List of United States Navy losses in World War II explained

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

Combatants

Battleships (BB)

Hull number	Location	Cause
BB-39	21.35°N -214°W, Pearl Harbor	Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs.
BB-37	Pearl Harbor	Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes 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)

Hull number	Ship class	Location	Cause
CV-2		-15.2°N 182°W, Battle of the Coral Sea	Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs and torpedoes
CV-5		30.6°N -210°W, Battle of Midway	Crippled by carrier-based aircraft bombs and torpedoes, sank after being torpedoed by
CV-7	(smaller design variant)	-12.4167°N 172°W	Torpedoed by
CV-8		-8.6333°N 209°W, Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands	Disabled by carrier-based aircraft bombs and torpedoes and abandoned, hull torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyers
CVL-23		15.35°N 154°W, Battle of Leyte Gulf	Sunk by land-based aircraft bomb

Escort aircraft carriers (CVE)

Hull number	Location	Cause
CVE-56	2.9°N 202°W	Torpedoed by
CVE-21	31.2167°N -26°W	Torpedoed by
CVE-73	11.5167°N 138°W, Battle off Samar	Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire
CVE-63	11.2167°N 131°W, Battle off Samar	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft
CVE-79	11.4167°N 140°W	Struck by Kamikaze aircraft and scuttled.
CVE-95	24.0392°N 141.3136°W, Battle of Iwo Jima	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft

Heavy cruisers (CA)

Hull number	Location	Cause
CA-30	-5.8333°N 160°W, Battle of Sunda Strait	Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes
CA-34	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island	Sunk by naval gunfire
CA-39	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island	Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes
CA-44	-9.1214°N 159.88°W, Battle of Savo Island	Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes
CA-26	-9.2°N 209°W, Battle of Tassafaronga	Sunk by naval torpedoes
CA-29	-11.4167°N 216°W, Battle of Rennell Island	Sunk by land-based aircraft torpedoes
CA-35	12.0333°N 182°W, Philippine Sea	Torpedoed by

Light cruisers (CL)

Hull number	Location	Cause
CL-51	Off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal	Heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes and friendly fire from during night action after being mistaken for a Japanese destroyer, scuttled the following day.
CL-52	-10.5667°N 165°W, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal	Torpedoed by
CL-50	-7.7667°N 168°W, Battle of Kula Gulf	Sunk by naval torpedoes

Destroyers (DD)

Hull Number	Location	Cause
DD-483	-9.1667°N 172°W	Sunk by bombs from land-based aircraft.
DD-526	10.7833°N 147°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-599	Off Guadalcanal, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal	Torpedoed by .
DD-640	37.1667°N 6°W	Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedo.
DD-397	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal	Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo.
DD-387	-9.2833°N 162°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-215	50.2°N -78°W	Sunk after collision with which also sank.
DD-453	37.3167°N 25°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-518	-5.3333°N 173°W	Sunk by land-based aircraft bombs.
DD-420	40°N 44°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-529	27.2667°N 175°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-792	25.7167°N 181°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-451	-7.5°N 170°W Battle of Vella Lavella	Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo.
DD-801	27.2667°N 175°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-695	10.9°N 160°W	Torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Take.
DD-463	49.5167°N -12°W	Sunk by German shore batteries.
DD-376	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal	Sunk by naval gunfire.
DD-469	-9.15°N 211°W	Sunk by aircraft bombs.
DD-741	27.1°N 165°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-485	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Cape Esperance	Sunk by naval gunfire.
DD-219	-13.75°N 151°W	Sunk by naval gunfire and carrier-based aircraft bombs.
DD-552	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-620	50.5333°N -13°W	Sunk by German shore batteries.
DD-433	-7.6833°N 184°W, Battle of Kolombangara	Sunk by torpedoes from Japanese destroyers.
DD-555	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-584	26.1667°N 157°W	Sunk by naval mine.
DD-412	30.6°N -210°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-391	-7.6667°N 154°W	Sunk by torpedo from Japanese submarine Ro-108.
DD-533	-11.7667°N 159°W, Battle off Samar	Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire
DD-774	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-350	14.95°N 185°W	Sunk in typhoon.
DD-476	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired.
DD-444	42.5667°N -65°W	Sunk in collision with the oil tanker
DD-130	38.7°N -113°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-393	-9.7°N 217°W	Sunk by Japanese aerial torpedo.
DD-557	11.7667°N 135°W, Battle off Samar	Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire.
DD-459	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal	Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire.
DD-426	37.05°N 54°W	Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedoes.
DD-158	45°N -22°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-481	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-803	26.4°N 141°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-559	26.1833°N 164°W	Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding.
DD-522	26.5833°N 137°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-622	36.8667°N 69°W	Sunk by German land-based aircraft bombs.
DD-364	10.8333°N 154°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-733	27.4167°N 185°W	Sunk by rocket-powered Ohka aircraft bomb .
DD-434	-11.8833°N 183°W	Sunk by aircraft from .
DD-726	49.55°N -7°W	Sunk by naval mine.
DD-354	14.95°N 185°W	Sunk in typhoon.
DD-436	-9.0667°N 213°W, Battle of Guadalcanal	Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire.
DD-417	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-560	27.1667°N 185°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-586	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-415	-13.5°N -189°W	Torpedoed by
DD-218	Boston, Massachusetts	Irreparably damaged after being rammed by, later towed to Norfolk, Virginia and scrapped.
DD-226	-12.475°N 130.8292°W, Bombing of Darwin	Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs in Darwin Harbour
DD-377	Off New Guinea	Sunk after being rammed by Australian troopship Duntroon.
DD-227	-14.5°N 136°W	Sank in surface action with Japanese cruisers and .
DD-225	-4°N 141°W	Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs.
DD-356	-8.5333°N 184°W	Fate uncertain: Torpedoed by or by errant torpedo from US TBF Avenger.
DD-379	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal	Sunk by naval gunfire by .
DD-477	27.4167°N 185°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-369	9.8333°N 179°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-245	51.9833°N -32°W	Torpedoed by .
DD-405	40.1167°N 32°W	Torpedoed by a German E-boat.
DD-373	Leyte, Philippines	Grounded and not repaired.
DD-639	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-409	Coral Sea	Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs.
DD-512	14.95°N 185°W	Sunk in typhoon.
DD-224	Off Surabaya, Java	Scuttled but salvaged by Japanese as Patrol Boat No. 102 (Sunk in 1946 as target ship).
DD-467	Kula Gulf, Solomons	Sunk by aerial torpedo and shore batteries.
DD-240	Off Key West, Florida	Sunk in American-laid minefield.
DD-514	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DD-229	Placentia Bay, Newfoundland	Sunk after accidental grounding in a storm.
DD-374	Off Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides	Sunk by naval mine.
DD-648	Off Ambrose Light, New York	Sunk by internal explosions.
DD-591	26.1333°N 162°W	Sunk by aerial torpedo and Kamikaze aircraft.
DD-416	Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal	Sunk by naval gunfire.
DD-383	27°N -73°W	Sank in a hurricane.
DD-579	27.1°N 165°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft
DD-352	Amchitka Island, Aleutians	Sunk after accidental grounding.

