It is believed the sub suffered a depth control malfunction after one its own torpedoes circled back to strike the sub, which led to Grunion sinking and imploding. All eighty-two crewmen of the Golet were lost with the sub. YP-383 sunk by collision, 24 November 1944. Within two hours, her flight deck was sufficiently repaired to enable the escort carrier to resume air operations. USS LST-499 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 8 June 1944. PT-202 destroyed by enemy mine, off Point Aygulf, France, Mediterranean Sea, 16 August 1944. Only 316 of the nearly 900 men set adrift after the sinking survived. USSOklahoma(BB-37) was consecutively hit by at least five torpedoes during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Severely damaged in a storm. USSIona(YT-107) sunk by Japanese aircraft at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 2 January 1942. Silhouetted by the burning American cruisers, she came into the Japanese line of fire. USSPompano(SS-181) left Midway Island on 20 August 1943 bound for the coast of Hokkaid and eastern Honsh. USS PC-815 sunk by collision with USSLaffey(DD-724) off San Diego, California, 11 September 1945. USSConcord(CL-10) was on a tour to survey the potential use of a number of southeast Pacific islands in national defense and commercial aviation when during this cruise, she suffered a gasoline explosion that killed 24 men including her executive officer, and caused considerable damage, which was repaired at Balboa, Panama. Secondary explosions of the ammunition stored in the casemates caused serious fires there and in the galley deck below them. Lansdale was attacked on two sides and while turning to avoid torpedoes, she was struck by another on her opposite side by a daring Ju-88 which was shot down as it passed a few feet above the ship. 28 men were wounded. Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs. USSHalligan(DD-584) was conducting patrols just off Okinawa near Tokashiki Island on 26 March 1945 when at 18:35, a tremendous explosion shook the ship sending smoke and debris over two-hundredfeet in the air. USS YC-912 lost in the North Pacific, 13 January 1945. Her list increased, first to 10 and then 15. The Japanese directed their fire onto Hopewell, hitting the destroyer at least four times and knocking out her battery control station and a five-inch turret. FAQ. She was repaired and back in action within a few days.[3]. The rest of her crew was rescued by friendly ships. The submarine's wreck was broken up by naval bombing practice and still sits where she ran aground in 1944, albeit in decaying ruins. Lo was engulfed in flames and sank 30 minutes later. They spotted a Japanese force of two battleships, one cruiser and eleven destroyers and immediately opened fire, sinking the Japanese destroyer Akatsuki. Although the ship fired on the enemy plane, it came within 500 yards and dropped a torpedo which struck the ship on her portside. On 9 January 1945 she was struck by a kamikaze while operating in Lingayen Gulf, receiving minor damage, but suffered twenty-six dead and sixty-three wounded. Destroyed in error by friendly fire from Allied aircraft. The ship was still in the United States undergoing repairs when the war ended. The ship went down by 04:18 after several more explosions, taking 64 of her crew and 52 Marines with her. There was now cause for grave concern; she lay dead in the water, and the Japanese ships were closing fast. Many of Little's crew were strafed in the water. Damage was minimal and fires were extinguished; Fletcher would remain on station continuing bombardment until the 17th when she would make for minor repairs and continued her prestigious career. San Francisco's gunfire caused extensive damage to Atlanta, killing Admiral Scott and most of Atlanta's bridge crew. Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft. Damage was minimal and Hunt remained on station. Cony returned to duty by March 1944. The ship was back in service by October 1944. USSWake(PR-3) captured at Shanghai, China, 7 December 1941. One of the attacking planes made it through the hailstorm of defensive fire and struck the bridge with its wing and spiraled into the No.2 five-inch gun starting several fires. Not repaired. USSSaufley(DD-465) was conducting anti-shipping operations between Kolombangara and Choiseul on the night of 1 October 1943 when she was attacked by Japanese bombers that hit her with several bombs. Its bomb detonated in the water blowing the plane to smithereens and causing only superficial damage. The torpedo passed alongside, but the plane crashed into San Francisco's control aft, swung around that structure, and plunged over the port side into the sea. Damage at first did not seem significant and the ship made full power. USSJoseph Hewes(AP-50) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-173 off Fedala, Morocco, 