Deemed unsalvageable. Fifty-four men went down with her, and another thirty-six were seriously wounded. The next morning of 30 Jan, the fleet tug Navajo took over the tow job from Louisville, which was accomplished at 08:00. USS LCT(6)-714 sunk off northern France, June 1944. A torpedo passed underneath Oglala and hit Helena amidships on the starboard side. The submarine's captain and four other men were washed off the conning tower as the boat sank and were later rescued. She suffered 36 men killed and 59 were wounded. She was hit again off Okinawa by a kamikaze on 5 June 1945 with light damage and one man killed. Due to the intensity of the battle, her fellow destroyers could not stop to render assistance to Cooper's surviving crew in the water, many of whom had to wait hours before rescue from PBY Catalinas. Yamato opened fire at 06:59 at an estimated range of 34,544 yards, targeting White Plains with her first four salvos. USSRenshaw(DD-499) was escorting landing craft through Surigao Strait into the Mindanao Sea on 21 February 1945 when she was targeted by a Japanese midget submarine that hit her with a torpedo. Both ships had their equipment salvaged and installed on all new ships rebuilt with their hull numbers. The torpedo struck behind the after engine room, and detonated the ship's bomb magazine, causing a devastating explosion that engulfed the ship and sent shrapnel flying as far as 5,000 yards (4,600m) away. fifteen men were killed and 38 wounded in the attack. In a raid lasting 17 minutes; Plunkett was struck by a 550lb. Norman Scott took as many as six direct hits over a fifteen-minute period which knocked out several guns and struck the bridge. The submarine reported attacking a convoy on 20 March one hundred twenty miles northeast of Okinawa, close to an area which had been restricted to US subs due to its heavy presence of mines. Irwin was also damaged, but stayed close to rescue survivors. USSIngraham(DD-694) was serving on the radar picket line off Okinawa on 4 May 1945 when her group of ships were targeted by a large swarm of kamikazes. She rolled over and sunk minutes afterwards, the tip of her bow bobbing in the water until 0827. Zane was repaired and continued her service until scrapping after the war. As the ambush commenced, a torpedo strike and depth charge detonations erupted from the side of the convoy which Growler was attacking, then silence. During Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the ship lost power right as combat was initiated with a Japanese surface task force. All attempts to communicate with the sub went unanswered, and her fate remains unknown to this day. Seven survivors were killed by a kamikaze attack a few days later on USS Columbia. The ship was sunk by demolition charges by her own crew, going down at 20:15 on 13 November 1942. Despite the billowing flames, the ship's crew was able to put out the fires (with help from the wake of USS South Dakota) by late afternoon, and all guns remained operational. USSMahan(DD-364) was covering landings near Ormoc Bay on Leyte's west side on 7 December 1944 when a group of Japanese kamikazes attacked. USS LST-167 stricken after being damaged beyond repair by Japanese aircraft off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 25 September 1943. Around the same moment Abele was hit by the A6M, an incoming Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" bomber released a MXY-7 Ohka. Longshaw's crew lost eighty-six men killed including the captain, and ninety-five more were wounded. The Allen M. Sumner lost fourteen men killed and nineteen wounded. Minutes later the second kamikaze struck the island superstructure, causing extensive damage and wounding or killing many high-ranking officers. USSFinch(AM-9) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 11 April 1942. USS Sangamon (CVE- 26) was rearming at Kerama Retto during the battle of Okinawa on 4 May 1945, when at 19:55 a Ki-45 kamikaze crashed into the center of her deck; its bomb penetrated the flight deck and exploded in the hangar. USS LCI(L)-91 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. PT-22 scrapped after being badly damaged in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 11 June 1943. USS LCT(6)-582 sunk in the Azores Islands, 22 January 1944. USSAtlanta(CL-51) was sailing as a part of TF 67 on 12 November 1942 with four additional cruisers and eight destroyers to meet an incoming Japanese surface force consisting of two battleships and eleven destroyers intending on bombarding Henderson Field. Two of Wadsworth's sailors were killed and another nine were wounded by bomb fragments. Lo. She was towed away to make temporary repairs. The sub failed to make the scheduled rendezvous with USS Tunny and was officially declared lost on July 30, 1945. Two other submarines, Dorado