12 of her crew were killed and 6 seriously wounded. FAQ. USSPorcupine(IX-126) damaged by kamikaze attack off Mindoro, Philippine Islands, scuttled by destroyer Gansevoort (DD-608), 30 December 1944. It remains unknown to this day exactly why S-28 sank, but taken down with her were the lives of forty-nine men. After the war, captured Japanese records show on 16 February 1943, Japanese torpedo boat ''Hiyodori'' and a subchaser dropped depth charges on a submarine approximately sixty miles south of Rabaul. Longshaw returned fire best as possible but unfortunately lost the gun duel as her forward magazines took a direct hit; exploded, and completely severed the bow. 2 eight-inch gun turret, killing 1, wounding 17, including the captain, and knocking the turret out of commission. Two minutes after the third hit, the captain gave the order to abandon ship. Her commanding officers were found to be at fault for the accident. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American . The wreck of the submarine was rediscovered in 2020. On 5 April 1945, while participating in the Okinawa campaign, she was hit by a 5-inch shell in a friendly fire accident during a massive kamikaze attack on the fleet, killing three and wounding forty-four. . By 1 May 1945, the submarine and her crew of sixty men were considered lost. PT-323 destroyed by kamikaze attack, Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands, 10 December 1944. The crew patched holes with mattresses and put in for repairs at Talcoban; and later Manus, she was back in action by January 45. USS APc-35 grounded off New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 22 September 1943. Exactly what happened to the submarine is a mystery, but she was never heard from again. The shockwave from the explosion caused even more damage to the ship's hull, most certainly breaking her keel. The after anti-aircraft director and radar were put out of commission. By 08:00, the enemy cruisers, which were steaming off her port quarter, closed to within 18,000 yards. PT-111 destroyed by Japanese warships off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1 February 1943. This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 00:33. Hughes crew suffered 2 men killed and 21 wounded. USSNatoma Bay(CVE-62) was operating off Okinawa when at 06:35, on 7 June 1945, after having maneuvered through typhoon weather, Natoma Bay was closed by an A6M Zero, broad on the port quarter and low on the water. USS YC-670 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. There are no Japanese records of attacks on submarines listed for the area and dates when Seawolf disappeared. USS LCI(G)-365 sunk by Japanese suicide boat in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 10 January 1945. 74 men were saved. USSPerkins(DD-377) had been operating as part of the New Guinea campaign in the fall of 1943 when on 28 November 1943 she sailed from Milne Bay for Buna. Monssen was quickly reduced to a burning hulk. 52 men went down with the Bristol. USSDouglas H. Fox(DD-779) was patrolling radar picket duty with five other ships off Okinawa on 17 May 1945, when the Americans were attacked by several kamikazes at 19:26. The hull of the ship remains near Utah Beach protected as a war grave. Ultimate fate unknown. The ship resumed flight operations a few hours later. During the Battle of Okinawa she was hit by a kamikaze "Oscar" that struck her superstructure deck, killing four men and wounding twenty-three, but luckily the plane's bomb was a dud. USS YC-715 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSDickerson(DD-157) was conducting operations off Okinawa when during the night of 2 April 1945 her group of transports was attacked by a large force of kamikazes. On 24 August, the Navy reported Bullhead as missing and presumed lost. PT-68 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture near Vincke Point, New Guinea, 1 October 1943. USSTrigger(SS-237) was on her twelfth patrol of the war in the East China Sea hunting cargo ships in March 1945. Damage control teams fought to extinguish the blazes and stop all flooding through the night and by 12:00 the next day, Stormes carefully made her way to Kerama Retto and eventually Buckner Bay to be placed in floating dry dock. At 17:25, a second plane dove on the ship, crashing in between the stacks and nearly breaking the ship in half. Grounded and damaged and then scuttled to prevent capture. After all the survivors were picked up the Porter was scuttled by USS Shaw. YP-492 sunk by collision off east Florida, 8 January 1943. Although some of her survivors were picked up by the Japanese, not a single man from Edsall would survive the war. USSGrunion(SS-216) was on her first patrol near Kiska, Alaska on 30 July 1942; reporting she had been engaged by enemy destroyers and there was heavy anti-submarine activity near the island. Parkin, Robert Sinclair. The ship made it back to San Francisco under her own power. PT-202 destroyed by enemy mine, off Point Aygulf, France, Mediterranean Sea, 16 August 1944. Struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser. USSCaldwell(DD-605) was escorting landing craft at Ormoc on 12 December 1944 when at 0805 she was jumped by several enemy planes. USS Rosal (YFB-682) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSWasp(CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. As crew jettisoned topside weight to keep her upright, her gunners helped to destroy five Japanese planes. The destroyer was aided by her fellow tin cans until all fires were out. It is believed that Corvina was sunk with all eighty-two of her crew by Japanese submarine I-176 who reported sinking an American sub south-west of Truk on 16 November. At 08:22 Ingraham became the prime focus of the Japanese suicide planes after two other American ships had been sunk. USSAsphalt(IX-153) destroyed after grounding on a reef during a storm at Saipan, Marianas Islands, 6 October 1944. 