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During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
Lost submarines of the United States (66 P) This page was last edited on 19 May 2023, at 01:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
List of United States Navy losses in World War II § Submarines (SS) - abbreviated list List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Submarine (SS) - detailed list The NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft was a non-commissioned nuclear submarine operated by the United States Navy .
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
Pages in category "Missing submarines of World War II" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Among the many missing ships on the list are submarines, which have limited communication, and provide the crew almost no chance of survival if struck by disaster under water. The advancement of radar technology by the end of World War II and today's Global Positioning System make it more likely that a distressed vessel will be located.
German submarine U-116 (1941) German submarine U-122 (1939) German submarine U-180; German submarine U-184; German submarine U-193; German submarine U-196; German submarine U-206; German submarine U-209; German submarine U-240; German submarine U-337; German submarine U-338; German submarine U-355; German submarine U-375; German submarine U-376 ...
The Soviet submarine K-129 carried nuclear ballistic missiles when it was lost with all hands, but as it was a diesel-electric submarine, it is not included in the list. (K-129 was partly recovered by the U.S. Project Azorian.) The two USN submarines belonged to Submarine Force Atlantic, in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.