and Seawolf, were probably sunk in friendly fire incidents. USS YMS-71 sunk by a mine off Brunei, Borneo, 3 April 1945. The two ships struggled to break free from each other while exchanging small arms fire, but the Borie took major damage to her hull, flooding her forward engine room. USSSt. Shortly thereafter, Portland was struck by a torpedo fired by either the destroyer Inazuma or the destroyer Ikazuchi at 01:58, causing heavy damage to her stern. The plane's bomb detonated in a violent explosion that buckled the Pringle's keel and effectively broke the ship in two. At 11:00, two torpedoes were fired at San Francisco but missed and hit Juneau. PT-118 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 7 September 1943. USS LCT(5)-197 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. The crew was able to save their ship and sufficiently patch up to make for major repairs stateside. USSDeimos(AK-78) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-103 off Johnston's brave crew would lose one hundred eightysix men. USSMcFarland(DD-237) was operating near Guadalcanal as a tender and transport when on 19 Oct 1942 she was attacked by 9 dive bombers. Like her sister, she was sunk as a target ship in 1948. Nicholson was hit by a 4-inch shell that struck in the Number 2 ammunition handling room, killing three crewmen and wounding another four. In the first attack wave a torpedo passed ahead and a second hit Raleigh portside amidships. Despite the damage the ship made its way back to the states for permanent repairs. On 9 April 1945 while on picket duty off Okinawa, Sterett was attacked by five kamikazes. USS LCT(5)-182 sunk off the Solomon Islands, 7 August 1944. Abele was able to avoid and shoot down several enemy planes but at 14:45, an A6M "Zero" crashed into the ship's starboard engine room. The American submarine also hit and seriously damaged Takao. At least 11 of the submarines listed above were lost due to accidents, including 1 (S-26) by a collision, 3 (R-12, S-28 and Lancetfish) by flooding, 4 (S-27, S-36, S-39 and Darter) by groundings and 3 (Tang, Tullibee and Grunion) sunk by circular runs of their own torpedoes. At about midnight on 13 November 1942, San Francisco, in company with heavy cruiser USS Portland, the light cruisers Atlanta, Helena, and Juneau, and eight destroyers, entered Lengo Channel. She was hit by two bombs and a torpedo which blew a 30-foot hole into her port side, although she managed to shoot down all of her attackers. Both fires were out within twelve minutes, but forty-four men were killed and another one hundred fifty five were wounded. Forty two men were killed and another forty one wounded. The first two kamikazes were shot down, but the third struck the port side of the ship; its 1,100lb bomb punched through to explode adjacent to the plotting room. PT-153 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Munda Point, New Georgia, 4 July 1943. The last plane to hit set off the ship's aft magazines which tore the Reid apart. USSMcCawley(APA-4) torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Rendova, Solomon Islands, and sunk by U.S. motor torpedo boats, 30 June 1943. In total darkness; the two task forces streamed towards on another until at 01:48, Atlanta was illuminated by searchlights from Japanese battleship Hiei which was only 3,000 yards away, practically point-blank range for the battleship. USS LCT(5)-35 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 15 February 1944. USSNelson(DD-623) was supporting the invasion of Normandy off Omaha Beach when during the early morning hours of 13 June 1944 she made contact with an enemy E-boat at 0105. PT-107 destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island, 18 June 1944. Another twenty seven crewmen were wounded during the action. Wasp was rocked by several catastrophic explosions over the next few minutes and it quickly became apparent that her condition was beyond saving. USSCaldwell(DD-605) was escorting landing craft at Ormoc on 12 December 1944 when at 0805 she was jumped by several enemy planes. Not to scale, obviously. By 08:00, the enemy cruisers, which were steaming off her port quarter, closed to within 18,000 yards. YP-277 scuttled to avoid capture east of Hawaii, 23 May 1942. Enemy ships surrounded and hammered the stricken destroyer with gunfire until she rolled over and sank. U-boat Attacks during World War II. The destroyer was able to evade the kamikaze and it splashed down in the water just yards away. The crew of Hadley lost twenty-eight men and another sixty-seven wounded, but had shot down twenty-three enemy planes, including the ones who crashed into her. USSTriton(SS-201) was on her sixth patrol of the war near the Papua, New Guinea area when on 15 March 1943 the submarine reported that it had attacked a Japanese convoy but was pursued by depth charge dropping destroyers. She returned to duty in September. USSHonolulu(CL-48) was damaged by a near-miss bomb during the attack on Pearl Harbor, requiring repairs. YP-47 sunk by collision off Staten Island, New York, 26 April 1943. The submarine was never seen nor heard from again. The destroyer responded with effective fire onto the German battery that hit her, who did not fire again for the rest of the bombardment. 