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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.
19 June 1945: Sunk by Japanese depth charge attack by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207. Bullhead: SS-332 Balao class: Java Sea: 6 August 1945: Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war. Capelin: SS-289 Balao class: Celebes Sea: Lost after 2 December 1943: Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or Japanese ...
Pinguin – A German auxiliary cruiser which served as a commerce raider in World War II that captured or sunk 32 ships. On 8 May she was sunk in a battle with HMS Cornwall in the Indian Ocean. Of 401 crew, 341 were lost along with 214 of the 238 prisoners aboard. 555 1942 Italy
World War II: The transport ship was bombed and sunk in Allied air raids at Hamburg between 30 March and 8 April. She was refloated in 1948, repaired and entered West German service in 1950 as Clare Grammerstorf. [6] Elbing Germany: World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by artillery shelling and beached at Schweinesand. She was later ...
On 6 April 1945, the Japanese military commenced Operation Kikusui I (referred to by the Army as the 1st total air assault), with 391 Navy planes and 133 Army planes (of which 215 Navy planes and 82 Army planes were kamikazes) taking part. US Navy anti-air radar picket destroyers deployed in the waters off Okinawa bore the brunt of the attack.
By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including ninety-nine aircraft carriers, eight "fast" battleships, and ten prewar "old" battleships [6] totaling over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater.
United States Navy: Cannon: destroyer escort: 1,240 29 August 1943 To Japan 1955, to Philippines 1976, active as of 2012 Atholl Royal Canadian Navy: Flower modified: corvette: 1,015 14 October 1943 17 July 1945 Atik United States Navy: Q-ship: 6,610 5 March 1942 sunk 26 March 1942 Atlanta (CL-51) Atlanta: light cruiser: 6,000 24 December 1941
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1945 Ship State Description CD-138 Imperial Japanese Navy World War II: Convoy MATA-38A: The Type D escort ship was bombed and sunk at San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines by Douglas A-20 Havoc and Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft of the United States Fifth Air