Normandy and abandoned.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Foundered in storm near Cape Bon, Tunisia
Template:USS Off Salerno, Italy Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS At Pearl Harbor Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Lost due to weather enroute to Normandy invasion.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Foundered in heavy seas.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Lost due to unrecorded causes.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Off Western France Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Off Utah Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by enemy action.
Template:USS English Channel Template:Dts Sunk by German artillery fire.
Template:USS Off Portsmouth, England Template:Dts Lost due to weather.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Off Angaur Island, Palau Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Off Bahia Angra Island, Azores Template:Dts Lost due to grounding of LST-228 while being transported.
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Sunk by enemy gunfire.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Sunk after striking a mine.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by German naval mine.
Template:USS Off Palau Template:Dts Grounded.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Lost due to explosion at West Loch, Pearl Harbor.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Lost due to explosion at West Loch, Pearl Harbor.
Template:USS Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Lost due to explosion at West Loch, Pearl Harbor.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Lost in a storm.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Lost in a storm.
Template:USS At Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS At Iwo Jima Template:Dts Driven ashore and sustained irreparable damage.
Template:USS Off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Leyte, P.I. Template:Dts Hit and sunk by kamikaze.
Template:USS Off Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Cause not recorded.
Template:USS Off California Template:Dts Lost due to grounding.

Infantry landing craft (LCI(L), LCI(G))

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS At Bizerte, Tunisia Template:Dts Sunk due to enemy action.
Template:USS Off Anzio, Italy Template:Dts Sunk by enemy aircraft.
Template:USS Off Anzio, Italy Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Normandy, France Template:Dts Sunk by enemy action.
Template:USS Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Disabled by German coast artillery.
Template:USS Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Disabled by German coast artillery.
Template:USS Omaha Beach, Normandy, France Template:Dts Disabled by German coast artillery.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Off New Guinea Template:Dts Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS Off Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Palau Template:Dts
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Seriously damaged by Japanese torpedo planes en route to Saipan and was scuttled by USS Stembel (DD-644).
Template:USS Off Iwo Jima Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts
Template:USS In Ulithi, Carolines Template:Dts Sunk by Kaiten suicide torpedo deployed from submarine I-36
Template:USS Off Samar, P.I. Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Off Leyte, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by kamikaze.

Support landing craft (LCS)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Off Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese assault demolition boats off entrance to Mariveles harbor.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS Off Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft.
Template:USS Off Luzon, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
Template:USS Off San Clemente Island, California Template:Dts Grounded during an exercise.

Auxiliaries

Seaplane tenders (AV, AVP, AVD)

Name Hull Number Location Date Cause
Template:USS AVP-28 Off Bermuda Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS AV-3 Template:Coord, Off Tjilatjap Harbor, Indonesia Template:Dts Scuttled at sea after being heavily damaged by Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers.
Template:USS AVD-11 Template:Coord Template:Dts Beached and abandoned on 2 May 1945 after collision with Template:USS and Template:USS.

Cargo ships (AK/AKS)

Name Hull Number Location Date Cause
Template:USS AK-72 Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103.
Template:USS AK-101 Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Template:GS while serving as a Q ship.[16]
Template:USS AK-78 Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103.
Template:USS AK-93 Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese submarine and disabled. Repurposed as a cargo barge and redesignated as IX-173 on 12 August 1944.
Template:USS AKS-2 Lawn Point, Newfoundland Template:Dts Grounded and wrecked in a storm.
Template:USS AK-97 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Sunk by accidental explosion. 255 killed.

Net layers (AN)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (AN-38) Aleutian Islands Template:Dts Ran aground.
Template:USS (AN-23) Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded on a reef by Typhoon Ida. Not repaired and scuttled on 19 April 1946.
Template:USS (AN-52) Off Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946.

Oilers (AO)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (AO-1) Template:Coord Template:Dts Damaged by Japanese aircraft on 7 April 1943 off Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Sank the next day.
Template:USS (AO-59) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo.
Template:USS (AO-5) Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-72.
Template:USS (AO-23) Coral Sea Template:Dts Sunk on 11 May 1942, after being heavily damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May 1942.
Template:USS (AO-6) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese airplanes from aircraft carrier Soryū.

Gasoline tankers (AOG)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (AOG-24) Off Iwo Jima Template:Dts Ran aground and capsized near Iwo Jima.

