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| Ship | Damaged or Sunk | Date | Location | Source |
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| USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged (6 hits) | 3 May 1945 | Okinawa radar picket station number 10 | Cressman p 672 Rieley p 220-214 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
| USS Abner Read (DD-526) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 1 Nov 1944 | 10°47'N 125°22'E | Cressman p 569 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
| USS Achernar (AKA-53) (Attack cargo ship) |
Damaged | 2 April 1945 | San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands | Cressman p 653 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
| USS Achilles (ARL-41) (Repair Ship, Landing Craft) |
Damaged | 5 November 1945 | San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands | |
| USS Alpine (APA-92) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Ammen (DD-527) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 1 November 1944 | 10°40'N, 125°20'E | Cressman p 569 |
| USS Anderson (DD-411) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 1 November 1944 | 10°11'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 569 |
| USS Anthony (DD-515) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Apache (ATF-67) (Fleet Tug) |
Damaged | |||
| HMAS Arunta (I30) () |
Damaged | |||
| SS Augustus Thomas (Liberty Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 24 October 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Philippine Islands | Cressman p 561 |
| HMAS Australia (D84) () |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bache (DD-470) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Barry (DD-248) (APD-29) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 21 Jun 1945[1] | off Okinawa | Naval Historical Center Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Kimball (2007) |
| USS Bates (DE-68) (APD-47) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Sunk | 25 May 1945 | ||
| USS Belknap (DD-251) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) (Aircraft Carrier, Light) |
Damaged | 30 October | 15°07'N, 124°01'E | Cressman p 568 |
| SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler (Liberty Cargo ship) |
damaged | 27 October | Off Leyte | Cressman p 566 |
| USS Birmingham (CL-62) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) (CVE-21) (Aircraft Carrier, escort) |
Sunk | 21 Feb 1945 | ||
| USS Bowers (DE-637) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Braine (DD-630) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bright (DE-747) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Brooks (DD-232) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bryant (DD-665) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bullard (DD-660) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Bush (DD-529) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 6 Apr 1945 | ||
| USS Butler (DD-636) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Cabot (CVL-28) (Aircraft carrier, light) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Caldwell (DD-605) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS California (BB-44) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Callaghan (DD-792) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 29 July 1945[2] | ||
| USS Callaway (APA-35) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| SS Canada Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Sunk | 27 Apr1945 | ||
| USS Cassin Young (DD-793) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Champion (AM-314) (Minelayer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Chase (DE-158) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Claxton (DD-571) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | 1 November 1944 | 10°40'N, 125°20'E | Cressman p 569 |
| USS Colhoun (DD-801) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 6 Apr 1944 | ||
| USS Columbia (CL-56) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Comfort (AH-6) (Hospital ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Cowell (DD-547) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Daly (DD-519) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| SS David Dudley Field (Cargo ship) |
Damaged | 24 October | Tacloban, Leyte | Cressman p 561 |
| USS Devilfish (SS-292) (Submarine) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Dickerson (DD-157) (APD-21) (Troop Transport (High Speed)) |
Damaged | 2 Apr 1945 | Kadena Bay, Okinawa | Rieley p 104 Cressman 653 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
| USS Denver (CL-58) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 28 October | 10°57'N, 125°02'E | Cressman p 567 |
| USS Dorsey (DD-117) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-779) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Drexler (DD-741) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 28 May 1945 | ||
| USS DuPage (APA-41) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Emmons (DD-457) (DMS-22) (High-speed minesweeper) |
Sunk | 6 Apr 1945 | ||
| USS England (DE-635) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Enterprise (CV-6) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Essex (CV-9) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Evans (DD-552) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Facility (AM-233) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | |||
| HMS Formidable (67) () |
Damaged | |||
| USS Forrest (DD-461) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Franklin (CV-13) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | 13 October 1944 | 22°55'N, 123°12'E | Cressman, p 554 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
| USS Gansevoort (DD-608) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Gilligan (DE-508) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Gregory (DD-802) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Guest (DD-472) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Gwin (DM-33) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Haggard (DD-555) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Halloran (DE-305) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hambleton (DD-455) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hancock (CV-19) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hank (DD-702) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Haraden (DD-585) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Harding (DD-625) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Haynsworth (DD-700) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hazelwood (DD-531) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Henrico (APA-45) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hinsdale (APA-120) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| SS Hobbs Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Sunk | 6 Apr 1945 | ||
| USS Hobson (DD-464) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hodges (DE-231) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hopkins (DD-249) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Howorth (DD-592) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hughes (DD-410) (destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Hyman (DD-732) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| HMS Indefatigable (R10) (Aircraft Carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Ingraham (DD-694) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Intrepid (CV-11) (Aircraft Carrier) |
Damaged | 29 October | 15°07'N, 124°01'E | Cressman p 567 |
| USS Isherwood (DD-520) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS J. William Ditter (DM-31) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged | |||
| SS John Burke (Liberty cargo ship) |
Sunk | 28 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 11°10'N, 126°20'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Keokuk (CMc-6) (Coastal Minelayer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Kidd (DD-661) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Kimberly (DD-521) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 11°10'N, 126°20'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS La Grange (APA-124) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Laffey (DD-724) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Lamson (DD-367) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS LCS(L)(3)-15 (Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III)) |
