The United States Navy has lost the following ships from its inception in 1775 as the Continental Navy in the American Revolutionary War. The navy has since been involved in several wars but saw its most significant losses during the American Civil War and World War II. Navy ships have also been sunk in accidents and test purposes in that time and several have been used as target ships in sinking exercises.
Fleet carriers +Sunk in combat or supporting combat operationsShipYear of sinkingPhotoYear of commission 19421922 19421927 19421937 19421940 19421941 19441943 +Sunk during testingShipYear of sinkingPhotoYear of commission 19461927 19461943 20051965
Escort or 'fast' carriers +Sunk during combat or supporting combat operationsShipYear of sinkingPhotoYear of commission 19441943 19441943 19451943 19441943USS Liscome Bay19431943USS Ommaney Bay19451944
Battleships +Sunk in combat or supporting combat operationsShipYear of sinkingPhotoYear of commission19411911 19411916 +Sunk during testingShipYear of sinkingPhotoYear of commission 19121895 19201895 19231897 19211900 19231906 19231906 19461912 19481914 19481916 19481916 +Sunk in an accidentShipYear of sinkingPhotoYear of commission 19471916
Submarines +From Combat or Supporting Combat OperationsShipYear of SinkingPhotoYear of CommissionUSS S-4419431925USS Argonaut (SM-1)19431928USS Shark (SS-174)19421936USS Perch (SS-176)19421936USS Pickerel (SS-177)19431937USS Pompano (SS-181)19431937USS Sculpin (SS-191)19431939USS Sealion (SS-195)19411939USS Swordfish (SS-193)19451939USS Triton (SS-201)19431940USS Trout (SS-202)19441940USS Grayling (SS-209)19431941USS Grampus (SS-207)19431941USS Gudgeon (SS-211)19441941USS Grenadier (SS-210)19431941USS Grayback (SS-208)19441941USS Trigger (SS-237)19451942USS Growler (SS-215)19441942USS Wahoo (SS-238)19431942USS Grunion (SS-216)19421942USS Amberjack (SS-219)19431942USS Albacore (SS-218)19441942USS Herring (SS-233)19441942USS Harder (SS-257)19441942USS Scamp (SS-277)19451942USS Scorpion (SS-278)19441942USS Snook (SS-279)19451942USS Bonefish (SS-223)19451943USS Corvina (SS-226)19431943USS Darter (SS-227)19441943USS Flier (SS-250)19441943USS Robalo (SS-273)19441943USS Runner (SS-275)19441943USS Escolar (SS-294)19441943USS Capelin (SS-289)19431943USS Cisco (SS-290)19431943USS Shark (SS-314)19441943USS Golet (SS-361)19441943USS Barbel (SS-316)1945No image available 1944USS Bullhead (SS-332)19451944USS Kete (SS-369)19451944USS Lagarto (SS-371)19451944 +From TestingShipYear of SinkingPhotoYear of CommissionUSS Moccasin (SS-5)19191901USS Pike (SS-6)19221903USS Adder19221903USS Shark (SS-8)19211903USS Porpoise (SS-7)19221903USS Grampus (SS-4)19221903USS B-3 (Tarantula)19221907USS B-1 (Viper)19211907USS B-2 (Cuttlefish)19221907USS G-1 (Seal)19211912USS L-81926No image available 1917USS R-819311919USS S-161945No image available1920USS S-1719451921USS S-491941No image available1922USS S-3519461922USS S-3819451923USS Bass (SS-164)19451925USS Skipjack (SS-184)19481938USS Searaven (SS-196)19481939USS Tuna (SS-203)19481941USS Guardfish (SS-217)19611942USS Tinosa (SS-283)19601942USS Aspro (SS-309)19621943USS Archerfish (SS-311)19681943USS Balao (SS-285)19631943USS Bashaw (SS-241)19721943USS Apogon (SS-308)19461943USS Skate (SS-305)19481943USS Guavina (SS-362)19671943USS Pilotfish (SS-386)19461943USS Devilfish (SS-292)19681944USS Dragonet (SS-293)19611944USS Sterlet (SS-392)19691944USS Queenfish (SS-393)19631944USS Redfish (SS-395)19691944USS Trepang (SS-412)19691944USS Segundo (SS-398)19701944USS Sea Devil (SS-400)19641944USS Spikefish (SS-404)19641944USS Manta (SS-299)19691944USS Sealion (SS-315)19781944USS Tigrone (SS-419)19761944USS Blackfin (SS-322)19731944USS Barbero (SS-317)19641944USS Moray (SS-300)19701945USS Sabalo (SS-302)19731945USS Carbonero (SS-337)19751945USS Tiru (SS-416)19791948USS Mackerel (SST-1)19781953 +From AccidentsShipYear of SinkingPhotoYear of CommissionUSS Alligator (1862)18631862USS F-119171912USS F-4 (Skate)19151913USS G-2 (Tuna)1919No image available1913USS H-1 (Seawolf)19201913USS