U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged on Eastcoast of U.S, and Gulf of Mexico During World War II

Eastcoast of U.S. (175 ships)

Eastcoast of U.S. 1941 (2 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
12/10/41 Oregon (States Steamship) Freighter Collision Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17
12/26/41 Nancy Moran Tug Collision Sunk Eastcoast Unknown

Eastcoast of U.S. 1942 (121 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/08/42 General Richard Arnold (USAT) Mine planter Capsized Sunk Eastcoast Crew 10
01/14/42 Brazos Freighter Collision Sunk Eastcoast None
01/17/42 San Jose Freighter Torpedo and Collision Sunk Eastcoast None
01/17/42 Santa Elisa Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
01/18/42 Allan Jackson Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 22
01/18/42 Malay Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Damaged Eastcoast Crew 4
01/19/42 City of Atlanta Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 43
01/22/42 Norvana Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 29
01/22/42 Olympic Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 31
01/23/42 Venore Collier Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17
01/25/42 Olney Tanker Shelled [7 torpedoes missed] Damaged Eastcoast None
01/26/42 West Ivis Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 36; AG 9
01/27/42 Francis E. Powell Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
01/27/42 Halo Tanker Shelled Damaged Eastcoast None
01/30/42 Rochester Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
02/02/42 W. L. Steed Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 34
02/03/42 San Gil Freighter (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
02/04/45 Orville Harden Tanker (Panama) Collision Sunk/Salvaged Eastcoast AG 1
02/04/42 India Arrow Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 26
02/05/42 China Arrow Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
02/06/42 Major Wheeler Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 35
02/12/42 Dixie Sword Freighter Foundered Sunk Eastcoast Unknown
02/15/42 Point Breeze Tanker Explosion and grounding Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1
02/15/42 Raritan Freighter Grounded Sunk Eastcoast None
02/16/42 E. H. Blum Tanker Mine Split & repaired Eastcoast None
02/17/42 Oswego Tanker Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
02/19/42 Portmar Freighter Bombed Salvaged Eastcoast Crew 1; Army 1
02/21/42 Republic Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 5
02/22/42 Cities Service Empire Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 11; AG 3
02/22/42 W. D. Anderson Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 35
02/23/42 Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
02/26/42 Cassimir Hog Islander Collision Sunk Eastcoast Crew 7
02/26/42 Lara Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
02/26/42 Marore Bulk Carrier Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
02/26/42 R. P. Resor Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 40; AG 8
03/03/42 Anna R. Heidritter 4 mast Schooner Grounded Sunk Eastcoast None
03/07/42 Independence Hall Hog Islander Split Sunk Eastcoast Crew 10
03/10/42 Gulftrade Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 18
03/11/42 Caribsea Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 21
03/12/42 John D. Gill Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 19; AG 4
03/13/42 Albert F. Paul 4 Mast Schooner Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 8
03/14/42 Lemuel Burrows Collier Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 20
03/14/42 Olean Tanker Torpedo Total loss Eastcoast Crew 6
03/15/42 Ario Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 8
03/16/42 Australia Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
03/17/42 Acme Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 11
03/17/42 Ceiba Freighter (Honduras) Torpedoed Sunk Eastcoast Crew 44
03/18/42 E. M. Clark Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
03/18/42 Papoose Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
03/18/42 W. E. Hutton Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 13
03/19/42 Liberator Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 5
03/21/42 Atlantic Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
03/21/42 Esso Nashville Tanker Torpedo Split & new forward section Eastcoast None
03/22/42 Naeco Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 24
03/23/42 Pan Amoco Tanker Submarine attack No damage Eastcoast None
03/26/42 Dixie Arrow Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 11
03/26/42 Equipoise [former Italian Pietro Campanella] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 40
03/29/42 Paulsboro Tanker Storm damage Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
03/29/42 City of New York Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17; AG 2; Passengers 7
03/31/42 Allegheny (barge) Barge Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
03/31/42 Barnegat (barge) Barge Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
03/31/42 Menominee Tug Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 16
03/31/42 Ontario (barge) Barge Shelled Damaged Eastcoast None
03/31/42 Tiger Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/02/42 David H. Atwater Freighter Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 23
04/02/42 Liebre Tanker Shelled Damaged Eastcoast Crew 9
04/03/42 Otho Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 23; AG 5; Passengers 3
04/04/42 Byron D. Benson Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 10
04/06/42 Bidwell Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1
04/08/42 Esso Baton Rouge Tanker Torpedo Salvaged Eastcoast Crew 3
04/08/42 Oklahoma Tanker Torpedo Salvaged Eastcoast Crew 19
04/09/42 Atlas Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
04/09/42 Esparta Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/09/42 Malchace Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/10/42 Gulfamerica Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17; AG 2
04/10/42 Tamaulipas Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2; AG 1
04/11/42 Harry F. Sinclair Jr. Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 10
04/12/42 Leslie Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
04/12/42 Stanvac Melbourne Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 3
04/14/42 Margaret Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 29
04/15/42 Robin Hood Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 14
04/16/42 Alcoa Guide Freighter Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 6
04/16/42 Desert Light [former Finnish Pandia] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/18/42 Axtell J. Byles Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
04/19/42 Algic Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
04/19/42 Exminster Hog Islander Collision Total loss Eastcoast None
04/19/42 Steel Maker Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
04/20/42 Chenango [former Finnish Kurikka] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 37
04/20/42 West Imboden Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
04/21/42 Pipestone County Hog Islander Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
04/21/42 San Jacinto Passenger Ship Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 5; Passengers 9
05/01/42 Alcoa Leader Freighter Torpedo Damaged? Eastcoast None
05/01/42 James E. Newsom 4 mast Schooner Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
05/02/44 John Morton Liberty Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
05/04/42 Delisle Freighter Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 2
05/05/42 Java Arrow Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 2
05/06/42 Halsey Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
05/08/42 Ohioan Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17
05/09/42 Lubrafol Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 13
05/15/42 Nicarao Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 8
05/21/42 Plow City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
06/11/42 F. W. Abrams Tanker Mine Sunk Eastcoast None
06/15/42 Cherokee Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 65; AG 2; Passengers 20
06/15/42 Esso Augusta Tanker Mine Damaged Eastcoast None
06/15/42 Robert C. Tuttle Tanker Mine Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1
06/17/42 Santore Collier Mine Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
06/24/42 John R. Williams Tug Mine Sunk Eastcoast Crew 14
06/24/42 Manuela Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
06/28/42 Stephen R. Jones Collier Grounded Total loss Eastcoast None
06/28/42 William Rockefeller Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
07/06/42 William H. Machen Freighter Collision Sunk Eastcoast Unknown
07/15/42 Bluefields Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
07/15/42 Chilore Bulk Carrier Torpedo & Mine Beached Eastcoast Crew 2
07/15/42 J. A. Mowinckel Tanker (Panama) Torpedo & Mine Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1; AG 1
07/19/42 Keshena Tug Mine Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
09/20/42 Petrofuel Tanker Mine Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
10/28/42 Lt. Col. Lawrence O. Matthews (USAT) Tug Marine casualty Sunk Eastcoast Crew 15; Army 1
11/13/42 Alcoa Pilot Freighter Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
11/15/42 Azra [former Danish Marna] Freighter (Panama) Collision and depth charge Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
12/13/42 Mount Evans Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
12/29/42 E. H. Blum Tanker Grounded Split & repaired Eastcoast Unknown
12/31/42 Maiden Creek HogIslander Foundered Sunk Eastcoast Crew 20

