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[18] German reports of the effect of naval bombardment were broadcast over the German telegraph service in the German Military Journal. According to these reports, the Allied naval fire curtain was one of their trump cards and in a crisis, it was more accurate and it could be sustained on target, fulfilling the role of a floating artillery arm.
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.
Navy 1943 United States: USS Liscome Bay – was an escort carrier that was lost to a submarine attack in Operation Galvanic on 24 November. Of the 916 crew aboard, 644 were killed and 272 rescued. 644 Navy 1944 United States: USS LST-531 – In a D-Day training exercise named Exercise Tiger on 28 April LST-531 was torpedoed and sunk by German ...
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Germany and Italy Battle of Gela: July 10, 1943 July 12, 1943 Gela, Sicily Italian Campaign: 2,300, 1 destroyer sunk [3] Allied victory Germany and Italy first battle of Allied invasion of Sicily; resulted in increased prioritization of naval artillery support; Battle of Salerno: September 9, 1943 September 16, 1943 Salerno, Italy Italian ...
Soviet Navy surface raids on Western Black Sea; Battle of the St. Lawrence; Operation Stonewall; Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1941) Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1942) Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1943) Submarine warfare in the Black Sea campaigns (1944) Battle of Sukho Island
USS Greer (DD–145) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer (1833–1904). In what became known as the "Greer incident," she became the first US Navy ship to fire on a German ship, three months before the United States officially entered World War II.