Gunboats
| Name | Location | Date | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville | South of Java, N.E.I. | 01942-03-033 March 1942 | Sunk by naval gunfire by Japanese destroyers Arashi and Japanese destroyer Nowaki |
| Eagle 56 | Portland, Maine | 01945-04-2323 April 1945 | Sunk by U-583 |
| Erie | 12°03′N 68°58′W / 12.05°N 68.967°W / 12.05; -68.967 | 01942-11-1212 November 1942 | Damaged by U-163; later capsized |
| Luzon | At Corregidor, P.I. | 01942-05-055 May 1942 | Scuttled then salvaged by IJN. Raised as Karatsu and helped sink the Cisco. Sunk by Narwhal on 3 March 1944 |
| Mindanao | Off Corregidor, P.I. | 01942-05-022 May 1942 | Damaged by aerial bomb then scuttled |
| Oahu | At Corregidor, P.I. | 01942-05-055 May 1942 | Sunk by land-based gunfire |
| PGM-7 | Bismarck Sea | 01944-07-1818 July 1944 | Sunk in an accidental collision |
| PGM-17 | Off Okinawa | 01945-05-044 May 1945 | Accidentally grounded then sunk by US warships |
| PGM-18 | 26°13′N 127°54′E / 26.217°N 127.9°E / 26.217; 127.9 | 01945-04-088 April 1945 | Sunk by mines |
| Plymouth | 36°17′N 74°29′W / 36.283°N 74.483°W / 36.283; -74.483 | 01943-08-055 August 1943 | Torpedoed by U-566 |
| St. Augustine | 38°00′N 74°05′W / 38°N 74.083°W / 38; -74.083 | 01944-01-066 January 1944 | Sunk after accidental collision with merchant tanker Camas Meadows |
| Wake | At Shanghai China | 01941-12-088 December 1941 | Surrendered to Japanese forces and pressed into IJN service as Tatara; recaptured by US;entered Chinese service |
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Navy Losses In World War II
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