O-51923No image available1918USS O-919411918USS R-1219431919USS S-41927No image available1919USS S-519201920USS S-5119251922USS S-261942No Image Available1923USS S-281944No Image Available1923USS S-361942No Image Available1923USS S-3719451923USS S-391942No Image Available1923USS S-2719421924USS Tarpon (SS-175)1957No image available1936USS Seawolf (SS-197)19441939USS Dorado (SS-248)1943No image available1943USS Tullibee (SS-284)19441943USS Tang (SS-306)19441943USS Bugara (SS-331)19711944USS Chopper (SS-342)19761945USS Cochino (SS-345)19491945USS Stickleback (SS-415)19581945USS Scorpion (SSN-589)19681959USS Thresher (SSN-593)19631961
Cruisers +From Combat or Supporting Combat OperationsShipYear of SinkingPhotoYear of CommissionUSS New York (ACR-2)19411893USS California (ACR-6)19181907USS Northampton (CA-26)19421930USS Houston (CA-30)19421930USS Chicago (CA-29)19431931USS Indianapolis (CA-35)19451932USS Astoria (CA-34)19421934USS Erie (PG-50)1942No Image Available1936USS Quincy (CA-39)19421936USS Vincennes (CA-44)19421937USS Helena (CL-50)19431939USS Atlanta (CL-51)19421941USS Juneau (CL-52)19421942 +From TestingShipYear of SinkingPhotoYear of CommissionUSS Frankfurt19211918 (Given to the United States from Germany after WWI)USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)19481929USS Pensacola (CA-24)19481930USS Vincennes (CL-64)19691944USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)19721944USS Atlanta (CL-104)19701944 +From AccidentsShipYear of SinkingPhotoYear of CommissionUSS Chicago (1885)19361885USS Charleston (C-2)18991889USS Maine (1890)18981890USS Tacoma (CL-20)19241904
Destroyers +From Combat or Supporting Combat OperationsShipYear of SinkingYear of CommissionUSS Jacob Jones (DD-61)19171916USS Little (DD-79)19421918USS Gregory (DD-82)19421918USS Colhoun (DD-85)19421918USS Palmer (DD-161)19451918USS Ward (DD-139)19441918USS McKean (DD-90)19431919USS Jacob Jones (DD-130)19421919USS Hovey (DD-208)19451919USS Long (DD-209)19451919USS Leary (DD-158)19431919USS Borie (DD-215)19431920USS Pope (DD-225)19421920USS Stewart (DD-224)19421920USS Peary (DD-226)19421920USS Edsall (DD-219)19421920USS Pillsbury (DD-227)19421920USS Truxtun (DD-229)19421920USS Reuben James (DD-245)19411920USS Barry (DD-248)19411921USS Perry (DD-340)19441922USS Hull (DD-350)19441935USS Monaghan (DD-354)19441935USS Porter (DD-356)19421936USS Mahan (DD-364)19441936USS Tucker (DD-374)19421936USS Cushing (DD-376)19421936USS Preston (DD-379)19421936USS Reid (DD-369)19441936USS Blue (DD-387)19421937USS Henley (DD-391)19431937USS Jarvis (DD-393)19421937USS Benham (DD-397)19421939USS Rowan (DD-405)19431939USS Sims (DD-409)19421939USS Hammann (DD-412)19421939USS O'Brien (DD-415)19421940USS Walke (DD-416)19421940USS Buck (DD-420)19431940USS Lansdale (DD-426)19441940USS Gwin (DD-433)19431941USS Meredith (DD-434)19421941USS Monssen (DD-436)19421941USS Emmons (DD-457)19451941USS Corry (DD-463)19441941USS Chevalier (DD-451)19431942USS Laffey (DD-459)19421942USS Strong (DD-467)19431942USS De Haven (DD-469)19431942USS Barton (DD-599)19421942USS Pringle (DD-477)19451942USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)19431942USS Maddox (DD-622)19431942USS Glennon (DD-620)19441942USS Beatty (DD-640)19431942USS Duncan (DD-485)19421942USS Brownson (DD-518)19431943USS Spence (DD-512)19441943USS Abner Read (DD-526)19441943USS Bush (DD-529)19451943USS Luce (DD-522)19451943USS Hoel (DD-533)19441943USS Johnston (DD-557)19441943USS Longshaw (DD-559)19451943USS Callaghan (DD-792)19451943USS Morrison (DD-560)19451943USS William D. Porter (DD-579)19451943USS Halligan (DD-584)19451943USS Twiggs (DD-591)19451943USS Cooper (DD-695)19441944USS Meredith (DD-726)19441944USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733)19451944USS Drexler (DD-741)19451944USS Colhoun (DD-801)19451944USS Little (DD-803)19451944 +From TestingShipYear of SinkingYear of CommissionUSS Stribling (DD-96)19371918USS Radford (DD-120)19371918USS Champlin (DD-104)19361918USS Ingraham (DD-111)19371919USS Anthony (DD-172)19371919USS