Luckily the ship's torpedoes did not explode despite being mangled by the bomb hit. USS PGM-27 destroyed by grounding during typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. Stripped and blown up 14 May 1946. USSPollux(AKS-2) wrecked in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 18 February 1942. Kalinin Bay suffered extensive structural damage during the morning's furious action, and counted five dead among her sixty casualties. Two other submarines, Dorado and Seawolf, were probably sunk in friendly fire incidents. American ship builders began to construct these ships using an old, but reliable, English design. As the ship was being abandoned, Leary was hit by two additional torpedoes which quickly put the ship beneath the waves. USSBiloxi(CL-80) was hit by a burning "Val" kamikaze dive bomber which crashed amidships at her port water line. USSMcLanahan(DD-615) was participating in a bombardment patrol off the Ligurian coast when on 11 February 1945 a near-miss by a large-caliber shell sprayed the ship with shrapnel and knocked out a gun turret. USSKearny(DD-432) was assisting a British convoy under attack from a German "wolfpack" of submarines on the morning of 17 October 1941 when the ship was hit on her starboard side by a torpedo from U-568. The Buck flooded quickly and sank within four minutes. The ship would not be returned to service. Serviceable life jackets and rafts were broken out, and the crew began abandoning ship. 1941 and U.S. entry into World War II, ships were being sunk by German U-Boats almost as fast as they were being built. Just 90 minutes after the engagement ended with Japanese surface forces, "Taffy 3" was attacked by the first organized kamikaze attack of WWII. USS YMS-84 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 8 July 1945. Grounded and partially sunk in a typhoon. After the third, an enemy plane spiraled toward the cruiser, but her gunners splashed it. The fires were deemed to be out of control and the crew abandoned ship. Luckily, all of the submarine's crew was saved without serious injury. Engine repair ship. The bomb penetrated into her aft aircraft elevator, and detonating within the hangar bay, some 5ft below the flight deck. It is estimated she was hit by one 14", one 5", six 6", and eighteen 8" caliber shells. 24 men were killed and missing, another nine were seriously wounded. The bomb plummeted through the deck, into the crew's mess hall, down through the berthing compartment, and through the fuel tanks before crashing through the keel and exploding in the water underneath. These hit further aft in the machinery spaces, breaking the keel, flooding the forward engine and boiler rooms, and breaching bulkheads that allowed water into the aft engine room. Of the 889 men aboard, 113 were killed or missing and approximately 30 others died of their wounds. Just ten minutes after the attack began, Meredith capsized and sank; taking 192 men down with her. USSArgonaut(SM-1) was on her third patrol of the war along the south-east coast of New Britain Island when on 10 January 1943, she intercepted a convoy of enemy ships from Rabaul. USSClaxton(DD-571) was bombarding Japanese positions protecting Bougainville Island on 4 February 1944 when the ship was struck by as many as two (possibly eight-inch) shells which hit aft, wounding fifteen men but otherwise causing minimal damage. The sub was assigned to patrol the Yellow Sea and sink Japanese shipping. USS YF-224 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Hyman suffered twelve dead and over forty wounded by the kamikaze strike, but luckily the ship managed to make for repairs at Saipan, then eventually back home. Like her sister, she was sunk as a target ship in 1948. USSGregory(APD-3) sunk by Japanese destroyer Ydachi off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 5 September 1942. The first plane missed with all three bombs. No additional information is available. Sunk after running aground in heavy weather. Although several of the enemy planes were downed, three planes managed to strike the Mahan. The plane came homing in on the carrier from a low angle directly astern and crashed into the flight deck aft, its burning wreckage skidding across the flight deck while its 500lb bomb penetrated the flight deck to explode among rearming and refueling aircraft. Foote was left adrift until the Japanese broke off contact, afterwards she was taken under tow to Purvis Bay for repairs. The ship was sunk by demolition charges by her own crew, going down at 20:15 on 13 November 1942. USSMugford(DD-389) was covering the 7 Aug 1942 landings on Guadalcanal when at 1320, a large Japanese airstrike attempted to disrupt the landings. The carrier lost six men in the attack; the remaining 951 were picked up by the escort screen. 