Troop transports (AP/APA/APc)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Off New Britain Template:Dts Hit by aerial bomb.
Template:USS Off New Georgia, Solomons Template:Dts Grounded and abandoned.
Template:USS (AP-52) Off Morocco Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by Template:GS.
Template:USS (AP-13) Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Struck by Japanese "Betty" bomber.
Template:USS (AP-43) Off Morocco Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130.
Template:USS (APA-23) Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS (AP-50) Off Morocco Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173.
Template:USS (AP-53) Pier 88, Manhattan Template:Dts Former French luxury liner SS Normandie and one of the largest ships in the world. Caught fire and capsized while undergoing conversion to a troop transport. Deemed unsalvageable and later scrapped.
Template:USS (AP-73) Off Algiers Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft.
Template:USS (APA-4) Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft and later accidentally sunk by US PT boats.
Template:USS (AP-72) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by a mine off Normandy, France.
Template:USS (AP-42) Off Morocco Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130.
Template:USS (AP-59) Template:Coord Template:Dts Torpedoed by German U-205 and/or aircraft off Cape Palos, Spain. Towed to Algiers and never repaired. Struck on 8 April 1944 and hulk sold for scrap.

High speed transports (APD)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (APD-29) Off Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged by Kamikaze. Stricken on 21 June 1945.
Template:USS (APD-47) Off Okinawa Template:Dts Struck by Kamikaze.
Template:USS (APD-2) Template:Coord off Guadalcanal Template:Dts Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS (APD-21) Off Okinawa Template:Dts Hit by Kamikaze. Scuttled on 4 April 1945.
Template:USS (APD-36) Kudaka Island, off Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise and not repaired. Decommissioned and destroyed.
Template:USS (APD-3) Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese destroyers Yūdachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo
Template:USS (APD-4) Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese destroyers Yūdachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo
Template:USS (APD-5) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS (APD-24) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after collision with Template:USS.
Template:USS (APD-16) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

Barracks ships (APL)

Name Location Date Cause
APL-12 Yonakuni Shima, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Intentionally beached due to Typhoon Louise. Refloated 24 October 1945. Blown up on 26 January 1946.
APL-13 Chinen Misaki, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Out of service 28 December 1945. Later blown up.
APL-33 Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Later blown up.

Repair ships (ARS/ARL)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (ARL-32) Kama Rock, Iwo Jima Template:Dts Grounded on Iwo Jima on 1 December 1945. Stripped and blown up 14 May 1946.
Template:USS (ARS-15) In Marianas Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo from US submarine USS Guardfish (SS-217).
Template:USS (ARS-16) Okinawa Template:Dts Severely damaged and beached by Typhoon Louise and destroyed with explosives 4 March 1946.
Template:USS (ARB-6) Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded by Typhoon Louise and later destroyed.
Template:USS (ARS-18) Aleutian Islands Template:Dts Beached and severely damaged by a gale.

Submarine rescue ships (ASR)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (ASR-11) At Midway Channel Template:Dts Foundered in a storm.
Template:USS (ASR-6) At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese dive bomber.

Tugboats (AT/ATA/ATF/ATR)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Grounded and partially sunk in a typhoon. Not repaired, hulk destroyed on 29 December 1945.
Template:USS Template:Coord off Normandy Template:Dts Severely damaged in a storm. Not repaired. Hulk scuttled in mid-1946.
Template:USS Template:Coord off the Azores Template:Dts In collision with Template:USS.
Template:USS At Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Scuttled to prevent capture. Raised by the Japanese and designated Patrol Boat No. 107; Sunk by US aircraft, 5 November 1944.
Template:USS South of Fiji Islands Template:Dts Grounded and later destroyed by a hurricane.
Template:USS At Bataan, P.I. Template:Dts Scuttled to prevent capture.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by bombs from German aircraft.
Template:USS Off New Hebrides Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese submarine I-39
Template:USS Off Northern France Template:Dts Torpedoed by a German E-boat.
Ranger Philippine Islands After 28 February 1942 Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Fate unknown. Probably captured or destroyed by Japanese.
Template:USS Off Tulagi Island, Solomons Template:Dts Sunk by gunfire from Japanese destroyers.
Template:USS At Leyte, P.I. Template:Dts Hit by shot down Japanese bomber.
Template:USS San Francisco Bay, California Template:Dts Collision with Template:USS.
Trabajador Near Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire.
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Sank during typhoon.