2. Randolph was scrapped in 1975 after a prestigious career. At 00:43 the crew noticed waves breaking against rock just twenty-five yards forward of the bow and ordered "Back Emergency", but it was too late. USSColumbia(CL-56) was struck by a kamikaze "Val" on 1 January 1945 while operating in Lingayen Gulf. USSValor(AMc-108) sunk in collision with USSRichard W. Suesens(DE-342) off Cuttyhunk Island, Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, 29 June 1944. USSTide(AM-125) sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 7 June 1944. On 12 April 1945, Tennessee was hit by a low-flying kamikaze on the starboard bow, crashing into the signal bridge. Grounded in a storm and stricken on 23 February 1945. USSHancock(CV-19): On 25 November 1944, a fire exploded an incoming kamikaze some 300ft (91m) above the ship, but a section of its fuselage landed amidships and burst into flames. USS YCF-59 lost off Delaware, January 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. In the first attack wave a torpedo passed ahead and a second hit Raleigh portside amidships. It is unclear if Jarvis crew were aware of the enemy ships, but the Japanese considered an escaping cruiser. After shooting down several planes coming at her, a single D3A "Val" crashed into the destroyer's bridge superstructure just abaft of the forward stack. 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. Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding. Sterett was hit numerous times by Japanese battleship Hiei causing extensive damage all over the ship, starting fires and flooding compartments. Walke was engaging Japanese ships with her main battery when at 0039 the ship was shaken by a tremendous explosion from a torpedo on her starboard side. She was damaged on 27 November 1944 by a kamikaze near Leyte Gulf which hit between her Number 1 and Number 2 turrets, killing thirty-one of her men and wounding another thirty. USSBirmingham(CL-62) was operating off Bougainville Island on 8 November 1943 when her task force came under air attack by Japanese planes. Accidentally destroyed by fire while fueling in port. Fifty crewmen were killed and seventy-six wounded by the kamikaze which sent O'Brien back to the states. USS Rodolph. One hit 10 feet below the waterline abreast the after engine room, and four seconds later, the second hit 40 feet further aft, ripping away decks and bulkheads. Hit by 2 torpedoes from Japanese submarine. . USS LCT(6)-579 sunk off Palau, Caroline Islands, 4 October 1944. USS PGM-27 destroyed by grounding during typhoon at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. At 18:00 the Allied force disengaged, having lost several ships with no success attacking the transports. Quincy sustained many direct hits which left 370 men dead and 167 wounded. The ship was able to use its engines to steer itself away from the destruction that wrecked Darwin. This explosion tore much of the aft-end of the ship to shreds, and she quickly acquired a list to the starboard. PT-338 grounded, 27 January 1945, and destroyed as a result of grounding, not in enemy waters, Semirara Island, Philippine Islands, 31 January 1945. 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. Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo. On the 14th, at 1945 her group was attacked by six D3A "Val" dive bombers; two of the planes closed on St. Louis. USS YC-718 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, December 1941, and stricken from the Navy List, 21 April 1944. USS LCT(5)-215 sunk off Salerno, Italy, 1943. One five-inch gun. She was hit again off Okinawa by a kamikaze on 5 June 1945 with light damage and one man killed. The crew set up camp in abandoned buildings at Constantine Harbor and would be rescued in days ahead. USS LCI(L)-1 sunk off Bizerte, Tunisia, 17 August 1943. Sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft. USS AFD-13 sank off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 16 September 1945. PT-311 destroyed by enemy mine, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, 18 November 1944. USS YW-55 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YC-652 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. La Vallette was taken in tow by the tugboat Navajo to Espiritu Santo for temporary repairs, then traveled to Mare Island Navy Yard. USS YP-16 lost due to Japanese occupation of Guam and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. 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. Two men were killed and 34 wounded. As many as twenty-four kamikazes descended through the low clouds to attack the American ships below. 