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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 ...
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 ...
Chiyoda – sunk with her entire crew of around 1,470, possibly the largest vessel to be lost with all hands in World War II. 1,470 Navy 1941 United Kingdom: HMS Hood – The battlecruiser was attacked and sunk by the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May. Of the 1,418 crew aboard, three survived. [9] 1,415 Navy 1944 Japan
World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. [10] HMAS Psyche Royal Australian Navy: The lighter sank in Salamander Bay off Port Stephens. [11] Raab Karcher Germany: World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Oosterschelde. [12] Tealings United Kingdom: World War II: The cargo ship was ...
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1942 Ship State Description HMT Cape Spartel Royal Navy World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km) south west of the North Outer Dowsing Lightship (Trinity House) by Luftwaffe aircraft
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...
The cargo ship was reported missing in early 1942. Presumed captured or sunk by the Japanese. [6] Trabajador United States Navy: The tug was sunk, probably by Japanese artillery, off Corregidor, Philippines. She was salvaged post-war and served under the name Resolute into the late 1970s. HMS Triumph Royal Navy
Heavily damaged, lost bow, repaired by July 1942 at Mare Island. in floating drydock YFD-2 sunk Tucker: DD-374 Undamaged moored with Whitney, Reid, Conyngham, Case and Selfridge at berth X-8. Downes: DD-375 Heavily damaged, considered lost, but rebuilt and recommissioned November 15, 1943 at Mare Island