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During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
The Soviet submarine K-129 carried nuclear ballistic missiles when it was lost with all hands, but as it was a diesel-electric submarine, it is not included in the list. (K-129 was partly recovered by the U.S. Project Azorian.) The two USN submarines belonged to Submarine Force Atlantic, in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
Unique submarine. First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the globe, and the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear reactors. SSGN-587 Halibut: Unique submarine. First and only American nuclear powered submarine designed and built as a guided missile submarine. SSN-588 Scamp: SSN-589 Scorpion: Lost in accident 22 May ...
The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 U.S. Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible. [1] [2] Found, so far: [3] [4] [5]
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During the war, 52 US submarines were lost to all causes, with 48 directly due to hostilities; [73] 3,505 [72] [74] sailors were lost, the highest percentage killed in action of any US service arm in World War II. U.S. submarines sank 1,560 enemy vessels, [72] a total tonnage of 5.3 million tons (55% of the total sunk), [75] including 8 ...
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Lost after 26 June 1943: Fate unknown: possibly lost to a mine. S-26: SS-131 S class: Gulf of Panama: 24 January 1942: Accidentally rammed by submarine chaser USS Sturdy. S-27: SS-132 S class: Amchitka Island, Alaska: 19 June 1942: Accidental grounding. S-28: SS-133 S class: off Oahu, Hawaii: 4 July 1944: Foundered while diving in an ASW ...