24 of her crew went down with the ship, and another 60 were wounded. In quick succession, enemy shells put her No. USSBrooks(APD-10) scrapped after being damaged beyond repair by kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, 6 January 1945. On 29 May 1945, while performing radar picket duty, she was attacked by two kamikazes at 0010, one of which was shot down. USSBanaag(YT-104) lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSPerch(SS-176) was on her second patrol of the war when on 1 March 1942 when she attacked a Japanese convoy about thirty miles off Surabaya, Java. 33 of her crew was killed and another 40 wounded. The only discernable information available proposes that Runner had sunk a cargo ship on 11 June 1943 near Hokkaido, and had been attacked by Japanese escort ships on 22 June 1943, but no oil slick or debris had been reported. The other exploded in the six-inch magazine located between Number I and II turrets causing a powder fire and flooding, putting Turrets I, II, and III out of action and causing a number of casualties including 107 killed. USSKete(SS-369) had been sinking Japanese cargo freighters west of Tokara Retto when on 19 March 1945 she had been ordered to return to Midway Island to refuel and then to Pearl Harbor for a refit which the submarine acknowledged. 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 YMS-48 sunk by shore batteries in Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 14 February 1945. Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire, one of the planes crashed his burning plane on top an aft gun mount, enveloping the aft of the ship in a fireball and flames. Damaged by Japanese forces and later burned by crew. The suicide plane ran a parallel course with Haggard but turned sharply towards the ship's starboard beam, striking the water just a few yards from the ship. Stricken on 25 February 1946 and destroyed in August 1946. Inoguchi, Rikihei, Captain, Commander Tadashi Nakajima, and Roger Pineau. The plane's bomb detonated upon striking the water, spraying the ship with shrapnel, killing three and wounding another sixteen of Daly's crew. Her wounded were transferred off at Tulagi before she left. Zane was repaired and continued her service until scrapping after the war. The resulting fire burned for several hours, but was finally brought under control. However, after the war, Japanese records did not report sinking a submarine near Kiska when the submarine disappeared. Six men were killed and twenty-three wounded. At 05:33, only 23 minutes after the explosion, Liscome Bay listed to starboard and sank; 53 officers and 591 enlisted men were killed, while 272 survived. 80 of her crew went down with the Hammann. USSGregory(DD-82) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying supplies to Guadalcanal along with her sister ship Little when at 01:00 on 5 September 1942, the two ships encountered three Japanese destroyers. The two sides clashed in the Battle of Tassafaronga. USSRodman(DD-456) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes flew overhead. One shell penetrated through a ventilator, killing two men as it tore into the carrier. Ship's Data: U.S. USSMarblehead(CL-12) was attempting to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy in the Makassar Strait on 4 February 1942 when her task force was attacked by 60 Japanese bombers. USSLa Vallette(DD-448) was escorting the torpedoed cruiser USSChicago(CA-29) on their way out of the combat area near Rennell Island on 30 January 1943, when a wave of Japanese G4M "Betty" torpedo bombers attacked the American ships. Gunfire managed to bring several attackers down but one enemy plane made it through the fierce defensive fire to crash into Howorth's superstructure and her main battery gun. No other sub besides for Scamp should have been in the area. After lengthy repairs, she returned to service in March 1943. On the 16th, Bonefish reported having sunk a 6,800 ton cargo ship and two days later was given permission to conduct a daytime patrol near Toyama Bay. Gasoline from the plane's fuel tanks started a fire and a 5-inch shell from another ship accidentally hit one of California's 5-inch guns, exploded inside the turret, and started another fire. The loss of power froze the main guns of the destroyer in place, leaving her helpless as the kamikaze missile slammed amidships. Eventually, however, the deck beneath grew hot and forced the wounded back to the forecastle. 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. USS LCT(5)-147 sunk off northern France, June 1944. USS YC-683 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. 07/26/06. Fate unknown. The damage was clearly severe enough to prompt the captain of Chevalier to ram Strong to give the crew of Strong an escape route from their sinking ship. The Japanese fired at the doomed ship as her surviving officers and men went over the side, finally ceasing fire at 08:55 whenHoelrolled over and sank. Although the ship fired on the enemy plane, it came within 500 yards and dropped a torpedo which struck the ship on her portside. Decommissioned on 11 December 1945. 