From that moment on, deadly accurate Japanese gunfire pounded her unmercifully, and she began to lose speed. Struck by torpedo. Two men were killed and over fifty were wounded by fragments from the bomb. She suffered 18 killed, 17 wounded in the battle. The plane hit the ship's aft quarter, and penetrated two decks before its bomb exploded, killing 13 and wounding 44, and knocking out her rear turrets. The ship would be scrapped in 1959 after years in mothball. USSBiloxi(CL-80) was hit by a burning "Val" kamikaze dive bomber which crashed amidships at her port water line. USS St. Fifty-four men went down with her, and another thirty-six were seriously wounded. Although damage did not threaten the integrity of the hull, extensive damage required her to retire from the gulf. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. 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 and partially sunk in a typhoon. The explosion heavily damaged David W. Taylor causing flooding, and the crew suffered four men killed. This time she was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes and left dead in the water with a severe list. Damage was minimal and days later the ship resumed her duty. She was taken under tow by a tugboat but by 14:00, Captain Jenkins decided the ship was beyond saving and ordered the abandonment of Atlanta. 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. Torpedoed by Japanese submarine and disabled. USSTiconderoga(CV-14) was hit by two kamikazes on 21 January 1945. USSWadsworth(DD-516) was providing fire support to landings on Bougainville on 1 November 1943 during the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay when around 7:45 a group of six enemy dive bombers targeted Wadsworth and her sister ship bombarding the beach. The crew set up camp in abandoned buildings at Constantine Harbor and would be rescued in days ahead. Both ships managed to make it to Tjilatjap on 28 Feb, but were unable to resupply or refuel completely. La Vallette was hit by one torpedo in her forward engine room, causing severe damage; 22 men were killed. San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 June 1943. USSNorth Carolina(BB-55) was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 on 15 September 1942, 150 miles southeast of Guadalcanal, the same spread of torpedoes which also hit and sank USS Wasp. Steam, compressed air, and fire-main pressure were lost throughout the ship. USSButler(DD-636) was performing radar picket duty off Okinawa on 25 May 1945 when she was attacked by a kamikaze. USS LST-376 sunk by German motor torpedo boats off Normandy, France, 9 June 1944. The ship was hit with a 135lb bomb in the well deck which killed 8 and wounded 38. Fires were extinguished after twenty minutes and the ship rejoined formation but several gun mounts were destroyed. The second bomb passed through the hangar deck, ruptured the fire main on the second deck, and exploded near the starboard side. Heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes and friendly fire from. Aircraft carrier, small (CVL) USS Princeton (CVL-23) sunk after being bombed by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944. PT-111 destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. She was towed away to make temporary repairs. USSSan Felipe(YFB-12) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Despite valiant efforts of her crew to save the ship, the fires were out of control and ignited the forward magazine. 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. As she went down, Sims exploded, killing many of her men in the water. The enemy planes scored a direct hit amidships which caused flooding and knocked out all power. Control was again lost. At 0210, the Japanese retired, leaving Savo Island and the burning hulks of three American cruisers in their wakes. Probably captured or destroyed by Japanese. USSRalph Talbot(DD-390) was on patrol off Savo Island during the night of 7-8 Aug 1942 when at 0215 a Japanese heavy cruiser appeared out of the darkness. During the course of the action, Duncan was hit by numerous shells that ignited large fires and put the ship out of action with extensive damage. USS YCF-37 lost en route to Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, March 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 28 April 1945. On 13 December 1944, she was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island at 14:15. USS PE-56 sunk by German submarine U-853 off Portland, Maine, 23 April 1945. USSBarton(DD-722) was participating in the bombardment of Cherbourg on 25 June 1944 supporting US Army troops assaulting German fortifications around the port city, when the ship was hit by a dud shell from an enemy shore battery. After repairs in San Francisco, Chicago returned to the theater of combat. USSPorcupine(IX-126) damaged by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, scuttled by destroyer Gansevoort (DD-608), 