11 November 1942. USS YC-671 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSShark(SS-174) was on her second patrol of the war near the Philippines in February 1942. After the third, an enemy plane spiraled toward the cruiser, but her gunners splashed it. Grounded by Typhoon Louise and abandoned. The ship took a direct hit on her stern, disabling the ship's steering, and killed 11 men. Although the fires were extinguished, seven men had been killed, thirty-three wounded and there were serious concerns for the integrity of the ship's hull. One of her depth charges would explode underwater causing injury to most of her men in the water. USSMeredith(DD-726) had been shelling Utah Beach during the Normandy Invasion on 6 June 1944; when she struck a mine that killed seven men, wounded fifty more, and severely damaged the ship. USSColhoun(DD-85) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying vital supplies to Guadalcanal when on 30 Aug 1942 while offloading near Kukum Point she was attacked by Japanese dive bombers. Note - Although most sources list 52 US submarines as lost during World War II, the above listing includes two others, Halibut and Lancetfish, which were damaged beyond economical repair and were subsequently scrapped without returning to active service. Recent research has suggested the Japanese laid lines of fresh mines out across areas where Capelin should have been operating at the time. The sub and her sixty crew were presumed lost on 22 March 1943. USSSelfridge(DD-357) was attempting to intercept Japanese destroyer transports that were evacuating troops from Vella Lavella. 138 crewmen went down with Turner. PT-35 destroyed to prevent capture, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippine Islands, 12 April 1942. The crew shot down the first three, but the fourth plane to come in struck the starboard waterline. Recipient Name. At the outset of the engagement, a friendly Navy plane dropped flares that illuminated the two American ships in the black darkness. After the war, New Mexico was sold for scrap in 1947. During the Battle of Okinawa she was hit by a kamikaze "Oscar" that struck her superstructure deck, killing four men and wounding twenty-three, but luckily the plane's bomb was a dud. USS LCI(L)-1065 sunk off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 24 October 1944. One of the enemy bombers hit Houston directly on the stern, causing flooding in the ship's scout plane hangar. The blast carried away the bow of the ship forward of the bridge causing Benham to retreat from the battle. Sunk after running aground in heavy weather. The first two planes struck the ship on her portside at the waterline causing flooding and fires, while an "Oscar" slammed into her starboard side causing a large fire and stopping the ship dead in the water. During the attacks, two burning Japanese planes silhouetted the American ships, providing enough light for further torpedo runs; at 19:38 two hits on Chicago caused severe flooding and loss of power. The Nelson returned to duty in November 1944. The after engine room flooded, three of four shafts ceased turning, and flaming oil sprayed over the ship; she took on water rapidly and began to list. USS YF-487 lost in the Caribbean Sea, 18 July 1943. Donald L. Ball, Fighting Amphibs: The LCS(L) in World War II. USSEmmons(DD-457) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes attacked the American ships. A violent explosion rocked the ship, causing severe structural damage, but fortunately there were no casualties. USSGansevoort(DD-608) was operating near Mindanao on 30 December 1944 protecting unloading landing craft when at 1548 an enemy plane was observed dropping a bomb on a friendly ship and then turning towards the Gansevoort. The loss of the Snook remains a mystery to this day. 0910'S, 15945'E Off Savo Island, Solomons. USS YC-670 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The submarine was ordered to change her patrol area north of Iwo Jima on 9 November which she acknowledged. Helena would participate in many of the surface actions around Guadalcanal, sinking several Japanese ships and destroying many enemy planes. USS YMS-304 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 30 July 1944. Most of the crew was picked up by neighboring ships but twenty two crewmembers would go down with Abner Read. From that moment on, deadly accurate Japanese gunfire pounded her unmercifully, and she began to lose speed. The ship made it to a floating drydock at Surabaya but was abandoned by her crew and left behind after the ship fell over off its keel blocks into 12 feet of water. USSWard(DD-139) was acting as a high speed transport conducting operations off Leyte when on 7 December 1944 (three years to the day after firing America's first shot in anger of WWII), Ward was attacked by a kamikaze which crashed amidships