Eastcoast of U.S. 1943 (22 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
03/05/43 Hartwelson Freighter Grounded Total loss Eastcoast None
03/27/43 Cape Henlopen Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
03/27/43 Lillian Luckenbach Freighter Collision Sunk Eastcoast None
03/29/43 Esso Manhattan Tanker Mine? Split & Repaired Eastcoast None
04/24/43 El Estero Freighter (Panama) Fire Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
05/04/43 Oneida (USAT by Agwilines) Freighter Foundered Sunk Eastcoast Crew 23; AG 6
05/04/43 Panam Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
06/01/43 John Morgan Liberty Collision/explosion Sunk Eastcoast Crew 42; AG 25
06/01/43 Montana Tanker Collision/fire Damaged Eastcoast Crew 9; AG 10
06/03/43 Halma [former Danish Nora] Freighter (Panama) Mine Sunk Eastcoast None
06/10/43 Esso Gettysburg Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 37; AG 20
06/14/43 William H. Webb Liberty Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
07/02/43 Bloody Marsh Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
10/14/43 Ball's Bluff Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
10/21/43 Gulfbelle Tanker Collision/Fire Damaged Eastcoast Crew 31; AG 20
10/21/43 Gulfland Tanker Collision/Fire Total loss Eastcoast Crew 34; AG 2
10/22/43 Samuel H. Walker Freighter Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
10/26/43 James Longstreet Liberty Grounded Total loss Eastcoast None
11/21/43 Altair Tanker Collision Total loss Eastcoast Crew 10; AG 8; Navy passengers 2
11/21/43 Bostonian [former Italian Anteo] Tanker (Panama) Collision Unknown damage Eastcoast None
12/11/43 Suffolk Freighter Foundered Sunk Eastcoast Crew 37; AG 6
12/16/43 William T. Barry Liberty Collision Damaged? Eastcoast Unknown

Eastcoast of U.S. 1944 (11 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/06/44 Camas Meadows Tanker Collision Unknown Eastcoast None
01/19/44 Charles Henderson Liberty Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
01/19/44 Plattsburg Socony Tanker Collision & fire Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
01/19/44 Leland Stanford Liberty Grounded Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
03/07/44 Herman Winter Freighter Grounded Total loss Eastcoast None
06/17/44 Jesse Billingsley Liberty Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
06/17/44 Maurice J. Tracy Freighter Collision Sunk Eastcoast Unknown
08/_/44 Pan Georgia Tanker Grounded Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
09/12/44 George Ade Liberty Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
09/14/44 Thomas Tracy Freighter Grounded Total loss Eastcoast None
10/19/44 ST-731 (USAT) Harborcraft Foundered Sunk Eastcoast Crew 9

