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HIGH SPEED MINESWEEPERS

EMMONS (DMS-22)
Hit by 5 Kamikaze planes off Okinawa and sunk, 6th April, 1945. Loss of 60 crew members, 77 wounded.
HOVEY (DMS-11)
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese aircraft in Lingayen Gulf, 6th January, 1945. Loss of 24 of the crew members, plus 24 from Long. Sank at 0457.
LONG (DMS-12)
Sunk by Kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf, 7th January, 1945.
PALMER (DMS-5)
Sunk by Japanese aiarcraft in Lingayen Gulf, 7th January, 1945. Sank at 1846. Loss of 28 of the crew members. 38 wounded.
PERRY (DMS-17)
Sunk by mine off Palau, 13th September, 1944. Sank at 1607.
WASMUTH (DMS-15)
Sunk by explosion of depth charges during gale off Aleutian Islands, 29th December, 1942. During storm, 2 depth charges were wrenched from their tracks and fell into sea. Exploded under fantail.

HIGH SPEED TRANSPORTS
BARRY (APD-29)
Damaged by Kamikaze attack off Okinawa 25th May, and sunk as decoy, 21st June, 1945. 28 of thecrew members were wounded.
BATES (APD-47)
Hit by Kamikaze attack off Okinawa, 25th May, 1945. Loss of 21 men and sank at 1923 undertow and capsized and sank.
BELKNAP (APD-34)
Damaged beyond repair by Kamikaze attack at Lingayen, 11th January, 1945 and scrapped. Taken to the Philadelphia Navy Ship Yard.
BROOKS (APD-10)
Damaged beyond repair by Kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf, 6th January, 1945 and scrapped. Loss of 3 of their crew members, 11 were wounded and then towed to San Pedro, California.
COLHOUN (APD-2)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, 30th August, 1942. Loss of 51 of their crew members, 18 were wounded.
DICKERSON (APD-21)
Damaged by Japanese aircraft off Okinawa 2nd April, and scuttled 4th April, 1945. Loss of 54 of their crew members.
GREGORY (APD-3)
Sunk by Japanese destroyers off Lunga Point Guadalcanal, 5th September, 1942. Loss of 11 of their crew members. Sank at 0123.
LITTLE (APD-4)
Sunk by Japanese destroyers off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, 5th September, 1942. Sank at 0203.
McKEAN (APD-5)
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville, 17th November, 1943. Loss of 116 of their crew members and troups.
NOA (APD-24)
Sunk in collision with destroyer Fullam off Palau, 12th September, 1944. Sank at 1034. No loss of life.
WARD (APD-16)
Sunk by Kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, 7th December, 1944. Sank at 1130. No loss of life.

MINELAYERS
GAMBLE (DM-15)
Damaged by aircraft bombs off Iwo Jima, 18th February, and scuttled off Saipan, 16th July, 1945. Loss of six of the crew.
MIANTONOMAH (CM-10)
Sunk by mine off LeHavre, 25th September, 1944. Loss of 58 of the crew.
MONTGOMERY (DM-17)
Damaged by mine off Palau, 17th October, 1944, and scrapped. Loss of 4 of the crew, and taken to San Francisco. Sold 11 March, 1945.

MINESWEEPERS
BITTERN (AM-36)
Sunk by aircraft bombs at Cavite, 10th December, 1941.
FINCH (AM-9)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, 11th April, 1942. Salvaged and sunk as Japanese Patrol Boat No. 103 by U.S. aircraft, 12th January, 1945.
MINIVET (AM-371)
Sunk by mine in Tsushima Strait, 29th December, 1945. Loss of 31 of the crew members.
OSPREY (AM-56)
Sunk by mine off Normandy, 5th June, 1944.
PENGUIN (AM-33)
Hit by Japanese aircraft off Guam, 8th December, 1941. Loss of one of thecrew members. 60 wounded. Was scuttled to prevent capture.
PORTENT (AM-106)
Sunk by mine off Anzio, 22nd January, 1944.
QUAIL (AM-15)
Scuttled off Corregidor, 6th May, 1942.
SALUTE (AM-294)
Sunk by mine off Brunei, Borneo, 8th June, 1945.
SENTINEL (AM-113)
Sunk by German aircraft off Licata, Sicily 12th July, 1943. Sank at 1045.
SKILL (AM-115)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-593 south of Capr, 25th September, 1943. Loss of 5 of the crew members.
SKYLARK (AM-63)
Sunk by Mine off Okinawa, 28th March, 1945.
SWALLOW (AM-65)
Sunk by Kamikaze attack off Okinawa, 22nd April, 1945. Sank at 1904.
SWERVE (AM-121)
Sunk by mine off Anzio, 9th July, 1944. Sank at 1408.
TANAGER (AM-5)
Sunk by shore batteries of Baatan, 4th May, 1942.
TIDE (AM-125)
Sunk by mine off Normandy, 7th June, 1944.

