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List submarines of the United States Navy, by hull number and boat name Hull number Name Notes Turtle: World's first combat submersible. Deployed in 1775. Failed mission to destroy HMS Eagle. Continental Army project. Alligator: Experimental submarine built in 1862. Foundered in bad weather in 1863. First submarine of the United States Navy.
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...
Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or by scuttling. The Soviet Navy lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two. Three submarines were lost with all hands: the two from the United States Navy (129 and 99 lives lost) and one from the Russian Navy (118 lives lost).
United States: 2,765 [11] Lima Maru Troopship Japan: 8 February 1944: USS Snook United States: 2,670 [5] Petrella: Prisoner transport Germany: 8 February 1944: HMS Sportsman United Kingdom: 2,665 [7] Teia Maru: Troopship Japan: 19 August 1944: USS Rasher United States: 2,649 [12] Yoshida Maru No. 1: Troopship Japan: 26 April 1944: USS Jack ...
Pages in category "United States submarine accidents" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
An estimated 1,138 deaths, 1,015 of them US soldiers, constitutes the largest loss of US soldiers at sea. 1,138 Military 1944 Japan: Shinyo – On 17 November the Japanese aircraft carrier, en route to Singapore, was torpedoed and sunk by the US submarine USS Spadefish. As many as four torpedoes hit the ship and detonated her aviation fuel tanks.
Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II, all but one, Dorado (SS-248), were lost in the Pacific theater of operations. [5] Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee ...
Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Old destroyers (DD) * 132 12 9.1% 5 7 New destroyers (DD) 343 69 20.1% 57 12 Destroyer escorts (DE) 421 15 3.6% 7 8 Submarines Number in commission Number lost Loss rate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Numbered craft (SS) * 65 7 10.8% 5 1 1 Named craft (SS) 256 47 18.4% ...