Eastcoast of U.S. 1945 (16 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/02/45 Sunoco Tanker Explosion Sunk & salvaged Eastcoast Crew 10
02/05/45 Clio Tanker (Panama) Collision/Fire Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
02/05/45 Spring Hill Tanker Collision/Fire Damaged Eastcoast Crew 9; AG 11
03/08/45 Benjamin R. Milam Liberty Explosion Sunk-salvaged Eastcoast Unknown
04/05/45 Atlantic States Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
04/05/45 Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer Fishing boat Depth charge Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
04/18/45 Swiftscout Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/23/45 John Carver Liberty Explosion during repairs Total loss Eastcoast Unknown
05/05/45 Black Point Collier Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 11; AG 1
08/24/45 Marguerite Le Hand Freighter Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
10/17/45 Joshua W. Alexander Liberty Grounded Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
10/21/45 Medford Fishing trawler Collision Sunk Eastcoast Crew 7
10/21/45 Thomas H. Barry (USAT) Troopship Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
12/31/45 R. S. Wilson Liberty Grounded Total loss Eastcoast Unknown

Eastcoast of U.S. 1946 (3 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
04/02/46 Charles S. Haight Liberty Grounded Total loss Eastcoast Unknown
06/25/46 Gold Creek Tanker Grounded Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
08/05/46 Homestead Tanker Lightning & fire Total loss Eastcoast Unknown

Gulf of Mexico (47 ships)

Gulf of Mexico 1942 (42 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/01/43 Pan-Carolina Freighter Collision Unknown GulfMexico Crew 1
02/19/42 Pan Massachusetts Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 20
03/11/42 Halo Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
05/04/42 Joseph M. Cudahy Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 27
05/04/42 Munger T. Ball Tanker Torpedo & machine-gunned Sunk GulfMexico Crew 30
05/04/42 Norlindo Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 5
05/06/42 Alcoa Puritan Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk GulfMexico None
05/06/42 Ontario Freighter (Honduras or Panama) Shelled Sunk GulfMexico None
05/10/42 Aurora Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Damaged GulfMexico Crew 1
05/12/42 Virginia Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 27
05/13/42 David McKelvey Tanker Torpedo Total loss GulfMexico Crew 16; AG 1
05/13/42 Gulfpenn Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 13
05/13/42 Gulfprince Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
05/14/42 Amapala Freighter (Honduras) Shelled Sunk GulfMexico Crew 1
05/14/42 Eastern Sun Tanker Torpedo attack No damage GulfMexico None
05/16/42 Gulfoil Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 17; AG 4
05/16/42 Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
05/16/42 William C. McTarnahan Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico Crew 18
05/19/42 Heredia Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 29; AG 5; Passenger 1
05/19/42 Ogontz Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 17; AG 2
05/20/42 Halo Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 39
05/26/42 Atenas Freighter Shelled Damaged GulfMexico None
05/26/42 Carrabulle Tanker Shelled & Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 22
05/31/42 Cacalilao Tanker Explosion Damaged GulfMexico Crew 4
06/01/42 Hampton Roads Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 5
06/02/42 Domino Freighter Shelled No damage GulfMexico None
06/11/42 Sheherazade [former French] Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 1
06/12/42 Cities Service Toledo Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 11; AG 4
06/16/42 Managua Freighter (Nicaragua) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico None
06/16/42 San Blas Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 27; AG 3
06/22/42 Rawleigh Warner Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 33
06/23/42 Major General Henry Gibbins (USAT) US Army Transport Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico None
07/02/42 Edward Luckenbach Freighter Mine Sunk GulfMexico Crew 1
07/07/42 Paul H. Harwood Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
07/08/42 J. A. Moffett, Jr. Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Total loss GulfMexico Crew 1
07/09/42 Benjamin Brewster Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 24; AG 1
07/12/42 Andrew Jackson Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 3
07/13/42 R. W. Gallagher Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 9; AG 2
07/15/42 Pennsylvania Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico Crew 2
07/16/42 Gertrude Fishing Vessel Time-bombed Sunk GulfMexico None
07/21/42 William Cullen Bryant Liberty Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
07/30/42 Robert E. Lee Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 10; survivors of Stanvac Palembang & other ships: 15
08/13/42 R. M. Parker, Jr. Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk GulfMexico None

Gulf of Mexico 1943 (4 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/10/43 Norwalk Freighter Collision Sunk GulfMexico Crew 1
03/11/43 Olancho Freighter (Honduras or Panama) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 3
04/03/43 Gulfstate Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 30; AG 6
12/03/43 Touchet Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico AG 10


Chronological list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged:


Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

Alaska

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Pacific

Philippines

Okinawa

Eastcoast

Gulf Mexico

Caribbean

Approach Med

Med-Black Sea

Murmansk Run

Normandy
 


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