MISCELLANEOUS AUXILIARIES
ATLANTHIUS(AN-38)
Lost by grounding in Aleutian Islands 26th February, 1944.
ATIK
Sunk in Battle with German submarine U-123, 27th March, 1942. Loss of hte crew 300 miles East of Norfolk.
DCH(TX44)
Scuttled while under tow from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, 28th December, 1941.
MUSKEGET (AG-48)
Sunk in North Atlantic, 9th September, 1942. Loss of the crew in North Atlantic - overdue reaching home.
NIAGARA (AGP-1)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft near San Cristobal Island, 23rd May, 1943. No loss of life.
ROBERT L. BARNES (AG-27)
Captured at Guam, 8th December, 1941.
UTAH (AG-16)
Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor, and capsized 7th December, 1941.

OILERS
KANAWHA (AO-1)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Tulagi, 7th April, 1943. Loss of 19 of their crew members.
MISSISSINEWA (AO-59)
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese midget submarine at Ulithi, 20th November, 1944. Loss of 60 of their crew members, first victim of Japanese manned torpedoes.
NECHES (AO-5)
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-172 135 miles west of Honolulu, 23rd January, 1942. Loss of 57 of their crew members. Sank at 0437.
NEOSHO (AO-23)
Bombed by Japanese aircraft during Battle of the Coral Sea, 11th April, 1942. There were only 123 survivors.
PECOS (AO-6)
Hit by Japanese aircraft south of Christmas Island, 1st March, 1942. There were only 232 survivors and sank by Bo Henley.
PORCUPINE (TX-126)
Sunk by Kamikaze attack off Mindoro, 30th December, 1944.
SHEEPSCOT (AOG-24)
Irreparably damaged by grounding off Iwo Jima, 5th June, 1945, and scrapped.

PATROL VESSELS
ASHEVILLE (PG-21)
Sunk by Japanese warships south of Java, 3rd march, 1942.
CYTHERA (PV-26)
Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine off North Carolina, 2nd May, 1942.
ERIE (PG-50)
Torpedoed by German submarine U-163 off Curacao, 12th November, and capsized while on tow off Willemstad, 5th December, 1942.
LUZON (PG-7)
Scuttled off Corregidor, 6th May, 1942 (salvaged and scuttled as Japanese Karatsu at Manila, 3rd February, 1945).
OAHU (PR-6)
Scuttled off Corregidor, 6th May, 1942.
PLYMOUTH (PG-57)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-566 off North Carolina, 5th August, 1943. Total of 85 crew members survived and were taken to Norfolk.
ST. AUGUSTINE (PG-54)
Sunk in collision with S.S. Camas Meadows off Cape May, NJ, 6th January, 1944. Loss of 115 of their crew members. Sank in 5 minutes.
WAKE (PR-3)
Captured at Shanghai, 7th December, 1941 (served during war as Japanese Tatara, recovered during August 1945). Out of a crew of 14, only 6 survived.

SEAPLANE TENDERS
GANNET (AVP-8)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-653 off Bermuda, 7th June, 1945. Loss of 8 of their crew members.
LANGLEY (AV-3)
Sunk by aircraft bombs south of Java, 27th February, 1942. Loss of 16 of their crew members. U.S. DD's fired 4" shells and two torpedoes in her to keep her from falling into Japanese hands.
THORNTON (AVD-11)
Damaged in collision with oiler Ashtabula off Okinawa and beached 5th April, 1945, and scrapped.

