List of United States Navy Losses in World War II - Minesweepers

Minesweepers

Name Location Date Cause
Bittern Cavite, Philippines 01941-12-1010 December 1941 Scuttled after being damaged in Japanese air raid
Bunting San Francisco Bay 01942-06-033 June 1942 Sunk after collision with patrol craft PC-569
Crow Puget Sound 01943-08-2323 August 1943 Sunk accidentally by torpedo
Finch Corregidor, Philippines 01942-04-1010 April 1942 Sunk due to damage sustained in near-miss of a Japanese bomb
Hornbill San Francisco Bay 01942-06-3030 June 1942 Sunk after collision with a lumber schooner in San Francisco Bay
Osprey 50°12′N 1°20′W / 50.2°N 1.333°W / 50.2; -1.333 01944-06-055 June 1944 Sunk by mine
Palmer Lingayen Gulf, Philippines 01945-01-077 January 1945 Sunk by Japanese bombs
Penguin At Guam 01941-12-088 December 1941 Scuttled after damaged by near-miss of Japanese bombs
Perry Off Palau Island 01944-09-1313 September 1944 Sunk by underwater explosion on starboard side
Portent 41°23′N 12°43′E / 41.383°N 12.717°E / 41.383; 12.717 01944-01-2222 January 1944 Sunk by mine
Quail Corregidor, Philippines 01942-05-055 May 1942 Scuttled after damaged in battle
Salute 5°07′N 115°04′E / 5.117°N 115.067°E / 5.117; 115.067 01945-06-088 June 1945 Sunk by mine
Sentinel Off Licata, Sicily 01943-07-1111 July 1943 Sunk by German bombers during the invasion of Sicily
Skill 40°20′N 14°35′E / 40.333°N 14.583°E / 40.333; 14.583 01943-09-2525 September 1943 Sunk by German torpedo
Skylark 26°20′N 127°41′E / 26.333°N 127.683°E / 26.333; 127.683 01945-03-2828 March 1945 Sunk by mine
Swallow Off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands 01945-04-2222 April 1945 Sunk by Japanese kamikaze
Swerve 41°31′N 12°28′E / 41.517°N 12.467°E / 41.517; 12.467 01944-07-099 July 1944 Sunk by mine
Tanager At Corregidor, Philippines 01942-05-044 May 1942 Sunk by Japanese shore battery
Tide 49°37′N 1°05′W / 49.617°N 1.083°W / 49.617; -1.083 01944-06-077 June 1944 Sunk by German mine off Utah Beach
Valor 41°28′N 70°57′W / 41.467°N 70.95°W / 41.467; -70.95 01944-06-2929 June 1944 Sunk after collision with USS Richard W. Suesens in Buzzards Bay
Wasmuth Aleutian Islands 01942-12-2929 December 1942 Sunk accidentally by her own depth charges

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