U.S. Navy Ships Sunk & Damaged Beyond Repair During World War II

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U.S. Navy Warships
Battleship (BB)

USS Arizona (BB-39) destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombs at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
7 December 1941, and stricken from the Navy List, 1 December 1942.

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 December 1941.

Aircraft Carrier (CV)

USS Hornet (CV-8) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, 26 October 1942.

USS Lexington (CV-2) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942.

USS Wasp (CV-7) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 south of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 15 September 1942.

USS Yorktown (CV-5) damaged by aircraft bombs on 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway and sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168, 7 June 1942.

Aircraft Carrier, Small (CVL)

USS Princeton (CVL-23) sunk after being bombed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944.

Aircraft Carrier, Escort (CVE)

USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) sunk by Kamikaze aircraft off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 21 February 1945.

USS Block Island (CVE-21) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-549 northwest of the Canary Islands, 29 May 1944.

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) sunk by gunfire of Japanese warships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf off Samar, Philippine Islands, 25 October 1944.

USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-175 off Gilbert Islands, 24 November 1943.

USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) sunk by Kamikaze attack south of Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 4 January 1945.

USS St. Lo (CVE-63) sunk by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf off Samar, Philippine Islands, 25 October 1944.

Heavy Cruiser (CA)

USS Astoria (CA-34) sunk by gunfire of Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 9 August 1942.

USS Chicago (CA-29) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Rennel, Solomon Islands, 29 - 30 January 1943.

USS Houston (CA-30) sunk by gunfire and torpedoes of Japanese warships in Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942.

USS Indianapolis (CA-35) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58 in the Philippine Sea, 29 July 1945.

USS Northampton (CA-26) torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Oyashio on 30 November 1942 during the Battle of Tassafaronga and sank on 1 December 1942.

USS Quincy (CA-39) sunk by gunfire and torpedoes of Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 9 August 1942.

USS Vincennes (CA-44) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 9 August 1942.

Light Cruiser (CL)

USS Atlanta (CL-51) scuttled off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, after being damaged by gunfire from Japanese warships during the Battle of Guadalcanal,
13 November 1942.

USS Helena (CL-50) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese warships during the Battle of Kula Gulf, Solomon Islands, 6 July 1943.

USS Juneau (CL-52) sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26 after being torpedoed during the Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.

Destroyer (DD)

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) sunk after being bombed by Japanese aircraft off Tagoma Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 7 April 1943.

USS Abner Read (DD-526) sunk by Kamikaze attack in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands,
1 November 1944.

USS Barton (DD-599) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 13 November 1942.

USS Beatty (DD-640) sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria, 6 November 1943.

USS Benham (DD-397) Sunk after being damaged by a torpedo from a Japanese warship off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 15 November 1942.

USS Blue (DD-387) scuttled after being torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Kawakaze in Savo Sound, Solomon Islands, 22 August 1942.

USS Borie (DD-215) sunk as a result of damage received on the 1 November 1943 ramming of the German submarine U-405 in the North Atlantic, north of the Azores, 2 November, 1943.

USS Bristol (DD-453) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-371 off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria, 12 October 1943.

USS Brownson (DD-518) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island, 26 December 1943.

USS Buck (DD-420) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-616 off Salerno, Italy, 9 October 1943.

USS Bush (DD-529) sunk after being hit by three Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 6 April 1945.

USS Callaghan (DD-792) sunk after being hit by one Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 28 July 1945.

USS Chevalier (DD-451) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese destroyer and damaged in a collision with USS O'Bannon (DD-450) off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 October 1943.

USS Colhoun (DD-801) sunk after being hit by four Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 6 April 1945.

USS Cooper (DD-695) sunk after being torpedoed in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 3 December 1944.

USS Corry (DD-463) sunk by a mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944.

USS Cushing (DD-376) sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 13 November 1942.

USS De Haven (DD-469) sunk after being bombed by Japanese aircraft off Savo, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943.

USS Drexler (DD-741) sunk after being hit by two Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 28 May 1945.

USS Duncan (DD-485) sunk after being damaged by gunfire from Japanese off Savo, Solomon Islands, 12 October 1942.

USS Edsall (DD-219) sunk by Japanese warships south of Java, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942.

USS Evans (DD-552) seriously damaged by four Kamikaze aircraft, 11 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Glennon (DD-620) sunk by a mine and gunfire from German shore batteries off Quineville, Normandy, France, 10 June 1944.

USS Gwin (DD-433) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese destroyers in Kula Gulf, Solomon Islands, 13 July 1943.

USS Haggard (DD-555) seriously damaged by Kamikaze aircraft, 29 April 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Halligan (DD-584) sunk after striking a mine off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 26 March 1945.

USS Hammann (DD-412) sunk after being torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-168 northeast of Midway Island, 6 June 1942.

USS Henley (DD-391) sunk after being torpedoed by the Japanese submarine RO-108 off Cape Cretin, New Guinea, 3 October 1943.

USS Hoel (DD-533) sunk by Japanese warships off Samar, Philippine Islands, 25 October 1944.

USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) seriously damaged by a aircraft bomb and two Kamikaze aircraft, 11 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Hull (DD-350) foundered during a typhoon in the Philippine Sea, 18 December 1944.