Destroyer escorts (DE)

Hull Number	Location	Date	Cause
DE-56	North Atlantic Ocean		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.
DE-635	Off Okinawa		Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.
DE-404	10.1667°N 155°W		Presumed torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45.
DE-157	36.1167°N -42°W		Torpedoed by .
DE-143	47.1833°N -62°W		Torpedoed by .
DE-136	43.8667°N -55°W		Sunk by .
DE-401	Mediterranean Sea		Irreparably damaged by German aircraft torpedo.
DE-319	58.7333°N -75°W	10 March 1944	Torpedoed by .
DE-344	Off Okinawa, Ryukyus		Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft.
DE-695	49.5167°N -11°W Utah Beach		Sunk by German mines.
DE-197	Off Eniwetok		Irreparably damaged by naval mine.
DE-413	Off Samar Island, Battle off Samar		Sunk by naval gunfire.
DE-407	2.5333°N 142°W		Torpedoed by Japanese Kaichū type submarine Ro-41.
DE-221	Naval Ammo Depot, Earle, New Jersey		Accidental explosion. Damaged beyond repair and scuttled on 9 June 1946.
DE-682	19.3333°N 168°W		Sunk by kaiten suicide torpedo.

Submarines (SS)

Hull Number	Ship Class	Location	Cause
SS-218		Japanese home waters	Presumed sunk by naval mine off northeastern Hokkaidō.
SS-219		Off New Britain	Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. 18.
SM-1		Off New Britain	Sunk by Japanese destroyers and .
SS-316		Off Borneo	Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
SS-223		Sea of Japan	Sunk by Japanese depth charge attack by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207.
SS-332		Java Sea	Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war.
SS-289		Celebes Sea	Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or .
SS-290		off Mindanao	Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu (ex-).
SS-226		off Truk	Torpedoed by .
SS-227		Palawan Passage, Philippines	Accidentally grounded and scuttled after sinking and chasing .
SS-248		near the Panama Canal Zone	Possibly sunk by friendly fire air attack (PBM Mariner of Patrol Squadron 210) or possibly mines laid by .
SS-294		Yellow Sea	Probably sunk by naval mine.
SS-250		Balabac Strait, Philippines	Sunk by naval mine.
SS-361		Japanese home waters	Sunk by Japanese patrol vessel Miya Maru and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru.
SS-207		Off New Britain	Sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyers and or by 958th Kōkūtai naval aircraft.
SS-208		Ryukyu Islands	Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
SS-209		Lingayen Gulf, Philippines	Fate unknown: possibly rammed by transport Hokuan Maru.
SS-210		Strait of Malacca	Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft.
SS-215		Philippine waters	Sunk by, and kaibokan Chiburi and "CD-19".
SS-216		Aleutian waters-10 miles north of Kiska Island	Sunk by accident following circular run of her own torpedo.^[3]
SS-211		Maug Islands or possibly Iwo Jima	Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft.
SS-232		Bashi Channel, Philippines	Severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and not repaired to operational condition. Decommissioned on 18 July 1945.
SS-257		Dasol Bay, Philippines	Depth charged by kaibokan CD-22.
SS-233		Kurile Islands	Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries.
SS-369		Ryukyu Islands	Fate unknown: lost either to Japanese submarine or to mines.
SS-371		Gulf of Thailand	Sunk by .
SS-296		Boston Navy Yard	Sank at her mooring due to flooding and was refloated but not repaired. Decommissioned on 24 March 1945 after only 40 days in commission.
SS-176	Porpoise class	Java Sea	Scuttled after being damaged by .
SS-177	Porpoise class	off northern Honshu	Cause unknown; possibly sunk by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru.
SS-181	Porpoise class	off northern Honshu	Fate unknown: possibly sunk by naval mine.
SS-89	R class	Off Key West, Florida	Sunk by accidental flooding.
SS-273		West of Palawan Island	Probably sunk by naval mine.
SS-275		off Hokkaidō	Fate unknown: possibly lost to a mine.
SS-131	S class	Gulf of Panama	Accidentally rammed by submarine chaser .
SS-132	S class	Amchitka Island, Alaska	Accidental grounding.
SS-133	S class	off Oahu, Hawaii	Foundered while diving in an ASW exercise; cause unknown.
SS-141	S class	Makassar Strait	Accidental grounding.
SS-144	S class	Off Rossel Island	Accidental grounding.
SS-155	S class	Kurile Islands	Sunk by gunfire from .
SS-277		Tokyo Bay	Probably sunk by kaibokan CD-4 with naval aircraft.
SS-278		East China Sea	Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine.
SS-191		Gilbert Islands	Scuttled after being damaged by .
SS-195		Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines	Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December.
SS-197		Off Morotai Island	Probably sunk by friendly fire from .
SS-174	Porpoise class	Molucca Sea	Fate unknown: possibly sunk by .
SS-314		Luzon Strait	Depth charged by .
SS-279		Off Hainan Island, South China Sea	Possibly sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kōkūtai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna.
SS-193		Ryukyu Islands	Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by kaibokan CD-4.
SS-306		Formosa Strait	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo.
SS-237		Ryukyu Islands	Sunk by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59; assisted by air attack.
SS-201		Admiralty Islands	Fate unknown: believed sunk by or subchaser CH-24.
SS-202		off Okinawa	Most likely sunk by depth charges from southeast of Okinawa in position 22º40'N, 131º45'E.
SS-284		off Palau Islands	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo.
SS-238		Japanese Home Waters - La Perouse Strait	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
	South of Java, N.E.I.		Sunk by gunfire by Japanese destroyers and .
	Off Portland, Maine		Torpedoed by .
	12.05°N -126°W		Damaged by in the Caribbean Sea; later capsized.
	Bismarck Sea		Sunk in an accidental collision.
	Off Okinawa		Accidentally grounded then sunk by US warships.
	26.2167°N 181°W		Sunk by mines off Okinawa.
	36.2833°N -103°W		Torpedoed by off the coast of North Carolina.
	38°N -79°W		Sunk after accidental collision with merchant tanker Camas Meadows.

