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

Submarines

Name Location Date Cause
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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