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The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner ...
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 ...
Pages in category "World War II cruisers of the United States" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of her sinking.
USS Savannah (CL-42) was a light cruiser of the Brooklyn-class that served in World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres of operation. Savannah conducted Neutrality Patrols (1941) and wartime patrols in the Atlantic and Caribbean (1942), and supported the invasion of French North Africa in Operation Torch (November 1942).
Cruisers Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Large cruisers (CB) 2 0.0% Heavy cruisers (CA) 30 7 23.3% 7 Light cruisers (CL) 34 1 2.9% 1 AA light cruisers (CLAA) 8 2 25.0% 2 Escorts Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Old destroyers (DD) * 132 12 9.1% 5 7 New ...
The Navy agreed in the waning days of the war to construct a small number of cruisers for the purpose of operationally testing new gun designs and other major improvements incorporating the lessons learned of World War II combat: the 'CL-154' and Worcester classes of light cruisers (respectively 5-inch and 6-inch main batteries), and the Des ...
This was the greatest loss of life in a single warship in World War II. 2,498 Navy 1944 Japan: Yoshino Maru – The Japanese troopship, sailing to Borneo in Convoy MI-11, was torpedoed and sunk 280 nautical miles (520 km) north-north west of Cape Mayraira, Luzon by USS Parche: 2,495 Military 1944 Japan