Sproston (DD-173)19371919USS Hogan (DD-178)19451919USS Smith Thompson (DD-212)19361919USS Thompson (DD-305)19441920USS Sloat (DD-316)19351920USS Marcus (DD-321)19351921USS Lamson (DD-367)19461936USS Conyngham (DD-371)19481936USS Mugford (DD-389)19481937USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390)19481937USS Mayrant (DD-402)19481939USS Trippe (DD-403)19481939USS Rhind (DD-404)19481939USS Stack (DD-406)19481939USS Wilson (DD-408)19481939USS Hughes (DD-410)19481939USS Anderson (DD-411)19461939USS Mustin (DD-413)19481939USS Wainwright (DD-419)19481940USS Madison (DD-425)19691940USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428)19691940USS Ericsson (DD-440)19701941USS Fitch (DD-462)19731942USS Saufley (DD-465)19681942USS Waller (DD-466)19701942USS Beale (DD-471)19691942USS Bailey (DD-492)19691942USS Conway (DD-507)19701942USS Meade (DD-602)19731942USS Boyle (DD-600)19731942USS Gansevoort (DD-608)19721942USS Gillespie (DD-609)19731942USS Cony (DD-508)19701942USS Kendrick (DD-612)19661942USS Kalk (DD-611)19691942USS MacKenzie (DD-614)19741942USS Hobby (DD-610)19721942USS Gherardi (DD-637)19731942USS Eaton (DD-510)19701942USS Knight (DD-633)19671942USS Herndon (DD-638)19731942USS Fullam (DD-474)19621943USS Frankford (DD-497)19731943USS Tingey (DD-539)19661943USS Bell (DD-587)19751943USS Thorn (DD-647)19741943USS Burns (DD-588)19741943USS Wickes (DD-578)19741943USS Colahan (DD-658)19661943USS Young (DD-580)19701943USS Hopewell (DD-681)19721943USS Haraden (DD-585)19731943USS Porterfield (DD-682)19821943USS Picking (DD-685)19971943USS Ingersoll (DD-652)19741943USS Caperton (DD-650)1985~1943USS Barton (DD-722)19691943USS Robinson (DD-562)19821944USS O'Brien (DD-725)19721944USS Ross (DD-563)19781944USS Stockham (DD-683)19771944USS Blue (DD-744)19771944USS Gregory (DD-802)19711944USS Rowe (DD-564)19781944USS Stoddard (DD-566)19971944USS Howorth (DD-592)19621944USS John W. Weeks (DD-701)19701944USS Killen (DD-593)19751944USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752)19791944USS Tolman (DD-740)19971944USS Lindsey (DD-771)19721944USS Soley (DD-707)19701944USS Southerland (DD-743)19971944USS Higbee (DD-806)19861945USS Gyatt (DD-712)19701945USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836)19761945USS Vesole (DD-878)19831945USS John R. Craig (DD-885)19761945USS Duncan (DD-874)19801945USS William M. Wood (DD-715)19831945USS Stribling (DD-867)19801945USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865)19811945USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)19711945USS Glennon (DD-840)19811945USS William C. Lawe (DD-763)19991946USS Bausell (DD-845)19871946USS Witek (DD-848)19691946USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847)19801946USS Agerholm (DD-826)19821946USS Basilone (DD-824)19821949USS John Paul Jones (DD-932)20011953USS Decatur (DD-936)20041956USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938)19881957USS Bigelow (DD-942)20031957USS Mullinnix (DD-944)19921958USS Hull (DD-945)19981958USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950)19971959USS Somers (DD-947)19981959USS Parsons (DD-949)19891959USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)20031960 +From AccidentsShipYear of SinkingYear of CommissionUSS Chauncey (DD-3)19171903USS Woolsey (DD-77)19211918USS Delphy (DD-261)19231918USS Walker (DD-163)19411919USS Greene (DD-266)19451919USS Southard (DD-207)19451919USS Thornton (DD-270)19451919USS Chauncey (DD-296)19231919USS Fuller (DD-297)19231920USS Sturtevant (DD-240)19421920USS Woodbury (DD-309)19231920USS S. P. Lee (DD-310)19231920USS Young (DD-312)19231920USS Nicholas (DD-311)19231920USS Noa (DD-343)19441921USS Wasmuth (DD-338)19421921USS Perkins (DD-377)19431936USS Warrington (DD-383)19441938USS Ingraham (DD-444)19421941USS Hobson (DD-464)19521942USS Bache (DD-470)19681942USS Philip (DD-498)19721942USS Baldwin (DD-624)19611943USS Turner (DD-648)19441943USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754)19691945
Minesweepers, Minelayers, and Mine Countermeasure Ships