ALPHABETICAL LIST OF U. S. NAVAL VESSELS ANNOUNCED SUNK, DESTROYED TO PREVENT CAPTURE, OR OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST SINCE DECEMBER 7, 1942.

 

Name

Type

Date of Announcement

Comque.

Aaron Ward

Destroyer

Apr. 9, 1943

339

Abner Read

"

Nov. 20, 1944

555

Acacia

Coast Guard Cutter

Mar. 26, 1942

63

Albacore

Submarine

Mar. 27, 1945

587

Alexander Hamilton

Coast Guard Cutter

Feb. 23, 1942

43

Amberjack

Submarine

June 12, 1943

408

APC‑21

Coastal Transport

Jan. 1, 1944

493

Argonaut

Submarine

Feb. 21, 1943

288

Arizona

Battleship

Dec. 15, 1941

Press Release

Asheville

Patrol Vessel

Mar. 21, 194

259

Astoria

Heavy Cruiser

Oct. 12, 1942

147

Atlanta

Light Cruiser

Nov. 16, 1942

194

Barbel

Submarine

Mar. 21, 1945

586

Barton

Destroyer

Nov. 16, 1942

194

Beatty

"

Nov. 12, 1943

482

Bedloe

USCG Patrol Craft

Sept. 17, 1944

Press Release

Benham

Destroyer

Nov. 22, 1942

198

Bismarck Sea

Aircraft Carrier Escort

Mar. 23, 1945

CinCPoa Press Release

Bittern

Minesweeper

Apr. 10, 1942

69

Block Island

Aircraft Carrier Escort

June 5, 1944

523

Blue

Destroyer

Sept. 5, 1942

119

Borie

"

Nov. 10, 1943

481

Bristol

"

Oct. 14, 1943

474

Brownson

"

Jan. 13, 1944

Press Release

Buck

"

Oct. 14, 1943

474

Bush

"

Apr. 20, 1945

CinCPoa 338

Canopus

Submarine Tender

Apr. 10, 1942

69

Capelan

Submarine

Mar. 18, 1944

510

Chevalier

Destroyer

Nov. 10, 1943

481

Chicago

Heavy Cruiser

Feb. 16, 1943

282

Cisco

Submarine

Feb. 8, 1944

504

Colhoun

Destroyer

Apr. 20, 1945

CinCPoa 338

Colhoun

Transport

Sept. 5, 1942

119

Cooper

Destroyer

Dec. 27, 1944

563

Corry

"

July 13, 1944

530

Corvina

Submarine

Mar. 14, 1944

509

Cushing

Destroyer

Nov. 16, 1942

194

Cythera

Small Patrol Vessel

June 4, 1942

86

Darter

Submarine

Nov. 13, 1944

Press Release

De Haven

Destroyer

Feb. 16, 1943

282

Dewey Drydock

Floating Drydock

Apr. 10, 1942

69

Dickerson

Destroyer Transport

Apr. 20, 1945

CinCPoa 338

Dorado

Submarine

Oct. 24, 1943

476

Duncan

Destroyer

Oct. 13, 1942

149, 187

Edsall

"

Mar. 24, 1942

61

Edward Rutledge

Transport.

Dec. 2, 1942

209

Emmons

Mine Vessel‑Mine Sweeper

Apr. 20, 1945

CinCPoa 338

Escanaba

Coast Guard Cutter

June 18, 1943

417

Escolar

Submarine

Feb. 28, 1945

581

Eversole

Destroyer Escort

Nov. 20, 1944

555

Extractor

Salvage Vessel.

Mar. 1, 1945

582

Fechteler

Destroyer Escort

June 26, 1944

528

Flier

Submarine

Sept. 19, 1944

545

Finch

Minesweeper

Apr. 16, 1942

72

Fiske

Destroyer Escort

Aug. 12, 1944

537

Frederick C. Davis

"

May 16, 1945

599

Gambier Bay

Aircraft Carrier Escort

Oct. 27, 1944

551, 554

Gannet

Tug

June 25, 1942

91

 

435

 

Name

Type

Date of Announcement

Comque.

George F. Elliott

Transport

Aug. 29, 1942

115, 135

Glennon

Destroyer

July 13, 1944

530

Golet

Submarine

Oct. 23, 1944

549

Grampus

"

June 12, 1943

408

Grayback

"

June 20, 1944

526

Grayling

"

Dec. 24, 1943

491

Gregory

Transport

Sept. 30, 1942

135

Grenadier

Submarine

Sept. 11, 1943

464

Growler

"

Feb. 1, 1945

572

Grunion

"

Oct. 5, 1942

139

Gudgeon

"

Sept. 12, 1944

542

Gwin

Destroyer

July 16, 1943

442

Halligan

"

Apr. 20, 1945

CinCPoa 338

Hammann

"

July 14, 1942

97

Harder

Submarine

Jan. 2, 1945

565

Helena

Light Cruiser

July 7, 1943

436

Henley

Destroyer

Nov. 10, 1943

481

Herring

Submarine

Oct. 23, 1944

549

Hoel

Destroyer

Oct. 27, 1944

551, 554

Hornet

Aircraft Carrier

Jan. 11, 1943

169, 248

Houston

Heavy Cruiser

Mar. 14, 1942

54

Hovey

Minesweeper

Feb. 1, 1945

571

Hugh L. Scott

Transport

Dec. 3, 1942

209

Hull

Destroyer

Jan. 10, 1945

Press Release

Ingraham

Destroyer

Aug. 27, 1942

113

Jackson

USCG Patrol Vessel

Sept. 17, 1944

Press Release

Jacob Jones

Destroyer