River gunboats (PR)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	At Corregidor, P.I.		Scuttled then salvaged by IJN. Raised as Karatsu and helped sink . Sunk by on 3 March 1944.
	Off Corregidor, P.I.		Damaged by aerial bomb then scuttled.
	At Corregidor, P.I.		Sunk by land-based gunfire.
	At Shanghai China		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	Cause
(PY-26)	Off Atlantic Coast	Sunk by .^[4]
(PYc-9)	Off Delaware Capes	Collision with (DD-145).
(PY-32)	Off Okinawa	Sunk by Typhoon Louise after five collisions.
	At Corregidor, P.I.	Destroyed to prevent capture.
	At Corregidor, P.I.	Destroyed to prevent capture.
Perry	At Corregidor, P.I.	Destroyed to prevent capture.

Submarine chasers (PC/SC)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Off Puerto Rico		Collision with a freighter.
	37.3833°N -61°W		Sunk by torpedo from Italian submarine.
	38.6833°N 56°W		Sunk by .
	Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands		Grounded, broke in half and sank by Typhoon Louise.
	Off San Diego, California		Sunk by collision with .
	Off Luzon, P.I.		Sunk by Japanese suicide boat.
	Off Utah Beach, Normandy, France		Sunk by German coast artillery.
	26.4167°N 183°W		Damaged by kamikaze and later scuttled.
	-11.05°N 214°W		Foundered.
	Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands		Foundered in Typhoon Ida (1945).
	Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands		Foundered by Typhoon Louise.
	Off Palermo, Sicily		Sunk by German bombers.
	Off Palermo, Sicily		Bombed and sunk by German aircraft.
	Vella Lavella, Solomons		Sunk by accidental fire.
	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia		Grounded.
	-15.5333°N 153°W		Grounded on Great Barrier Reef.
	Tacloban Bay, P.I.		Sunk by Kamikaze.
	-21.9333°N 166°W		Grounded and sunk.
	Cook's Reef, Mai Island, New Hebrides		Grounded, abandoned and sunk.
	22.4667°N -114°W		Grounded and sunk. Salvaged and repaired. Decommissioned on 31 May 1945.
	35.2°N -131°W		Collided with and SS Cities Service Fuel and sank with all hands.
	In Bahama Islands		Grounded. Later salvaged and repaired.
	Off Attu, Aleutians		Foundered.