knocking out power and starting blazing fires. Damaged by Japanese dive bombers and sank while under tow. Postwar analysis of Japaese records indicate an American submarine was attacked on 19 October 1944 by a Japanese escort which dropped 30 depth charges and observed a large oil slick and debris on the ocean surface. Temporary repairs were made. No additional information is available. Sunk by Japanese shore battery, off Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Three miles northeast of Monterey, California. USSLansdale(DD-426) was escorting a convoy off the coast of Algeria during the night of 20 April 1944 when the convoy came under concentrated attacks by Luftwaffe bombers. The ship made repairs and remained in action. The plane plowed in under the first 40mm gun (aft), crashing through the hangar deck and striking the ship's magazines. The ship arrived home in the US on 17 September 1945 for permanent repairs, and would serve again in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. USSNew Orleans(CA-32) was sailing on 30 November 1942 as part of a task force to interpret Japanese destroyers resupplying Guadalcanal. 147 of her crew (and two Germans) were rescued from the water. Another shell passed under one of her Bofors guns, tearing the face off of one of her crew. She returned to active duty the day after the Battle of Midway ended. Many of the survivors were wounded, and all suffered from lack of food and water. USSFrederick C. Davis(DE-136) sunk after being torpedoed by German submarine U-546 in the North Atlantic, 24 April 1945. The United States Navy is a powerhouse. All battle damage was repaired and she was given a major refit. During the chaos of battle, it had not been known that Helena was hit and sinking by the other ships in her task force. USS YF-724 lost off the Farallone Islands, 22 March 1945. This was to be the last message received from the submarine as she was never seen or heard from again. 02/12/07. YP-270 destroyed by grounding, 30 June 1942. At 1416, an already-damaged torpedo bomber dropped its torpedo off San Francisco's starboard quarter. During Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the ship lost power right as combat was initiated with a Japanese surface task force. Refrigerated cargo ship. She earned three battle stars for her WWII service. USS LCI(G)-82 sunk by Japanese suicide boat off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 4 April 1945. The Japanese came through the channel to the west of Savo Island and opened fire. On 17 February 1945 Pensacola was bombarding Iwo Jima when she was hit by enemy gun batteries on shore which killed 19 men and wounded 119. The ship resumed flight operations a few hours later. Ex-USSRochester(CA-2) scuttled as a block ship in Subic Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 24 December 1941. Salvaged on 17 February 1945, but not returned to active service. USSLaffey(DD-724) was serving radar picket duty with two escorts off the northern coast of Okinawa on 16 April 1945 when at 08:27, a massive swarm of at least fifty Japanese planes approached and circled the three American ships. USS LCS(L)(3)-49 sunk by suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. After opening fire and throwing the Japanese ships into disarray, the Americans continued on course to bear all guns and torpedoes on the enemy. Many of Johnston's wounded survivors would endure several days in shark infested waters awaiting rescue; her fearless commander Ernest J. Evans was not among the survivors. Glennon was towed in an attempt to salvage her but on 9 June 1945, a German shore battery found its range on the ship and hit her with salvos of shells. The ship was scrapped in 1959. Likely sunk by Japanese gunfire. USS YT-198 sunk off Anzio, Italy, 18 February 1944. During the rescue, Newcomb was hit by another kamikaze, but the plane's bomb bounced off the deck and into the side of Leutze. Eighty-one crewmen were lost with Trout. One of the bombs hit the bridge, killing the ship's commanding officer. Randolph was scrapped in 1975 after a prestigious career. The Darter refused to die after a failed scuttling and was abandoned to the elements after it was determined she would be of no value to the enemy. A large group of Japanese bombers soon appeared at 09:30 and circled the two American ships searching for the reported carrier but settled on the Sims and Neosho when their fuel ran low. USSWalke(DD-723) was participating in the landings on Luzon, 2 January 1945 when at 11:55 while providing support in Lingayen Gulf, her crew sighted four enemy Ki-63 "Oscar's" incoming at low altitude. Twenty-three died and twenty were wounded. At 20:00, the Coast Guard cutter contacted Pearl Harbor for help. USSMcKean(APD-5) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese aircraft off Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 November 1943. USSIndependence(CVL-22) was attacked on 20 November 1943 by a group of aircraft low on the water. 