List of United States Navy losses in World War II

List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946, sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. The list does not include United States Merchant Marine ships, many which had United States Navy Armed Guard units.

File:USS Lexington (CV-2) burning and sinking on 8 May 1942 (NH 51382).jpg| on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942

File:USS Birmingham comes alongside the burning USS Princeton.jpg|Light cruiser coming alongside burning aircraft carrier at Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944

File:DD-374 sunk 5Aug1942 EspirituSanto NAN09-10-86.jpg|, a , sinking after striking a mine while escorting a cargo ship into New Hebrides, 1942

File:USS Oklahoma on fire.gif|, on fire, producing thick smoke, after she took heavy damage during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941

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{| class="wikitable"

! style="text-align:bottom" scope="row" rowspan=2 | Battleships

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number in commission

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number lost

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Loss rate

! scope="row" rowspan=2 |

! scope="col" colspan=3 | Theatre

! Pacific !! Atlantic !! Panama

| Old battleships (OBB)

| style="text-align:center" | 15

| style="text-align:center" | 2

| style="text-align:center" | 13.3%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 2

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| Fast battleships (NBB)

| style="text-align:center" | 10

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 0.0%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Aircraft carriers

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number in commission

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number lost

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Loss rate

! scope="row" rowspan=2 |

! scope="col" colspan=3 | Theatre

! Pacific !! Atlantic !! Panama

| Fleet carriers (CV)

| style="text-align:center" | 24

| style="text-align:center" | 4

| style="text-align:center" | 16.7%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 4

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| Light carriers (CVL)

| style="text-align:center" | 9

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" | 11.1%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| Escort carriers (CVE)

| style="text-align:center" | 77

| style="text-align:center" | 6

| style="text-align:center" | 7.8%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 5

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Cruisers

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number in commission

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number lost

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Loss rate

! scope="row" rowspan=2 |

! scope="col" colspan=3 | Theatre

! Pacific !! Atlantic !! Panama

| Large cruisers (CB)

| style="text-align:center" | 2

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 0.0%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| Heavy cruisers (CA)

| style="text-align:center" | 30

| style="text-align:center" | 7

| style="text-align:center" | 23.3%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 7

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| Light cruisers (CL)

| style="text-align:center" | 34

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" | 2.9%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

| AA light cruisers (CLAA)

| style="text-align:center" | 8

| style="text-align:center" | 2

| style="text-align:center" | 25.0%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 2

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Escorts

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number in commission

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number lost

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Loss rate

! scope="row" rowspan=2 |

! scope="col" colspan=3 | Theatre

! Pacific !! Atlantic !! Panama

| Old destroyers (DD) *

| style="text-align:center" | 132

| style="text-align:center" | 12

| style="text-align:center" | 9.1%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 5

| style="text-align:center" | 7

| style="text-align:center" |

| New destroyers (DD)

| style="text-align:center" | 343

| style="text-align:center" | 69

| style="text-align:center" | 20.1%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 57

| style="text-align:center" | 12

| style="text-align:center" |

| Destroyer escorts (DE)

| style="text-align:center" | 421

| style="text-align:center" | 15

| style="text-align:center" | 3.6%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 7

| style="text-align:center" | 8

| style="text-align:center" |

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Submarines

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number in commission

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Number lost

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Loss rate

! scope="row" rowspan=2 |

! scope="col" colspan=3 | Theatre

! Pacific !! Atlantic !! Panama

| Numbered craft (SS) *

| style="text-align:center" | 65

| style="text-align:center" | 7

| style="text-align:center" | 10.8%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 5

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| Named craft (SS)

| style="text-align:center" | 256

| style="text-align:center" | 47

| style="text-align:center" | 18.4%

| style="text-align:center" |

| style="text-align:center" | 45

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| colspan="8" | * World War I-era designs

Combatants

Battleships (BB)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

!Hull number

!Ship class

!Location !! Date !! Cause

| BB-39

| , Pearl Harbor

| Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū

| BB-37

| Pearl Harbor

| 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 scrapping.

Note - USS Utah (AG-16) (ex BB-31) is not listed as a battleship as it had been converted to an anti-aircraft gunnery training ship by the time of her sinking; it is included in the sub-section "Other auxiliaries". During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS California (BB-44) were sunk while USS Nevada (BB-36) was beached, however, all three ships were refloated, rebuilt and returned to service.

Aircraft carriers (CV/CVL)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

!Hull number

!Ship class!! Location !! Date !! Cause

| CV-2

| , Battle of the Coral Sea

| Sunk by aircraft from carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku

| CV-5

| , Battle of Midway

| Crippled by planes from aircraft carrier Hiryū, finished off by torpedoes from the

| CV-7

| (smaller design variant)

| Torpedoed by

| CV-8

| , Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

| Crippled by aircraft from Shōkaku and Zuikaku, and after failed scuttling attempt was finished off by destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo

| CVL-23

| , Battle of Leyte Gulf

| Sunk by land-based aircraft bomb

Escort aircraft carriers (CVE)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

!Hull number

!Ship class!! Location !! Date !! Cause

| CVE-56

| Torpedoed by

| CVE-21

| Torpedoed by

| CVE-73

| , Battle off Samar

| Sunk by gunfire primarily from the Japanese battleship Yamato

| CVE-63

| , Battle off Samar

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft

| CVE-79

| Struck by Kamikaze aircraft and scuttled.

| CVE-95

| , Battle of Iwo Jima

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft

Heavy cruisers (CA)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

!Hull number

!Ship class!! Location !! Date !! Cause

| CA-30

| , Battle of Sunda Strait

| Sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma and destroyer Shikinami

| CA-34

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese heavy cruisers Chōkai, Aoba, Kinugasa, and Furutaka,

| CA-39

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island

| Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes from Furutaka and Aoba and light cruiser Tenyū

| CA-44

| , Battle of Savo Island

| Sunk by gunfire from the heavy cruisers Kako and Kinugasa and torpedoes from Chōkai and the light cruiser Yūbari

| CA-26

| , Battle of Tassafaronga

| Sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Kagerō and Makinami

| CA-29

| , Battle of Rennell Island

| Sunk by land-based aircraft torpedoes

| CA-35

| , Philippine Sea

| Torpedoed by

Light cruisers (CL)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

!Hull number

!Ship class!! Location !! Date !! Cause

| CL-51

| Off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

| Fatally damaged by gunfire from battleship Hiei and a torpedo from destroyer Ikazuchi, scuttled the following day.