Patrol torpedo boats (PT)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	North Pacific		Damaged in storm^[5]
	Dora Harbor, Alaska		Wrecked in storm
	Subic Bay, Philippine Islands		Destroyed to prevent capture
	Sulu Sea		Destroyed to prevent capture
	Off Cape Santiago, Philippine Islands		Damaged by grounding and destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Cauit Island, Philippine Islands		Sunk by Japanese aircraft
	Cebu, Philippine Islands		Destroyed to prevent capture
	Off Guadalcanal, Solomons		Destroyed by
	Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands		Destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Guadalcanal, Solomons		Scuttled after damage by Japanese warships the previous day.
	09º10'S, 159º45'E Off Savo Island, Solomons		Destroyed by gunfire from Japanese destroyers.
	Off New Ireland		Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling.
	Off Tufi, New Guinea		Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling.
	New Guinea		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	Philippines		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Talin Pt., Luzon, P.I.		Destroyed by friendly fire due to false identification.
	Off Talin Pt., Luzon, P.I.		Destroyed by friendly fire due to false identification.
	Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island		Accidental gasoline fire.^[6]
	Blackett Strait, Solomons		Sunk by collision with .
	Off New Guinea		Sunk after collision.
	Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons		Destroyed by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze.
	Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons		Sunk by Japanese warships.
	Off Buna, New Guinea		Wrecked by grounding in friendly waters.
	Rendova Harbor, Solomons		Destroyed by Japanese aircraft.
	Vella Lavella, Solomons		Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Tufi, New Guinea		Accidentally destroyed by fire while fueling in port.
	-5°N 151°W		Destroyed in error by friendly fire from Allied aircraft
	Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands		Destroyed by Japanese aircraft.
	Off Cape Pus, New Guinea		Sunk by Japanese shore battery.
	-5.4833°N 161°W		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	New Guinea		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	New Guinea		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	Solomon Islands		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Munda Pt., Solomon Islands		Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.
	Ferguson Passage, Solomon Islands		Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
	-23.75°N 196°W		Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-17.
	Off New Georgia, Solomon Islands		Accidentally strafed and sunk by US B-25 bomber.
	Off Vella Lavella, Solomons		Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
	-23.75°N 196°W		Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-17.
	Bani Point, New Guinea -0.9167°N 186°W		Grounded on a coral reef and destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Newport, Rhode Island 41°N -71°W		Collision with unknown object.
	43.3833°N 49°W		Sunk by German mine off Point Aygulf, France.
	43.3833°N 49°W		Sunk by German mine off Point Aygulf, France.
	Off Attu, Aleutians		Grounded in a storm.
	Lambu Lambu Cove, Vella Lavella, Solomons		Destroyed after fire broke out in a gasoline dump.
	-6.6333°N 157°W		Sunk by Japanese shore battery, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
	Empress Augusta Bay, off Bougainville, Solomons		Grounded on 26 February 1944 and sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
	Off Bougainville I., Solomon Islands		Sunk in a collision with PT-282.
	Off Choiseul Island, near Bougainville, Solomon Islands		Mistakenly sunk by gunfire from USS Guest (DD-472).
	Off Mindoro, Philippines		Sunk by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft.
	Mios Woendi, Biak Island, off New Guinea		Heavily damaged by an accidental explosion. Laid up as a constructive loss.
	43°N 9°W		Sunk by mine off Corsica.
	San Pedro Bay, off Leyte, Philippines		Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft.
	San Isidoro Bay, P.I.		Grounded and damaged on 10 November 1944 and destroyed to prevent capture.
	Near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea		Grounded and damaged and then scuttled to prevent capture.
	10.55°N 139°W Leyte, Philippines		Destroyed by a Japanese Kamikaze.
	Hansa Bay, New Guinea		Destroyed by Japanese shore batteries.
	12.1°N 144°W Mindoro, Philippines		Severely damaged by grounding and scrapped.
	Off Biak, New Guinea		Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off New Britain		Attacked and destroyed by mistake by American aircraft.
	Off New Britain		Attacked and destroyed by mistake by American aircraft.
	-5°N 151°W		Accidentally sunk by allied aircraft.
	Kaoe Bay, Halmahera, N.E.I.		Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
	Off Halmahera, N.E.I.		Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
	2.0833°N 178°W		Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.
	In Surigao Strait, P.I.		Sunk by Japanese warships.
	49.1833°N -17°W		Gunfire and ramming from a German minesweeper^[7]
	Off Cape Couronne, Mediterranean		Sunk by enemy mine.

20 PT boats were destroyed by grounding, another 9 were sunk by friendly fire and 10 more were lost due to other accidents.

District patrol vessels (YP)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Guam		Damaged by Japanese forces and later burned by crew.
	Guam		Scuttled and raised by the Japanese^[8] CG-275/YP-17 was transferred to the Maritime Administration in 1945, presumably for disposal or layup in the Reserve Fleet^[9]
	In Canal Zone		Destroyed by explosion of unknown cause while hauled out on a marine railway.
	Off Staten Island, New York		Sunk in collision with the minesweeper in the Ambrose Channel.
	Adak Island, Aleutians		Struck uncharted reef in Kuluk Bay.
	In Kodiak Harbor, Alaska		Struck reef and grounded near Spruce Cape signal station.
	54.3833°N -174°W Aleutian Islands		Collision with freighter SS Derblay off Unimak Island.
	Off Atlantic Coast		Sunk by collision. (Former PC-523.)
	At Amchitka, Aleutians		Grounded.
	56.5333°N -176°W Tugidak Passage, Alaska		Grounded.
	Adak Island, Aleutians		Grounded.
	Philippines		Destroyed to prevent capture.
	Three miles northeast of Monterey, California		Sunk after running aground in heavy weather.
	Mahaiula Bay, Kona, Hawaii		Sunk after running aground during a storm. (Originally the 71 foot long Aku Sampan Fuji Maru.)
	Saba Island, Caribbean Sea; 18.5°N -65°W		Lost after grounding.
	In Gulf of Mexico		Sunk by explosion of unknown cause.
	Baja, Mexico north of Isla Magdalena; 25.5°N -118°W		Sunk after running aground in heavy weather.
	Off French Frigate Shoals, Northern Pacific Ocean		Destroyed by fire after striking a U.S. mine.
	Off Townsville, Australia		Foundered.
	-16.8833°N -195°W		Foundered in heavy weather.
	Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons		Sunk in action, along with, by Japanese destroyers.
	Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Wrecked by Typhoon Louise.
	Gulf of Mexico 24.9333°N -139°W		Foundered in heavy weather.
	In Delaware River		Grounding.
	80 miles northeast of Laysan Island, southeast of Midway		Cause unknown.
	Off Guadalcanal		Sunk by and three destroyers.
	Gulf of Panama 8.3667°N -108°W		Sunk after collision with
	Approximately 7.5 miles NNE of Wildwood, NJ 39°N -75°W		Sank after collision with the collier SS Jason (ex-AV-2, ex-AC-12).
	Off Cape Hatteras		Sunk by gunfire from .
	Off Smith Shoal, near Key West, Florida		Sunk after fire.
	Off New Caledonia		Grounded.
	31.9833°N -128°W Tybee Island, Georgia		Ran aground and declared a total loss.
	At Port Everglades, Fla.		Struck coral reef while under tow and sank.
	South Bimini, Bahama Islands		Ran aground and abandoned.
	At Charleston, S. C.		Grounded.
	Off Mayport, Florida		Sunk in collision with .
	Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Grounded by Typhoon Louise.
	On Lake Michigan near the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois.		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)

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

Destroyer minesweepers (DMS)

Hull Number	Location	Cause
DMS-1	Off Okinawa	Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed 1 January 1946.
DMS-22	26.8°N 132°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DMS-11	16.3333°N 130°W	Sunk by Japanese torpedo.
DMS-12	16.2°N 131°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.
DMS-5	Lingayen Gulf, Philippines	Sunk by Japanese bombs.
DMS-17	Off Palau Island	Sunk by underwater mine explosion.^[10]
DMS-10	Off Okinawa	Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Deemed unsalvageable. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946.
DMS-15	Aleutian Islands	Sunk accidentally by her own depth charges.