30 December 1944. USS LST-507 sunk by German motor torpedo boats in Lyme Bay, England, 28 April 1944. Princeton sank at approximately 17:50 with a loss of 108 men; however, 233 men were killed and 426 wounded on the USS Birmingham. The navy listed her as lost in action with all sixty hands. USSZane(DD-337) was acting as a high speed transport ferrying supplies to Guadalcanal when on 25 October 1942; Zane and her fellow ship USSTrever were engaged by Japanese destroyers in Ironbottom Sound in a running battle as Zane and Trever attempted to flee. After the stern went under, Hammann's depth charges exploded in a violent underwater explosion, killing many more men in the water. Divers reported they could not hear any tapping from inside the hull, making it doubtful anyone survived the initial sinking. One hit 10 feet below the waterline abreast the after engine room, and four seconds later, the second hit 40 feet further aft, ripping away decks and bulkheads. USSColumbia(CL-56) was struck by a kamikaze "Val" on 1 January 1945 while operating in Lingayen Gulf. Damage was not severe and the ship was able to make for temporary repairs under her own power, then towed to Saipan by tug. USS YC-672 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. 28 men were wounded. Within a couple hours the fires were under control and the ship was able to make it back to the states for repairs. Three eight-inch, shells struck her within minutes of each other. YP-97 lost due to Japanese occupation of the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. They spotted a Japanese force of two battleships, one cruiser and eleven destroyers and immediately opened fire, sinking the Japanese destroyer Akatsuki. USS LST-750 sunk by Japanese aircraft off Los Negros, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 December 1944. Luckily the ship's torpedoes did not explode despite being mangled by the bomb hit. Less than ten minutes after being hit, Luce slipped beneath the waves. South Dakota was illuminated by burning ships and fired upon by the Japanese task force, including battleship Kirishima. USSHank(DD-702) was patrolling as radar picket off Okinawa the afternoon of 11 April 1945 when the ship's crew sighted an incoming [A6M] "Zero" coming in low off the port bow heading for the bridge. Wreckage and an oil slick developed and the Japanese assumed the vessel had been destroyed. She was the last Allied ship sunk by a kamikaze attack during World War II. USSIdaho(BB-42), on 3 May 1945 off Okinawa, was attacked by two Vals and three Kates at 1452. USS LSM-12 foundered after being damaged by a Japanese suicide boat off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945. 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. 164 of her crew went down with the Barton while 42 survivors were rescued. On 29 November 1944, Saufley was performing anti-submarine patrols at the entrance to Leyte Gulf when she was hit by a kamikaze causing considerable hull damage and killing one man. USSPickerel(SS-177) left Pearl Harbor on 18 March 1943 for her seventh patrol of the war, and arrived to top off fuel and supplies at Midway Island before heading to the north-eastern coast of Honshu. But even after the severe damage inflicted by the first torpedo, the aft main guns continued to fire, and the ship had not yet been fatally damaged. USSEversole(DE-404) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45 east of Leyte, Philippine Islands, 28 October 1944. Following her repairs, the ship served as a replenishment carrier and eventually in "Magic Carpet". USSMonaghan(DD-354) was supporting the Mindoro landings when on 18 December 1944 her fleet was hit by Typhoon Cobra. USSWasp(CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Despite putting up a fierce storm of anti-aircraft fire downing four planes in the process; Cony was suffered at least two hits on the main deck that killed eight and wounded ten. . USSAmberjack(SS-219) was on her third patrol of the war near the traffic routes of the Rabaul-Shortland Sea area, when she made a final radio transmission on 14 February 1943, reporting she had picked up an enemy aviator, and had been forced down by two tailing destroyers. Captain Jenkins survived the slaughter on the bridge and ordered the crew to begin clearing debris, jettisoning topside weight to correct the list, reducing the volume of sea water in the ship, and tending the wounded. She returned to the war in March 1945. The impact of kamikaze violently rolled Drexler on her beam, causing the destroyer to quickly take on water and rapidly sink. USS PC-584 sunk by typhoon at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. USSDuncan(DD-485) was operating with TF 64 of 4 cruisers and 5 destroyers during the night of 1112 October 1942, aiming to ambush approaching Japanese warships that were intending to bombard US Marine positions on Guadalcanal. At 09:30, the enemy fleet suddenly broke off