| CL-52

| , Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

| Crippled by torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze, later finished off by another torpedo from the

| CL-50

| , Battle of Kula Gulf

| Sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Suzukaze and Tanikaze

Destroyers (DD)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Ship Class !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| DD-483

| Sunk by dive bombers from the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō.

| DD-526

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-599

| Off Guadalcanal, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-640

| Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedo.

| DD-397

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal

| Fatally damaged by torpedo possibly from the Japanese destroyer Shirayuki, later scuttled.

| DD-387

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-215

| Sunk after collision with which also sank.

| DD-453

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-518

| Sunk by land-based aircraft bombs.

| DD-420

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-529

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-792

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-451

| Battle of Vella Lavella

| Fatally damaged by torpedo from Japanese destroyer Yūgumo, later scuttled

| DD-801

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-695

| Torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Take.

| DD-463

| Sunk by German shore batteries.

| DD-376

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal

| Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese light cruiser Nagara and destroyers Yukikaze, Harusame, and Teruzuki.

| DD-469

| Sunk by aircraft bombs.

| DD-741

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-485

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Cape Esperance

| Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa and friendly fire.

| DD-219

| Crippled by dive bombers from the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Sōryū, and Hiryū finished off by the battleships Hiei and Kirishima and heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma.

| DD-552

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-620

| Sunk by German shore batteries.

| DD-433

| , Battle of Kolombangara

| Sunk by torpedo spread from the Japanese destroyers Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Kiyonami, and Yūgure

| DD-555

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-584

| Sunk by naval mine.

| DD-412

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-391

| Sunk by torpedo from Japanese submarine Ro-108.

| DD-533

| , Battle off Samar

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleships Yamato and Nagato and heavy cruiser Haguro.

| DD-774

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-350

| Sunk in typhoon.

| DD-476

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired.

| DD-444

| Sunk in collision with the oil tanker

| DD-130

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-393

| Sunk by land based Japanese torpedo bombers.

| DD-557

| , Battle off Samar

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Yamato, the light cruiser Yahagi, and destroyers Yukikaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, and Nowaki

| DD-459

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal

| Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Yukikaze

| DD-426

| Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedoes.

| DD-158

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-481

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-803

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-559

| Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding.

| DD-522

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-622

| Sunk by German land-based aircraft bombs.

| DD-364

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-733

| Sunk by rocket-powered Ohka aircraft bomb .

| DD-434

| Sunk by aircraft from .

| DD-726

| Sunk by naval mine.

| DD-354

| Sunk in typhoon.

| DD-436

| , Battle of Guadalcanal

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Hiei and destroyers Asagumo, Murasame, and Samidare.

| DD-417

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-560

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-586

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-415

| Torpedoed by

| DD-218

| Boston, Massachusetts

| Irreparably damaged after being rammed by , later towed to Norfolk, Virginia and scrapped.

| DD-226

| , Bombing of Darwin

| Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs in Darwin Harbour

| DD-377

| Off New Guinea

| Sunk after being rammed by Australian troopship Duntroon.

| DD-227

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese heavy cruisers and .

| DD-225

| Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs.

| DD-356

| Fate uncertain: Torpedoed by crashing TBF Avenger, downed by fighters from the light carrier Zuihō

| DD-379

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal

| Sunk by gunfire from the light cruiser Nagara and torpedo from the destroyer Ayanami

| DD-477

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-369

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-245

| Torpedoed by .

| DD-405

| Torpedoed by a German E-boat.

| DD-373

| Leyte, Philippines

| Grounded and not repaired.

| DD-639

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-409

| Coral Sea

| Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs.

| DD-512

| Sunk in typhoon.

| DD-224

| Off Surabaya, Java

| Scuttled on account of damage inflicted by the Japanese destroyers Asashio and Ōshio during the battle of the Badung Strait, 19 February 1942.

Later salvaged by Japanese as Patrol Boat No. 102 (Sunk in 1946 as target ship).

| DD-467

| Kula Gulf, Solomons

| Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Niizuki

| DD-240

| Off Key West, Florida

| Sunk in American-laid minefield.

| DD-514

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DD-229

| Placentia Bay, Newfoundland

| Sunk after accidental grounding in a storm.

| DD-374

| Off Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides

| Sunk by naval mine.

| DD-648

| Off Ambrose Light, New York

| Sunk by internal explosions.

| DD-591

| Sunk by aerial torpedo and Kamikaze aircraft.

| DD-416

| Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal

| Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Samidare

| DD-383

| Sank in a hurricane.

| DD-579

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft

| DD-352

| Amchitka Island, Aleutians

| Sunk after accidental grounding.

Destroyer escorts (DE)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Ship Class !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| DE-56

| North Atlantic Ocean

| Torpedoed by U-473 and damaged beyond repair. Re-designated IX-182 15 July 1944 and converted to a floating power plant at Cherbourg, France in August 1944. Later used as a barracks ship.

| DE-635

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired.

| DE-404

| Presumed torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45.

| DE-157

| Torpedoed by .

| DE-143

| Torpedoed by .

| DE-136

| Sunk by .

| DE-401

| Mediterranean Sea

| Irreparably damaged by German aircraft torpedo.

| DE-319

| 10 March 1944

| Torpedoed by . Crewed by Coast Guard.

| DE-344

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyus

| Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DE-695

| Utah Beach

| Sunk by German mines.

| DE-197

| Off Eniwetok

| Irreparably damaged by naval mine.

| DE-413

| Off Samar Island, Battle off Samar

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Kongō

| DE-407

| Torpedoed by Japanese Kaichū type submarine Ro-41.

| DE-221

| Naval Ammo Depot, Earle, New Jersey

| Accidental explosion. Damaged beyond repair and scuttled on 9 June 1946.

| DE-682

| Sunk by kaiten suicide torpedo from Japanese submarine I-53

Submarines (SS)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Ship Class !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| SS-218

| Japanese home waters

| Presumed sunk by naval mine off northeastern Hokkaidō.

| SS-219

| Off New Britain

| Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. 18.

| SM-1

| Off New Britain

| Sunk by Japanese destroyers and .

| SS-316

| Off Borneo

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| SS-223

| Sea of Japan

| Sunk by Japanese depth charge attack by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207.