92 men were killed during this attack. The fire punctuated by the frightful explosion of eight-inch projectiles in her Number 3 turret gradually subsided. No crew were wounded in this attack and damage was minor. USS YPD-22 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands, January May 1942. This is a list of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II. As the crew abandoned ship, a large explosion, likely from the detonation of the torpedoes within the hangar deck, rocked the ship. Postwar Japanese records revealed that during the same engagement with Baya, escorting Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka dropped depth charges on a submerged submarine which most likely was the Lagarto. Repeated attempts to contact the Grampus went unanswered, and the sub was presumed lost with all hands 22 March 1943. YP-331 foundered in heavy weather, 23 March 1944. twenty-two men were killed or fatally wounded, with another one hundred seven injured. Accidentally grounded then sunk by US warships. Nevada lost sixty men killed and one hundred nine wounded in the attack. Forty-three men were killed, and one hundred ninety eight wounded by twenty two shell hits from Japanese shore batteries; however, she continued shelling the island and providing fire support for the invasion troops. Nineteen were killed and seventy-two wounded. Efforts were made to free the boat off the rocks but all attempts failed. USS LCI(G)-474 sunk off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 17 February 1945. A significant number of men were still in the water; some life rafts remained in the area, while a number of men had climbed onto the still floating bow or clung to pieces of floating wreckage. At 20:07, the ship's island detached from the hull and slid into the water. Escorting vessels attacked the American submarine with depth charges until wood chips and oil came to the surface. The two planes erupted upon contact as did nine other planes on her flight deck. 1 turret of Chkai. On the evening of 27 April, Ralph Talbot was screening off Hagushi when two kamikazes attacked her at 2040. The ship was showered with burning debris, falling iron, and burning oil when USS Arizona exploded just to the aft of the ship. McKean was engulfed in raging fire aft of the first smoke stack and sinking by the stern when order to abandon was given at 03:55. USSJohn Penn(APA-23) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 13 August 1943. USS LCS(L)(3)-7 sunk by Suicide boat off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 16 February 1945. USS SC-1059 lost by grounding off the Bahamas Islands, 12 December 1944. The first plane hit at the base of the island superstructure, its bomb penetrating the deck and exploding in the hangar. The wreck of the submarine was rediscovered in 2020. At 18:18, the torpedoes stored in the aft end of the ship finally detonated, collapsing the flight deck and launching debris onto the destroyers who were rescuing survivors. Hughes crew suffered 2 men killed and 21 wounded. PT-166 destroyed in error by US Army Air Force B-25 bombers, mistaken identification, off New Georgia, 20 July 1943. The ship would finish WWII with nine battle stars. USS YC-667 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. PT-339 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, near Pur Pur, New Guinea, 27 May 1944. Twelve minutes later, she rolled completely over, then her stern rose into the air and she sank. At about midnight on 13 November 1942, San Francisco, in company with heavy cruiser USS Portland, the light cruisers Atlanta, Helena, and Juneau, and eight destroyers, entered Lengo Channel. Another twenty seven crewmen were wounded during the action. USSVaga(YT-116) scuttled to prevent capture off Corregidor, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 5 May 1942. USSSavannah(CL-42) was providing gun support for US troops attacking Salerno Bay as a part of Operation Avalanche on 11 September 1943 when her task force came under assault from the German Luftwaffe unit KG-100. Damage control parties dumped the unexploded bomb from the plane over the side, brought the fires under control. On 29 January 1943 while escorting a convoy south of Guadalcanal her task force came under repeated air attacks from Japanese G4M and G3M torpedo bombers in what would be known as the Battle of Rennell Island. The order to abandon ship was given ten minutes after the torpedoes hit. USS LCT(5)-305 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. The submarine was never heard from again, and was listed as lost on 12 May 1943. A direct hit on the navigation bridge killed or badly wounded all officers, except for the communications officer. Waves smashed the submarine against