USS Hutchins (DD-476) seriously damaged by a Japanese suicide boat, 27 April 1945, in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Ingraham (DD-444) sunk after a collision in fog with the USS Chemung (AO-30) in the North Atlantic, 22 August 1942.

USS Jacob Jones (DD-393) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-578 off Cape May, New Jersey, 28 February 1942.

USS Jarvis (DD-393) sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 9 August 1942.

USS Johnston (DD-557) sunk by Japanese warships off Samar, Philippine Islands,
25 October 1944.

USS Laffey (DD-459) sunk by the Japanese battleship Hiei off Savo, Solomon Islands,
13 November 1942.

USS Lansdale (DD-426) sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft off Cape Bengut, Algeria, 20 April 1944.

USS Leary (DD-158) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-275 in the North Atlantic, 24 December 1943.

USS Leutze (DD-481) seriously damaged by one Kamikaze aircraft, 6 April 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Little (DD-803) sunk after being hit by four Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 3 May 1945.

USS Longshaw (DD-559) Destroyed by Japanese shore batteries after running aground off Naha airfield, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 18 May 1945.

USS Luce (DD-522) sunk after being hit by two Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 3 May 1945.

USS Maddox (DD-622) sunk after being bombed by German aircraft off Gela, Sicily,
10 July 1943.

USS Mahan (DD-364) sunk after being hit by three Kamikaze aircraft in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 7 December 1944.

USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) sunk by Kamikaze aircraft and glider bomb attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 12 April 1945.

USS Meredith (DD-434) sunk by Japanese aircraft near San Cristobal, Solomon Islands, 15 October 1942.

USS Meredith (DD-726) sunk by German aircraft after being damaged by a mine in the Bay of the Seine, Normandy, France, 9 June 1944.

USS Monaghan (DD-354) foundered during a typhoon in the Philippine Sea, 18 December 1944.

USS Monssen (DD-436) sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 13 November 1942.

USS Morris (DD-417) seriously damaged by Kamikaze aircraft, 6 April 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Morrison (DD-560) sunk after being hit by four Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945.

USS Newcombe (DD-586) seriously damaged by three Kamikaze aircraft, 6 April 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS O'Brien (DD-415) torpedoed 15 September 1942 by Japanese submarine I-15 north of Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, and foundered off Samoa en route to base, 19 October 1942.

USS Parrott (DD-218) scrapped after being damaged beyond repair in a collision with the SS John Norton at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 2 May 1944.

USS Peary (DD-226) sunk by Japanese aircraft at Darwin Harbor, Australia, 19 February 1942.

USS Perkins (DD-377) sunk in collision with HMAS Duntroon off Cape Vogel, New Guinea, 29 November 1943.

USS Pillsbury (DD-227) sunk by Japanese warships east of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 1-4 March 1942.

USS Pope (DD-225) sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Java Sea, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942.

USS Porter (DD-356) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21 near Santa Cruz Island, east of the Solomon Islands, 26 October 1943.

USS Preston (DD-379) sunk by Japanese cruiser Nagara off Savo, Solomon Islands,
14 November 1942.

USS Pringle (DD-477) sunk by Kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 April 1945.

USS Reid (DD-369) sunk after being hit by two Kamikaze aircraft off Limasawa Island, Philippine Islands, 11 December 1944.

USS Reuben James (DD-245) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-562 south of Iceland, 31 October 1941.

USS Rowan (DD-405) sunk after being torpedoed by German motor torpedo boat off Salerno, Italy, 11 September 1943.

USS Shubrick (DD-639) seriously damaged by one Kamikaze aircraft, 29 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Sims (DD-409) sunk by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May 1942.

USS Spence (DD-512) capsized during a typhoon in the Philippine Sea, 18 December 1944.

USS Stewart (DD-224) captured by the Japanese after being scuttled in a drydock at Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 2 March 1942.

USS Strong (DD-467) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese destroyer off New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 5 July 1943.

USS Sturtevant (DD-240) sunk by a mine off Marquesas Key, Florida, 26 April 1942.

USS Thatcher (DD-514) seriously damaged by one Kamikaze aircraft, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Truxtun (DD-229) wrecked in a gale at Chamber's Cove, Newfoundland, 18 February 1942.

USS Tucker (DD-374) sunk by a mine in Segond Channel, New Hebrides, 4 August 1942.

USS Turner (DD-648) sunk by explosion off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 3 January 1944.

USS Twiggs (DD-591) sunk by a Kamikaze aircraft after being torpedoed off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 June 1945.

USS Walke (DD-416) sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from Japanese warships off Savo, Solomon Islands, 14 November 1942.

USS Warrington (DD-383) foundered in a hurricane north of the Bahamas Islands,
13 September 1944.

USS William D. Porter (DD-579) sunk after being hit by one Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 10 June 1945.

USS Worden (DD-352) Wrecked off Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, 12 January 1943.

Destroyer, Escort Vessel (DE)

USS England (DE-635) seriously damaged by one Kamikaze aircraft, 9 May 1945, off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, and not repaired after the end of the war.

USS Eversole (DE-404) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45 east of Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 October 1944.

USS Fechteler (DE-157) sunk afte
  
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