| SS-332

| Java Sea

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war.

| SS-289

| Celebes Sea

| Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or .

| SS-290

| off Mindanao

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu (ex-).

| SS-226

| off Truk

| Torpedoed by .

| SS-227

| Palawan Passage, Philippines

| Accidentally grounded and scuttled after sinking and chasing .

| SS-248

| near the Panama Canal Zone

| Possibly sunk by friendly fire air attack (PBM Mariner of Patrol Squadron 210) or possibly mines laid by .

| SS-294

| Yellow Sea

| Probably sunk by naval mine.

| SS-250

| Balabac Strait, Philippines

| Sunk by naval mine.

| SS-361

| Japanese home waters

| Sunk by Japanese patrol vessel Miya Maru and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru.

| SS-207

| Off New Britain

| Sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyers and or by 958th Kōkūtai naval aircraft.

| SS-208

| Ryukyu Islands

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| SS-209

| Lingayen Gulf, Philippines

| Fate unknown: possibly rammed by transport Hokuan Maru.

| SS-210

| Strait of Malacca

| Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft.

| SS-215

| Philippine waters

| Sunk by , and kaibokan Chiburi and "CD-19".

| SS-216

| Aleutian waters-10 miles north of Kiska Island

| Sunk by accident following circular run of her own torpedo.

| SS-211

| Maug Islands or possibly Iwo Jima

| Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| SS-232

| Bashi Channel, Philippines

| Severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and not repaired to operational condition. Decommissioned on 18 July 1945.

| SS-257

| Dasol Bay, Philippines

| Depth charged by kaibokan CD-22.

| SS-233

| Kurile Islands

| Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries.

| SS-369

| Ryukyu Islands

| Fate unknown: lost either to Japanese submarine or to mines.

| SS-371

| Gulf of Thailand

| Sunk by .

| SS-296

| Boston Navy Yard

| Sank at her mooring due to flooding and was refloated but not repaired. Decommissioned on 24 March 1945 after only 40 days in commission.

| SS-176

| Porpoise class

| Java Sea

| 1-

| Sunk by Japanese destroyers Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Ushio, and Sazanami

| SS-177

| Porpoise class

| off northern Honshu

| Cause unknown; possibly sunk by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary subchaser Bunzan Maru.

| SS-181

| Porpoise class

| off northern Honshu

| Fate unknown: possibly sunk by naval mine.

| SS-89

| R class

| Off Key West, Florida

| Sunk by accidental flooding.

| SS-273

| West of Palawan Island

| Probably sunk by naval mine.

| SS-275

| off Hokkaidō

| Fate unknown: possibly lost to a mine.

| SS-131

| S class

| Gulf of Panama

| Accidentally rammed by submarine chaser .

| SS-132

| S class

| Amchitka Island, Alaska

| Accidental grounding.

| SS-133

| S class

| off Oahu, Hawaii

| Foundered while diving in an ASW exercise; cause unknown.

| SS-141

| S class

| Makassar Strait

| Accidental grounding.

| SS-144

| S class

| Off Rossel Island

| Accidental grounding.

| SS-155

| S class

| Kurile Islands

| Sunk by gunfire from .

| SS-277

| Tokyo Bay

| Probably sunk by kaibokan CD-4 with naval aircraft.

| SS-278

| East China Sea

| Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine.

| SS-191

| Gilbert Islands

| Scuttled after being damaged by .

| SS-195

| Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines

| Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December.

| SS-197

| Off Morotai Island

| Probably sunk by friendly fire from .

| SS-174

| Porpoise class

| Molucca Sea

| Sunk by gunfire from .

| SS-314

| Luzon Strait

| Depth charged by .

| SS-279

| Off Hainan Island, South China Sea

| Possibly sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kōkūtai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna.

| SS-193

| Ryukyu Islands

| Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by kaibokan CD-4.

| SS-306

| Formosa Strait

| Sunk by circular run of own torpedo.

| SS-237

| Ryukyu Islands

| Sunk by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59; assisted by air attack.

| SS-201

| Admiralty Islands

| Fate unknown: believed sunk by Japanese destroyers Samidare and Satsuki and submarine chasers CH-22 and CH-24

| SS-202

| off Okinawa

| Depth charged and sunk by southeast of Okinawa in position 22º40'N, 131º45'E.

| SS-284

| off Palau Islands

| Sunk by circular run of own torpedo.

| SS-238

| Japanese Home Waters - La Perouse Strait

| Believed sunk by subchasers CH-15, CH-43 and 3 E13A1 Jakes. Wreck shows evidence of being hit by an aerial bomb.

Patrol craft

Gunboats (PG/PGM/PE)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| South of Java, N.E.I.

| Sunk by gunfire by Japanese destroyers and .

| Off Portland, Maine

| Torpedoed by .

| Damaged by in the Caribbean Sea; later capsized.

| Bismarck Sea

| Severely damaged in an accidental collision with . Towed to repair base on Florida Island, where declared beyond economical repair.

| Off Okinawa

| Accidentally grounded. Sunk by US warships in October 1945.

| Sunk by mines off Okinawa.

| Torpedoed by off the coast of North Carolina.

| Sunk after accidental collision with merchant tanker Camas Meadows.

River gunboats (PR)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| At Corregidor, P.I.

| Scuttled then salvaged by IJN. Raised as Karatsu and helped sink . Sunk by on 3 March 1944.

| Off Corregidor, P.I.

| Damaged by aerial bomb then scuttled.

| At Corregidor, P.I.

| Sunk by land-based gunfire.

| At Shanghai China

| Surrendered to Japanese forces and pressed into IJN service as Tatara; recaptured by US; entered Chinese service after the war.

Converted yachts (PY/PYc)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (PY-26)

| Off the Coast of North Carolina

| Sunk by .

| (PYc-9)

| Off Delaware Capes

| Collision with (DD-145).

| (PY-32)

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Typhoon Louise after five collisions.

| At Corregidor, P.I.

|Destroyed to prevent capture.

| At Corregidor, P.I.

|Destroyed to prevent capture.

| Perry

| At Corregidor, P.I.

|Destroyed to prevent capture.

Submarine chasers (PC/SC)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Off Puerto Rico

| Collision with a freighter.

| Off the coast of Portugal.

| Sunk by a mine or by a torpedo from Italian submarine.

| Sunk by .

