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HS Marechiaro – On 21 February the Italian hospital ship was sunk by a mine laid by SM UC-12, killing 33–200 people. 33-200 Navy 1917 United Kingdom: HMS Paxton – British Q-ship sunk by German submarine U-46 on 20 May off the West coast of Ireland. 31 Navy 1916 United Kingdom
USS Reuben James (DD-245) was a four-funnel Clemson-class destroyer that was constructed after World War I.She was the first United States Navy ship to be named after Boatswain's Mate Reuben James (c. 1776–1838), who had distinguished himself fighting in the First Barbary War, and was the first US Naval ship to be sunk by hostile action in the European Theater of World War II.
A steel collier sunk by U-853 after World War II hostilities had ceased. HMS Cerberus Royal Navy: 5 August 1778 A frigate that was burnt in Narragansett Bay to prevent capture by the French, along with HMS Lark. USS Cero United States Navy: 21 October 1918 A patrol vessel that caught fire in Narragansett Bay. HMS Endeavour Royal Navy: 4 August 1778
In March 1917 she was the first United States merchant ship to be defensively armed in response to the Central Powers' attacks on neutral US shipping in the First World War. A U-boat sank Aztec in April 1917, killing 28 of her ship's company . 11 were US citizens, making her the third US merchant ship to suffer fatalities when sunk by the ...
The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. She was scrapped in 1973. USS Wasp (CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500 lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast ...
The United States Navy focused on countering enemy U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea while convoying men and supplies to France and Italy. Because of United States's late entry into the war, her capital ships never engaged the German fleet and few decisive submarine actions occurred. [1]
Ships listed are presented in descending order on the tonnage figure. Those that were damaged are indicated with an asterisk after their names. Three ships—Justicia, Celtic, and Southland—appear on the list twice. Justicia was damaged by UB-64 on 19 July 1918 and sunk while under tow the following day by UB-124. [2]
A World War I poster for the US Shipping Board, ca. 1917–18.. The Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) was established by the United States Shipping Board, sometimes referred to as the War Shipping Board, on 16 April 1917 [1] pursuant to the Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729) to acquire, maintain, and operate merchant ships to meet national defense, foreign and domestic commerce during World War I.