SUBMARINES
ALBACORE (SS-218)
Probably sunk by mine north of Hokkaido, 7th November, 1944. Loss of crew.
AMBERJACK (SS-219)
Probably sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. 18 off Rabaul, 16th February, 1943. Loss of crew.
ARGONAUT (APS-1)
Sunk by Japanese destroyers off Rabaul, 10th January, 1943. Loss of crew.
BARBEL (SS-316)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft southwest of Palawan Island, Phillippines, 4th February, 1945. Loss of crew.
BONEFISH (SS-223)
Sunk by Japanese warships in Toyama Wan, Honshu, 18th June, 1945. Loss of crew.
BULLHEAD (SS-332)
Probably sunk by Japanese aircraft off Bali, sank between the 6th and 15th of August, 1945.
CAPELIN (SS-289)
Missing off Halmahera Island, December 1943. Sank without a known cause; loss of crew.
CISCO (SS-290)
Sunk by Japanese warships and aircraft in Sulu Sea, 28th September, 1943. Loss of crew.
CORVINA (SS-226)
Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-176 southwest of Truk, 16th November, 1943. Loss of crew of 82 men.
DARTER (SS-227)
Stranded off Palawan Island, 24th October, 1944, and destroyed to prevent capture.
DORADO (SS-248)
Probably sunk in error by U.S. aircraft in Caribbean Sea, 12th October, 1943 (but unknown for sure). Loss of crew.
ESCOLAR (SS-294)
Probably sunk by mine in Yellow Sea, October 1944. Loss of crew.
FLIER (SS-250)
Sunk by mine while on surface in Balabac Strait, 13th August, 1944. Sank in one minute; 13 of crew got off, 8 were picked up.
GOLET (SS-361)
Sunk by Japanese warships off north Honshu, 14th June, 1944. Loss of crew of 82 men.
GRAMPUS (SS-207)
Proably sunk by Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame off New Georgia, 5th March, 1943. Loss of crew.
GRAYBACK (SS-208)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft in East China Sea, 26th February, 1944. Loss of crew.
GRAYLING (SS-209)
Probably sunk by Japanese freighter Hokuan Maru west of Luzon, 9th September, 1943. Loss of crew.
GRENADIER (SS-210)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Penang, 22nd April, 1943. 72 of the crew members were picked up by Japan. Loss of 4 in prison.
GROWLER (SS-215)
Probably sunk by Japanese warships in South China Sea, 8th November, 1944. Loss of crew.
GRUNION (SS-216)
Missing off Kiska, end of July, 1942. Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-25, 30th July, 1942. Loss of crew.
GUDGEON (SS-211)
Missing off Marianas Islands, April 1944. Loss of crew. Sank 71,047 tons of shipping.
HARDER (SS-257)
Sunk by Siamese destroyer Pra Ruang off Caiman Point, 24th August, 1944. Loss of crew. Commanding Officer recieved a medal of honor.
HERRING (SS-233)
Sunk by Japanese shore batteries off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles, 1st June, 1944. Loss of crew.
KETE (SS-369)
Missing in Central Pacific, March, 1945. Loss of crew. Remains a mystery.
LAGARTO (SS-371)
Sunk by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in Gulf of Spain, 3rd May, 1945. Loss of crew.
PERCH (SS-176)
Damaged by Japanese warships north of Java and scuttled at sea, 3rd March, 1942. Entire crew of 59 was captured by Japan; 6 died in prison.
PICKEREL (SS-177)
Missing off northern Honshu, April 1943. She was the first submarine lost in Central Pacific. No survivors.
POMPANO (SS-181)
Missing east of Honshu, August 1943. Loss of crew.
R-12 (SS-89)
Foundered during exercises off Key West, Fl, 12th June, 1943. Loss crew of 42 men.
ROBALO (SS-273)
Sunk by internal explosion or mine off Palawan, 26th July, 1944. Four of her crew swam ashore and were captured by Japanese. Never heard of again.
RUNNER (SS-275)
Missing off Kurile Islands, June 1943. Loss of crew.
S-26 (SS-131)
Sunk in collision with submarine chaser PC-460 in Gulf of Panama, 24th January, 1942. Loss of 46 crew members; 3 survived.
S-27 (SS-132)
Lost by grounding on reef at Amchitka Island, Aleutians, 19th June, 1942.
S-28 (SS-133)
Failed to surface during training exercises on Pearl Harbor, 4th July, 1944. Loss of crew.
S-39 (SS-144)
Lost by grounding south of Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago, 14th August, 1942. Crew got off.
S-44 (SS-155)
Sunk by Japanese destroyer off Paramushiru, 7th October, 1943. Only 2 survived; spent their time in prison.
SCAMP(SS-277)
Probably sunk by Japanese patrol vessel off Tokyo Bay, 6th November, 1944. Loss of crew.
SCORPION (SS-278)
Missing in Western Pacific, February 1944. Loss of crew.
SCULPIN (SS-191)
Sunk by Japanese destroyer Vamagumo off Truk, 19th November, 1943. Crew of 42 were picked up from sea by Japanese, one badly wounded sailor was thrown back into the sea. Remaining 41 were placed on Japanese carrier. The carrier was sunk by USS Sailfish; 20 of the prisoners were killed, 21 survivors were in Japan at the end of the war.
SEALION (SS-195)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Cavite, 10th December, and destroyed to prevent capture, 25th December, 1941. Loss of 4 crew members.
SEAWOLF (SS-197)
Sunk in error by destroyer escort Richard M. Rowell off Morotai, 3rd October, 1944.
SHARK (SS-174)
Sunk by Japanese warships east of Menado, Celebes, 11th February, 1942. All of the crew members survived.
SHARK (SS-314)
Sunk by Japanese warships in Luzon Strait, 24th October, 1944. Loss of crew.
SNOOK (SS-279)
Missing in Okinawa area, April 1945 (possibly sunk by Japanese submarine). Loss of crew.
SWORDFISH (SS-193)
Missing south of Kyushu, January, 1945. Loss of crew.
TANG (SS-306)
Sunk by own torpedo off Formosa, 24th October, 1944. Nine crew members survived; spent remainder of war in a prison camp.
TRIGGER (SS-237)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft and warships in Nansei Shoto, 28th March, 1945. Loss of crew; sank over 100,000 tons.
TRITON (SS-201)
Sunk by Japanese destroyers north of Abmiralty Islands, 15th March, 1943. Loss of crew.
TROUT (SS-238)
Sunk by Japanese warships southeast of Okinawa, 29th February, 1944. Loss of crew.
TULLIBEE (SS-284)
Sunk by own torpedo north of Palau, 26th March, 1944. Gunner's Mate C.W. Kukyendall was only survivor.
WAHOO (SS-238)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft in LaPerouse Strait, 12th October, 1943. Loss of crew sank over 155,000 tons. Captain Morton was one of the top three skippers of the war.