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 Yacal (YFB-688) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Operating with TF 8, contact was made with Japanese ships on 26 March 1943 leading to the Battle of the Komandorski Islands. As friendly ships were rescuing Glennon's crew off the ship, destroyer escort Rich also struck several mines; sinking in 15 minutes. The ship was scrapped in 1977 after a prestigious career. USS LST-577 sunk by Japanese submarine RO-50 east of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 11 February 1945. During the bombardment, she came under heavy attack by kamikaze aircraft, one of which hit the bridge, killing her captain, twenty-nine others and wounding eighty-seven. On 27 November 1944 she was hit by two kamikazes. USSHoel(DD-533) was operating as escort for "Taffy 3" on the morning of 25 October 1944 off Samar, when a huge Japanese task force of battleships and cruisers suddenly appeared over the horizon coming straight for the small American ships. All power and steam was lost and the ship had to be towed back to Kerama Retto. USSBryant(DD-665) was rushing provide relief to fellow radar picket destroyer USSLaffey(DD-724) on 16 Apr 45 when she herself came under attack by six "Zero" fighters closed on the warship in a shallow glide. The sound of the general quarters alarm soon rang throughout the ship and stirred her to action. Another trio of kamikazes bore in, two were downed but the third slammed into the starboard side of the hull, its bomb would break the back of the Colhoun, snuff out boilers, and opened a huge gash on the side of the ship to the sea. Hit by Kamikaze on 20 May and damaged beyond repair. USSForrest(DD-461) was on patrol in Nakagusuku Bay on 26 May 1945 when at 2249 she was hit by a "Val" kamikaze that struck her starboard side just below the main deck. On 9 Dec, Capelin was seen by friendly submarine Blowfish and acknowledged a message confirming her identity, but this would be the last time the submarine was ever seen or heard from again. Everyone in turrets one and two perished. The bomb's explosion started fires in the gunnery, machine and electrical workshops and punched a hole through the deck over the forward engine room. Rear Admiral Callaghan's task group maneuvered to intercept in what became the first engagement in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The fires were deemed to be out of control and the crew abandoned ship. An explosion and large fire flared up simultaneously with a hit by a five-inch round from one of the other ships, which burst close to the carrier's bow below a gun sponson, killing and wounding several men. Severely damaged by Japanese aircraft and not repaired to operational condition. The other aircraft continued on toward White Plains, but her antiaircraft guns finally brought it down yards astern, scattering debris all over the ship's deck and sides, but causing only 11 relatively minor casualties. USS YSP-46 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS LST-353 sunk by internal explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. The two sides met with one another in the pitch-black night at 0130 and quickly the battle became a frenzied shootout. USSThornton(AVD-11) scrapped after being damaged in collision with USSAshtabula(AO-51) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 5 April 1945. Bagley came alongside Astoria's starboard bow and, by 0445, took all of the wounded off the heavy cruiser's forecastle. USS St. The torpedo struck behind the after engine room, and detonated the ship's bomb magazine, causing a devastating explosion that engulfed the ship and sent shrapnel flying as far as 5,000 yards (4,600m) away. Eleven men were killed and forty-nine wounded but damage was minor. Houston would receive three battle stars for her service in WWII and was scrapped in 1959. Hundreds of other Five men would die during three and a half years of brutal treatment, but eventually fifty-four men from the Perch finally made it home. Two other attacks on submarines were recorded by the Japanese in the area on 16 November which were not reported by any American sub, however it is unlikely these were made on Scamp if the submarine had been previously damaged as reported by the Japanese on 11 November. A D4Y dove on St. Louis from the port quarter, and exploded with its bomb on impact. PT-321 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, San Isidro Bay, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 11 November 1944. 20 PT boats were destroyed by grounding, another 9 were sunk by friendly fire and 10 more were lost due to other accidents. USSKalinin Bay(CVE-68) was steaming about 60 miles east of Samar before dawn 25 October 1944 as a part of "Taffy 3" when a huge Japanese surface task force of battleships and cruisers came across the much weaker American force of escort carriers and destroyers. USS YC-649 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS YC-717 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Gambier Bay was soon dead in the water as the battleship Yamato closed to point-blank range. The explosions continued to stagger the Turner until 0750 when a large violent explosion ripped the ship apart. USSVaga(YT-116) scuttled to prevent capture off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USSLaffey(DD-459) was operating with TF 67 on the night of 1314 November 1942 off Guadalcanal when at 0148, combat was initiated with a Japanese force including two battleships, and fourteen destroyers. USS LCT(5)-305 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Cast adrift while under tow enroute to Pearl Harbor and scuttled by gunfire. After shooting down several kamikazes Suwanee was hit by an enemy plane at 08:04 about 40 feet forward of the after elevator. USS LSMR-195 sunk by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 3 May 1945. USS LCT(5)-182 sunk off the Solomon Islands, 7 August 1944. USSPompano(SS-181) left Midway Island on 20 August 1943 bound for the coast of Hokkaid and eastern Honsh. YP-331 foundered in heavy weather, 23 March 1944. It also lists United States Coast Guard losses. Chester would earn 11 battle stars for her service in WWII. On 13 January 1944, she arrived in the area between Buka and St. George Channel to support landing operations in the Green Islands, off of New Ireland. 