Other auxiliaries

Name Location Date Cause
AFD-13 Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Floating dry dock. Sunk by Typhoon Ida.
Template:USS (AG-27), ex-(AO-14) Guam, Marianas Islands Template:Dts Oil storage ship. Captured in port, taken into Japanese service and survived the war.
Template:USS (AS-9) At Bataan, Philippines Template:Dts Submarine tender. Immobilized by Japanese aircraft bombs on 29 December 1941 but continued to support defenders of the Philippines. Scuttled to prevent capture.
Template:USS (AE-11) At Manus, Admiralty Islands Template:Dts Ammunition ship. Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause.
Template:USS (AGP-1) Solomon Islands Template:Dts Engine repair ship. Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS (AF-20) Off Halifax, Nova Scotia Template:Dts Refrigerated cargo ship. Intentionally beached after flooding. Salvaged on 17 February 1945, but not returned to active service.
Template:USS (AG-16), ex-(BB-31) Template:Coord, Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Former Florida class battleship converted to a gunnery training and target ship. Capsized after two torpedo hits by carrier-based aircraft. Recovery was attempted but stopped. Memorial dedicated in 1972.

Unclassified miscellaneous (IX)

Name Location Date Cause
America (IX-41) Annapolis, Maryland Template:Dts Famous racing yacht. Destroyed by the collapse of a snow covered shed.
Template:USS (IX-153) Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Template:Dts Concrete barge. Grounded in a storm and stricken on 23 February 1945.
Template:USS (IX-233) New London, Connecticut Template:Dts Auxiliary sailing schooner which was previously used by the US Coast Guard Academy for cadet training. Foundered at pierside due to damage caused by a storm. Raised and placed out of service on 5 January 1946. Stricken on 12 April 1946.
Template:USS (IX-162) Okinawa Template:Dts Concrete barge. Wrecked by Typhoon Louise. Broke away under tow and grounded on a reef off Eli Malk in Palau.
Template:USS (IX-110) Okinawa Template:Dts Service squadron flagship. Sunk by collision with USS Nestor during Typhoon Louise. Abandoned on 29 October 1945 and decommissioned on 6 December 1945.
Template:USS (IX-126) At Mindoro, P.I. Template:Dts Station tanker. Sunk by Kamikaze plane.
Template:USS (IX-94) Off Eastern Australia Template:Dts Auxiliary cargo schooner. Sunk after grounding on a reef.
Template:USS (IX-151) Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Concrete barge. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Decommissioned on 30 November 1945 and struck on 3 January 1946.
Template:USS (IX-191) Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Station tanker. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Stricken on 5 December 1945 and sold for scrap.
DCH-1 (IX-44), ex-Template:USS (ex YW-57, ex DD-163) Eastern Pacific Ocean Template:Dts Former destroyer converted to damage control hulk. Cast adrift while under tow enroute to Pearl Harbor and scuttled by gunfire.

District craft

Uncovered lighters (YC)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Portsmouth, N. H. Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Alaska Template:Dts[17]
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Cape Cod, Mass. Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Imperial Beach, Calif. Template:Dts
Template:USS Guantanamo Template:Dts
Template:USS Guantanamo Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Key West, Fla. Template:Dts Sank while under tow by the tug USS Mauvila.
Template:USS Off Key West, Fla. Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Key West, Fla. Template:Dts
Template:USS In North Pacific Template:Dts
Template:USS At Biorka Island Template:Dts[17]
Template:USS In Puget Sound, Wash. Template:Dts
Template:USS Near San Pedro, Calif. Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Atlantic Coast Template:Dts
Template:USS En Route To Eniwetok Template:Dts
Template:USS En Route To Eniwetok Template:Dts
Template:USS En Route To Eniwetok Template:Dts
Template:USS En Route To Eniwetok Template:Dts
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Delaware Template:Dts
Template:USS Wake Island Template:Dts
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Key West, Fla. Template:Dts Under tow by U.S. Army tugboat LT-4.

Covered lighters (YF)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts
Template:USS Template:Coord
14 miles off Boston, Massachusetts.
Template:Dts Exploded while disposing of explosives. 17 sailors were killed.
Template:USS In Caribbean Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Atlantic City, N.J. Template:Dts
Template:USS At San Francisco Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Farallones Template:Dts
Template:USS Off Farallones Template:Dts
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Wrecked by Typhoon Louise.
Template:USS At Eniwetok Template:Dts
Template:USS En Route Pearl Harbor Template:Dts
Template:USS Buckner Bay, Okinawa Template:Dts Former LST-39. Wrecked by Typhoon Louise. Stricken on 25 February 1946 and destroyed in August 1946.

Ferry boats (YFB)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Captured by Imperial Japanese Army. Ultimate fate unknown.
Template:USS Cavite, Philippines Template:Dts Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
Template:USS Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Lost due to enemy action.
Template:USS Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese gunfire.
Template:USS Cavite, Philippines Template:Dts Lost to Japanese forces.
Template:USS Corregidor, Philippines Template:Dts Probably captured with fall of Corregidor.
Template:USS Mariveles, Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese bombing.
Template:USS Cavite, Philippines Template:Dts Probably destroyed to prevent capture.

