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Gambier Bay was the only US Navy aircraft carrier to be sunk by surface naval gunfire during WWII. She lost 147 of her crew. USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) was operating off Luzon on 8 January 1945 when at 07:46 a Ki-43 Oscar plunged down towards the carrier. The aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire but it continued aiming directly for the ...
The last aircraft carrier sunk in wartime was the Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi, in Kure Harbour in July 1945. The greatest loss of life was the 2,046 killed on Akitsu Maru—a converted passenger liner with a small flight deck, carrying the Imperial Japanese Army's 64th Infantry Regiment.
Sunk by aircraft on 3 March 1943 at 07°15'S, 148°30'E: ... 953 tons: Kembu Maru was a 953-ton transport ship of Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
She ferried men and aircraft to Guantanamo Bay, 21–24 June, then transited the Panama Canal, to transport materiel to Pearl Harbor and Guam, returning to San Diego, 14 August. [ 3 ] By the end of World War II, Card's aircraft and escorts destroyed a total of 11 German submarines, making her, along with USS Bogue with 9 German and 2 Japanese ...
Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...
HMT Lancastria – The worst single disaster in British maritime history sunk by German aircraft in June, with at least 6,000 deaths, but most likely up to 7,000, making it one of the worst maritime disasters in history. 2,477 survived with 1,738 known dead; 6,000 people are known to have boarded, but many boarded later, and a total of up to ...
USAT Liberty: Army transport sunk on 11 January 1942 by I-166 near Lombok Strait. USS Luzon (PR-7): Gunboat scuttled 5 May 1942 raised by Japanese-sunk while in Japanese service; USAT Meigs: Army transport sunk on 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour. USS Mindanao (PR-8) Gunboat scuttled to avoid capture 2 May 1942
Between January and May three German and two Japanese submarines were sunk by British ships and aircraft. [99] Two German supply ships for U-boats were also sunk, [af] one found by aircraft from HMS Battler using Ultra intelligence. Switch to the Offensive (1944). Although weakened by warship transfers to the Mediterranean in 1943, the British ...