Submarines
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Albacore | Japanese Home Waters | 01944-11-077 November 1944 | Presumed sunk by naval mine off northeastern Hokkaidō |
Amberjack | Off New Britain | 01943-02-1616 February 1943 | Sunk by Japanese torpedo boat Hiyodori and sub-chaser CH-18 |
Argonaut | Off New Britain | 01943-01-1010 January 1943 | Sunk by Japanese destroyers Isokaze and Maikaze |
Barbel | Off Borneo | 01945-02-044 February 1945 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Bonefish | Japanese Home Waters | 01945-06-1919 June 1945 | Sunk by Japanese depth charge attack by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158 and CD-207. |
Bullhead | Java Sea | 01945-08-066 August 1945 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Capelin | Celebes Sea | 01943-12-022 December 1943 !Lost after 2 December 1943 | Fate unknown: Possibly sunk by naval mine or minelayer Wakataka |
Cisco | South Pacific Ocean | 01943-09-2828 September 1943 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft and gunboat Karatsu, the former USS Luzon. |
Corvina | Marshall Islands | 01943-11-1616 November 1943 | Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-176 |
Darter | Palawan Passage, P.I. | 01944-10-2424 October 1944 | Accidentally grounded and scuttled after sinking Atago |
Dorado | Canal Zone, Panama | 01943-10-1515 October 1943 | Sunk by friendly fire: depth charge attack by PBM Mariner of Patrol Squadron 210 {?}{possibly sunk by U-boat mines} |
Escolar | Japanese Home Waters | 01944-10-1717 October 1944 !Lost about 17 October 1944 | Probably sunk by naval mine |
Flier | Off Palawan Island, the Philippines | 01944-08-1212 August 1944 | Sunk by naval mine |
Golet | Japanese Home Waters | 01944-06-1414 June 1944 | Sunk by Japanese patrol vessel Miya Maru and auxiliary sub-chaser Bunzan Maru. |
Grampus | Off New Britain | 01943-03-055 March 1943 | Sunk by depth charges from Japanese destroyers Minegumo and Murasame or by 958th Kokutai naval aircraft. |
Grayback | Ryukyu Islands | 01944-02-2727 February 1944 | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Grayling | Philippine Waters | 01943-09-099 September 1943 !Between 9 September and 12 September 1943 | Fate unknown: possibly rammed by transport Hokuan Maru. |
Grenadier | Malayan Waters | 01943-04-2121 April 1943 | Scuttled after attack by Japanese aircraft |
Growler | Philippine Waters | 01944-11-088 November 1944 | Sunk by Japanese destroyer Shigure, and kaibokan Chiburi and CD-19. |
Grunion | Aleutian Waters-10 miles north of Kiska Island | 01942-07-3131 July 1942 | Fate unknown:possibly sunk by Kano Maru. |
Gudgeon | Marianas Islands | 01944-04-1818 April 1944 | Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese aircraft |
Harder | Philippine Waters | 01944-08-2424 August 1944 | Depth charged by kaibokan CD-22 |
Herring | Kurile Islands | 01944-06-011 June 1944 | Sunk by Japanese shore defense batteries |
Kete | Ryukyu Islands | 01945-03-2020 March 1945 !Lost about 20 March 1945 | Fate unknown: lost either to Japanese submarine or to mines |
Lagarto | Gulf of Thailand | 01945-05-033 May 1945 | Sunk by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka |
Perch | Java Sea | 01942-03-033 March 1942 | Scuttled after being damaged by Japanese destroyer Ushio |
Pickerel | Japanese Home Waters | 01943-04-077 April 1943 !Lost after 7 April 1943 | Sunk by minelayer Shirakami and auxiliary sub-chaser Bunzan Maru. |
Pompano | Japanese Home Waters | 01943-09-2525 September 1943 !Lost after 25 September 1943 | Fate unknown: possibly sunk by naval mine |
R-12 | Off Key West, Fla. | 01943-06-1212 June 1943 | Sunk in accident by internal flooding |
Robalo | Off Borneo | 01944-07-2626 July 1944 | Probably sunk by naval mine |
Runner | Japanese Home Waters | 01943-06-2626 June 1943 !Lost after 26 June 1943 | Fate unknown: possibly lost to a mine |
S-26 | Gulf of Panama | 01942-01-2424 January 1942 | Accidentally rammed by submarine chaser USS Sturdy (PC-460) |
S-27 | Amchitka I., Aleutians | 01942-06-1919 June 1942 | Accidental grounding |
S-28 | Off Oahu, T. H. | 01944-07-044 July 1944 | Apparently lost while diving-cause unknown |
S-36 | Straits of Makassar, N.E.I. | 01942-01-2020 January 1942 | Accidental grounding |
S-39 | Off Rossell I., SW Pacific | 01942-08-1414 August 1942 | Accidental grounding |
S-44 | Kurile Islands | 01943-10-077 October 1943 | Sunk by gunfire from Japanese escort Ishigaki |
Scamp | Japanese Home Waters | 01944-11-1111 November 1944 | Probably sunk by kaibokan CD-4 with naval aircraft. |
Scorpion | East China Sea | 01944-01-055 January 1944 !Lost after 5 January 1944 | Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine |
Sculpin | Gilbert Islands | 01943-11-1919 November 1943 | Scuttled after being damaged by Japanese destroyer Yamagumo. |
Sealion | Cavite, P.I. | 01941-12-1010 December 1941 | Scuttled after being damaged by Japanese aircraft |
Seawolf | Off Morotai I., N.E.I. | 01944-10-044 October 1944 | Probably sunk by friendly fire from USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403) |
Shark | Molucca Sea | 01942-02-1111 February 1942 | Fate unknown: possibly sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze |
Shark | Off Hong Kong, China | 01944-10-2424 October 1944 | Depth charged by Japanese destroyer Harukaze |
Snook | Off Hainan I., S. China Sea | 01945-04-088 April 1945 !Lost after 8 April 1945 | Sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32, and CD-52 with a 951st Kokutai E13A1 Jake and Q1W1 Lorna. |
Swordfish | Ryukyu Islands | 01945-02-1212 February 1945 !Lost about 12 February 1945 | Fate unknown:possibly lost to mines or by kaibokan CD-4. |
Tang | Formosa Strait | 01944-10-2525 October 1944 | Sunk by own torpedo |
Trigger | Ryukyu Islands | 01945-03-2828 March 1945 | Sunk by Japanese escorts Mikura, CD-33 and CD-59 |
Triton | Admiralty Islands | 01943-03-1515 March 1943 | Fate unknown: believed sunk by Japanese destroyer Satsuki or subchaser CH-24. |
Trout | Ryukyu Islands | 01944-02-2929 February 1944 | Most likely sunk by depth charges from the Japanese destroyer Asashimo southeast of Okinawa in position 22º40'N, 131º45'E. |
Tullibee | Off Palau I. | 01944-03-2626 March 1944 | Sunk by own torpedo |
Wahoo | Japanese Home Waters-La Perouse Straits | 01943-10-1111 October 1943 | Believed sunk by sub-chasers CH-15, CH-43 and 3 E13A1 Jakes. |
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