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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 ...
Sunk on board SS Stanvac Manila when that ship was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-17. PT-166: Off New Georgia, Solomon Islands 20 July 1943: Accidentally strafed and sunk by US B-25 bomber. PT-172: Off Vella Lavella, Solomons 7 September 1943: Grounded and destroyed to prevent capture. PT-173
Sunk, total loss, not salvaged Moored Battleship row, berth F-7 forward of Nevada aft of Tennessee: Nevada: BB-36 Seriously damaged, beached, salvaged, repaired at Puget Sound: Moored aft of Arizona at berth F-8 Oklahoma: BB-37 Sunk, total loss, raised, and later sank in 1947 while under tow to San Francisco.
Pinguin – A German auxiliary cruiser which served as a commerce raider in World War II that captured or sunk 32 ships. On 8 May she was sunk in a battle with HMS Cornwall in the Indian Ocean. Of 401 crew, 341 were lost along with 214 of the 238 prisoners aboard. 555 1942 Italy
Pages in category "World War II naval ships of the United States" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The USS Edsall, a 314-foot destroyer sunk by Japanese forces in 1942, was known as "the dancing mouse" for its ability to evade attacks. U.S. destroyer sunk during WWII found at bottom of ocean ...
The training hulk, formerly the cruiser Tsushima, was sunk as a torpedo target in the Pacific Ocean off Miura, Kanagawa, Japan. Herold Norway: World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Bergen, Norway in December 1944 or January 1945. [4] KFK 90 Kriegsmarine: The training ship, a KFK-2-class naval drifter, was sunk sometime in 1944 ...
An American World War II warship sunk by Japanese forces in a fierce battle a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. ... Sunken US WWII ...