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Grounded, broke in half and sank by Typhoon Louise. Coast Guard crew.

| Off San Diego, California

| Sunk by collision with .

| Off Luzon, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese suicide boat.

| Off Utah Beach, Normandy, France

| Sunk by German coast artillery.

| Damaged by kamikaze and later scuttled.

| Foundered.

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Foundered in Typhoon Ida (1945).

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Foundered by Typhoon Louise.

| Off Palermo, Sicily

| Sunk by German bombers.

| Off Palermo, Sicily

| Bombed and sunk by German aircraft.

| Vella Lavella, Solomons

| Sunk by accidental fire.

| Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

| Grounded.

| Grounded on Great Barrier Reef.

| Tacloban Bay, P.I.

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| Grounded and sunk.

| Cook's Reef, Mai Island, New Hebrides

| Grounded, abandoned and sunk.

| Grounded and sunk. Salvaged and repaired. Decommissioned on 31 May 1945.

| Collided with and SS Cities Service Fuel and sank with all hands.

| In Bahama Islands

| Grounded. Later salvaged and repaired.

| Off Attu, Aleutians

| Foundered.

Eight submarine chasers were lost due to enemy action. All others were lost in accidents.

Patrol torpedo boats (PT)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| North Pacific

| Damaged in storm

| Dora Harbor, Alaska

| Wrecked in storm

| Blackett Strait, Solomons

| Rammed and sunk by .

| Off New Guinea

| Sunk after collision.

| Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons

| Sunk by Japanese destroyer Kawakaze.

| Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons

| Sunk by Japanese destroyers Hatsukaze and Tokitsukaze

| Off Buna, New Guinea

| Wrecked by grounding in friendly waters.

| Rendova Harbor, Solomons

| Destroyed by Japanese aircraft.

| Vella Lavella, Solomons

| Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.

| Off Tufi, New Guinea

| Accidentally destroyed by fire while fueling in port.

| Destroyed in error by friendly fire from Allied aircraft

| Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

| Destroyed by Japanese aircraft.

| Off Cape Pus, New Guinea

| Sunk by Japanese shore battery.

| Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.

| Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea

| Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.

| New Guinea

| Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.

| New Guinea

| Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.

| Solomon Islands

| Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.

| Off Munda Pt., Solomon Islands

| Grounded, destroyed to prevent capture.

| Ferguson Passage, Solomon Islands

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-17.

| Off New Georgia, Solomon Islands

| Accidentally strafed and sunk by US B-25 bomber.

| Off Vella Lavella, Solomons

| Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.

| Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-17.

| Bani Point, New Guinea

| Grounded on a coral reef and destroyed to prevent capture.

| Off Newport, Rhode Island

| Collision with unknown object.

| Sunk by German mine off Point Aygulf, France.

| Off Attu, Aleutians

| Grounded in a storm.

| Lambu Lambu Cove, Vella Lavella, Solomons

| Destroyed after fire broke out in a gasoline dump.

| Sunk by Japanese shore battery, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands.

| Empress Augusta Bay, off Bougainville, Solomons

| Grounded on 26 February 1944 and sunk by Japanese shore batteries.

| Off Bougainville I., Solomon Islands

| Sunk in a collision with PT-282.

| Off Choiseul Island, near Bougainville, Solomon Islands

| Mistakenly sunk by gunfire from USS Guest (DD-472).

| Off Mindoro, Philippines

| Sunk by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft.

| Mios Woendi, Biak Island, off New Guinea

| Heavily damaged by an accidental explosion. Laid up as a constructive loss.

| Sunk by mine off Corsica.

| San Pedro Bay, off Leyte, Philippines

| Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| San Isidoro Bay, P.I.

| Grounded and damaged on 10 November 1944 and destroyed to prevent capture.

| Near Hardenberg Point, New Guinea

| Grounded and damaged and then scuttled to prevent capture.

| Leyte, Philippines

| Destroyed by a Japanese Kamikaze.

| Hansa Bay, New Guinea

| Destroyed by Japanese shore batteries.

| Mindoro, Philippines

| Severely damaged by grounding and scrapped.

| Off Biak, New Guinea

| Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.

| Off New Britain

| Attacked and destroyed by mistake by US Marine Corps aircraft.

| Off New Britain

| Attacked and destroyed by mistake by US Marine Corps aircraft.

| Accidentally sunk by allied aircraft.

| Kaoe Bay, Halmahera, N.E.I.

| Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.

| Off Halmahera, N.E.I.

| Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture.

| In Surigao Strait, P.I.

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Yamashiro

| Gunfire and ramming from a German minesweeper

| Off Cape Couronne, Mediterranean

| Sunk by enemy mine.

24 PT boats were destroyed by enemy action. 20 PT boats were destroyed by grounding, another 9 were sunk by friendly fire and 10 more were lost due to other accidents. 4 PT boats were destroyed to prevent capture (aside from those which were grounded and then destroyed to prevent capture).

District patrol vessels (YP)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Guam

| Damaged by Japanese forces and later burned by crew.

| Guam

| Scuttled and raised by the Japanese CG-275/YP-17 was transferred to the Maritime Administration in 1945, presumably for disposal or layup in the Reserve Fleet

| In Canal Zone

| Destroyed by explosion of unknown cause while hauled out on a marine railway.

| Off Staten Island, New York

| Sunk in collision with the minesweeper in the Ambrose Channel.

| Adak Island, Aleutians

| Struck uncharted reef in Kuluk Bay.

| In Kodiak Harbor, Alaska

| Struck reef and grounded near Spruce Cape signal station.

| Aleutian Islands

| Collision with freighter SS Derblay off Unimak Island.

| Off Reedy Island, Delaware

| Sunk by collision. (Former PC-523.)

| At Amchitka, Aleutians

| Grounded.

| Tugidak Passage, Alaska

| Grounded.

| Adak Island, Aleutians

| Grounded.

| Philippines

| Destroyed to prevent capture.

| Three miles northeast of Monterey, California

| Sunk after running aground in heavy weather.

| Mahaiula Bay, Kona, Hawaii

| Sunk after running aground during a storm. (Originally the 71 foot long Aku Sampan Fuji Maru.)

| Saba Island, Caribbean Sea;

| Lost after grounding.

| In Gulf of Mexico

| Sunk by explosion of unknown cause.

| Baja, Mexico north of Isla Magdalena;

| Sunk after running aground in heavy weather.