Sunk | 22 1945 | ||
| USS LCS(L)(3)-33 (Landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III)) |
Sunk | 12 Apr 1945[3] | Naval Historical Center Rielly 2000, 112,125 | |
| USS Leutze (DD-481) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| SS Lewis L. Dyche (Liberty cargo ship) |
Sunk | 5 Jan 1945 | ||
| USS Liddle (DE-206) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Lindsey (DM-32) (Destroyer minelayer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Little (DD-803) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 3 May 1945 | ||
| SS Logan Victory (Victory cargo ship) |
Sunk | 6 Apr 1945 | ||
| USS Long (DD-209) (DMS-12) (High-speed minesweeper) |
Sunk | 6 Jan 1945 | ||
| USS Louisville (CA-28) (Heavy cruiser) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Loy (DE-160) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS LSM-20 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 5 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS LSM-59 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 21 June 1945 | ||
| USS LSM-135 (Landing ship, medium (rocket)) |
Sunk | 25 May 1945 | ||
| USS LSM(R)-189 (Landing ship, medium (rocket)) |
Damaged | |||
| USS LSM(R)-190 (Landing ship, medium (rocket)) |
Sunk | 4 May 1945 | ||
| USS LSM(R)-194 (Landing ship, medium (rocket)) |
Sunk | 4 May 1945 | ||
| USS LSM(R)-195 (Landing ship, medium (rocket)) |
Sunk | 3 May 1945 | ||
| USS LSM-318 (Landing ship, medium) |
Sunk | 7 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS LST-447 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk | 7 Apr 1945[4] | ||
| USS LST-460 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk | 21 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS LST-472 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk | 15 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS LST-738 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk | 15 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS LST-749 (Landing ship, tank) |
Sunk | 21 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Luce (DD-522) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 4 May 1945 | ||
| USS LST-884 (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Mahan (DD-364) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 7 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Mahnomen County (LST-912) (Landing ship, tank) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 12 Apr 1945 | ||
| SS Marcus Daly (Liberty cargo ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Maryland (BB-46) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Mississippi (BB-41) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Moale (DD-693) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Montpelier (CL-57) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Morris (DD-417) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Morrison (DD-560) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 4 May 1945 | ||
| USS Mullany (DD-528) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Nashville (CL-43) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Natoma Bay (CVE-62) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Nevada (BB-36) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS New Mexico (BB-40) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS New York (BB-34) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Newcomb (DD-586) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Sunk | 4 Jan 1945 | ||
| USS O'Neill (DE-188) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Orestes (AGP-10) (Patrol Craft Tender) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Pathfinder (AGS-1) (Surveying Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Pinkney (APH-2) (Troop Transport, Hospital) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Porcupine (IX-126) (Auxiliary tanker) |
Sunk | 30 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Prichett (DD-561) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Pringle (DD-477) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 16 Apr 1945 | ||
| USS Purdy (DD-734) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS PT-300 (Patrol Torpedo Boat) |
Sunk | 18 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS PT-323 (Patrol Torpedo Boat) |
Sunk | 10 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Rall (DE-304) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Randolph (CV-15) (Aircraft carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Ransom (AM-283) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Rathburne (DD-113) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Rednour (APD-102) (High-speed transport) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Reid (DD-369) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 11 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Reno (CL-96) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | 14 October 1944 | 22°48'N, 123°01'E | Cressman p 554 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
| USS Riddle (DE-185) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Roper (DD-147) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Salamaua (CVE-96) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS San Pablo (AVP-30) (Small Seaplane Tender) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Sandoval (APA-194) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Sangamon (CVE-26) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Santee (CVE-29) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 09°45'N, 126°20'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Savo Island (CVE-78) (Escort Carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS SC-744 (Submarine chaser) |
Sunk | 27 Nov 1944 | ||
| USS Sederstrom (DE-31) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Shubrick (DD-639) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Sims (DE-154) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Sonoma (AT-12) ATO-12 (Fleet tug, old) |
Damaged | 24 October 1944 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | Cressman p 561, Navsource.org |
| USS Southard (DD-207) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Spectacle (AM-305) (Minesweeper) |
Damaged | |||
| USS St. George (AV-16) (Seaplane Tender) |
Damaged | |||
| USS St. Lo (CVE-63) (Escort carrier) |
Sunk | 25 Oct 1945[5] | 11°13'N, 126°05'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS St. Louis (CL-49) (Light cruiser) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Stafford (DE-411) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Suwannee (CVE-27) (Aircraft Carrier, Escort) |
Damaged | 25 October 1944 | 09°45'N, 126°42'E | Cressman p 563 |
| USS Swallow (AM-65) (Minesweeper) |
Sunk | 22 Apr 1945 | ||
| USS Taluga (AO-62) (Fleet Oiler) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Telfair (APA-210) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Tennessee (BB-43) (Battleship) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Terror (CM-5) (Minelayer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Thatcher (DD-514) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Twiggs (DD-591) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 16 Jun 1945 | ||
| USS Tyrrell (AKA-80) (Attack cargo) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Wadsworth (DD-516) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Walke (DD-723) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Ward (DD-139) (APD-16) (High-speed transport) |
Sunk | 7 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Wesson (DE-184) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS White Plains (CVE-66) (Escort Carrier) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Whitehurst (DE-634) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Wilson (DD-408) (Destroyer) |
Damaged | |||
| USS William D. Porter (DD-579) (Destroyer) |
Sunk | 10 June 1945 | ||
| SS William S. Ladd (Liberty cargo ship) |
Sunk | 10 Dec 1944 | ||
| USS Witter (DE-636) (Destroyer escort) |
Damaged | |||
| USS Zeilin (APA-3) (Attack Personnel Transport Ship) |
Damaged |
References
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing states that Barry (APD-29) was "damaged by Kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945, and sunk as a decoy, 21 June 1945." This description does not make clear how Barry sank on June 21, 1945.
