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USS Laffey (DD-459) was operating with TF 67 on the night of 13–14 November 1942 off Guadalcanal when at 0148, combat was initiated with a Japanese force including two battleships, and fourteen destroyers. During the action in a pitch-black night, the two sides of ships mixed, firing on friend and foe alike.
Old battleships (OBB) 15 2 13.3% 2 Fast battleships (NBB) 10 0.0% Aircraft carriers Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Fleet carriers (CV) 24 4 16.7% 4 Light carriers (CVL) 9 1 11.1% 1 Escort carriers (CVE) 77 6 7.8% 5 1 Cruisers Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama
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 List of ships of World War II 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 ...
Chiyoda – sunk with her entire crew of around 1,470, possibly the largest vessel to be lost with all hands in World War II. 1,470 Navy 1941 United Kingdom: HMS Hood – The battlecruiser was attacked and sunk by the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May. Of the 1,418 crew aboard, three survived. [9] 1,415 Navy 1944 Japan
TOKYO (AP) - A former crewmember on a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II says he recognizes photos taken of wreckage discovered this week off the Philippines by a team led by ...
List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy; List of Allied ships lost to Italian surface vessels in the Mediterranean (1940–43) List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy; List of United States Navy losses in World War II
Submarines were the biggest enemy of aircraft carriers, having sunk eighteen throughout the Second World War. Most notably, the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano was the largest carrier of the war, and the largest object sunk by a submarine when she was hit by four torpedoes from USS Archerfish. [5]