Minesweepers (AM/AMc)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Cavite, Philippines		Scuttled after being damaged in Japanese air raid
	San Francisco Bay		Sunk after collision with patrol craft PC-569
	Puget Sound		Sunk accidentally by torpedo.
	Corregidor, Philippines		Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb.
	San Francisco Bay		Sunk after collision with a lumber schooner.
	50.2°N -21°W		Sunk by mine.
	Guam		Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs.
	41.3833°N 55°W		Sunk by mine.
	Corregidor, Philippines		Scuttled after damaged in battle.
	37.3667°N 64°W		Probably sunk by a mine. (No claim made by a U-boat.)^[11]
	5.1167°N 119°W		Sunk by mine.
	Off Licata, Sicily		Sunk by German bombers during the invasion of Sicily.
	40.3333°N 49°W		Sunk by torpedo from U-593.
	26.3333°N 168°W		Sunk by mine.
	Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands		Sunk by Japanese kamikaze.
	41.5167°N 40°W		Sunk by mine.
	At Corregidor, Philippines		Sunk by Japanese shore battery.
	49.6167°N -6°W		Sunk by German mine off Utah Beach.
	41.4667°N -127°W		Sunk after collision with in Buzzards Bay.

Motor Minesweepers (YMS)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	In Boston Harbor		Sunk in collision with USS Herndon (DD 638).
	Off Palau
	43.1°N 59°W
	43.3833°N 49°W
	41.3833°N 57°W
	-1.3167°N 165°W
	14.4167°N 154°W off Corregidor		Scuttled after being hit by coast defense gunfire.
	Off Balikipapan, N.E.I.		Struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser Denver.
	In Leyte Gulf, P.I.
	4.9667°N 166°W
	9.3167°N 164°W		sunk by mine off Balikpapan, Borneo
	Off Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
	26.2167°N 181°W
	Tanaga Island, Aleutians		Grounded in a storm. Salvaged and sailed to Seattle, Washington where she was declared a constructive loss and stricken on 16 September 1944.
	Off Oregon Coast		Foundered and sinks off Coos Bay, Oregon.
	Off Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Louise.
	Off Okinawa		Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed in December 1945.
	Off Northern France		Sunk by a mine. 8 dead and 30 injured.
	Off Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
	Off Cherbourg		Sunk by a mine.
	-1.3°N 166°W		Sunk by a mine and scuttled.
	49.55°N -14°W		Damaged by mine and stricken on 16 September 1944.
	Off Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Louise.
	Zowariau Channel, Ulithi, Caroline Islands		Sunk by mine.
	Off Atlantic Coast		Foundered off Cape Hatteras in the Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944 with the loss of all hands.
	Off Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
	Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands		Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945.
	Tsuken Shima, Okinawa		Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed on 20 December 1945.
	Off Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Ida.
	Tarakan Island, off Borneo		Sunk by shore batteries in the Battle of Tarakan (1945).

Amphibious warfare ships

Tank landing ships (LST)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	English Channel near the Seine River, France		Struck a German mine.
	Pearl Harbor		Fire and accidental explosion.
	Pearl Harbor		Fire and accidental explosion.
	Off Licata, Sicily		Sunk by German aircraft.
	At Vella Lavella		Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
	Pearl Harbor		Fire and accidental explosion.
	Near Nanumea, Ellice Islands		Grounded.
	In Azores		Grounded.
	Off Southern France		Hit by a German glider bomb and heavily damaged. Beached and abandoned.
	At Gela, Sicily		Sunk by German aircraft.
	49.7167°N -52°W		Sunk by German torpedo boat.
	Off Caronia, Sicily		Sunk by German aircraft.
	36.9833°N 5°W		Torpedoed by U-593 eight miles northeast of Cape Corbelin, Algeria. Towed and beached near Dellys and declared a total loss.
	-9.05°N 169°W		Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-106.
	40.95°N 27°W		Torpedoed by U-410 north of Naples, Italy.
	Off Ponza, Italy		Grounded.
	Pearl Harbor		Fire and accidental explosion.
	42°N -19°W		Sunk by U-870.
	English Channel		Torpedoed and sunk by a German surface craft.
	-8.3°N 211°W		Explosion.
	26.15°N 145°W		Sunk by a Kamikaze aircraft.
	Off Vella Lavella, Solomons		Damaged by Japanese dive bombers and sank while under tow.
	11.1667°N 132°W		Sunk by Kamikaze.
	Off Mindoro, Philippines		Sunk by Kamikaze.
	At Pearl Harbor		Fire and accidental explosion.
	50.3333°N -13°W		Grounded.
	Off Normandy, France		Mine.
	Off Normandy, France		Mine.
	50.4833°N -54°W		Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger.
	Off Normandy, France		Mine.
	50.4833°N -54°W		Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger.
	Clipperton Island		Grounded.
	Okinawa		Grounded. Refloated next day. Towed to Philippines and scuttled off of Samar on 7 March 1946.
	8.0167°N 152°W		Hit by 2 torpedoes from Japanese submarine Ro-50.
	Off Okinawa		Severely damaged by enemy action and not repaired.
	Off Mindoro, P.I.		Hit by Japanese aircraft.
	11.1667°N 132°W		Hit by a Kamikaze aircraft.
	Off Negros, P.I.		Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
	Off Ie Shima		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.
	Okinawa		Grounded. Scrapped in 1947.
	At Leghorn, Italy		Grounded by a storm and not repaired.
	In English Channel		Torpedoed by U-667

