One of the bombs hit the bridge, killing the ship's commanding officer. The enemy planes approached through low clouds on the starboard side through heavy anti-aircraft fire which downed two of the attackers. Both the hangar and flight decks were heavily damaged. USSMonssen(DD-436) was operating as a part Task Group 67.4 under command of Rear Admiral Callaghan on 1314 November 1942 when the task force engaged in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Just 90 minutes after the Japanese fleet turned away, "Taffy 3" came under attack from kamikaze planes. St. USS LCT(6)-579 sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 4 October 1944. Although the enemy plane was shot down, one of the torpedoes it launched hit the ship's stern, killing one man, damaging steering and the fantail. (The Japanese also inflicted a toll on . By 16:00, the fires were out of control and the remaining personnel were evacuated. Bailey returned to service in October 1943. On 3 February 1945, Barbel sent out a message reporting to her nearby wolfpack that she had been attacked on three occasions by Japanese submarine hunting aircraft. There are no Japanese records of attacks on submarines listed for the area and dates when Seawolf disappeared. USSAulick(DD-569) was performing anti-submarine patrols near the entrance to Leyte Gulf on 29 November 1944 when at 1750 she was targeted by six "Oscar's". Buchanan was a victim of friendly fire, accidentally being struck by several shells later identified as US-made. The center third of the ship quickly sank but the bow and stern remained afloat for some time before flooding caused them both to point upward as they filled with water. USS LSM-318 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 December 1944. The other warhead detonated four decks below topside, killing 46 men and wounding several others. USS YC-1272 lost near San Pedro, California, June 1945. USSYMS-50 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 18 June 1945. Japanese records examined postwar indicate the attacking Japanese escort ships had observed oil and wood chips covering the area where depth charges had been dropped. USSFinch(AM-9) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 11 April 1942. The ship would receive repairs at Pearl Harbor and return to service by 6 February 1943. The ship was towed to the Admiralty Islands and made enough repairs to sail to the west coast. USS LCS(L)(3)-7 sunk by Suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. Sumner was damaged by a near missed bomb which threw fragments across the deck wounding thirteen men, she was also hit by a shore battery which caused negligible damage. USSNicholson(DD-442) was participating in the conquest of Seeadler Harbor during the Admiralty Islands campaign on 6 March 1944 when the ship was assigned to draw fire from an enemy battery on nearby Hauwei Island. Map of World War 2 Shipwrecks - Brilliant Maps USSGeorge F. Elliott(AP-13) damaged by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, scuttled by destroyer Hull (DD-350), 8 August 1942. At 20:00, the Coast Guard cutter contacted Pearl Harbor for help. USSColhoun(DD-85) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies to Guadalcanal when on 30 Aug 1942 while offloading near Kukum Point she was attacked by Japanese dive bombers. USSLong(DMS-12) sunk by kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 6 January 1945. For at least 30 minutes, secondary explosions in the turret and its ammunition supply rooms hampered firefighting efforts. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. At 18:18, the torpedoes stored in the aft end of the ship finally detonated, collapsing the flight deck and launching debris onto the destroyers who were rescuing survivors. USS SC-709 grounded off Cape Breton, France, 21 January 1943. The crash jammed the ship's steering gear, causing a near collision with the huge Essex class carrier. One of the warheads hit her port side, exploding the aviation fuel storage tanks forward of Turret 1 and folding the bow down to over 70 degrees. USS YP-345 sunk south-east of Midway Island, 31 October 1942. The submarine reported attacking a convoy on 20 March one hundred twenty miles northeast of Okinawa, close to an area which had been restricted to US subs due to its heavy presence of mines. USSCony(DD-508) was supporting landing operations on the Treasury Islands on 27 October 1943 when she came under attack from several Japanese dive bombers. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Thirteen men were killed and nineteen wounded in this action. The plane's right wing hit the torpedo director and pilot house while the fuselage struck the forward stack and exploded. The concussion blew two gaping holes in the keel which flooded nearby compartments, killing nine crewmen. USSNauset(AT-89) sunk by German aircraft in the Gulf of Salerno, Italy, 9 September 1943. On 7 April 1945, a kamikaze cartwheeled across the flight deck and crashed into a group of planes, while its bomb hit the port catapult causing a tremendous explosion, killing 62 and wounding 71. USSHazelwood(DD-531) was escorting carriers off Okinawa on 29 April 1945 when the task force was attacked by kamikazes. USS YF-487 lost in the Caribbean Sea, 18 July 1943. Grounded and partially sunk in a typhoon. USS YF-86 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. After shooting down six, she was hit nearly instantaneously by five suicide planes in a well-coordinated attack. USS YA-52 