Floating dry docks (YFD)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS (YFD-1) Mariveles, Bataan, P.I. Template:Dts Scuttled to prevent capture.
Template:USS Near Bolinas, California Template:Dts Lost while in tow from Eureka and stranded.

Self propelled barges (YSP)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts

Yard oilers (YO, YON)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS At Sitka, Alaska Template:Dts
Template:USS At Sitka, Alaska Template:Dts
Template:USS Off New Hebrides Template:Dts Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-42.
Template:USS Bikini Atoll Template:Dts Expended in nuclear bomb test.
Template:USS Eniwetok Template:Dts Sank in Typhoon.
Template:USS Eniwetok Template:Dts Sank in Typhoon.
Template:USS off Saipan Template:Dts Cause undetermined.

Harbor tugboats (YT, YTM)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Subic Bay, Philippines Template:Dts Probably destroyed during the Japanese occupation of the Olongapo Naval Station.
Template:USS Cavite, Philippines Template:Dts Probably destroyed in an air raid at Cavite Navy Yard.
Template:USS Cavite, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed to prevent capture.
Template:USS Off Corregidor, P.I. Template:Dts Scuttled at Naval Base Manila to prevent capture. Raised by Japanese and renamed Taiyo Maru. Sunk by US aircraft about 15 January 1944.[18]
Template:USS Off Anzio, Italy Template:Dts Sunk by mine.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Foundered while under tow to Palmyra, Western Australia.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk after colliding with ABSD-2 midway between the California coast and the Hawaiian Islands.
Template:USS Marshall or Gilbert Islands Template:Dts No sources have been found which confirm the fate of YTM-467.

Water barges (YW)

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Captured by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Captured by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Captured by Japanese forces.

Other district craft

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy aircraft during attack on Cavite Navy Yard. Later salvaged and used by Japanese.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Either sunk by Japanese or destroyed to prevent capture.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese gunfire.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines Template:Dts Destroyed by enemy action.
Template:USS Off New Caledonia Template:Dts Struck a reef and broke up.
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Lost under tow about 50 miles northwest of Colon, Panama.
Template:USS At Pearl Harbor Template:Dts Sunk and later raised and stricken.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Guam Template:Dts Captured by Japanese forces.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS In Gulf of Alaska, off Zaikof Point
on Montague Island
Template:Dts Broke loose from US Army tug LT-373. All crewmembers rescued.
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts
Template:USS Philippines Template:Dts Sunk by Japanese.

Coast Guard cutters

Name Location Date Cause
Template:USS Template:Coord
Off Plymouth, Massachusetts
Template:Dts Fire[19]
Template:USS Off Okinawa Template:Dts Lost in storm[19]
Template:USS Off France Template:Dts Lost in storm[19]
Template:USS Template:Coord Template:Dts Collision with SC-1330[19]
Template:USS Off France Template:Dts Lost in storm[20]
Template:USS (ex-Catamount #229192) Off Ambrose Light New York Template:Dts Explosion of unknown cause.[19]
Template:USCGC (WAGL-200) Caribbean Sea Template:Dts Shelled and sunk by Template:GS[21]
Template:USCGC (WPG-34) Off Iceland Template:Dts Torpedoed by Template:GS[22]
Template:USCGC (WSC-128) Off Cape Hatteras Template:Dts Foundered in hurricane[19]
Template:USCGC (WYP-342) Gulf of Mexico Template:Dts Stranded during a rescue attempt[19]
Template:USCGC (WYP-353) Caribbean Sea Template:Dts Foundered in gale, near Puerto Rico.[19]
Template:USCGC (WPG-77) Template:Coord Template:Dts Sunk by torpedo or mine off Greenland.
Template:USCGC (WPC-142) Off Cape Hatteras Template:Dts Foundered in hurricane.[23]
Template:USS (WAG-48) In North Atlantic Ocean Template:Dts Sunk by Template:GS
Natsek (WYP-170) Belle Island Strait Template:Sort Unknown: Probably capsized due to icing in a gale.[24]
Template:USCGC (LV-73) Vineyard Sound Template:Dts Foundered in hurricane.[19]
Template:USCGC (WYP-333) Off Cape Hatteras Template:Dts Foundered in gale.[19]

Four, possibly five, Coast Guard cutters were lost due to enemy action, all others were lost in accidents.

US Army ships

Name Location Date Cause
FS-255 Talomo Bay, Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines Template:Dts Struck by torpedo. Crewed by Coast Guard. 4 killed.
FS-406 Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands Template:Dts Wrecked by Typhoon Ida.

See also

References

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