255 killed. USSIsherwood(DD-520) was operating off Okinawa on 22 April 1945 just west of Kerama Retto when at 17:25, her radar picked up incoming bogeys. USS YF-177 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Lo: American escort carrier sunk on 25 October 1944 by kamikaze aircraft while in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf. After both ships destroyed about twelve incoming bogeys, Evans took several direct hits and was dead in the water at 09:00, leaving Hadley to battle on by herself. A direct hit on the navigation bridge killed or badly wounded all officers, except for the communications officer. USSPreston(DD-379) was sailing with TF 64 on 14 November 1942 en route to intercept a Japanese fleet making for the Marine-held airbase on Guadalcanal. The ship would be out of action until November 1942. Today she is a museum ship in Charleston, South Carolina. 332 of her men would go down with her as she rolled over and sank 2.5 miles east of Savo Island at 02:50. As crew jettisoned topside weight to keep her upright, her gunners helped to destroy five Japanese planes. Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. During the wild fight, Atlanta, being exposed as the lead cruiser in the US formation was hit by several shells and took a torpedo hit to her port engine room, killing almost all power to the ship and leaving her guns inoperable. A second kamikaze hit the ship the next day on 6 January 1945, crashing into the starboard side signal bridge, and fatally injuring Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler commander of cruiser Division 4. YP-405 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Caribbean Sea, 20 November 1942. USSMercedes(YT-108) destroyed to prevent capture at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 2 January 1942. The ship was towed back to the states and decommissioned. On 2 January 1945, Sumner was supporting a minesweeping group in Lingayen Gulf when at 11:58 several kamikazes swooped in out of the sun and lined up to hit the destroyer. The enemy plane crashed into the ship's superstructure and a 40mm gun mount. Here, inspection revealed that her propeller shafts were damaged, her fuel tanks ruptured, and her water-distilling equipment ruined. During the Battle of the Philippine Sea, a D4Y dive bomber hit South Dakota with a 500lb bomb, disabling a 40mm mount, killing twenty-four and wounding another seventy-seven men. USS YC-912 lost in the North Pacific, 13 January 1945. 92 men were killed during this attack. USSPorter(DD-356) was sailing as a part of TF16 during the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October 1942. Colorado was scrapped in 1959. At 11:46, there was still no CAP cover over the cruiser's formation, and at 1151, two more enemy planes, both burning, attacked St. Louis. USSWashington(BB-56) was damaged when she collided with USS Indiana during refueling maneuvers during the Marshall Islands campaign in 1944. Salt Lake City would spend the next four months undergoing repairs and replenishment at Pearl Harbor. Although outnumbered and outgunned, the small old ship opened fire on the enemy ships until hit by a barrage of shells which set Little ablaze, and caused her to quickly sink. She was the last Allied ship sunk by a kamikaze attack during World War II. Gambier Bay was the only US Navy aircraft carrier to be sunk by surface naval gunfire during WWII. On 13 January 1944, she arrived in the area between Buka and St. George Channel to support landing operations in the Green Islands, off of New Ireland. This was due to a number of factors, the darkest of which was that, even when U-boats had the edge against Navy vessels, they needed to remain underwater. The next day while the Jarvis was slowly steaming towards Australia down by the bow, with no radio and few working guns; she was pounced on by 31 Japanese planes. The collision caused extensive damage to her bow. Severely damaged by enemy action and not repaired. Four Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar's" began heading for Fox in a single file and were taken under fire from the ships. USSColorado(BB-45) was damaged by counter battery fire during the bombardment of Tinian on 24 July. In addition, several fires were kindled, total steering control was lost, and the ship acquired a 3 list to the port. Crewed by Coast Guard. Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb. The SSPaul Hamilton, steaming ahead of Lansdale, was struck by a torpedo at 21:00 and exploded in an enormous fireball, killing all 580 on board, as well as illuminating all nearby ships in the darkness. Selected media links These are a few of the notable incidents: USS Bullhead USS SC-1019 lost by grounding, 22 April 1945. She was scrapped in 1957 after a lengthy, prestigious career. Independence returned to San Francisco on 2 January 1944 for more permanent repairs. Just after noon on 26 October, another group of kamikazes jumped "Taffy 1". USS LCT(6)-612 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. USS LCT(5)-311 sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 9 August 1943. USS YSP-42 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. . From available information culled together after the war, it is most likely that Grampus was caught on the surface the night of 5 March 1943, and was sunk by gunfire from Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame passing through Blackett Strait where the sub was supposed to be operating. USSRonaki(IX-94) sunk after grounding on a reef off eastern Australia, 18 June 1943. USS YC-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YW-50 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Steering and engine control were lost and shifted to Battle Two which was soon also knocked out was out of commission by a direct hit from the port side. USSNatoma Bay(CVE-62) was operating off Okinawa when at 06:35, on 7 June 1945, after having maneuvered through typhoon weather, Natoma Bay was closed by an A6M Zero, broad on the port quarter and low on the water. USS YF-724 lost off the Farallone Islands, 22 March 1945. USSSelfridge(DD-357) was attempting to intercept Japanese destroyer transports that were evacuating troops from Vella Lavella. The aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire but it continued aiming directly for the carrier's bridge. On January 21, a plane returning from a sortie made a normal landing, taxied forward abreast of the ship's island and disintegrated in a blinding explosion that killed 50 men and wounded 75. The plane smashed into the ship's main radio transmitter room spreading a large fire over the ship's superstructure, fortunately the plane had lost its bomb as it violently maneuvered to hit the ship, certainly sparing the ship more damage. USS YPK-6 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YD-60 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSLexington(CV-2) was hit by two armor-piercing bombs and two torpedoes on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. A memorial and shrine to her crew was constructed in 1962. USS PC-815 sunk by collision with USSLaffey(DD-724) off San Diego, California, 11 September 1945. USSGolet(SS-361) left Midway Island on 28 May 1944 heading out for waters off Northern Honshu on her third patrol of the war. The American submarine also hit and seriously damaged Takao. The ship resumed flight operations a few hours later. Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft. Wreckage and an oil slick developed and the Japanese assumed the vessel had been destroyed. Her stern lowered in the dark waters, and her bow was distinctively rising. USSNiagara(AGP-1) sunk by Japanese aircraft bombing near San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 May 1943. PT-111 destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. In moments the report came "Both engine rooms are black and dead.". 2 vols. USSMississinewa(AO-59) sunk after being hit by Kaiten (suicide torpedo) fired by either Japanese submarine I-47 or I-36, at Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 20 November 1944. Since it appeared that the ship could be saved, a salvage crew of about 325 able-bodied men went back aboard Astoria. The battle became a wild close range gun fight with ships firing on friend and foe in the dark without positive identification. The wreckage of the Grayback was discovered fifty miles south of Okinawa in 2019. At the same time, she became the target of Nagara off her starboard bow and of a destroyer that had crossed her bow and was passing down her port side. PT-28 damaged beyond repair in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 12 January 1943. She would be out of action for several months. Fisheries II (converted yacht) destroyed to prevent capture at Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture. Juneau withdrew from the action, and after the melee was over proceeded to Espiritu Santo with other ships damaged in the night's action. The huge explosions broke the Barton in two and she quickly sank. 5: Tug: Captured by Japanese: . Raised by the Japanese and designated. Within an hour, Twiggs sank taking one hundred eighty-four crewmen down with her. Cisco took eighty crewmen down with her when she sank. PT-311 destroyed by enemy mine, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 18 November 1944. The engine, propeller and a bomb tore a hole in the flight deck, 12 by 20 feet, while the explosion of the bomb damaged the deck of the forecastle and the anchor windlass beyond repair and ignited a nearby fighter. Allied Coastal Forces of World War II. USS LST-499 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 8 June 1944. USS LCS(L)(3)-33 sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. Her