action and turned northward. USS YC-886 lost at Guantanamo, Cuba, 3 February 1943. Postwar, Hank served in Korea and was sold to the Argentinian Navy in 1972. USS YC-899 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. The fires were out by 1855; afterwards Anderson counted 16 dead and 20 wounded. USSLeedstown(AP-73) sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria, 9 November 1942. A significant number of men were still in the water; some life rafts remained in the area, while a number of men had climbed onto the still floating bow or clung to pieces of floating wreckage. The ship would be placed in reserve and sunk by torpedo testing in 1962 off San Diego, California. USSGrowler(SS-215) was on her eleventh patrol of the war on 20 October 1944 east of Luzon, when she and two sister subs attacked a Japanese convoy from two sides. Hit by Kamikaze on 20 May and damaged beyond repair. At 17:45, wounded crew began to be taken off the ship, and by 17:50 the entire topside area had become untenable. USSColhoun(DD-801) was providing fire support for Marines assaulting Iwo Jima on 1 March 1945 when she was hit by a shell from a Japanese shore battery which killed one man and wounded another sixteen. Officially, 219 men were reported missing or killed. 11 of her crew were killed and 4 others wounded. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and later destroyed. Fires were out within a couple minutes and although the ship still made twenty-three knots, the damage was severe enough to send Bryant back stateside for repairs. Unfortunately she could not be spared from damage for the ship was hit by a bomb aft, a MXY-7 Ohka, a kamikaze crashed on her aft deck, and a third suicide plane struck the rigging of the ship. USSFiske(DE-143) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-804 north of Azores, 2 August 1944. While leaving the Guadalcanal area on 9 August 1942, at 0130 she steamed right past a Japanese task force on their way to meet the Americans near Savo Island. Planes fell off the carrier's deck. Forty two men were killed and another forty one wounded. Palmer sank within six minutes, taking 28 men with her and leaving 38 wounded. USSPerry(DMS-17) sunk by a mine off Palau, Caroline Islands, 13 September 1944. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast after being at general quarters all night. USSBarton(DD-599) was operating with TF 67 on 1314 November 1942 when the American ships engaged a Japanese surface task force in the first Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. USS YCF-42 lost, December 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 8 February 1945. It is unclear if Jarvis crew were aware of the enemy ships, but the Japanese considered an escaping cruiser. The Japanese ship was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed by an American submarine in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss. USS LCT(6)-1029 sunk at Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 2 March 1945. 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. 36 men were killed in the accident. USSLaffey(DD-724) was serving radar picket duty with two escorts off the northern coast of Okinawa on 16 April 1945 when at 08:27, a massive swarm of at least fifty Japanese planes approached and circled the three American ships. Colhoun lost thirty-four men and suffered some twenty-one wounded. At 01:51, she trained her guns on a small cruiser or large destroyer 3,300yd off her starboard bow. The ships reported an oil slick, and debris with English markings floating on the surface where the submarine had been previously sighted. 2 turret to shoot out the offending light. USSMoale(DD-693) was making a night-time sweep with two other destroyers targeting Japanese transports unloading supplies in Ormac Bay just after midnight on 3 December 1944. 81 crew were killed during the night's action. USS YMS-84 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 8 July 1945. At 02:00, Vincennes heeled to starboard in an attempt to evade enemy gunfire, only to be hit by Japanese torpedoes. The ship was righted, refloated and sunk while under tow to California for scrapping in 1947. Several bombs landed on or near the Aaron Ward causing extensive damage and flooding to the engine room, fire rooms, and electric rooms. USSWilliam D. Porter(DD-579) was patrolling off Okinawa on 10 June 1945, when at 08:15 she was targeted by a kamikaze "Val". Another gaping hole had been blasted into the hull, which exacerbated the flooding caused by the first hit. 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. Moments later, two D3A Val's crashed into the No.3 5" gun turret, killing several men and destroying the turret. At about 0200, San Francisco trained her guns on Kirishima. Later in the day at 14:47, she was hit again in the bow by another 240mm shell but this time nobody was hurt and the projectile was later disarmed. USS LCT(5)-496 sunk in the English Channel, 2 October 1943. After 12 hours the last fire was quenched. 