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It was sunk northwest of Hawaii during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Identity of massive WWII shipwreck confirmed when team finds name still etched on bow Skip to main content
The West Loch Disaster was a maritime accident during World War II at Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii. The incident, which occurred just after 3 p.m. on Sunday, 21 May 1944, began following an explosion in a staging area for Landing Ships, Tank (LSTs) and other amphibious assault ships in West Loch.
The bay is the location of what is regarded as the "largest shipwreck fleet in the Western Hemisphere" [2] [3] and is described as a "ship graveyard." [ 4 ] Mallows Bay is in the northeast corner of the Mallows Bay–Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary , which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated on September 3 ...
A cargo ship that was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-72 south of Hawaii. [6] USS Queenfish United States Navy: 14 August 1963 A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Swordfish. USS R-6 United States Navy: 21 September 1921 An R-class submarine that sank accidentally in the harbor at San Pedro, California ...
The wreck is an oddity in a region where thousands of sailors and airmen died in dramatic battles. “She was completed and commissioned on February 2nd 1945 as the lead unit of the I-201 class ...
A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese flags during World War II before it was deliberately ...
Pages in category "Shipwrecks of Hawaii" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. USS Arizona;
The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor led to the United States' involvement in World War II.