antiaircraft gunners responded, hitting one of the intruders, which immediately changed course and crashed into USS St. Japanese records examined post war reveal that on 29 February 1944, a Japanese convoy of troop transports was attacked by an American submarine, right in the area Trout was assigned to operate. An attempt to tow the ship failed in the rough seas and the Worden began to break-up, prompting the crew to abandon ship. PT-123 destroyed by Japanese aircraft bombing, off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. The second bomb passed through the hangar deck, ruptured the fire main on the second deck, and exploded near the starboard side. USS LCI(L)-219 sunk off northern France, 11 June 1944. USSShaw(DD-373) was in floating drydock at Pearl Harbor when on the morning of 7 December 1941 the base was attacked by a huge Japanese airstrike. Captured in port, taken into Japanese service and survived the war. The kamikaze's bomb detonated, engulfing the bridge in flames and inflicting damage to communication, fire control and radar equipment. Hyman's gunners managed to shoot the wing off the incoming A6M "Zero" but the wreckage of the plane landed on the ship's forward torpedo launcher tubes between the stacks. Grounded. USSLaffey(DD-459) was operating with TF 67 on the night of 1314 November 1942 off Guadalcanal when at 0148, combat was initiated with a Japanese force including two battleships, and fourteen destroyers. USS YSR-2 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YC-685 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Two escorting enemy destroyers Sazanami and Ushio, dropped depth charges on and severely damaged Perch. The shell on the after part of the forward stack, seriously wounding four men, including the captain. All were lost with the ship following the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. She would take part in an operation to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing their island garrisons on Attu and Kiska Islands in the Aleutians. The Japanese directed their fire onto Hopewell, hitting the destroyer at least four times and knocking out her battery control station and a five-inch turret. It is unclear if Jarvis crew were aware of the enemy ships, but the Japanese considered an escaping cruiser. Up to 900 men initially survived the sinking, but many succumbed to shark attacks, dehydration, and salt poisoning as they awaited . USSPillsbury(DD-227) was attempting to rendezvous with friendly forces near Java on 2 Mar 1942 when at she was engaged in a night action with the Japanese heavy cruisers Takao and Atago. USS YMS-98 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. She got underway for Mare Island for permanent repairs and modifications on 5 January 1942. The crash jammed the ship's steering gear, causing a near collision with the huge Essex class carrier. Quincy's captain ordered his cruiser to charge towards the eastern Japanese column, but as she turned to do so Quincy was hit by two torpedoes from Tenry, causing severe damage. USS YG-44 lost at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 7 February 1945. She was towed to San Pedro Bay where temporary repairs enabled her to travel stateside. Sterett remained afloat and was able to depart the battle area for emergency repairs. USS YF-223 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Repairs were made at Pearl Harbor. On 20 November 1944 a pair of Zero kamikazes approached the ship; California's gunners shot one of them down, but the other struck her on the port side abreast of the mainmast. USS YMS-378 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 30 July 1944. The ship would finish WWII with nine battle stars. USSOahu(PR-6) scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 6 May 1942. The submarine was supposed to pause every 100 meters . In less than fifteen seconds, R-12 sank to the sea floor. Despite the damage, Hopewell remained on station in Manila Bay for several more days before steaming for repairs at Manus. The Submarine Service accounted for about 55% of all Japanese tonnage sunk in the war. New York NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Most of the crew was picked up by neighboring ships but twenty two crewmembers would go down with Abner Read. By 18 October, the crew started jettisoning topside weight to attempt to save the ship, but it became clear the O'Brien would have to make the nearest port. One attacker was shot down, but the second plowed into the ship below the bridge. She was sunk by Atomic testing during Operation Crossroads in 1946. USS LCT(5)-342 sunk off Salerno, Italy, 29 September 1943. USS YC-714 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The second kamikaze missed the bow by ten feet and exploded in the water, showering debris and water over the bridge. She was scrapped in 1947. 