Ships Sunk or Damaged in Approaches to Mediterranean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea

Approaches to Mediterranean Sea (30 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths

Ships Sunk, Damaged or Detained 1940 ( 1 ship)
02/02/40 Washington Passenger Ship Stopped by French; Detained British Released 3 days; Mail removed ApproachMed None


Approaches to Mediterranean Sea 1941 (2 ships)

10/19/41 Lehigh Freighter Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed None
12/03/41 Sagadahoc Freighter Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 1

Approaches to Mediterranean Sea 1942 (5 ships)
07/22/42 Honolulan Freighter Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed None
08/13/42 Cripple Creek Freighter Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 1
11/08/42 Matthew P. Deady Liberty Unknown Unknown ApproachMed None [AG wounded]
11/08/42 Contessa (USAT) Freighter Grounded Damaged ApproachMed None
12/31/42 Lancaster Freighter Grounded Total loss ApproachMed Crew 1; AG 12

Approaches to Mediterranean Sea 1943 (16 ships)
01/25/43 City of Flint Freighter Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 3; AG 3; German POW: 1
01/27/43 Charles C. Pinckney Liberty Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 37; AG 19; Army 2
01/27/43 Julia Ward Howe Liberty Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 2; AG 1; Army 1
02/07/43 William Wirt Liberty Bombed Damaged ApproachMed None
02/23/43 Esso Baton Rouge Tanker Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 2; AG 1
03/13/43 Keystone Freighter Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 1; AG 1
03/16/43 Aztec Freighter Unknown Unknown ApproachMed None [AG wounded]
03/16/43 Benjamin Harrison Liberty Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 2; AG 1
03/17/43 Molly Pitcher Liberty Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 2; AG 2
04/11/43 James W. Denver Liberty Torpedo Sunk ApproachMed Crew 2
04/11/43 Matt W. Ransom Liberty Mine Damaged ApproachMed None
05/08/43 Pat Harrison Liberty Mine Total loss ApproachMed Crew 1
08/04/43 Harrison Gray Otis Liberty Mine Total loss ApproachMed Crew 2
10/04/43 Hiram S. Maxim Liberty Bombed Damaged ApproachMed None
10/15/43 Cotton Mather Liberty Bombed Damaged ApproachMed None
12/16/43 John S. Copley Liberty Torpedo Damaged ApproachMed None

10/14/44 Geo W. Mc Knight Tanker (Panama) Collision Unknown ApproachMed Unknown

Approaches to Mediterranean Sea 1944 (2 ships)
10/14/44 Howard L. Gibson Liberty Collision-fire Total loss ApproachMed None

Approaches to Mediterranean Sea 1945 (4 ships)
02/17/45 Michael J. Stone Liberty Torpedo Damaged ApproachMed None
03/29/45 O. B. Martin Liberty Depth charges from escorts Damaged ApproachMed None
12/31/45 R. F. Peckham Liberty Collision Total loss ApproachMed Unknown
12/31/45 Jesse Cottrell Liberty Collision Total loss ApproachMed Unknown

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea (251 ships)

09/05/39 Don Isidro Freighter (Philippines) Stopped by British Released Two German passengers removed Med-BlackSea None
09/06/39 Exochorda Freighter Stopped by French Released; Crew: 2 ethnic Germans removed Med-BlackSea None
10/21/39 Meanticut Freighter Detained by British Released 7 days Med-Black Sea None
10/22/39 President Hayes Passenger Ship Detained by British Released 2 days; Cargo removed Med-BlackSea None
11/01/39 Exminster Freighter Detained by British Released 7 days Med-Black Sea None
11/05/39 President Polk Passenger Ship Detained by British Released; Cargo removed Med-BlackSea None
11/06/39 Exeter Freighter Detained by British Released; Mail removed Med-Black Sea None
11/08/39 Exeter Freighter Detained by French Released 3 days; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
11/11/39 Nishmaha Freighter Detained by British Sent from Gibraltar to Marseilles; Released 39 days; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
11/12/39 Express Freighter Detained by British Released 10 days Med-Black Sea None
11/17/39 Examiner Freighter Detained by British Released 18 days; Mail removed Med-Black Sea None
11/20/39 Excambion Freighter Detained by British Released 8 days Med-Black Sea None
11/22/39 Exmouth Freighter Detained by British Released 14 days Med-Black Sea None
11/30/39 Extavia Freighter Detained by British Released 15 days Med-Black Sea None
12/05/39 Exochorda Freighter Detained by British Released 8 days; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
12/07/39 Exmoor Freighter Detained by British Released 9 days Med-Black Sea None
12/09/39 Explorer Freighter Detained by British Released 15 days Med-Black Sea None
12/10/39 Steel Engineer Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
12/17/39 Meanticut Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
12/17/39 Excalibur Freighter Detained by British Released 15 days Med-Black Sea None
12/20/39 Oakwood Freighter Detained by British Released 4 days Med-Black Sea None
12/20/39 Executive Freighter Detained by British Released 15 days Med-Black Sea None
12/27/39 Oakwood Freighter Detained by French Released quickly Med-Black Sea None
12/28/39 Exilona Freighter Detained by British Released Med-Black Sea None
12/29/39 President Adams Passenger Ship Detained by British Released; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1939 (25 ships)

