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In World War II, the United States Navy used submarines heavily. Overall, 263 US submarines undertook war patrols, [2] claiming 1,392 ships and 5,583,400 tons during the war. [3] [a] Submarines in the United States Navy were responsible for sinking 540,192 tons or 30% of the Japanese navy and 4,779,902 tons of shipping, or 54.6% of all Japanese shipping in the Pacific Theater.
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Blair's Appendices E and F, organized chronologically by submarine patrol, include the departure point for each patrol, its start month, submarine commanding officer, patrol duration, wartime assessed ships and tonnage sunk (usually as made by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood), post-war JANAC [6]-assessed ships and tonnage sunk, the applicable ...
List of Los Angeles class submarines; List of submarines of World War II; List of United States Navy ships; List of United States Navy losses in World War II § Submarines (SS) - abbreviated list; List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Submarine (SS) - detailed list; The NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft was a non ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... World War II submarines of the United States (336 P) Cold War submarines of the United States (1 C, 350 P)
The last of the Fremantle-based submarines to be lost during the war was the USS Bullhead (SS-332), sunk on 6 August 1945, the same day an atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima. [37] With the end of World War II, US submarines soon left Fremantle, the last one on 31 August 1945, while British submarines remained in Australia for the time being.
Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war. Capelin: SS-289 Balao class: Celebes Sea: Lost after 2 December 1943: Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or Japanese minelayer Wakataka. Cisco: SS-290 Balao class: off Mindanao: 28 September 1943: Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon). Corvina: SS-226 ...
Naval Advisor, War Production Board Office, Baltimore, Maryland; Naval Advisor to Contract Distribution, Branch Office, War Production Board. Little Rock, Arkansas; Naval Advisor to Division of Contract Distribution, War Production Board, Birmingham, Alabama