Medium landing ships (LSM)

Location	Date	Cause
Off Okinawa		Beached and broken up.
Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Foundered in Typhoon Louise.
10.2°N 144°W		Sunk by Kamikaze.
Off Okinawa		Sunk by Kamikaze.
Off Okinawa		Sunk by Kamikaze.
Off Philippines	5 or 14 December 1944	Grounded.
26.5833°N 137°W		Stuck and sunk by two Kamikazes.
Off Okinawa		Sunk by Kamikaze.
Off Okinawa		Sunk by Kamikaze.
10.9333°N 162°W		Sunk by Kamikaze.

Tank landing craft (LCT)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Off Salerno, Italy		Sunk by German aircraft.
	Off Oran, Algeria		Lost on board the merchant Arthur Middleton that was sunk by the German submarine U-73.
	At Algiers		Underwater explosion.
	Normandy, France		Destroyed by German coast artillery.
	41.0667°N 43°W Gulf of Gaeta, Italy		Lost in a storm.
	Omaha Beach, Normandy, France		Grounded and later capsized.
	In Mediterranean		Stuck a mine.
	Omaha Beach, Normandy, France^[12]		Disabled by artillery shell and abandoned.
	Off Anzio, Italy		Sunk by German aircraft.
	Off Naples, Italy		Grounded.
	At Pearl Harbor		Lost in non-combat incident.
	53.6333°N -151°W Gulf of Alaska		Lost in heavy seas while under tow.
	Normandy, France		Grounded.
	37.1333°N 68°W Off Cape Bon, Tunisia		Foundered while under tow.
	4.45°N 173°W off Palau		Foundered and capsized in a storm.
	Off Wana Wana Island, New Georgia Group		Foundered.
	Off Bizerte, Tunisia		Foundered in a storm.
	Off Salerno, Italy		Buckled in heavy seas while under tow.
	Normandy, France		Sunk by mine.
	Off Northern France		Severely damaged and later sank.
	Off Algeria		Grounded and later disposed.
	Off Northern France		Grounded near Normandy.
	Off Salerno, Italy		Foundered in heavy seas.
	Off Anzio, Italy		Foundered in storm.
	Off Salerno, Italy		Lost in air attack.
	Off Naples, Italy		Sunk by a circling torpedo
	Off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France		Foundered.
	On Passage To Tarawa		Foundered en route to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands area.
	In English Channel		Foundered in a storm.
	Off Northern France		Struck a mine and sunk.
	Off Northern France
	Off Bizerte, Tunisia		Sunk by naval gunfire.
	At Eniwetok Atoll		Sunk by an explosion of unknown origin.
	Kiska Island, Alaska		Grounded.
	Normandy, France		Damaged on beach in Normandy and abandoned.
	37.35°N 22°W		Foundered in storm near Cape Bon, Tunisia
	Off Salerno, Italy		Grounded.
	At Pearl Harbor
	Off Northern France		Lost due to weather enroute to Normandy invasion.
	Off Normandy, France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	53.0167°N -152°W		Foundered in heavy seas.
	Off Northern France		Lost due to unrecorded causes.
	Off Northern France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	Off Western France		Grounded.
	Off Utah Beach, Normandy, France		Sunk by enemy action.
	English Channel		Sunk by German artillery fire.
	Off Portsmouth, England		Lost due to weather.
	Off Normandy, France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	Off Normandy, France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	Off Angaur Island, Palau		Sunk by mine.
	Off Bahia Angra Island, Azores		Lost due to grounding of LST-228 while being transported.
	Off Normandy, France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	Off Northern France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	Off Northern France
	Off Northern France
	Off Northern France
	Off Northern France
	Off Normandy, France		Sunk by German naval mine.
	Off Palau
	Pearl Harbor
	Pearl Harbor
	Pearl Harbor
	20°N -157°W
	20°N -157°W
	At Guam
	At Iwo Jima
	Off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands
	Off Leyte, P.I.
	Off Luzon, P.I.
	1°N 174°W		Cause not recorded.
	Off California		Lost due to grounding.

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

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	At Bizerte, Tunisia
	Off Anzio, Italy
	Off Anzio, Italy
	Off Okinawa
	Normandy, France
	Omaha Beach, Normandy, France		Disabled by German coast artillery.
	Omaha Beach, Normandy, France		Disabled by German coast artillery.
	Omaha Beach, Normandy, France		Disabled by German coast artillery.
	Off Northern France
	Off Northern France
	Off New Guinea		Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
	Off Luzon, P.I.
	Off Palau
	13.4667°N 166°W		seriously damaged by Japanese torpedo planes en route to Saipan, was scuttled by USS Stembel DD-644
	Off Iwo Jima
	Off Northern France
	Off Northern France
	In Ulithi, Carolines
	Off Samar, P.I.
	16.1°N 134°W
	Off Leyte, P.I.

Support landing craft (LCS)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Off Luzon, P.I.		Sunk by Japanese assault demolition boats off entrance to Mariveles harbor.
	27.3333°N 137°W		Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
	Off Luzon, P.I.		Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
	Off Okinawa		Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft.
	Off Luzon, P.I.		Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.
	Off San Clemente Island, California		Grounded during an exercise.

