List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946,US President Harry S Truman declared the last day of December 1946 the official end of the United States participation in World War II sorted by type and name. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of. The list does not include United States Merchant Marine ships, many which had United States Navy Armed Guard units.United States Navy Armed Guard

Battleships Number incommission Numberlost Lossrate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Old battleships (OBB) 15 2 13.3% 2 Fast battleships (NBB) 10 0.0% Aircraft carriers Number incommission Numberlost Lossrate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Fleet carriers (CV) 24 4 16.7% 4 Light carriers (CVL) 9 1 11.1% 1 Escort carriers (CVE) 77 6 7.8% 5 1 Cruisers Number incommission Numberlost Lossrate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Large cruisers (CB) 2 0.0% Heavy cruisers (CA) 30 7 23.3% 7 Light cruisers (CL) 34 1 2.9% 1 AA light cruisers (CLAA) 8 2 25.0% 2 Escorts Number incommission Numberlost Lossrate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Old destroyers (DD) * 132 12 9.1% 5 7 New destroyers (DD) 343 69 20.1% 57 12 Destroyer escorts (DE) 421 15 3.6% 7 8 Submarines Number incommission Numberlost Lossrate Theatre Pacific Atlantic Panama Numbered craft (SS) * 65 7 10.8% 5 1 1 Named craft (SS) 256 47 18.4% 45 1 1 * World War I-era designs

Combatants

Battleships (BB) Name Hull numberShip classLocation Date Cause BB-39 , Pearl Harbor Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū BB-37 Pearl Harbor Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for scrapping. Note - USS Utah (AG-16) (ex BB-31) is not listed as a battleship as it had been converted to an anti-aircraft gunnery training ship by the time of her sinking; it is included in the sub-section "Other auxiliaries". During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS California (BB-44) were sunk while USS Nevada (BB-36) was beached, however, all three ships were refloated, rebuilt and returned to service.

Aircraft carriers (CV/CVL) Name Hull numberShip class Location Date Cause CV-2 , Battle of the Coral Sea Sunk by aircraft from carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku CV-5 , Battle of Midway Crippled by planes from aircraft carrier Hiryū, finished off by torpedoes from the CV-7 (smaller design variant) Torpedoed by CV-8 , Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Crippled by aircraft from Shōkaku and Zuikaku, and after failed scuttling attempt was finished off by destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo CVL-23 , Battle of Leyte Gulf Sunk by land-based aircraft bomb

Escort aircraft carriers (CVE) Name Hull numberShip class Location Date Cause CVE-56 Torpedoed by CVE-21 Torpedoed by CVE-73 , Battle off Samar Sunk by gunfire primarily from the Japanese battleship Yamato CVE-63 , Battle off Samar Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft CVE-79 Struck by Kamikaze aircraft and scuttled. CVE-95 , Battle of Iwo Jima Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft

Heavy cruisers (CA) Name Hull numberShip class Location Date Cause CA-30 , Battle of Sunda Strait Sunk by gunfire and torpedoes from Japanese heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma and destroyer Shikinami CA-34 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island Sunk by gunfire from Japanese heavy cruisers Chōkai, Aoba, Kinugasa, and Furutaka, CA-39 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Savo Island Sunk by naval gunfire and torpedoes from Furutaka and Aoba and light cruiser Tenyū CA-44 , Battle of Savo Island Sunk by gunfire from the heavy cruisers Kako and Kinugasa and torpedoes from Chōkai and the light cruiser Yūbari CA-26 , Battle of Tassafaronga Sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Kagerō and Makinami CA-29 , Battle of Rennell Island Sunk by land-based aircraft torpedoes CA-35 , Philippine Sea Torpedoed by

Light cruisers (CL) Name Hull numberShip class Location Date Cause CL-51 Off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Fatally damaged by gunfire from battleship Hiei and a torpedo from destroyer Ikazuchi, scuttled the following day. CL-52 , Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Crippled by torpedo from the Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze, later finished off by another torpedo from the CL-50 , Battle of Kula Gulf Sunk by torpedoes from the Japanese destroyers Suzukaze and Tanikaze

