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The ship would survive the war to be returned to the US Navy, and later sunk as a target. USS Pope (DD-225) was escorting the severely damaged British cruiser Exeter on 1 March 1942, when a Japanese task force of heavy cruisers broke up the rescue effort. Pope sought refuge in a rain squall but was soon spotted by enemy aircraft. A near-miss by ...
United States Navy. 1 April 1864. A Union stern-wheel tinclad minesweeper and gunboat sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) in Mobile Bay. USS Tecumseh. United States Navy. 5 August 1864. A Union monitor warship sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Damaged in action. USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) 2 near misses by coastal artillery during the landing at Inchon; 1 killed and 1 wounded, 13 September 1950. USS Brush (DD-745) damaged after striking a mine at off the coast of Tanchon, North Korea; 9 killed and 10 wounded, 26 September 1950. USS Mansfield (DD-728) damaged after striking a mine ...
11 November 1942. Sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173. Lafayette (AP-53) Pier 88, Manhattan. 9 February 1942. 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.
Targets: 1: USS California 2: USS Maryland 3: USS Oklahoma 4: USS Tennessee. 5: USS West Virginia 6: USS Arizona 7: USS Nevada 8: USS Pennsylvania 9: Ford Island NAS 10: Hickam field. Ignored: A:Oil storage tanks B: CINCPAC headquarters building C:Submarine base D:Navy Yard. List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor, December 7 ...
Sisunthon Nawa. United Kingdom. The cargo ship was reported missing in early 1942. Presumed captured or sunk by the Japanese. [6] Trabajador. United States Navy. The tug was sunk, probably by Japanese artillery, off Corregidor, Philippines. She was salvaged post-war and served under the name Resolute into the late 1970s.
W. USS Ward. USS William D. Porter (DD-579) SS William S. Ladd. Categories: Kamikaze. Ships sunk by Japanese aircraft. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Zuikaku sinking. World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf: The ShÅkaku -class aircraft carrier was bombed and sunk in Leyte Gulf by aircraft based on USS Lexington ( United States Navy) with the loss of 843 of her 1,705 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kuwa and Wakatsuki (both Imperial Japanese Navy). 136.