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. The German government's apology and admission of the attack as a mistake did little to assuage Americans' anger, which increased exponentially when German forces torpedoed and sank the British . Four twin 20 AA cannon opened up to set the kamikaze ablaze prior to hitting Louisville which killed eight sailors on a quad 40mm AA gun mount, injured 45 sailors, bent the number 1 smoke stack, cut Louisville's seaplane off and left only the pontoon on the catapult. USS YG-39 lost, 27 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 13 November 1944. USSSwerve(AM-121) sunk by a mine off Anzio, Italy, 9 July 1944. USS YPK-7 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. She was scrapped in 1961. The enemy battleship joined the cruiser and the destroyer in firing on San Francisco, whose port 5in battery engaged the destroyer but was put out of action except for one mount. The extremely violent and freezing seas took the lives of 110 of her crew, 46 were rescued. In a raid lasting 17 minutes; Plunkett was struck by a 550lb. The first hit the fantail, the second on the starboard side of the pilot house, the third struck the portside of the Combat Information Center, the fourth hit the number three five-inch gun, and the fifth hit the starboard side at the waterline. Houston subsequently sought refuge at Tjilatjap to work on repairs and to tend to wounded sailors. USS AFD-13 sank off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. (Kyjitai: ), Hfuku Maru) was a Japanese cargo ship, sunk on September 21, 1944 by American . Scuttled after being hit by coast defense gunfire. The ship began to flood, but was quickly brought under control and the ship headed to Kerama Retto for repairs. Damaged by aircraft bombs and later scuttled. The Allied flagship and another cruiser were sunk by torpedoes, leaving Houston and HMASPerth alone. USS LST-314 sunk by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 9 June 1944. USSLuzon(PR-7) scuttled off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 6 May 1942. USSSaratoga(CV-3) was hit and sent back for repairs multiple times during the war. US Navy. Destroyed by fire in port fire while fueling. She would rejoin the war on 10 February 1943. The suicide attacker barely missed striking the bridge, instead clipping the ship's antenna before tumbling into the sea. On 29 May 1945, while performing radar picket duty, she was attacked by two kamikazes at 0010, one of which was shot down. On 14 February 1945 while operating off Luzon in Mariveles Bay, the La Vallette struck a mine that seriously damaged the ship and required her to be towed. USS LCS(L)(3)-37 engines damaged beyond repair by a depth charge dropped under the fantail by a suicide boat off Nakagusuki Wan, Okinawa, 28 April 1945. Hughes crew suffered 2 men killed and 21 wounded. One plane approached in a low glide before striking the base of the bridge and igniting intense fires. PT-322 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea, 23 November 1943. Destroyed by the collapse of a snow covered shed. During the savage storm which at times had winds in excess of one hundred forty miles per hour, Spence was helplessly tossed about in the huge waves. The Divine Wind: Japan's. USSBunker Hill(CV-17) was severely damaged by two kamikaze planes striking the carrier within 30 seconds on 11 May 1945 off Okinawa, killing 390 men and wounding 264. On 9 January 1945, she was hit again by a kamikaze "Tojo" fighter which crashed into the forward gun director gun mount, killing 24 and wounding 97 men. PT-339 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. The crew was unable to contain the fires and abandoned ship. USSPatterson(DD-392) was patrolling with two heavy cruisers south of Savo Island on 9 Aug 1942 when at 0145 she ran head-on into a Japanese task force of 5 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, and a destroyer. USSBorie(DD-215) was hunting German U-boat "U405" on 1 November 1943 when the submarine surfaced and the vessels engaged each other with gunfire. Eight men were able to make their way ashore on Byan Island after more than seventeen hours in the water, where the crewmembers made contact with Filipino guerrillas. Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired. USS LST-359 sunk by German submarine U-870 north-east of the Azores, 20 December 1944. The sub had been considered lost with all hands by the Navy, however stories circulated amongst POW's held on Palawan that at least four men survived the sinking of Robalo after striking a mine and were soon after captured by the Japanese. Under cover of a thick smokescreen and aggressive torpedo attacks by the destroyers, the American cruisers were able to make an evasive turn, which for a while allowed the range to open.