2 more crewmen would die of their wounds. Lo(CVE-63) was operating 60 miles east of Samar on the morning of 25 October 1944 as a part of "Taffy 3" when a huge Japanese task force of four battleships, seven heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and 19 destroyers appeared on the horizon. The attack killed 46 and wounded 116. USSRich(DE-695) sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 8 June 1944. USSMayrant(DD-402) was conducting anti-aircraft duties off Palermo, Italy on 26 May 1943 when she was attacked by German dive bombers. USS LCT(5)-413 sunk off northern France, June 1944. It would later be determined Tucker's captain had not been notified there would be mines in his ship's path. USS LCT(6)-593 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. Another bucket brigade attacked the fires while the ship's first lieutenant investigated all accessible lower decks. The resulting explosion broke Long in half. The resulting explosion detonated the ship's aft magazine storage enveloping the destroyer in flame. USS LST-43 sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft. The ship's engine room and much of her machinery was demolished. She rolled over and sunk minutes afterwards, the tip of her bow bobbing in the water until 0827. The ship was hit numerous hits in rapid succession and lost power through the fight. Newly available records show Hann was aboard the HMT Rohna, a transport ship sunk by a German bomber in a devastating attack off the coast of Algeria on Nov. 26, 1943. The ship lost five dead and thirteen wounded. Several American destroyers were called forward to silence the batteries. The next minute a fourth wave of seven bombers released bombs at Marblehead. YP-346 sunk by surface ships in the South Pacific, 9 September 1942. At 11:00, two torpedoes were fired at San Francisco but missed and hit Juneau. The American submarine disappeared beneath the sea leaving behind bubbles and an oil slick which stretched for over fifteen miles. O'Brien's own gunfire was so accurate that enemy gunnery positions shifted from Texas to O'Brien. USS YC-647 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Moments after the bombs struck, Arizona was torn apart by a gigantic magazine explosion that disintegrated most of the forward part of the ship. The submarine was never seen or heard from again and the cause of her loss has never conclusively been determined. She was awarded 13 battle stars for her WWII service. Fires quickly spread and it took over two hours to extinguish them. She was repaired and overhauled by October 1942. USSLexington(CV-16) was struck by a torpedo bomber off Kwajalein on 4 December 1943, killing nine men. USSDownes(DD-375) was in drydock next to Cassin at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the base was attacked by a huge Japanese airstrike. USSCassin(DD-372) was in drydock on keel blocks in Pearl Harbor when on the morning of 7 December 1941 the base was attacked by a huge Japanese airstrike. USSMcFarland(DD-237) was operating near Guadalcanal as a tender and transport when on 19 Oct 1942 she was attacked by 9 dive bombers. USS SC-696 sunk by aircraft off Palermo, Italy, 23 August 1943. This time she was hit by two bombs and two torpedoes and left dead in the water with a severe list. Honolulu shifted fire to an enemy destroyer, which was immediately hit and disappeared. Scuttled after damage by Japanese warships the previous day. While most US accounts report this as an eight-inch shell from the Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma, Japanese sources report it was more likely a damaging near-miss from Yamato as both Yamato and Kong claimed hits on an aircraft carrier at this time but Yamato had the shorter range and a better target angle. USS Magdalena (YFB-687) lost due to enemy action at Luzon, Philippine Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Pensacola would finish the war and survived Operation Crossroads to be sunk as a target ship in 1948. Afire and taking on a list, she maneuvered and was deliberately beached near Hospital Point to prevent her sinking in deeper waters. 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. Capsized by carrier-based aircraft torpedoes and raised in 1943 but not repaired. USS SC-740 grounded on Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 17 June 1943. USS Santee (CVE- 29) was sailing as part of "Taffy 1" off the northern coast of Mindanao on 25 October 1944 when at 07:40, a kamikaze managed to sneak over the formation and dove into the center of Santee, crashing through the flight deck and starting fires in the hangar deck. USSTasker H. Bliss(AP-42) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-130 off Fedala, Morocco, 12 November 1942. The two task groups engaged each other at 23:00 on 6 October 1943 with gunfire and torpedoes. As Rowan turned to have all her guns engage the enemy, she was struck by a torpedo. The burning ship floated for several hours in "Ironbottom Sound" before finally sinking. USS LSM-20 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 5 December 1944. Her gunners kept firing, while damage control crews fought the fires and helped the wounded. After receiving repairs at Puget Sound, she rejoined the fleet. A new book refutes this . On December 7, 1941 the Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. sefton council phv renewal,

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