the rocks and violently rocked the crew around inside. A nearby Landing Craft Ship took off the surviving crew at 18:00 while a tugboat attempted to tow the destroyer away, but fires and a heavy list made it obvious that she could not be saved and was sunk by gunfire. The ship returned to the States under her own power and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The first plane missed with all three bombs. She then proceeded to the shipyard at Mare Island, near San Francisco, for more work. Her scheduled report to chain of command on the twelfth never occurred and the sub was never seen or heard from again. The ship was scrapped in 1959. USSShubrick(DD-639) was acting as escort to the cruiser USSSavannah on the night of 4 Aug when she was attacked by Italian bombers. After the war Nevada was used as a target ship, first in Operation Crossroads, then sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes in 1948. Missouri was the only Iowa-class ship that was damaged in the war. In this attack 135 men were killed and another 190 wounded. The flooding disabled the ship's engines and left her immobilized and without electrical power. USS LST-523 sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 19 June 1944. USSLexington(CV-16) was struck by a torpedo bomber off Kwajalein on 4 December 1943, killing nine men. She suffered 36 men killed and 59 were wounded. Out of a crew of almost 1,200; 168men were killed, either during the battle or while the men were adrift. USSValor(AMc-108) sunk in collision with USSRichard W. Suesens(DE-342) off Cuttyhunk Island, Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, 29 June 1944. With the ship beginning to split in half; the crew abandoned the ship while still under fire from German guns. Salvaged and repaired. The ship suffered 14 dead and 23 wounded from the attack. In less than a minute, Reid shot down three planes but was struck by four kamikaze's one after another on her port side in several locations. While patrolling the Surigao Strait on the afternoon of 5 December 1944, a lone "Val" kamikaze managed to slip past her antiaircraft fire and struck the Mugford on her portside. Everyone in turrets one and two perished. She was scrapped in 1975 after a prestigious career. Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II According to the War Shipping Administration, the U.S. After a fruitless attempt to put the fires out, all men abandoned ship by 1800, just a couple hours after the deadly strike. A Zero crashed into Suwanee's flight deck at 1240 and careened into a torpedo bomber which had just been recovered. She lost 16 men killed and another 20 seriously wounded. Concrete barge. After shooting down several planes coming at her, a single D3A "Val" crashed into the destroyer's bridge superstructure just abaft of the forward stack. She finally broke in half and sank thirty-six hours after the mine hit. The Buchanan would return to service in February 1943. After taking some forty direct hits, at 08:30 an eight-inch shell silenced her engines, and Hoel began listing to port, prompting the order to abandon ship. USS LST-203 destroyed by grounding near Nanumea, Ellice Islands, 2 October 1943. PT-68 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture near Vincke Point, New Guinea, 1 October 1943. The Japanese ship returned fire, but all salvos passed over the cruiser. Unknown: Probably capsized due to icing in a gale. (Originally the 71 foot long Aku Sampan. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. Despite the billowing flames, the ship's crew was able to put out the fires (with help from the wake of USS South Dakota) by late afternoon, and all guns remained operational. At 02:30 it was quickly realized that Helena was not responding to radio messages and ships began to search for the missing cruiser. Laffey nearly collided with Japanese battleship Hiei, missing the behemoth by 20 feet and then raked the bridge and superstructure of the battleship at point-blank range. USSGregory(DD-82) was acting as a high-speed transport ferrying supplies to Guadalcanal along with her sister ship Little when at 01:00 on 5 September 1942, the two ships encountered three Japanese destroyers. YP-26 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Canal Zone, Panama, 19 November 1942. On 7 April 1945, a kamikaze cartwheeled across the flight deck and crashed into a group of planes, while its bomb hit the port catapult causing a tremendous explosion, killing 62 and wounding 71. An examination of Japanese records after the war discovered that a Japanese plane had made an attack on an American submarine with two bombs with at least one hitting the conning tower. USSSpence(DD-512) was operating with Task Force 38 on 17 December 1944 in Philippine Sea when the US ships were hit by Typhoon Cobra. At 14:56, a [D3A] "Val" broke from its group and dove down on