| Off French Frigate Shoals, Northern Pacific Ocean

| Destroyed by fire after striking a U.S. mine.

| Off Townsville, Australia

| Foundered.

| Off Saipan

| Sank due to unrecorded causes.

| Foundered in heavy weather.

| Off Guadalcanal I., Solomons

| Sunk in action, along with , by the Japanese destroyers Akatsuki, Ikazuchi, and Shiratsuyu

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Wrecked by Typhoon Louise.

| Gulf of Mexico

| Foundered in heavy weather.

| In Delaware River

| Grounding.

| 80 miles northeast of Laysan Island, southeast of Midway

| Cause unknown.

| Off Guadalcanal

| Sunk by and destroyers Fubuki, Shikinami, and Suzukaze

| Gulf of Panama

| Sunk after collision with

| Approximately 7.5 miles NNE of Wildwood, NJ

| Sank after collision with the collier SS Jason (ex-AV-2, ex-AC-12).

| Off Cape Hatteras

| Sunk by gunfire from .

| Off Smith Shoal, near Key West, Florida

| Sunk after fire.

| Tumbo Reef, near Nouméa, New Caledonia

| Grounded or reef and sank.

| Tybee Island, Georgia

| Ran aground and declared a total loss.

| At Port Everglades, Fla.

| Struck coral reef while under tow and sank.

| South Bimini, Bahama Islands

| Ran aground and abandoned.

| At Charleston, S. C.

| Grounded.

| Off Mayport, Florida

| Sunk in collision with .

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise.

| On Lake Michigan near the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Illinois.

| Destroyed by explosion of unknown cause.

Only four YPs were lost due to enemy action. Almost all others lost were due to accidents.

Mine warfare ships

Minelayers (CM, DM)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| DM-15

| off Iwo Jima

| Damaged by aircraft bombs and later scuttled.

| CM-10

| off of Le Havre, France

| Sunk by mine.

| DM-17

| off Palau

| Severely damaged by a mine. Returned to US and decommissioned on 23 April 1945.

| CM-12

| Tsuken Shima, Japan

| Broken in two. Decommissioned on 11 December 1945.

Destroyer minesweepers (DMS)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| DMS-1

| Off Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed 1 January 1946.

| DMS-22

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DMS-11

| Sunk by Japanese torpedo.

| DMS-12

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

| DMS-5

| Lingayen Gulf, Philippines

| Sunk by Japanese bombs.

| DMS-17

| Off Palau Island

| Sunk by underwater mine explosion.

| DMS-10

| Off Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Deemed unsalvageable. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946.

| DMS-15

| Aleutian Islands

| Sunk accidentally by her own depth charges.

Minesweepers (AM/AMc)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Cavite, Philippines

| Scuttled after being damaged in Japanese air raid

| San Francisco Bay

| Sunk after collision with patrol craft PC-569

| Puget Sound

| Sunk accidentally by torpedo.

| Corregidor, Philippines

| Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb.

| San Francisco Bay

| Sunk after collision with a lumber schooner.

| Sunk by mine.

| Guam

| Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs.

| Sunk by mine.

| Corregidor, Philippines

| Scuttled after damaged in battle.

| Probably sunk by a mine. (No claim made by a U-boat.)

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Licata, Sicily

| Sunk by German bombers during the invasion of Sicily.

| Sunk by torpedo from U-593.

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Sunk by Japanese kamikaze.

| Sunk by mine.

| At Corregidor, Philippines

| Sunk by Japanese shore battery.

| Sunk by German mine off Utah Beach.

| Sunk after collision with in Buzzards Bay.

Motor Minesweepers (YMS)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| In Boston Harbor

| Sunk in collision with USS Herndon (DD 638).

| Off Palau

| Sunk by mine.

| Sunk by mine off Toulon, France.

| Sunk by mine off St. Tropez, France.

| Sunk by mine off Anzio Beach.

| Sunk by mine off Borneo.

| off Corregidor

| Scuttled after being hit by coast defense gunfire.

| Off Balikipapan, N.E.I.

| Struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser Denver.

| In Leyte Gulf, P.I.

| Foundered in storm.

| Sunk by mine off Borneo.

|sunk by mine off Balikpapan, Borneo

| Off Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Ida.

| Severely damaged by mines in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, beached and abandoned.

| Tanaga Island, Aleutians

| Grounded in a storm. Salvaged and sailed to Seattle, Washington where she was declared a constructive loss and stricken on 16 September 1944.

| Off Oregon Coast

| Foundered and sinks off Coos Bay, Oregon.

| Off Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Louise.

| Off Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed in December 1945.

| Off Northern France

| Sunk by a mine. 8 dead and 30 injured.

| Off Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Ida.

| Off Cherbourg

| Sunk by a mine.

| Sunk by a mine and scuttled.

| Damaged by mine and stricken on 16 September 1944.

| Off Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Louise.

| Zowariau Channel, Ulithi, Caroline Islands

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Atlantic Coast

| Foundered off Cape Hatteras in the Great Atlantic hurricane of 1944 with the loss of all hands.

| Off Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Ida.

| Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise and destroyed on 18 December 1945.

| Tsuken Shima, Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed on 20 December 1945.

| Off Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Ida.

| Tarakan Island, off Borneo

| Sunk by shore batteries in the Battle of Tarakan (1945).

Amphibious warfare ships

Tank landing ships (LST)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| English Channel near the Seine River, France

| Struck a German mine.

| Pearl Harbor

| Fire and accidental explosion.

| Pearl Harbor

| Fire and accidental explosion. Crewed by Coast Guard.

| Off Licata, Sicily

| Sunk by German aircraft.

| At Vella Lavella

| Bombed by Japanese aircraft. Crewed by Coast Guard.

| Pearl Harbor

| Fire and accidental explosion.

| Near Nanumea, Ellice Islands

| Grounded.

| In Azores

| Grounded.

| Off Southern France

| Hit by a German glider bomb and heavily damaged. Beached and abandoned.

| At Gela, Sicily

| Sunk by German aircraft.

| Sunk by German torpedo boat.

| Off Caronia, Sicily

| Sunk by German aircraft.

| Torpedoed by U-593 eight miles northeast of Cape Corbelin, Algeria. Towed and beached near Dellys and declared a total loss.

| Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-106.

| Torpedoed by U-410 north of Naples, Italy.

| Off Ponza, Italy

| Grounded.

| Pearl Harbor

| Fire and accidental explosion.

| Sunk by U-870.

| English Channel

| Torpedoed and sunk by a German surface craft.

| Explosion.

| Sunk by a Kamikaze aircraft.

| Off Vella Lavella, Solomons

| Damaged by Japanese dive bombers and sank while under tow.

