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On July 25, 1941, the Coast Guard cutter was transferred to the Navy and reported for duty with the local defense forces of the 14th Naval District (Destroyer Division 80). Hoga: YT-146 Undamaged during attack Sotoyomo: YT-9 Damaged by Shaw explosions and fires; completely submerged; thought total loss but repaired and returned to service.
The US Navy was able to add to its fleets during the early years of the war while the US was still neutral, increasing production of vessels both large and small, deploying a navy of nearly 350 major combatant ships by December 1941 and having an equal number under construction. [1]
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 ...
Also, in mid-1941 US Navy minefields of contact mines were laid between Mariveles Bay and La Monja Island, and between Corregidor and Carabao Islands. [20] [21] The Subic Bay minefield was laid in July 1941 and operated from Fort Wint, with the controlled Army mines in the ship channel, and naval mines to the sides of the channel. [22]
November 1941 T1 type number 18 for US Navy [16] Leatham D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin November 1942 C1-M type, N3 type, S2 (frigate) type number 34 ships for MC (remainder to USN or other govt.) Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. Superior, Wisconsin December 1942 C1-M type, N3 type, S2 (frigate) type number 52 ships for MC
Ship Class and type Pennant Other notes 15 January Kriegsmarine: U-151: Type IID coastal submarine: U-151 19 January Royal Navy: Prince of Wales: King George V-class battleship 53 29 January Kriegsmarine: U-152: Type IID coastal submarine U-152 25 February Kriegsmarine: Tirpitz: Bismarck-class battleship 9 April United States Navy: North Carolina
The ship would survive the war to be returned to the US Navy, and later sunk as a target. USS Pope (DD-225) was escorting the severely damaged British cruiser Exeter on 1 March 1942, when a Japanese task force of heavy cruisers broke up the rescue effort.
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