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Meredith lost thirty-five of her men killed, another twenty-five wounded. Kalk made for San Francisco to make repairs and returned to fight the war in October 1944. USS LST-496 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 11 June 1944. Twelve men scalded to death and eight more were wounded. Only two YPs were lost due to enemy action. USS LST-472 sunk by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 December 1944. Shortly before midnight, the American ships sprung their trap on the surprised Japanese and a thunderous gun fight ensued. The ship returned to service in March 1945. USS LCT(5)-293 sunk in English Channel, 11 October 1944. The submarine; most likely Barbel, disappeared under the waves in flames and smoke. Submarine tender. During her participation in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, she was hit by one bomb during a dive bomber attack which landed on the roof of the main turret. She lost 147 of her crew. Zellars lost all power temporarily but damage control was able to put all fires out. USS LCT(6)-597 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Two more kamikazes would make successive direct hits on the ship's aft fireroom, adding to the carnage. Longshaw's crew lost eighty-six men killed including the captain, and ninety-five more were wounded. She rolled on her side and went down at 03:00 after receiving a final torpedo hit. Portland was eventually able to correct the steering problem and withdraw on her own. Debris and oil were then observed to float to the surface where the charges were dropped, enough to convince the Japanese they had sunk the submarine. USSBoise(CL-47) was with the task force which on the night of 1112 October 1942, encountered a force of Japanese cruisers and destroyers to the west of Guadalcanal. Foundered and sinks off Coos Bay, Oregon. Despite putting up a fierce storm of anti-aircraft fire downing four planes in the process; Cony was suffered at least two hits on the main deck that killed eight and wounded ten. 12 November 1942, and capsized while under tow off Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, 5 December 1942. YP-183 destroyed by grounding on the west coast of Hawaii, 12 January 1943. A mushroom cloud erupted, rising thousands of feet above the wreck of Liscome Bay. USS YC-716 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSPurdy(DD-734) was patrolling some sixty miles off Okinawa on 12 April 1945 with USSCassin Young(DD-793) when the ships and their escorts were attacked by a large formation of Japanese kamikazes. She was also forced to dodge torpedo attacks launched by the Japanese destroyer screen. On 7 April 1945, Maryland was struck by a kamikaze again, which landed onto a 20mm gun mount located on top of turret number 3. A second Zero was splashed by the ship's port batteries. The burning ship floated for several hours in "Ironbottom Sound" before finally sinking. USS LST-313 sunk by German aircraft off Gela, Sicily, 10 July 1943. USSIndianapolis(CA-35) was operating off Okinawa on 31 March 1945; when Indianapolis lookouts spotted a Japanese Nakajima Ki-43"Oscar" fighter as it emerged from the morning twilight and dived vertically towards the bridge. Forty-six crewmen were killed by the suicide plane; including the commanding officer, another twenty six were wounded. USSShelton(DE-407) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-41 off Morotai Island, 3 October 1944. USSHolder(DE-401) scrapped after being torpedoed by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria, 11 April 1944. On January 21, a plane returning from a sortie made a normal landing, taxied forward abreast of the ship's island and disintegrated in a blinding explosion that killed 50 men and wounded 75. PT-135 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Crater Point, New Britain, 12 April 1944. From August 1943 Minneapolis would go on to serve in every major American operation in the Pacific save Iwo Jima. On her way home, the crew got revenge by sinking the U-boat believed to have torpedoed her. The first two planes struck the ship on her portside at the waterline causing flooding and fires, while an "Oscar" slammed into her starboard side causing a large fire and stopping the ship dead in the water. The flooding disabled the ship's engines and left her immobilized and without electrical power. The ship would return to service in June 1944, awarded eleven battle stars for her service in WWII, and finally scrapped in 1960. At 01:47, a torpedo, probably from Japanese cruiser Kako, hit Chicago's bow, sending a shock wave throughout the ship that damaged the main battery director. USSPeary(DD-226) was moored at Cavite, Philippines, when she was struck on her superstructure by a high-level bomber which killed 8 men on 10 December 1941. Evidence suggests that the Seawolf may have been the victim of friendly fire, as the destroyer escort USSRichard M. Rowell(DE-403) attacked and dropped depth charges on what the crew believed to be a Japanese submarine which had just sunk USSShelton(DE-407) not far from Morotai Island, however the Japanese submarine in the area had been able to escape unscathed. Although several were shot down, at least six bombers were able to launch their warheads. Seawolf exchanged radar recognition signals with the submarine USSNarwhal(SS-167) at 0756 on the morning of 3 October off the island of Morotai, but was never heard from again. USSShahaka(YT-368) sunk after collision