Auxiliaries

Seaplane tenders (AV, AVP, AVD)

Hull Number	Location	Cause
AVP-28	Off Bermuda	Torpedoed by .
AV-3	-8.85°N 111°W, Off Tjilatjap Harbor, Indonesia	Scuttled at sea after being heavily damaged by Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers.
AVD-11	24.4°N 186°W	Beached and abandoned on 2 May 1945 after collision with and .

Cargo ships (AK/AKS)

Hull Number	Location	Cause
AK-72	-11.4333°N 162°W	Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103.
AK-101	36°N -70°W	Sunk by while serving as a Q ship.^[13]
AK-78	-11.4333°N 162°W	Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103.
AK-93	Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea	Torpedoed by Japanese submarine and disabled. Repurposed as a cargo barge and redesignated as IX-173 on 12 August 1944.
AKS-2	Lawn Point, Newfoundland	Grounded and wrecked in a storm.
AK-97	Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Sunk by accidental explosion. 255 killed.

Net layers (AN)

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

Oilers (AO)

Name	Location	Cause
(AO-1)	-9.1667°N 172°W	Damaged by Japanese aircraft on 7 April 1943 off Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Sank the next day.
(AO-59)	10.1°N 182°W	Sunk by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo.
(AO-5)	21.0167°N -166°W	Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-72.
(AO-23)	Coral Sea	Sunk on 11 May 1942, after being heavily damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May 1942.
(AO-6)	-14.5°N 136°W	Sunk by Japanese airplanes from aircraft carrier Soryu.

Troop transports (AP/APA/APc)

Name	Location	Cause
	Off New Britain	Hit by aerial bomb.
	Off New Georgia, Solomons	Grounded and abandoned.
(AP-52)	Off Morocco	Sunk after being torpedoed by .
(AP-13)	Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Struck by Japanese "Betty" bomber.
(AP-43)	Off Morocco	Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130.
(APA-23)	Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft.
(AP-50)	Off Morocco	Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173.
(AP-53)	Pier 88, Manhattan	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.
(AP-73)	Off Algiers	Sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft.
(APA-4)	-8.4167°N 185°W	Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft and later accidentally sunk by US PT boats.
(AP-72)	49.5333°N -48°W	Sunk by a mine off Normandy, France.
(AP-42)	Off Morocco	Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130.
(AP-59)	37.5167°N 0°W	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	Cause
(APD-29)	Off Okinawa	Severely damaged by Kamikaze. Stricken on 21 June 1945.
(APD-47)	Off Okinawa	Struck by Kamikaze.
(APD-2)	-9.4°N 161°W off Guadalcanal	Bombed by Japanese aircraft.
(APD-21)	Off Okinawa	Hit by Kamikaze. Scuttled on 4 April 1945.
(APD-36)	Kudaka Island, off Okinawa	Grounded by Typhoon Louise and not repaired. Decommissioned and destroyed.
(APD-3)	Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Sunk by Japanese gunfire.
(APD-4)	Solomons	Sunk by Japanese gunfire.
(APD-5)	-6.5167°N 206°W	Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft.
(APD-24)	71°N 164°W	Sunk after collision with .
(APD-16)	10.85°N 156°W	Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

Barracks ships (APL)

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

Repair ships (ARS/ARL)

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

Submarine rescue ships (ASR)

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

Tugboats (AT/ATA/ATF/ATR)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Grounded and partially sunk in a typhoon. Not repaired, hulk destroyed on 29 December 1945.
	49.3333°N -26°W off Normandy		Severely damaged in a storm. Not repaired. Hulk scuttled in mid-1946.
	44.0833°N -32°W off the Azores		In collision with .
	At Corregidor, P.I.		Scuttled to prevent capture. Raised by the Japanese and designated Patrol Boat No. 107; Sunk by US aircraft, 5 November 1944.
	South of Fiji Islands		Grounded and later destroyed by a hurricane.
	At Bataan, P.I.		Scuttled to prevent capture.
	40.6333°N 52°W		Sunk by bombs from German aircraft.
	Off New Hebrides		Sunk by Japanese submarine I-39
	Off Northern France		Torpedoed by a German E-boat.
Ranger	Philippine Islands	After 28 February 1942	Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Fate unknown. Probably captured or destroyed by Japanese.
	Off Tulagi Island, Solomons		Sunk by gunfire from Japanese destroyers.
	At Leyte, P.I.		Hit by shot down Japanese bomber.
	San Francisco Bay, California		Collision with .
Trabajador	Near Corregidor, Philippines		Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire.
	Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Sank during typhoon.

Other auxiliaries

Name	Location	Cause
AFD-13	Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands	Floating dry dock. Sunk by Typhoon Ida.
(AG-27), ex-(AO-14)	Guam, Marianas Islands	Oil storage ship. Captured in port, taken into Japanese service and survived the war.
(AS-9)	At Bataan, Philippines	Submarine tender. Immobilized by Japanese aircraft bombs on 29 December 1941 but continued to support defenders of the Philippines. Scuttled to prevent capture.
(AE-11)	At Manus, Admiralty Islands	Ammunition ship. Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause.
(AGP-1)	Solomon Islands	Engine repair ship. Sunk by Japanese aircraft.
(AF-20)	Off Halifax, Nova Scotia	Refrigerated cargo ship. Intentionally beached after flooding. Salvaged on 17 February 1945, but not returned to active service.
(AG-16), ex-(BB-31)	21.3667°N -214°W, Pearl Harbor	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	Cause
America (IX-41)	Annapolis, Maryland	Famous racing yacht. Destroyed by the collapse of a snow covered shed.
(IX-153)	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	Concrete barge. Grounded in a storm and stricken on 23 February 1945.
(IX-233)	New London, Connecticut	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.
(IX-162)	Okinawa	Concrete barge. Wrecked by Typhoon Louise. Broke away under tow and grounded on a reef off Eli Malk in Palau.
(IX-110)	Okinawa	Service squadron flagship. Sunk by collision with USS Nestor during Typhoon Louise. Abandoned on 29 October 1945 and decommissioned on 6 December 1945.
(IX-126)	At Mindoro, P.I.	Station tanker. Sunk by Kamikaze plane.
(IX-94)	Off Eastern Australia	Auxiliary cargo schooner. Sunk after grounding on a reef.
(IX-151)	Buckner Bay, Okinawa	Concrete barge. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Decommissioned on 30 November 1945 and struck on 3 January 1946.
(IX-191)	Buckner Bay, Okinawa	Station tanker. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Stricken on 5 December 1945 and sold for scrap.
DCH-1 (IX-44), ex- (ex YW-57, ex DD-163)	Eastern Pacific Ocean	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)

