NHHC told Vulcan based on location the wreckage could be either USS Hoel (DD-533) or Johnston. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history.Ĭlick on headers to sort column alphabetically. The wreckage of an unidentified Fletcher-class destroyer was first discovered in October 2019 on the edge of an undersea cliff at a depth of more than 20,000 feet by a research vessel owned by Vulcan Inc. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. This listing also includes constructive losses, which are ships that were damaged beyond economical repair and disposed of.
For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 31 December 1946, 1 sorted by type and name. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
It was the first American ship to have a predominantly black crew. The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. SALUTE 5 07 N, 115 04 E 8 June 1945 SENTINEL Off Licata, Sicily 11 July 1943 SKILL 40 20 N, 14 35 E 25 September 1943 SKYLARK 26 20 N, 127 41 E 28. Mason was commissioned at Boston Navy Yard before engaging in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1944. This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War.