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| Off Mindoro, Philippines

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| At Pearl Harbor

| Fire and accidental explosion.

| Grounded.

| Off Normandy, France

| Mine.

| Off Normandy, France

| Mine.

| Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger.

| Off Normandy, France

| Mine.

| Torpedoed by a German E-boat during Exercise Tiger.

| Clipperton Island

| Grounded.

| Okinawa

| Grounded. Refloated next day. Towed to Philippines and scuttled off of Samar on 7 March 1946.

| Hit by 2 torpedoes from Japanese submarine Ro-50.

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by enemy action and not repaired.

| Off Mindoro, P.I.

| Hit by Japanese aircraft.

| Hit by a Kamikaze aircraft.

| Off Negros, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| Off Ie Shima

| Struck by aerial torpedo and grounded on a coral reef. Hit by Kamikaze on 20 May and damaged beyond repair. Destroyed in place on 1 November 1945.

| Okinawa

| Grounded. Scrapped in 1947.

| Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not returned to operational status. Decommissioned on 16 February 1946 and hulk sunk on 6 May 1946.

| At Leghorn, Italy

| Grounded by a storm and not repaired.

| In English Channel

| Torpedoed by U-667

Medium landing ships (LSM)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Off Okinawa

| Beached and broken up.

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Foundered in Typhoon Louise.

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| Off Philippines

| 5 or 14 December 1944

| Grounded.

| Stuck and sunk by two Kamikazes.

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Kamikaze.

Tank landing craft (LCT)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Off Salerno, Italy

| Sunk by German aircraft.

| Off Oran, Algeria

| Lost on board the merchant Arthur Middleton that was sunk by the German submarine U-73.

| At Algiers

| Underwater explosion.

| Normandy, France

| Destroyed by German coast artillery.

| Gulf of Gaeta, Italy

| Lost in a storm.

| Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

| Grounded and later capsized.

| In Mediterranean

| Stuck a mine.

| Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

| Disabled by artillery shell and abandoned.

| Off Anzio, Italy

| Sunk by German aircraft.

| Off Naples, Italy

| Grounded.

| At Pearl Harbor

| Lost in non-combat incident.

| Gulf of Alaska

| Lost in heavy seas while under tow.

| Normandy, France

| Grounded.

| Off Cape Bon, Tunisia

| Foundered while under tow.

| off Palau

| Foundered and capsized in a storm.

| Off Wana Wana Island, New Georgia Group

| Foundered.

| Off Bizerte, Tunisia

| Foundered in a storm.

| Off Salerno, Italy

| Buckled in heavy seas while under tow.

| Normandy, France

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Northern France

| Severely damaged and later sank.

| Off Algeria

| Grounded and later disposed.

| Off Northern France

| Grounded near Normandy.

| Off Salerno, Italy

| Foundered in heavy seas.

| Off Anzio, Italy

| Foundered in storm.

| Off Salerno, Italy

| Lost in air attack.

| Off Naples, Italy

| Sunk by a circling torpedo

| Off Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

| Foundered.

| On Passage To Tarawa

| Foundered en route to Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands area.

| In English Channel

| Foundered in a storm.

| Off Northern France

| Struck a mine and sunk.

| Off Northern France

| Destroyed during the invasion of Normandy.

| Off Bizerte, Tunisia

| Sunk by naval gunfire.

| At Eniwetok Atoll

| Sunk by an explosion of unknown origin.

| Kiska Island, Alaska

| Grounded.

| Normandy, France

| Damaged on beach in Normandy and abandoned.

| Foundered in storm near Cape Bon, Tunisia

| Off Salerno, Italy

| Grounded.

| At Pearl Harbor

| Sunk due to unspecified cause.

| Off Northern France

| Lost due to weather en route to Normandy invasion.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Foundered in heavy seas.

| Off Northern France

| Lost due to unrecorded causes.

| Off Northern France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Off Western France

| Grounded.

| Off Utah Beach, Normandy, France

| Sunk by enemy action.

| English Channel

| Sunk by German artillery fire.

| Off Portsmouth, England

| Lost due to weather.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Off Angaur Island, Palau

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Bahia Angra Island, Azores

| Lost due to grounding of LST-228 while being transported.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Off Northern France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Off Northern France

| Sunk by enemy gunfire.

| Off Northern France

| Sunk after striking a mine.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by mine.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by German naval mine.

| Off Palau

| Grounded.

| Pearl Harbor

| Lost due to explosion at West Loch, Pearl Harbor.

| Pearl Harbor

| Lost due to explosion at West Loch, Pearl Harbor.

| Pearl Harbor

| Lost due to explosion at West Loch, Pearl Harbor.

| Near Hawaii.

| Lost in a storm.

| Near Hawaii.

| Lost in a storm.

| At Guam

| Sunk due to unspecified cause.

| At Iwo Jima

| Driven ashore and sustained irreparable damage.

| Off Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands

| Sunk by blast from Japanese ariel torpedo while moored next to cargo ship Pratt Victory.

| Off Leyte, P.I.

| Hit and sunk by kamikaze.

| Off Luzon, P.I.

| Sunk due to unspecified cause.

| Lost during amphibious operations.

| Off California

| Lost due to grounding.

Infantry landing craft (LCI(L), LCI(G))

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| At Bizerte, Tunisia

| Sunk due to enemy action.

| Off Anzio, Italy

| Sunk by enemy aircraft.

| Off Anzio, Italy

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Off Okinawa

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Normandy, France

| Disabled by German coast artillery. Coast Guard crew.

| Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

| Disabled by German coast artillery. Coast Guard crew.

| Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

| Disabled by German coast artillery. Coast Guard crew.

| Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

| Disabled by German coast artillery. Coast Guard crew.

| Off Northern France

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Off Northern France

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Off New Guinea

| Bombed by Japanese aircraft.

| Lingayen Gulf, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese suicide boat.

| Off Palau

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Seriously damaged by Japanese torpedo planes en route to Saipan and was scuttled by USS Stembel (DD-644).

| Off Iwo Jima

| Sunk by Japanese shore artillery. Ship awarded Presidential Unit Citation.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by German mine.

| Off Normandy, France

| Sunk by enemy gunfire.

| In Ulithi, Carolines

| Sunk by Kaiten suicide torpedo deployed from submarine I-36

| Off Samar, P.I.