SUBMARINE TENDERS AND RESCUE VESSELS
CANOPUS (AS-9)
Scuttled off Mariveles Bay, Baatan, 10th April, 1942.
MACAW (ASR-11)
Lost by grounding on reef in Midway Channel, 12th February, 1944. Loss of 5 of the crew members.
PIGEON (ASR-6)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Corregidor, 5th May, 1942. The crew was on shore.

TRANSPORTS
EDWARD RUTLEDGE(AP-52)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-130 off Fedala, Morocco, 12th November, 1942.
GEORGE F. ELLIOT(AP-13)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, 8th August, 1942.
HUGH L. SCOTT(AP-43)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-130 off Fedala, Morocco, 12th November, 1942.
JOHN PENN (APA-23)
Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, 13th August, 1943. Sank at 2150.
JOSEPH HEWES (AP-50)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-173 off Fedala, Morocco, 11th November, 1942. Sank at 2032.
LEEDSTOWN (AP-73)
Torpredoed and sunk by German aircraft off Algiers, 9th November, 1942. Sank at 1615.
McCAWLEY (APA-4)
Torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Rendova, and sunk by U.S. m.t.b.'s, 30th June, 1943. Loss of 15 of their crew members. Sank at 2023.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY (AP-72)
Sunk by mine off Normandy, 7th June, 1944 with no loss of crew of troups.
TASKER H. BLISS (AP-42)
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-130 off Fedala, Morocco, 12th November, 1942. Sank at 0230.
THOMAS STONE(AP-59)
Torpedoed by German aircraft off Cape Palos, Spain, 7th November and went aground in Algiers Harbor and abandoned 25th November, 1942.

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