with ABSD-2 midway during transit from California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 9 May 1944. The Japanese did not return fire for several minutes as the Americans stunning cannonade scored many hits and sinking one destroyer; Takanami. The Japanese took the bait and sank the ship along with its escort (LSM-59) on 21 June 1945. USS YMS-472 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. Lo became the first major warship to sink as the result of a kamikaze attack. USS LCT(5)-197 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS PC-815 sunk by collision with USSLaffey(DD-724) off San Diego, California, 11 September 1945. The Japanese directed their fire onto Hopewell, hitting the destroyer at least four times and knocking out her battery control station and a five-inch turret. Fires on the flight deck caused ammunition within the burning aircraft and anti-aircraft guns to detonate, further complicating matters. A bomb had struck the Downes which was alongside the Cassin in drydock and started uncontrollable fires. PT-339 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. She was hit by a torpedo, several 250kg bombs, and possibly an 800kg bomb. Four small fires were kindled by these shells, but they were quickly put under control, along with a minor issue with flooding. 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. While patrolling the Surigao Strait on the afternoon of 5 December 1944, a lone "Val" kamikaze managed to slip past her antiaircraft fire and struck the Mugford on her portside. USSWard(APD-16) damaged by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands; scuttled by destroyer O'Brien (DD-725), 7 December 1944. She returned to active duty the day after the Battle of Midway ended. Many salvos exploded close aboard or passed directly overhead; and, though no destroyer fire hit Kalinin Bay directly, she took ten more eight-inch hits from the now obscured cruisers. One hundred sixty of her men were lost including nineteen of her twenty one officers. The ship was showered with burning debris, falling iron, and burning oil when USS Arizona exploded just to the aft of the ship. Captured by Imperial Japanese Army. Despite the damage, Louisville continued bombarding enemy positions and shot down several planes before she put in for repairs. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. A terrific explosion followed which created a large fire, and cooked off 40mm ammunition. . A second torpedo hit but failed to explode, and a shell hit the cruiser's mainmast, killing two crewmen. After shooting down several kamikazes Suwanee was hit by an enemy plane at 08:04 about 40 feet forward of the after elevator. The bridge, carpenter shop, "Battle II," and radio antenna trunks all were hit by the first salvo. After repairs and an overhaul, Shubrick was transferred to the Pacific theater. A total of seventy-eight men were lost with Tang. PT-301 damaged by explosion in port and scrapped, Mios Woendi, New Guinea, 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. Pearl Harbor: Attack, Deaths & Facts | HISTORY The plane's bomb pierced through the portside before exploding outside of the ship. Sunk accidentally by her own depth charges. One hundred ninety-one men were lost with Cooper. USS YC-857 lost off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 12 November 1943. 51 were killed and 81 were wounded. Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling. The resulting explosion detonated the ship's aft magazine storage enveloping the destroyer in flame. Grunion was never heard from again, and never returned to port. On 14 February 1945 while operating off Luzon in Mariveles Bay, the La Vallette struck a mine that seriously damaged the ship and required her to be towed. The submarine was never seen or heard from again by friendly forces. Despite the losses, Wasp continued operations with 27 minutes of the strike. Her list increased, first to 10 and then 15. The crew of Luce lost one hundred forty-nine dead and ninety-four more were wounded. In the ensuring Battle of Cape Esperance, Farenholt was hit by shells below the waterline from both Japanese and American guns causing concerning flooding. USS YC-899 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. All battle damage was repaired and she was given a major refit. Both sides sighted each other at 16:00 on 27 February and opened fire soon after closing range; marking the start of the Battle of Java Sea. Kadashan Bay would have to retire for repairs before finishing the war. After six months of stateside repairs, Portland rejoined the fleet in early June 1943. USSLexington(CV-2) was hit by two armor-piercing bombs and two torpedoes on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. Nineteen men were killed and another twenty were seriously wounded. Gunfire managed to bring several attackers down but one enemy plane made it through the fierce defensive fire to crash into Howorth's superstructure and her main battery gun. The plane then circled and completed its kamikaze mission with a suicide crash into Twiggs on the ship's aft section. Postwar records indicate Japanese anti-submarine planes, and escort vessels attacked an American sub in the area on 28 March until a large oil slick appeared. Japanese destroyer Harukaze came to assist the stricken freighter and attacked the submerged American sub until oil, bubbles, and debris came to the surface, leaving few doubts about the fate of the Shark and her eighty-seven crewmen.