Baldwin's father, Fredrick Edward Cashell, and 41 other men died in June 1943 when the submarine sank off the Florida Keys during a World War II training exercise. USS LSM-59 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 21 June 1945. 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. USSLong(DD-209) was conducting minesweeping operations in Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945 when a "Zero" kamikaze crashed into get portside, below the bridge about 1ft above the water line. USSEmmons(DD-457) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes attacked the American ships. USS Rivera (YFB-685) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Fires were put out an hour later and Haynsworth made her way back to Kerama Retto for repairs. USSMcKean(APD-5) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 November 1943. Fourteen of her crew had been killed and twenty-four wounded. 16 men were killed and 27 wounded. The attack killed 16 men and wounded another 37. Although damage did not threaten the integrity of the hull, extensive damage required her to retire from the gulf. 24 men were killed and missing, another nine were seriously wounded. Ross was towed away to safety and placed in a floating drydock. Unfortunately, one of the torpedoes malfunctioned and made a perfect turn around to hit Tullibee amidships in a violent explosion. The sub failed to make the scheduled rendezvous with USS Tunny and was officially declared lost on July 30, 1945. PT-283 damaged by Japanese shore batteries or wild shot from U.S. warship, 18 March 1944, and sank off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 19 March 1944. 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. The most likely incident which caused the loss of Scamp occurred on 11 November 1944 just north of Iwo Jima, when a Japanese patrol plane led a coastal defense vessel to a trail of oil which was then heavily depth charged until a larger slick appeared on the water. The Triton was never heard from again after this last message. Sunk by accident following circular run of her own torpedo. Zane took a direct hit on the ship's forward battery, killing 3 men, but maintained course until the Japanese ships gave up the chase after an hour. 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. Not to scale, obviously. USSHyman(DD-732) was patrolling five miles north of le Shima on 6 Apr 1945 when starting at 16:15 she was targeted by several kamikazes. Concrete barge. On board the Seawolf when she was lost were eighty-three crew and an additional seventeen Army passengers, the exact circumstances of their disappearance is unknown to this day. Sunk by Japanese aircraft. PT-119 destroyed by fire in port, Tufi, New Guinea, 17 March 1943. USS PC-814 destroyed by typhoon at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 12 December 1945. The ship was righted, refloated and sunk while under tow to California for scrapping in 1947. Meredith lost thirty-five of her men killed, another twenty-five wounded. USSSalt Lake City(CA-25) was sailing with TF 64 on the night of 11 October 1942 to intercept a Japanese resupply convoy headed for Guadalcanal. Houston was targeted by four torpedo bombers, three of which were shot down but one managed to score a hit on the cruiser in the engine room, knocking out propulsive power to the ship. The submarine was never seen or heard from again by friendly forces. By 1236, the cruiser was back on an even keel. On 27 March 1945, while cruising near Kerama Retto; O'Brien was attacked by two kamikazes that had been following a group of passing American planes. Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo. One of 18 torpedoes launched by Japanese destroyers hit her below the mainmast on the portside. The ship temporarily lost power and had to be towed away until she was able to extinguish fires and proceed under her own power back to the states for repairs. Damaged on beach in Normandy and abandoned. Refloated next day. Helena would participate in many of the surface actions around Guadalcanal, sinking several Japanese ships and destroying many enemy planes. On 7 January 1945, the ship was targeted by a Ki-43 "Oscar" kamikaze at 18:57. Sumner was damaged by a near missed bomb which threw fragments across the deck wounding thirteen men, she was also hit by a shore battery which caused negligible damage. Tracers converged on it, causing it to swerve, but the pilot managed to release his bomb from a height of 25ft, then crashing his plane into the sea near the port stern. Quincy sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. USS LCS(L)(3)-49 sunk by suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. USSAPc-21 sunk by aircraft off Arawe, New Britain Island, 17 December 1943. The ship went down by 04:18 after several more explosions, taking 64 of her crew and 52 Marines with her. Four of Natoma Bay's crew were wounded while one officer was killed. As Hake was diving into the depths around 0725, the distant sounds of several underwater explosions to her stern could be heard and it was assumed Harder had been depth charged by the enemy warships. USSRathburne(DD-113) was operating off Okinawa on 27 April 1945 when at 22:00 a lone kamikaze targeted the Rathburne. At 0110, Honolulu opened fire on a