7 men of Macomb's crew were killed and 14 wounded.[6]. Despite the heavy fire, the plane managed to strike the ship at deck level on the starboard side between No.1 and No.2 stacks, causing a terrific explosion and killing every man in the forward engine room. Sank the next day. USS LCI(L)-416 sunk off northern France, 9 June 1944. Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb. The majority of her nearly 800 survivors were rescued two days later by landing and patrol craft dispatched from Leyte Gulf. The David W Taylor rejoined the fleet and participated in the final days of the Okinawa campaign. Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December. USSMurphy(DD-603) was supporting the Operation Torch landings on 8 November 1942 when during an exchange of fire with a French shore battery, she was hit by a shell that penetrated the engine room, killing 3 men and wounding 25. In March 1942 alone, 27 ships from six Allied nations were sunk off U.S. shores. PT-239 destroyed by fire in port, Lambu Lambu, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 14 December 1943. Quincy had seen aircraft flares dropped over other ships in the task force, and had just sounded general quarters and was coming alert when the searchlights from the Japanese column came on. USSWilliam B. Preston(DD-344) was anchored off Darwin, Australia on 19 Feb 1942 when over 240 Japanese aircraft bombed the area in a massive air strike. 51 were killed and 81 were wounded. USS LCT(6)-983 sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. PT-67 destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Tufi, New Guinea, 17 March 1943. While operating off Okinawa on 4 May 1945, Birmingham was hit by an "Oscar" from directly overhead which crashed through her main forward deck, its bomb exploding in the sick bay, killing everyone there. The explosions caused massive damage. USSLansdale(DD-426) was escorting a convoy off the coast of Algeria during the night of 20 April 1944 when the convoy came under concentrated attacks by Luftwaffe bombers. With the ship beginning to split in half; the crew abandoned the ship while still under fire from German guns. Her scheduled report to chain of command on the twelfth never occurred and the sub was never seen or heard from again. USSAmmen(DD-527) was supporting the landing at Leyte on 1 November 1944 when at 09:52 she was chosen as the final destination for a kamikaze twin engine "Frances". At 18:00 the Allied force disengaged, having lost several ships with no success attacking the transports. USS YSP-49 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. DCH-1 (IX-44) (ex-Walker) scuttled by gunfire from oiler USSNeches(AO-5) while under tow from San Diego, California, to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 8 December 1941. Suffering from the effects of at least 65 hits, Astoria fought for her life. PT-337 destroyed by Japanese shore batteries, Hansa Bay, New Guinea, 7 March 1944. . Its bomb detonated in the water blowing the plane to smithereens and causing only superficial damage. The explosions continued to stagger the Turner until 0750 when a large violent explosion ripped the ship apart. Longshaw returned fire best as possible but unfortunately lost the gun duel as her forward magazines took a direct hit; exploded, and completely severed the bow. This is a list of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II. Moments later, two D3A Val's crashed into the No.3 5" gun turret, killing several men and destroying the turret. Captain Ralph O. Davis gave the order to abandon ship shortly before Chicago sank stern first 20 minutes later, taking 62 of her crew with her, most of them killed by the torpedo detonations. The ship's crew threw a life raft to the enemy crew in the water and continued on their way to Oran. USSRodman(DD-456) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes flew overhead. These ships may have sunk the submarine USSGrampus(SS-207), which also went missing in the same area, however most evidence points to the 16 February sinking as the Amberjack. It was widely believed that the Nazis destroyed Rome's first-century Nemi ships during World War II. The enemy suicide planes would come on in groups to devert the defensive fire of the ship, Colhoun shot down three of the first group but the fourth crashed into a 40mm gun mount.