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Lingayen Gulf, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese suicide boat.

| Off Leyte, P.I.

| Sunk by kamikaze.

Support landing craft (LCS)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Off Luzon, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese assault demolition boats off entrance to Mariveles harbor.

| Sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| Off Luzon, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft.

| Off Luzon, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese shore batteries.

| Off San Clemente Island, California

| Grounded during an exercise.

Auxiliaries

Seaplane tenders (AV, AVP, AVD)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| AVP-28

| Off Bermuda

| Torpedoed by .

| AV-3

| , Off Tjilatjap Harbor, Indonesia

| Scuttled at sea after being heavily damaged by Aichi D3A1 "Val" dive bombers.

| AVD-11

| Beached and abandoned on 2 May 1945 after collision with and .

Cargo ships (AK/AKS)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Hull Number !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| AK-72

| Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103.

| AK-101

| Sunk by while serving as a Q ship.

| AK-78

| Torpedoed by Japanese submarine Ro-103.

| AK-93

| Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea

| Torpedoed by Japanese submarine and disabled. Repurposed as a cargo barge and redesignated as IX-173 on 12 August 1944.

| AKS-2

| Lawn Point, Newfoundland

| Grounded and wrecked in a storm.

| AK-97

| Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

| Sunk by accidental explosion. 255 killed. Crewed by Coast Guard.

Net layers (AN)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (AN-38)

| Aleutian Islands

| Ran aground.

| (AN-23)

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Grounded on a reef by Typhoon Ida. Not repaired and scuttled on 19 April 1946.

| (AN-52)

| Off Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Destroyed with explosives 14 January 1946.

Oilers (AO)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (AO-1)

|Damaged by Japanese aircraft on 7 April 1943 off Tulagi, Solomon Islands. Sank the next day.

| (AO-59)

| Sunk by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo.

| (AO-5)

|Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-72.

| (AO-23)

| Coral Sea

| Sunk on 11 May 1942, after being heavily damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May 1942.

| (AO-6)

|Sunk by Japanese airplanes from aircraft carrier Soryū.

Gasoline tankers (AOG)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (AOG-24)

| Off Iwo Jima

|Ran aground and capsized near Iwo Jima. Coast Guard crew.

Troop transports (AP/APA/APc)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Off New Britain

| Hit by aerial bomb.

| Off New Georgia, Solomons

| Grounded and abandoned.

| (AP-52)

| Off Morocco

| Sunk after being torpedoed by .

| (AP-13)

| Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

| Struck by Japanese "Betty" bomber.

| (AP-43)

| Off Morocco

| Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130.

| (APA-23)

| Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

| Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft.

| (AP-50)

| Off Morocco

| Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173.

| (AP-53)

| Pier 88, Manhattan

| Former French luxury liner SS Normandie and one of the largest ships in the world. Caught fire and capsized while undergoing conversion to a troop transport. Deemed unsalvageable and later scrapped.

| (AP-73)

| Off Algiers

| Sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft.

| (APA-4)

| Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft and later accidentally sunk by US PT boats.

| (AP-72)

| Sunk by a mine off Normandy, France.

| (AP-42)

| Off Morocco

| Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130.

| (AP-59)

| Torpedoed by German U-205 and/or aircraft off Cape Palos, Spain. Towed to Algiers and never repaired. Struck on 8 April 1944 and hulk sold for scrap.

High speed transports (APD)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (APD-29)

| Off Okinawa

| Severely damaged by Kamikaze. Stricken on 21 June 1945.

| (APD-47)

| Off Okinawa

| Struck by Kamikaze.

| (APD-2)

| off Guadalcanal

| Bombed by Japanese aircraft.

| (APD-21)

| Off Okinawa

| Hit by Kamikaze. Scuttled on 4 April 1945.

| (APD-36)

| Kudaka Island, off Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise and not repaired. Decommissioned and destroyed.

| (APD-3)

| Off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

| Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese destroyers Yūdachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo

| (APD-4)

| Solomons

| Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese destroyers Yūdachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo

| (APD-5)

| Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft.

| (APD-24)

| Sunk after collision with .

| (APD-16)

| Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft.

Barracks ships (APL)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| APL-12

| Yonakuni Shima, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Intentionally beached due to Typhoon Louise. Refloated 24 October 1945. Blown up on 26 January 1946.

| APL-13

| Chinen Misaki, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Out of service 28 December 1945. Later blown up.

| APL-33

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Later blown up.

Repair ships (ARS/ARL)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (ARL-32)

| Kama Rock, Iwo Jima

| Grounded on Iwo Jima on 1 December 1945. Stripped and blown up 14 May 1946.

| (ARS-15)

| In Marianas

| Sunk by torpedo from US submarine USS Guardfish (SS-217).

| (ARS-16)

| Okinawa

| Severely damaged and beached by Typhoon Louise and destroyed with explosives 4 March 1946.

| (ARB-6)

| Okinawa

| Grounded by Typhoon Louise and later destroyed.

| (ARS-18)

| Aleutian Islands

| Beached and severely damaged by a gale.

Submarine rescue ships (ASR)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| (ASR-11)

| At Midway Channel

| Foundered in a storm.

| (ASR-6)

| At Corregidor, P.I.

| Sunk by Japanese dive bomber.

Tugboats (AT/ATA/ATF/ATR)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Grounded and partially sunk in a typhoon. Not repaired, hulk destroyed on 29 December 1945.

| off Normandy

| Severely damaged in a storm. Not repaired. Hulk scuttled in mid-1946.

| off the Azores

| Repair tugboat. Sunk in collision with .

| At Corregidor, P.I.

| Scuttled to prevent capture. Raised by the Japanese and designated Patrol Boat No. 107; Sunk by US aircraft, 5 November 1944.

| South of Fiji Islands

| Grounded and later destroyed by a hurricane.

| At Bataan, P.I.

| Scuttled to prevent capture.

| Sunk by bombs from German aircraft.

| Off New Hebrides

| Sunk by Japanese submarine I-39

| Off Northern France

| Torpedoed by a German E-boat.

| Ranger

| Philippine Islands

| After 28 February 1942

| Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Fate unknown. Probably captured or destroyed by Japanese.

| Off Tulagi Island, Solomons

| Sunk by gunfire from Japanese destroyers.

| At Leyte, P.I.

| Hit by shot down Japanese bomber.

| San Francisco Bay, California

| Collision with .

| Trabajador

| Near Corregidor, Philippines

| Commandeered Filipino tugboat. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire.

