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. USSButler(DD-636) was performing radar picket duty off Okinawa on 25 May 1945 when she was attacked by a kamikaze. PT-165 lost in transit, tanker torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17, 100 miles south of Nouma, New Caledonia, 24 May 1943. No additional information is available. USS SC-632 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. Structural damage was extensive, but not fatal. The submarine was never heard from again, and was listed as lost on 12 May 1943. Downes would return to service by March 1943. The plane smashed into the ship's port main deck waist, both of its bombs went off on the deck and gasoline fires engulfed the area near the crash. In the ensuring Battle of Cape Esperance, Farenholt was hit by shells below the waterline from both Japanese and American guns causing concerning flooding. USSColhoun(DD-85) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies to Guadalcanal when on 30 Aug 1942 while offloading near Kukum Point she was attacked by Japanese dive bombers. Sunk by accidental explosion. The sub quickly sank in less than a minute but fifteen men were able to escape the stricken boat. 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. III) (LCS(L)), Lighter, covered (non-self-propelled) (YC), Derrick, floating (non-self-propelled) (YD), Workshop, floating (non-self-propelled) (YR), Patrol boat, 83-foot type (numbers 83300 83529), R.Rielly "Kamikaze Attacks of World War II " 2011; p. 249, R.Rielly "Kqamikaze Attacks of World War II" 2011; p. 226, R.Rielly "Kamikaze Attacks of World War II" 2011; p. 236, R. Rielly "Kamikaze Attacks of World War II" 2011; p. 214, R.Rielly "Kamikaze Attacks of World War II" 2011; p. 218, R.Rielly "Kamikaze Attacks of World War II" 2011; p. 254, "List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II", Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of United States Navy losses in World War II, "The Sinking of the S.S. Normandie at NYC's Pier 88", alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (Y), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_US_Navy_ships_sunk_or_damaged_in_action_during_World_War_II&oldid=1144928936, World War II naval ships of the United States, Military history of the United States during World War II, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from February 2016, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. The ship would not be returned to service. Nearly a thousand men were in the water, clinging to life rafts and waiting to be picked up by the destroyers, which reached the men at 03:41. USSAnderson(DD-411) was participating in a diversionary bombardment of Wotje during the Marshall Islands campaign on 30 January 1944 when during the bombardment the ship was hit by a shell fired from a shore battery. USS YC-178 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. She served in the Spanish Navy after World War II for 22 years and was finally scrapped in 2002 after preservation attempts failed. They spotted a Japanese force of two battleships, one cruiser and eleven destroyers and immediately opened fire, sinking the Japanese destroyer Akatsuki. Although she suffered no casualties during the fight, the ship was severely damaged and the crew gave up efforts to save her. In 2006, the Wahoo was found by a team of divers resting in two-hundred feet of water near the La Prouse Strait. Haynsworth unleashed a monsoon of defensive fire which turned the incoming kamikaze back, but the suicide attacker made another sharp bank for the ship. After lengthy repairs, she returned to service in March 1943. Off Choiseul Island, near Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Seven men died in the accident on California. Although all enemy bombs landed in water, one bomb missed the Wadsworth by less than twenty feet, spraying shrapnel across the deck. Another 12 were wounded. 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. Efforts were made to free the boat off the rocks but all attempts failed. USSMcKean(APD-5) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 November 1943. A 20ft section of armor belt was lost and numerous holes were torn in her hull. 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. [5], USSMacomb(DD-458) was conducting radar picket duty on 3 May 1945 when at 1829 she was targeted by a Ki-61 "Tony" fighter that crashed into the ship's number three five-inch gun. A torpedo struck Selfridge on her bow, nearly severing the hull of the ship forward of the bridge. Of the 889 men aboard, 113 were killed or missing and approximately 30 others died of their wounds. The ship would be sold to the Chilean Navy and would serve until 1985. USS LCT(5)-362 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. The fires engulfed the ship's depth charges were cooked off and detonated at 18:16, causing extensive damage to the aft of the ship. Her crew struggled to put out the fires, repair the damage, and keep the ship afloat but their efforts were in vain. The ship would return to service in May 1944. On 16 August, Honolulu arrived at Pearl Harbor for major repairs and a new bow. The ship would be sold to the Argentine Navy and eventually made its way back to the US and finally Japan (ironically) for scrapping in 1978. USS LCT(5)-21 sunk off Oran, Algeria, 1 January 1943. 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. Sunk by Japanese shore battery, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands. At about 0200, San Francisco trained her guns on Kirishima. The submarine's captain and four other men were washed off the conning tower as the boat sank and were later rescued. The crew fought fires and attempted to beach their ship on Savo Island, but, when power failed, abandon ship was ordered. The kamikaze hit the water close aboard her port quarter, but ten minutes later, a second plane managed to evade deadly crossfire from astern, smashed through the stack and into the bridge. USS YMS-341 sunk off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. The crew was able to save their ship and sufficiently patch up to make for major repairs stateside. The submarine crew had to endure several years of brutal, sadistic abuse as captives of the Japanese, but out of seventy-six men taken prisoner when Grenadier sank, four men did not return home. USSBates(APD-47) sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945. She was hit by a torpedo, several 250kg bombs, and possibly an 800kg bomb. As her crew started to abandon ship, Laffey was ripped apart by a violent explosion and quickly sank with 59 of her crew killed and 116 wounded. One hit exploded upon impact on her armor causing little damage. The plane smashed into the ship's forecastle with a large explosion; its torpedo detonated a few minutes later, causing more casualties. The famous and decorated submarine was never seen or heard from again. The battleship USS West Virginia provided cover for the Butler while the crew worked to get power working again. As the crew abandoned ship, a large explosion, likely from the detonation of the torpedoes within the hangar deck, rocked the ship. One of the torpedoes stuck in the same spot Juneau had been hit earlier, setting off an enormous explosion that engulfed the entire ship, breaking her into two halves. Abner Read was taken under tow for repairs and returned to action by April 1944. At 17:12, a Yokosuka P1Y penetrated the screen undetected and made for Ommaney Bay, approaching directly towards the ship's bow. in Japanese hands. On 24 October 1944, while sailing with TF 38, Birmingham came to the assistance of the stricken carrier Princeton, coming alongside to help fight fires, when at 15:24, a magazine detonated on board Princeton causing extensive damage to Birmingham's superstructure. The cruiser took such a list to port that it appeared she might capsize. The ship rolled over and sank in under 2 minutes taking 202 crewmen down with her.