Location	Date	Cause
Philippines
Philippines
Off Portsmouth, N. H.
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Guam
Guam
Guam
Guam
Guam
Philippines
Guam
Guam
Guam
Guam
Guam
Philippines
Guam
Alaska	^[14]
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Guam
Guam
Off Cape Cod, Mass.
Off Imperial Beach, Calif.
Guantanamo
Guantanamo
Off Key West, Fla.		Sank while under tow by the tug USS Mauvila.
Off Key West, Fla.
Off Key West, Fla.
In North Pacific
At Biorka Island
In Puget Sound, Wash.
Near San Pedro, Calif.
Off Atlantic Coast
En Route To Eniwetok
En Route To Eniwetok
En Route To Eniwetok
En Route To Eniwetok
34.7833°N -80°W
Off Delaware
Wake Island
45.7833°N -115°W
Off Key West, Fla.		Under tow by U.S. Army tugboat LT-4.

Covered lighters (YF)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	35.1167°N -69°W
	42.4°N -106°W 14 miles off Boston, Massachusetts.		Exploded while disposing of explosives. 17 sailors were killed.
	In Caribbean
	Off Atlantic City, N.J.
	At San Francisco
	Off Farallones
	Off Farallones
	Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Wrecked by Typhoon Louise.
	At Eniwetok
	En Route Pearl Harbor
	Buckner Bay, Okinawa		Former LST-39. Wrecked by Typhoon Louise. Stricken on 25 February 1946 and destroyed in August 1946.

Ferry boats (YFB)

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

Floating dry docks (YFD)

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

Self propelled barges (YSP)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese forces.
	Philippines
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese forces.
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese forces.
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese forces.
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese forces.
	Philippines

Yard oilers (YO, YON)

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

Harbor tugboats (YT, YTM)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Subic Bay, Philippines		Probably destroyed during the Japanese occupation of the Olongapo Naval Station.
	Cavite, Philippines		Probably destroyed in an air raid at Cavite Navy Yard.
	Cavite, Philippines		Destroyed to prevent capture.
	Off Corregidor, P.I.		Scuttled at Naval Base Manila to prevent capture. Raised by Japanese and renamed Taiyo Maru. Sunk by US aircraft about 15 January 1944.^[15]
	Off Anzio, Italy		Sunk by mine.
	14.2333°N -217°W		Foundered while under tow to Palmyra, Western Australia.
	27.35°N -165°W		Sunk after colliding with ABSD-2 midway between the California coast and the Hawaiian Islands.
	Marshall or Gilbert Islands		No sources have been found which confirm the fate of YTM-467.

Water barges (YW)

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Guam		Captured by Japanese forces.
	Philippines		Destroyed by Japanese forces.
	Guam		Captured by Japanese forces.
	Guam		Captured by Japanese forces.

Other district craft

Name	Location	Date	Cause
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines		Destroyed by enemy aircraft during attack on Cavite Navy Yard. Later salvaged and used by Japanese.
	Philippines		Either sunk by Japanese or destroyed to prevent capture.
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese gunfire.
	36.95°N -89°W
	Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines		Destroyed by enemy action.
	Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines		Destroyed by enemy action.
	Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines		Destroyed by enemy action.
	Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines		Destroyed by enemy action.
	Off New Caledonia		Struck a reef and broke up.
	10.1667°N -130°W		Lost under tow about 50 miles northwest of Colon, Panama.
	At Pearl Harbor		Sunk and later raised and stricken.
	Philippines
	Guam		Captured by Japanese forces.
	Philippines
	Philippines
	Philippines
	In Gulf of Alaska, off Zaikof Point on Montague Island		Broke loose from US Army tug LT-373. All crewmembers rescued.
	Philippines
	Philippines		Sunk by Japanese.

Coast Guard cutters

Name	Location	Cause
	41.8833°N -100°W Off Plymouth, Massachusetts	Fire^[16]
	Off Okinawa	Lost in storm
	Off France	Lost in storm
	26.2333°N -84°W	Collision with SC-1330
	Off France	Lost in storm^[17]
(ex-Catamount #229192)	Off Ambrose Light New York	Explosion of unknown cause.
(WAGL-200)	Caribbean Sea	Shelled and sunk by ^[18]
(WPG-34)	Off Iceland	Torpedoed by ^[19]
(WSC-128)	Off Cape Hatteras	Foundered in hurricane
(WYP-342)	Gulf of Mexico	Stranded during a rescue attempt
(WYP-353)	Caribbean Sea	Foundered in gale, near Puerto Rico.
(WPG-77)	60.8333°N -52°W	Sunk by torpedo or mine off Greenland.
(WPC-142)	Off Cape Hatteras	Foundered in hurricane.^[20]
(WAG-48)	In North Atlantic Ocean	Sunk by
Natsek (WYP-170)	Belle Island Strait	Unknown: Probably capsized due to icing in a gale.^[21]
(LV-73)	Vineyard Sound	Foundered in hurricane.
(WYP-333)	Off Cape Hatteras	Foundered in gale.

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

US Army ships

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

External links

Notes and References

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