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US Navy: VA-22, USS Coral Sea: South Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: His A-7E #156870 ran out of fuel and crashed at night while waiting for landing [5] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 16: Lee, Albert R: Aviation structural mechanic first class: US Navy: VF-111, USS Coral Sea: South Vietnam: Lost overboard [6] Killed in action, body ...
Gambier Bay was the only US Navy aircraft carrier to be sunk by surface naval gunfire during WWII. She lost 147 of her crew. USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76) was operating off Luzon on 8 January 1945 when at 07:46 a Ki-43 Oscar plunged down towards the carrier. The aircraft came under heavy anti-aircraft fire but it continued aiming directly for the ...
List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946, [1] sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of.
US Navy: VA-95, USS Ranger: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin: His A-1H #135375 suffered engine failure while returning from a ground attack mission and he ditched at sea but did not exit the aircraft. [49] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 29: Hume, Kenneth E: Lieutenant commander: US Navy: VF-154, USS Coral Sea: North Vietnam, Bach ...
Note the American Battle Monuments Commission database for the World War II reports that in 18 ABMC Cemeteries total of 93,238 buried and 78,979 missing and that "The World War II database on this web site contains the names of those buried at our cemeteries, or listed as Missing in Action, buried or lost at sea. It does not contain the names ...
Operation/Battle Name Location Circumstances of loss Recovery status January 1: Kirksey, Robert L: Private First Class: US Army: 46th Engineer Battalion: South Vietnam, Vũng Tàu: Drowned while swimming [2] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] January 2: MacLaughlin, Donald C: Lieutenant (LTJG) US Navy: VA-76, USS Enterprise: South Vietnam ...
The submarine, veteran of seven successful war patrols, was listed as lost in action against the enemy, cause unknown. Possibly she was sunk by one of her own torpedoes, but it is probable that she was sunk by the convoy's escorts, destroyer Shigure and coastal defense ships Chiburi and CD-19 .
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...