The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships describes the sinking as follows:
- Barry was towed to the anchorage at Kerama Retto 28 May and found too extensively damaged to warrant repair or salvage. Stripped of useful gear, she was decommissioned 21 June 1945. Later in the day she was towed from the harbor of Kerama Retto to be used as a decoy for the kamikazes. While under tow she was attacked by Japanese suicide planes and sunk along with her escort, LSM-59.
- The USS Barry was an old four-stacker Destroyer commissioned around 1920 and modernized and converted into a high-speed troop transport and reclassified as an APD. It took some hits and was intentionally run up on the beach to avoid sinking in deep water and it spent sometime just sitting there. The High Command was experimenting with methods of defending against the relentless kamikaze attacks by the Japanese pilots and it was decided to use the Barry as a decoy to attract the suicide pilots. Since Barry was stripped of all usable equipment its hulk was expendable. Lipan's divers put a soft patch on the hull of the Barry and its interior was filled with empty sealed 5" ammo containers. It was hoped the sealed containers would act as flotation gear and make the Barry less vulnerable to sinking from direct hits. The Barry was fitted with remote controlled flashing lights that looked like anti-aircraft gun muzzle flashes from the air. It also had smudge pots placed at strategic locations and remotely controlled to simulate stack smoke and damage from attacks. From the air it looked like a fully operational Destroyer and it was intended to draw the kamikaze pilots to it and away from the nearby manned vessels. The LSM contained the remote controls for the Barry's pseudo weapons and Lipan was to tow the Barry to simulate an underway tin can. It didn't take long before two kamikaze planes appeared just ten feet off the water equipped with huge bombs strapped to their belly to create a gigantic explosion when they slammed into a vessel. To our dismay, the first attacking Japanese plane slammed into the small LSM 59 and hit it directly amidships. The resultant explosion blew the ship into the hereafter and there was not one recognizable part left floating and at least sixty sailors met their demise. We hadn't anytime to think as the second kamikaze climbed straight up to make a dive on us and the Barry. I was a gunner on the 40mm and we gave him all we had, shooting off his wings and setting him afire. Nevertheless, he was able to slam into the Barry and hit her right on the bridge. We could not save her so we tried to tow her to Ie Shima. In the middle of the night the Barry started to sink and was pulling our old "Green Dragon" down by the stern. We had a pelican hook rigged and a sailor hit the release and the Barry slipped from our grasp and headed for Davy Jones' Locker.
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing gives July 28, 1945, as the date Callaghan sunk. However, Foster (2002, 302-7) makes clear in his book on Callaghan that the kamikaze plane hit and the ship sank in the early morning of July 29, 1945. The account by Parkin (1995, 329-30) confirms this date.
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing states that LCS(L)(3)-33 was "sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945." However, the LCS(L)(3)-33 Action Report dated 4 April 1945 describes the ship's firing at attacking Japanese planes (Rielly 2000, 112), so the ship obviously did not sink off Iwo Jima. Rielly (2000, 125) describes the sinking of LCS(L)(3)-33 on April 12, 1945: LCS(L) 33 fared no better. Under attack by three kamikazes, she downed the first one and had a close miss by the second, which took off her radio antenna before crashing into the sea. Unfortunately, this was not to be her day. A Val struck the starboard side of the 33, setting her on fire. The call to abandon ship was made and the crew went into the water. Number 33 continued to circle slowly to port before she blew up and sank in front of her crew. One of Rielly's sources for the above account is Action Report - LCS(L)(3)-57, Battle of Okinawa at Radar Picket Station |1, 12 April, 1945 - 15 April, 1945. The LCS(L)(3)-57 was at the same picket station as the LCS(L)(3)-33 on April 12, 1945.
- ^ Warner (1982, 328) gives the date of the sinking as April 6, 1945. However, the Naval Historical Center listing and the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships indicate that LST-447 sank on April 7, 1945, following a kamikaze attack.
- ^ The Naval Historical Center listing states that USS St. Lo was sunk by Japanese aircraft on October 25, 1944, but there is no mention of kamikaze. However, several sources (e.g., Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships; Inoguchi 1958, 59; Warner 1982, 106-8) describe the sinking of St. Lo when a Zero carrying a bomb hit the escort carrier.