Borie, hitting the ship between her mast and five-inch gun director. USSEssex(CV-9) was hit by a low-flying kamikaze along the port edge of her flight deck on 25 November 1944. USS YC-899 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese destroyer, Fate unknown: possibly lost to mines or sunk by, Fate unknown: believed sunk by Japanese destroyer, Most likely sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyer. Emmons was coming to the assistance of USS Rodman when she was targeted by multiple kamikazes. The other plane slammed into the starboard side, its 550lb bomb blasting a 30-foot hole into the side of the ship. USS YCF-59 lost off Delaware, January 1945, and stricken from the Navy List, 30 March 1945. Shore batteries spotted the surfaced submarine and were able to hit Herring numerous times with shell fire. On April 9, 1963, it left port near Boston and commenced dive trials. The ship split in half and sank 2 miles off Ipoteto Island; nine of her men were killed, another man seriously wounded. Forty-six men were lost with S-26. O'Brien's own gunfire was so accurate that enemy gunnery positions shifted from Texas to O'Brien. After driving off several potential attackers, two "Tony" fighters closed in on Newcomb from the port side. Its 250lb bomb, with what was left of the plane, went through the wooden deck and exploded. USSHalsey Powell(DD-686) was alongside the carrier Hancock topping off her fuel tanks off Okinawa when at 14:00 on 20 March 1945, the task force came under attack by kamikaze planes. One man was killed and 8 others wounded. Burning gasoline covered the deck area of the crash and the boilers were put out of commission by the impact. Three men were killed and 10 were wounded in the accident. Although the crew feared the destroyer would break in half while under tow, Wadleigh was brought back to seaworthy condition and made its way back to the states for a near complete overhaul. Fires broke out which were quickly brought under control but the damage was extensive and required repairs. 5 men were killed during the battle. Yamato opened fire at 06:59 at an estimated range of 34,544 yards, targeting White Plains with her first four salvos. Postwar analysis of Japanese records proved to be inconclusive as there were no reports of attacks on US submarines in the area, and the circumstances surrounding the loss of mystery Kete has eluded history. USSCabot(CVL-28): On 25 November 1944, Cabot had fought off several kamikaze when one, already flaming from hits, crashed into the flight deck on the port side, destroying the still-firing 20mm gun platform, disabling the 40mm mounts and a gun director. The Shark reported she had been attacked with depth charges about ten miles off Tifore Island on 2 February, and five days later informed base she was hunting a cargo ship heading northwest. Sunk by accident following circular run of her own torpedo. USSTennessee(BB-43) received two 800kg bomb hits during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The other aircraft continued on toward White Plains, but her antiaircraft guns finally brought it down yards astern, scattering debris all over the ship's deck and sides, but causing only 11 relatively minor casualties. The enemy battleship joined the cruiser and the destroyer in firing on San Francisco, whose port 5in battery engaged the destroyer but was put out of action except for one mount. The submarine was never seen nor heard from again. Hyman's gunners managed to shoot the wing off the incoming A6M "Zero" but the wreckage of the plane landed on the ship's forward torpedo launcher tubes between the stacks. USSDeimos(AK-78) sunk after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-103 off This page was last edited on 5 April 2023, at 00:33. Captain Ralph O. Davis gave the order to abandon ship shortly before Chicago sank stern first 20 minutes later, taking 62 of her crew with her, most of them killed by the torpedo detonations. The Scorpion was declared lost on 6 March 1944 and has never been found. Colhoun was abandoned and sank taking the lives of 51 men. At 02:16, the cruiser was hit by a torpedo from Aoba, and the ship's remaining guns were silenced. The second kamikaze missed the bow by ten feet and exploded in the water, showering debris and water over the bridge. Everything forward of the bridge was blown away from the ship by the explosion, and she was accidentally rammed from behind by the O'Bannon. Another thirty-seven were wounded by the crash and explosion, but damage control parties were able to save Ingraham. Baldwin's father, Fredrick Edward Cashell, and 41 other men died in June 1943 when the submarine sank off the Florida Keys during a World War II training exercise. USSGrayling(SS-209) was on her eighth patrol of the war patrolling near the approaches to Manila.
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