Destroyers (DD) Name Hull Number Ship Class Location Date Cause DD-483 Sunk by dive bombers from the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō. DD-526 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-599 Off Guadalcanal, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Torpedoed by . DD-640 Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedo. DD-397 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Fatally damaged by torpedo possibly from the Japanese destroyer Shirayuki, later scuttled. DD-387 Torpedoed by . DD-215 Sunk after collision with which also sank. DD-453 Torpedoed by . DD-518 Sunk by land-based aircraft bombs. DD-420 Torpedoed by . DD-529 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-792 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-451 Battle of Vella Lavella Fatally damaged by torpedo from Japanese destroyer Yūgumo, later scuttled DD-801 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-695 Torpedoed by the Japanese destroyer Take. DD-463 Sunk by German shore batteries. DD-376 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese light cruiser Nagara and destroyers Yukikaze, Harusame, and Teruzuki. DD-469 Sunk by aircraft bombs. DD-741 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-485 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Cape Esperance Sunk by gunfire from the Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa and friendly fire. DD-219 Crippled by dive bombers from the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Sōryū, and Hiryū finished off by the battleships Hiei and Kirishima and heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma. DD-552 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-620 Sunk by German shore batteries. DD-433 , Battle of Kolombangara Sunk by torpedo spread from the Japanese destroyers Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Kiyonami, and Yūgure DD-555 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-584 Sunk by naval mine. DD-412 Torpedoed by . DD-391 Sunk by torpedo from Japanese submarine Ro-108. DD-533 , Battle off Samar Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleships Yamato and Nagato and heavy cruiser Haguro. DD-774 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-350 Sunk in typhoon. DD-476 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze boat and not repaired. DD-444 Sunk in collision with the oil tanker DD-130 Torpedoed by . DD-393 Sunk by land based Japanese torpedo bombers. DD-557 , Battle off Samar Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Yamato, the light cruiser Yahagi, and destroyers Yukikaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, and Nowaki DD-459 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Yukikaze DD-426 Sunk by German land-based aircraft torpedoes. DD-158 Torpedoed by . DD-481 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-803 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-559 Sunk by shore batteries after accidental grounding. DD-522 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-622 Sunk by German land-based aircraft bombs. DD-364 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-733 Sunk by rocket-powered Ohka aircraft bomb . DD-434 Sunk by aircraft from . DD-726 Sunk by naval mine. DD-354 Sunk in typhoon. DD-436 , Battle of Guadalcanal Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Hiei and destroyers Asagumo, Murasame, and Samidare. DD-417 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-560 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-586 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-415 Torpedoed by DD-218 Boston, Massachusetts Irreparably damaged after being rammed by , later towed to Norfolk, Virginia and scrapped. DD-226 , Bombing of Darwin Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs in Darwin Harbour DD-377 Off New Guinea Sunk after being rammed by Australian troopship Duntroon. DD-227 Sunk by gunfire from Japanese heavy cruisers and . DD-225 Sunk by carrier based aircraft bombs. DD-356 Fate uncertain: Torpedoed by crashing TBF Avenger, downed by fighters from the light carrier Zuihō DD-379 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Sunk by gunfire from the light cruiser Nagara and torpedo from the destroyer Ayanami DD-477 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-369 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft. DD-245 Torpedoed by . DD-405 Torpedoed by a German E-boat. DD-373 Leyte, Philippines Grounded and not repaired. DD-639 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-409 Coral Sea Sunk by carrier-based aircraft bombs. DD-512 Sunk in typhoon. DD-224 Off Surabaya, Java Scuttled on account of damage inflicted by the Japanese destroyers Asashio and Ōshio during the battle of the Badung Strait, 19 February 1942. Later salvaged by Japanese as Patrol Boat No. 102 (Sunk in 1946 as target ship). DD-467 Kula Gulf, Solomons Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Niizuki DD-240 Off Key West, Florida Sunk in American-laid minefield. DD-514 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DD-229 Placentia Bay, Newfoundland Sunk after accidental grounding in a storm. DD-374 Off Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Sunk by naval mine. DD-648 Off Ambrose Light, New York Sunk by internal explosions. DD-591 Sunk by aerial torpedo and Kamikaze aircraft. DD-416 Off Savo Island, Solomons, Battle of Guadalcanal Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Samidare DD-383 Sank in a hurricane. DD-579 Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft DD-352 Amchitka Island, Aleutians Sunk after accidental grounding.

Destroyer escorts (DE) Name Hull Number Ship Class Location Date Cause DE-56 North Atlantic Ocean Torpedoed by U-473 and damaged beyond repair. Re-designated IX-182 15 July 1944 and converted to a floating power plant at Cherbourg, France in August 1944. Later used as a barracks ship. DE-635 Off Okinawa Severely damaged by Kamikaze and not repaired. DE-404 Presumed torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-45. DE-157 Torpedoed by . DE-143 Torpedoed by . DE-136 Sunk by . DE-401 Mediterranean Sea Irreparably damaged by German aircraft torpedo. DE-319 10 March 1944 Torpedoed by . Crewed by Coast Guard. DE-344 Off Okinawa, Ryukyus Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft. DE-695 Utah Beach Sunk by German mines. DE-197 Off Eniwetok Irreparably damaged by naval mine. DE-413 Off Samar Island, Battle off Samar Sunk by gunfire from Japanese battleship Kongō DE-407 Torpedoed by Japanese Kaichū type submarine Ro-41. DE-221 Naval Ammo Depot, Earle, New Jersey Accidental explosion. Damaged beyond repair and scuttled on 9 June 1946. DE-682 Sunk by kaiten suicide torpedo from Japanese submarine I-53

Submarines (SS)