![]() Lost to enemy action: depth-charged by kaibōkan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207 Lost to enemy action by destroyers Isokaze and Maikaze Lost to enemy action by torpedo boat Hiyodori and submarine chaser No. The other thirty-three lost submarines are known to have been sunk by the Japanese. Īnother eight submarines went missing while on patrol and are presumed to have been sunk by Japanese mines, as there are no known Japanese anti-submarine attacks in their patrol areas. ![]() Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee, Tang, and Grunion – to defective torpedoes, and six to accident or grounding. įifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II. Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, the highest casualty rate of any American force in World War II. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. Later raised, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on and on 19 August she was used as a target vessel for an aerial bombing test.ĭuring World War II, the U.S.
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