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Sank during typhoon.

Other auxiliaries

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| AFD-13

| Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

| Floating dry dock. Sunk by Typhoon Ida.

| (AG-27), ex-(AO-14)

| Guam, Marianas Islands

| Oil storage ship. Captured in port, taken into Japanese service and survived the war.

| (AS-9)

| At Bataan, Philippines

| Submarine tender. Immobilized by Japanese aircraft bombs on 29 December 1941 but continued to support defenders of the Philippines. Scuttled to prevent capture.

| (AE-11)

| At Manus, Admiralty Islands

| Ammunition ship. Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause.

| (AGP-1)

| Solomon Islands

| Engine repair ship. Sunk by Japanese aircraft.

| (AF-20)

| Off Halifax, Nova Scotia

| Refrigerated cargo ship. Intentionally beached after flooding. Salvaged on 17 February 1945, but not returned to active service.

| (AG-16), ex-(BB-31)

| , Pearl Harbor

| Former Florida class battleship converted to a gunnery training and target ship. Capsized after two torpedo hits by carrier-based aircraft. Recovery was attempted but stopped. Memorial dedicated in 1972.

Unclassified miscellaneous (IX)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| America (IX-41)

| Annapolis, Maryland

| Famous racing yacht. Destroyed by the collapse of a snow covered shed.

| (IX-153)

| Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

| Concrete barge. Grounded in a storm and stricken on 23 February 1945.

| (IX-233)

| New London, Connecticut

| Auxiliary sailing schooner which was previously used by the US Coast Guard Academy for cadet training. Foundered at pierside due to damage caused by a storm. Raised and placed out of service on 5 January 1946. Stricken on 12 April 1946.

| (IX-163)

| Okinawa

| Concrete barge. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. Placed out of service on 3 January 1946.

| (IX-162)

| Okinawa

| Concrete barge. Wrecked by Typhoon Louise. Broke away under tow and grounded on a reef off Eli Malk in Palau. Struck from Navy List on 28 August 1946.

| (IX-110)

| Okinawa

| Service squadron flagship. Sunk by collision with USS Nestor during Typhoon Louise. Abandoned on 29 October 1945 and decommissioned on 6 December 1945.

| (IX-126)

| At Mindoro, P.I.

| Station tanker. Sunk by Kamikaze plane.

| (IX-94)

| Norfolk Island

| Auxiliary cargo schooner. Grounded on a reef and not salvaged. Struck on 15 July 1943.

| (IX-151)

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Concrete barge. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Decommissioned on 30 November 1945 and struck on 3 January 1946.

| (IX-191)

| Buckner Bay, Okinawa

| Station tanker. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. Stricken on 5 December 1945 and sold for scrap.

| DCH-1 (IX-44), ex- (ex YW-57, ex DD-163)

| Eastern Pacific Ocean

| Former destroyer converted to damage control hulk. Cast adrift while under tow en route to Pearl Harbor and scuttled by gunfire.

District craft

Uncovered lighters (YC)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Philippines

| Off Portsmouth, N. H.

| Philippines

| Guam

| Philippines

| Guam

| Philippines

| Guam

| Alaska

| Philippines

| Guam

| Off Cape Cod, Mass.

| Off Imperial Beach, Calif.

| Guantanamo

| Off Key West, Fla.

| Sank while under tow by the tug USS Mauvila.

| Off Key West, Fla.

| In North Pacific

| At Biorka Island

| Off Anzio, Italy

| Sunk by mine.

| Foundered while under tow to Palmyra, Western Australia.

| Sunk after colliding with ABSD-2 midway between the California coast and the Hawaiian Islands.

| Marshall or Gilbert Islands

| No sources have been found which confirm the fate of YTM-467.

| Unknown

| Sunk by undocumented causes.

Water barges (YW)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Guam

| Captured by Japanese forces.

| Philippines

| Destroyed by Japanese forces.

| Guam

| Captured by Japanese forces.

| Guam

| Captured by Japanese forces.

Other district craft

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action and stricken on 24 July 1942.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action and stricken on 24 July 1942.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action and stricken on 24 July 1942.

| Philippines

| Destroyed by enemy aircraft during attack on Cavite Navy Yard. Later salvaged and used by Japanese.

| Philippines

| Either sunk by Japanese or destroyed to prevent capture.

| Philippines

| Sunk by Japanese gunfire.

| Grounded and severely damaged in a storm. Decommissioned on 2 January 1945 and stricken on 23 February 1945. Former sailing cargo barkentine.

| Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines

| Destroyed by enemy action.

| Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines

| Destroyed by enemy action.

| Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines

| Destroyed by enemy action.

| Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines

| Destroyed by enemy action.

| Off New Caledonia

| Struck a reef and broke up.

| Lost under tow about 50 miles northwest of Colon, Panama.

| At Pearl Harbor

| Sunk and later raised and stricken.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Guam

| Captured by Japanese forces.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action.

| In Gulf of Alaska, off Zaikof Point on Montague Island

| Broke loose from US Army tug LT-373. All crewmembers rescued.

| Philippines

| Lost due to enemy action.

| Philippines

| Sunk by Japanese.

Coast Guard cutters

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name !! Location !! Date !! Cause

| Off Plymouth, Massachusetts

| Fire

| Off Portsmouth, New Hampshire

| Sunk by collision with submarine USS Thornback (SS-418).

| Off Okinawa

| Sunk by Typhoon Louise.

| (ex-Catamount #229192)

| Off Ambrose Light, New York

| Explosion of unknown cause.

| (WPG-34)

| Off Iceland

| Torpedoed by

| (WSC-128)

| Off Cape Hatteras

| Foundered in hurricane

| (WAGL-231)

| Entrance to Mobile Bay

| Rammed by SS Marguerite Lehand and sunk.

| (WAG-48)

| In North Atlantic Ocean

| Sunk by

| Natsek (WYP-170)

| Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland

| Unknown: Probably capsized due to icing in a gale.

| (LV-73)

| Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts

| Foundered in hurricane.