Sendai-class cruiser. At about 0200, San Francisco trained her guns on Kirishima. USS YMS-378 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 30 July 1944. USSJohnston(DD-557) was providing cover for escort carriers off Leyte Gulf as part of "Taffy 3" which on 25 October 1944 was engaged by a huge fleet of Japanese surface ships in the Battle off Samar. American Ships Sunk at Pearl Harbor October 20, 2016 There were 100 commissioned warships and service auxiliary ships that were present at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked. Houston was engaged on all sides at ranges never greater than 5000 yards, taking many hits, including a hit on the bridge which killed the captain. By January 1943 she was back fighting the war. YP-426 destroyed by grounding, 16 December 1943. USSHaraden(DD-585) was operating in the Sulu Sea on 13 December 1944, when three kamikazes were spotted coming at her at 17:15 off her starboard beam. The Hambleton was towed to Casablanca, where the ship was cut in half and reconnected with 40 feet of the ship's hull removed. PT-63 destroyed by accidental fire while refueling in port, Hamburg Bay, Emirau Island, 18 June 1944. Her biggest prize included Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Fifty-seven of her crew were killed, and 12 more wounded. Damage was minimal and Hunt remained on station. After extensive repairs, Hughes rejoined the war on 4 June 1945. USS YC-648 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. One shell from this salvo exploded beneath the turn of White Plains port bilge near frame 142, near her aft (starboard) engine room. The skeleton crew that had remained abandoned the Glennon, which floated until late 10 June 1944 when she sank. St. USS YMS-385 sunk by a mine off Ulithi, Caroline Islands, 1 October 1944. The Shark reported she had been attacked with depth charges about ten miles off Tifore Island on 2 February, and five days later informed base she was hunting a cargo ship heading northwest. USS PC-1129 sunk by Japanese Suicide boat off Nasugbu, Luzon, Philippine Islands, On 6 April 45, Colhoun was rushing to aid heavily damaged USSBush(DD-529) at 16:00 when the destroyer was targeted for attack by several incoming waves of kamikazes. USSHelena(CL-50) moored in Pearl Harbor when the base came under attack by Japanese carrier planes. As the crew abandoned ship, Captain John P. Cromwell refused to leave his submarine out of fear he would be tortured by the Japanese into revealing information about the upcoming Tarawa landings; for his sacrifice he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Exactly what happened to the submarine is a mystery, but she was never heard from again. Fires raged through the riddled escort carrier, and she capsized at 09:07 and sank at 09:11. USSPalmer(DD-161) was conducting minesweeping operations off Lingayen Gulf when on 7 January 1945 around 15:45 she stuck a mine that knocked out a turbine and she left her formation to make repairs. 2 in Pearl Harbor for an inspection and temporary repairs. 35 crewmen had been killed and another 25 wounded. S-27 was stripped of all valuable equipment and left abandoned on the rocks where she grounded. USSColumbia(CL-56) was struck by a kamikaze "Val" on 1 January 1945 while operating in Lingayen Gulf. 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. USSHunt(DD-674) was on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 14 April 1945 when at 13:48 during a raid by multiple kamikazes, a D4Y "Judy" broke away from its group and dove at the firing destroyer. Everyone in turrets one and two perished. Kinugasa and Salt Lake City exchanged fire with each other, each hitting the other several times, causing minor damage to Kinugasa and damaging one of Salt Lake City's boilers, reducing her speed. One of these planes, a "Val", made a suicide run that struck the Drayton's No. The ship was able to make it back to Kerama Retto for repairs and continued serving a long career in the Navy. USS LSMR-194 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 May 1945. USSAlbert W. Grant(DD-649) was launching a torpedo attack on Japanese battleships during the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944, when at 04:07 the destroyer was struck by several shells from both Japanese and American guns. USSDeimos(AK-78) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-103 off Lambert, John, and Al Ross. USS YC-666 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Astoria put her rudder over hard left and avoided a collision while her battered sister ship passed aft, to starboard. 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. Lost with the Shark were the lives of fifty four crew. USS Santa Rita (Launch Number 681) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The seriousness of her damage would mean that Howorth would have to put in to the states for repairs. Forty-six crewmen were killed by the suicide plane; including the commanding officer, another twenty six were wounded. In moments the report came "Both engine rooms are black and dead.". USSGansevoort(DD-608) was operating near Mindanao on 30 December 1944 protecting unloading landing craft when at 1548 an enemy plane was observed dropping a bomb on a friendly ship and then turning towards the Gansevoort. USS Liscome Bay: American escort carrier sunk on 24 November 1943 by the Japanese submarine I-175 of the island of Makin. Another crashed close aboard her port quarter and exploded, flooding her blisters. Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war. On 5 June 1945, she was again hit by a kamikaze (initially identified as a friendly plane). 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. Norman Scott positioned herself so as to draw fire away from the battleship some 1,800 yards from shore, unfortunately the valiant maneuver would cost the destroyer. USSSt. Louis(CL-49) engaged an enemy force on 12 July 1942 consisting of the Japanese cruiser Jintsu and five destroyers in the Battle of Kolombangara. The first three were shot down, but the fourth and last in line crashed into No.1 and No.2 five-inch turrets, knocking out both and starting a large fire. PT-121 destroyed by Australian aircraft, mistaken identification, Bangula Bay, New Britain, 27 March 1944. USS LCT(5)-200 sunk off northern France, June 1944. USSMcFarland(DD-237) was operating near Guadalcanal as a tender and transport when on 19 Oct 1942 she was attacked by 9 dive bombers. USSLCI(L)-339 sunk off New Guinea, 4 September 1943. Lansdale was attacked on two sides and while turning to avoid torpedoes, she was struck by another on her opposite side by a daring Ju-88 which was shot down as it passed a few feet above the ship. Although some of her survivors were picked up by the Japanese, not a single man from Edsall would survive the war. Her fate remains unsolved. YP-270 destroyed by grounding, 30 June 1942. during World War II 134 Japanese "hell ships" transported roughly 126,000 Allied POWs via more than 156 voyages. The fire was extinguished quickly and the ship was able to make Kerama Retto for temporary repairs before arriving home on 23 June 1945. Houston subsequently sought refuge at Tjilatjap to work on repairs and to tend to wounded sailors. She was repaired and overhauled by October 1942. USS PC-815 sunk by collision with USSLaffey(DD-724) off San Diego, California, 11 September 1945. Kalinin Bay responded to their straddling salvos with fire from her five-inch gun, which only intensified the enemy fire. The pilot reported the submarine "exploded and sank immediately", but anti-submarine boats were summoned to the area to depth charge the stricken vessel, and finally a huge oil slick developed on the surface indicating the demise of Grayback. By 20:15, however, steering control had been established, and the ship was brought back to a course that helped the crew fight the myriad fires scattered over the CVE. . USS YAG-17 lost, 14 September 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 23 February 1945. The American task force sent up a surprise ambush in the dark of night to "cross the T" and inflict several losses to the Japanese in the resulting Battle of Cape Esperance. The ship struck several mines within minutes and broke into three sections. The ship was still in the United States undergoing repairs when the war ended. For the next two and a half hours, the Japanese force chased "Taffy 3" southward and subjected the escort carriers and their counterattacking screen to a heavy-caliber cannonade before miraculously giving up the pursuit and retiring from the Battle off Samar. U-549had slipped undetected through her screen. Salt Lake City received most of the attention and soon received two hits, one of them amidships, mortally wounding two men, but she responded with very accurate fire. The ship had to be towed away from the battle area after losing forty-three men killed and sixty-four wounded. The extremely violent and freezing seas took the lives of 110 of her crew, 46 were rescued. PT-363 destroyed by Japanese shore batteries in Knoe Bay, Halmahera, Netherlands East Indies, 25 November 1944. A Union monitor warship sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) during the Battle of Mobile Bay. 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. USSWard(APD-16) damaged by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands; scuttled by destroyer O'Brien (DD-725), 7 December 1944. Three crewmen had been wounded by the attack, but fortunately, nobody was killed on board Stanly. An examination of Japanese records after the war discovered that a Japanese plane had made an attack on an American submarine with two bombs with at least one hitting the conning tower. 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. Four more crewmen would pass away from their wounds in the following days. Damage was not severe and the ship was able to make for temporary repairs under her own power, then towed to Saipan by tug. USSS-28(SS-133) was conducting a training exercise with the USCGC cutter Resilience (WPC-150) on 4 July 1944 off the western coast of Oahu, Hawaii when at 17:30, S-28 dived to conduct a practice torpedo run four miles away from Resilience. The fourth kamikaze smashed into Braine amidships causing extensive damage. Despite this, the ship was able to remain afloat with excellent damage control and returned to the States for repairs. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. U-boat Attacks during World War II. 164 of her crew went down with the Barton while 42 survivors were rescued. Plunkett was towed to Palmero and eventually the states for major repairs. Damage was minimal and the ship stayed in action. White Plains five-inch gun crew claimed six hits on heavy cruiser Chkai. USSBennett(DD-473) was escorting landing ships off Okinawa on 7 April 1945 when the task force was attacked by a swarm of kamikazes. 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. 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. USS LCT(5)-496 sunk in the English Channel, 2 October 1943. This was below where the ship's belt armor might have reduced the scale of damage inflicted. The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. Hit by Kamikaze. The ship rolled over and sank around 17:31. Scuttled 25 December 1941 following irreparable damage in air attack 10 December. Prompt and effective damage control prevented the fires from spreading and causing more explosions, allowing Columbia to remain on station. While the crew fought fires, she was stalked by additional kamikazes which also sank the destroyer Colhoun. USSHeermann(DD-532) was one of several American destroyers who charged an incoming Japanese fleet of battleships during the Battle off Samar. Damaged beyond repair and scuttled on 9 June 1946. The navy listed her as lost in action with all sixty hands. List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II, Landing craft, infantry (gunboat) (LCI(G)), Landing craft, infantry (mortar) (LCI(M)), Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. She lost 130 of her crew during the battle. USS LCT(5)-27 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. At 11:00, two torpedoes were fired at San Francisco but missed and hit Juneau. The first plane was blasted by gunfire and landed in the sea less than seventy-five yards away. Japanese records indicate the only submarine action occurring on 3 April, which was attacked with depth charges from destroyers and a plane until an oil slick developed. PT-147 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Teliata Point, New Guinea, 20 November 1943. USSLuce(DD-522) was on radar picket duty off Kerama Retto on 4 May 1945 when at 08:05 she was targeted by two kamikazes who split apart to make runs on opposite sides of the ship. The ship continued to fight as best it could and launched several torpedoes at a nearby enemy battleship but fires, loss of power, and exploding ammunition prompted the order to abandon ship at 0230. Forty-six members of her crew were lost with the ship, but luckily two hundred forty one were saved. After the war she participated in Operation Magic Carpet. 7 men of Macomb's crew were killed and 14 wounded.[6]. 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. USSKanawha(AO-1) damaged by Japanese aircraft at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 April 1943, sinks on 8 April 1943. The blast carried away the bow of the ship forward of the bridge causing Benham to retreat from the battle. The survivors were transported to Japan on board different vessels, one of which was sunk by another US submarine, taking the lives of another twenty more Sculpin crewmen. One of the torpedoes hit Hammann amidships, breaking her in half. Fifty-eight men were lost on Utah during the attack. USS LCI(L)-32 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 26 January 1944. PT-239 destroyed by fire in port, Lambu Lambu, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 14 December 1943. Nevada lost sixty men killed and one hundred nine wounded in the attack. At 0148, in almost pitch darkness, San Francisco opened fire on an enemy cruiser 3,700yd off her starboard beam. The ship left Guam headed for Leyte on 28 July 1945. The forward third of the ship separated and sank while the remaining stern section of the ship was towed back to New York Navy Yard. The two fleets engaged each other around 23:15. Scuttled after damage by Japanese warships the previous day. On 9 June 1944, a night-time Luftwaffe air raid dropped a large (possibly guided) bomb that impacted the water about five hundred yards off Meredith. USS SC-521 foundered off Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands, 10 July 1945. A four-degree list was quickly corrected by shifting ballast, but the steering problem could not be overcome and the ship was forced to steam in circles to starboard. Numerous salvos of depth charges damaged the sub enough to force it to the surface and attempt a gun battle, but was no match for the destroyers main battery. Sunk after running aground in heavy weather. The two fleets met in pitch-black darkness at 0145 and a wild close range gun fight erupted. USS LCT(5)-305 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Four of her men were killed and 17 wounded. USSCassin Young(DD-793) was battling multiple attacks from Japanese kamikazes on 12 April 1945 while serving radar picket duty off Okinawa, when at 13:37 a D3A "Val" dove on Cassin Young from a steep angle. USS YW-55 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Houston was towed away from the battle area along with the cruiser Canberra. USSCallaghan(DD-792) had taken station in the radar picket line the evening of 28 July 1945, where at 00:35 on the 29th she drove off an incoming Yokosuka K5Y biplane. Laffey nearly collided with Japanese battleship Hiei, missing the