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All 11 ships in the convoy were sunk. Of those on board, 1,047 of the 1,289 British and Dutch POWs aboard died. 1,047 Military 1944 Japan: Musashi – Sister ship of Yamato, sunk by US aircraft on 24 October in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, with a loss of 1,023 of her crew of 2,399. 1,023 Navy 1942 Germany
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
World War II: The CAM ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately ) by U-576 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of all 55 crew. [1] [123] [124] HMS Grasshopper Royal Navy: World War II: The Dragonfly-class gunboat was bombed and sunk off Rusuk Island by Japanese aircraft with the loss of 165 crew.
A206 Vinnytsia – In June 2022, footage emerged showing the Grisha II-class ship sunk at moorings, after a Russian attack on 24 February 2022. [93] [94] The ship had previously been converted to an auxiliary ship in 2018 and decommissioned in 2021. Eight unidentified vessels were claimed, on 26 February 2022, as destroyed by Russian forces. [95]
Much like battlecruisers, battleships typically sank with large loss of life if and when they were destroyed in battle.The first battleship to be sunk by gunfire alone, [4] the Russian battleship Oslyabya, sank with half of her crew at the Battle of Tsushima when the ship was pummeled by a seemingly endless stream of Japanese shells striking the ship repeatedly, killing crew with direct hits ...
The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. She was scrapped in 1973. USS Wasp (CV-18), on 19 March 1945, was hit with a 500 lb armor-piercing bomb which penetrated both the flight and hangar decks, then exploded in the crew's galley. Many of her shipmates were having breakfast ...
Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: 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 ...
World War II submarines of the Soviet Union (5 C, 56 P) Pages in category "World War II naval ships of the Soviet Union" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.