15 men went down with Henley. The submarine and her crew were never seen again. USSRandolph(CV-15) was hit by a Japanese twin-engine "Frances" type flying level on the starboard side. Damaged beyond repair and scuttled on 9 June 1946. Two men were killed and 34 wounded. The ship would return to service in June 1944, awarded eleven battle stars for her service in WWII, and finally scrapped in 1960. USSCapelin(SS-289) left Darwin, Australia on 17 November 1943 for her second patrol of the war to hunt Japanese shipping around the Philippine Islands. With one-quarter of her length gone, slowed to 2 knots, and damage control parties managed to repair the ship enough to sail to Tulagi Harbor near daybreak on 1 December. USS LSM-135 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945. Changing course, it came in over the stern, fired incendiary ammunition at the bridge, and on reaching the island structure, nosed over and crashed the flight deck. Most of Pope's crew would endure more than 60 hours in open sea, before spending years in POW camps. At 17:12, a Yokosuka P1Y penetrated the screen undetected and made for Ommaney Bay, approaching directly towards the ship's bow. While providing cover for forces landing on Leyte, on 1 November 1944 at 13:41, Abner Read was targeted by a kamikaze "Val". Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Within an hour, Twiggs sank taking one hundred eighty-four crewmen down with her. One attacker was shot down, but the second plowed into the ship below the bridge. Most of the crew was picked up by neighboring ships but twenty two crewmembers would go down with Abner Read. The crew attempted to hoist a white flag of surrender but the Japanese vessel continued to fire at the S-44. She was scrapped in 1973. The burning wreck slid aft along the superstructure, crushing antiaircraft guns and their crews, stopping next to Turret Three. USS LSMR-194 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. The two ships exchanged fire; Ralph Talbot was hit four times which killed 12 men and wounded several more. Severely damaged by a mine. It would be struck by another kamikaze later that day, in the same spot the first plane had hit. Irwin was also damaged, but stayed close to rescue survivors. USSDale(DD-290) was supporting operations in Buna as a high speed transport named SS Masaya when on 28 March 1943 she was attacked by five dive bombers, 6 miles off Oro Bay. USSLongshaw(DD-559) was en route to her patrol area on the morning of 18 May 1945, following a four-day period of fire support when at 07:19, the destroyer ran aground on a reef just south of Naha Airport. By 16 April 1945, the Kete had been reported as missing by the Navy. Grounded and damaged and then scuttled to prevent capture. Hake reported having dove down and making evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with both Harder and the oncoming Japanese ships. Forty-six men were lost with S-26. USS YTM-467 lost in the Marshall or Gilbert Islands, March 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 9 June 1944. After trailing the convoy for several hours, the Tullibee fired two torpedoes at a target and waited for the expected detonations. PT-31 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 19 January 1942. The plane's bomb detonated inside the ship, killing three men outright and wounding eighteen others. At approximately 02:20Monssen, was spotlighted by a large Japanese warship in the pitch-black night, then hit by possibly 39 shells, including many of battleship caliber. USSO'Brien(DD-725) was supporting minesweepers well inshore of the battleship Texas which was engaging German shore batteries at Cape Levi, near Cherbourg on 25 June 1944. 20 PT boats were destroyed by grounding, another 9 were sunk by friendly fire and 10 more were lost due to other accidents. Quincy managed to fire a few main gun salvos, one of which hit Chkai's chart room 20ft from Admiral Mikawa and killed or wounded 36 men, although Mikawa was not injured. Purdy left the area to make repairs and tend her wounded crew, eventually making it back to the states. A terrific explosion followed which created a large fire, and cooked off 40mm ammunition. After sinking the Japanese transports, the American destroyers were counterattacked by the defending Japanese forces. After being struck with two torpedoes, with Japanese destroyers that were firing less than 1500 yards away with cannon and machine guns, the order to abandon ship was given. As Vincennes's list increased to port, the order to abandon ship was given at 0230. Lost with the Shark were the lives of fifty four crew. USSCanopus(AS-9) scuttled off Mariveles Bay, Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 9 April 1942. New York NY: Sarpedon Publishers, 1995. Scuttled to prevent capture.
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