behemoth by 20 feet and then raked the bridge and superstructure of the battleship at point-blank range. The plane then circled and completed its kamikaze mission with a suicide crash into Twiggs on the ship's aft section. At 20:00, the Coast Guard cutter contacted Pearl Harbor for help. While underway on 23 Aug, USS Tennessee collided with California after a steering malfunction. While attempting to navigate through the Sunda Strait the two cruisers ran into a Japanese invasion task force with 5 cruisers and 12 destroyers around 23:30. The retreat by Kurita's surface force, however, did not end the ordeal for White Plains and her fellow warships. Note - Although most sources list 52 US submarines as lost during World War II, the above listing includes two others, Halibut and Lancetfish, which were damaged beyond economical repair and were subsequently scrapped without returning to active service. Zellars lost twenty-nine men killed and thirty-seven wounded by the kamikaze strike on 12 April. Between December 1941 and September 1945, over 350 U.S. Navy warships and patrol craft were sunk or damaged beyond repair. USSRobert L. Barnes(AG-27) captured at Guam, Marianas Islands, 10 December 1941. The Darter refused to die after a failed scuttling and was abandoned to the elements after it was determined she would be of no value to the enemy. USSChicago(CA-29) was patrolling the waters just south of Savo Island on the night of 10 August 1942 when at 01:43 flares dropped from Japanese planes illuminated Chicago in the dark night, giving her position away to a Japanese surface task force of 5 heavy and 2 light cruisers which had managed to sneak into firing range undetected. Bailey returned to service in October 1943. Sunk by collision with Japanese destroyer. USSAsheville(PG-21) sunk by Japanese warships south of Java, Netherlands East Indies, 3 March 1942. Unbeknownst to the men manning the ships to the northward, a powerful enemy force was heading in their direction. Most of the enemy shells were aimed at the ship's superstructure, thus not threatening the ship's survival. Despite the hazard of exploding ammunition from the blazing Twiggs, escorting ships were able to rescue one hundred eighty-eight survivors from the oily waters. She also engaged the battleship Kongo, hitting the battleship's superstructure with her five-inch guns causing fires and casualties. She was scrapped in 1962. Twenty minutes later, at least ten Japanese planes simultaneously approached the destroyer from several directions; although facing insurmountable odds, Hadley shot down all ten attackers. USSMayo(DD-422) was assisting Allied troops landing at Anzio on 24 January 1944 when at 20:01 the ship struck a mine on her starboard side. Although the crew battled valiantly to save their ship, Beatty could not be saved and broke in two halves, sinking at 2305. Sixty-seven men had been lost in the attacks, and one hundred and two were wounded. By 1152, the ship had taken on a list to port. The burning ship floated for several hours in "Ironbottom Sound" before finally sinking. The Naval losses were 214 ships and submarines totaling 577,626 tons. She earned three battle stars for her WWII service. The plane's bomb passed through the ship, exploding close enough for shrapnel to kill and injure several men. USSSelfridge(DD-357) was attempting to intercept Japanese destroyer transports that were evacuating troops from Vella Lavella. Evidence suggests that the Seawolf may have been the victim of friendly fire, as the destroyer escort USSRichard M. Rowell(DE-403) attacked and dropped depth charges on what the crew believed to be a Japanese submarine which had just sunk USSShelton(DE-407) not far from Morotai Island, however the Japanese submarine in the area had been able to escape unscathed. The Sims was hit by three 250kg bombs, two of which exploded in the engine room. Wasp sank with the loss of 193 dead and 366 wounded. The plane's right wing hit the torpedo director and pilot house while the fuselage struck the forward stack and exploded. USSEdsall(DD-219) was responding to distress calls from USS Pecos near Java on 1 Mar 1942 when she stumbled upon Kido Butai; Japan's fast carrier force escorted by two battleships. Less than a month after Italy's entry into the war, on 9 July 1940, the Italian and British fleets clashed in the indecisive battle of Calabria (or battle of Punta Stilo). USS LCS(L)(3)-33 sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. One made a run on her and was shot down 75 yards to starboard, ricocheted off the water and hit Wilson in her 40mm gun tub. USSPGM-7 sunk in collision in the Bismarck Sea, 18 July 1944. Eventually, however, the deck beneath grew hot and forced the wounded back to the forecastle. 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. USS LSM-20 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired. Grounded, broke in half and sank by Typhoon Louise. Louisville was back on the gun line by 9 June. Repurposed as a cargo barge and redesignated as IX-173 on 12 August 1944. 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. Luckily, she was hidden in the smoke, and the enemy was not aware of her plight. The starboard seaplane caught fire and was jettisoned.

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