 

01/01/40 Exeter Freighter Detained by British Released Med-Black Sea None
01/03/40 Nashaba Freighter Detained by British Released Med-Black Sea None
01/04/40 Exiria Freighter Detained by British Released Med-Black Sea None
01/06/40 Manhattan Passenger Ship Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
01/09/40 Western Queen Freighter Detained by British Released Med-Black Sea None
01/10/40 President Van Buren Passenger Ship Detained by British Released; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
01/11/40 Tripp Freighter Detained by British Released 3 days; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
01/13/40 Narbo Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
01/17/40 Manhattan Passenger Ship Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
01/17/40 Excambion Freighter Detained by British Released 7 days; Mail removed Med-Black Sea None
01/20/40 Examelia Freighter Detained by British Released 12 days Med-Black Sea None
01/20/40 Washington Passenger Ship Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
01/21/40 Nishmaha Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
01/22/40 Excellency Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
01/27/40 Cold Harbor Freighter Detained by British Released 4 days Med-Black Sea None
01/28/40 Sarcoxic Freighter Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
01/28/40 Waban Freighter Detained by British Released few hours; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
01/29/40 Exochorda Freighter Detained by British Released 4 days Med-Black Sea None
01/31/40 Washington Passenger Ship Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
01/31/40 Jomar Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
02/01/40 Exminster Freighter Detained by British Released 9 days Med-Black Sea None
02/05/40 Exford Freighter Detained by British Released 9 days Med-Black Sea None
02/08/40 Scottsburg Freighter Detained by British Released 2 days Med-Black Sea None
02/10/40 West Chatala Freighter Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
02/14/40 Manhattan Passenger Ship Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
02/14/40 Exermont Freighter Detained by British Released 3 days Med-Black Sea None
03/02/40 Manhattan Passenger Ship Detained by British Released; Cargo removed Med-Black Sea None
03/09/40 Exmoor Freighter Detained by British Released 3 days Med-Black Sea None
03/10/40 Explorer Freighter Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
03/10/40 Exchester Freighter Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
03/10/40 West Cohas Freighter Detained by British Released few hours Med-Black Sea None
06/12/40 Exochorda Freighter Shelled Slight damage Med-Black Sea None

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1940 (32 ships)

 

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1941 (1 ship)
09/11/41 Arkansan Freighter Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Unknown

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1942 (5 ships)
06/14/42 Tanimbar Freighter Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 30
06/15/42 Chant [former Danish Hulda Maersk Freighter (Panama) Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 3; AG 1
08/13/42 Almeria Lykes Freighter Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea None
08/13/42 Santa Elisa Freighter Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea None
11/08/42 Exceller Freighter Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None


Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1943 (107 ships)
01/01/43 Arthur Middleton Liberty Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 44; 24 AG; 12 Army passengers
01/07/43 William Wirt Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
01/19/43 William Wirt Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
01/20/43 Charles H. Cramp Freighter Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
01/20/43 Walt Whitman Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
02/06/43 Thomas Stone Liberty Attack Little damage Med-BlackSea None
02/08/43 Thomas Stone Liberty Attack Little damage Med-BlackSea None
02/18/43 Thomas Stone Liberty Attack Little damage Med-BlackSea None
02/24/43 Nathanael Greene (GSA) Liberty Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 4
02/28/43 Daniel Carroll Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
03/17/43 William T. Coleman Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
03/19/43 Examiner Freighter Shelled Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 1; AG 1; Crew ashore 1; AG ashore 1
03/19/43 Samuel Parker (GSA) Liberty Nearby ammunition explosion Damaged Med-BlackSea None
03/29/43 Samuel Livermore Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
03/30/43 Christopher Gadsden Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
03/_/43 Charles Gordon Curtis Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None
04/25/43 Samuel Parker (GSA) Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/30/43 Michigan Freighter Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea None
05/03/43 Samuel Parker (GSA) Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
05/09/43 Daniel Huger Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 1; AG 1
05/14/43 William H. Seward Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
05/19/43 Samuel Johnston Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
05/19/43 Luther Martin Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
05/19/43 Samuel Griffin Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
05/19/43 Henry Ward Beecher Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
05/19/43 Hawaiian Freighter Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
05/20/43 John Clark Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
05/21/43 Josiah Bartlett Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/04/43 Walter E. Ranger Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/04/43 Felipe De Neve Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/14/43 Lewis Morris Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/24/44 Exhibitor Freighter Collision Unknown Med-BlackSea Unknown
06/30/43 William Whipple Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/_/43 James Iredell Liberty Explosion of nearby ship Damaged Med-BlackSea None [15 soldiers seriously wounded]
07/05/43 John Hart Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
07/10/43 Gulfprince Tanker Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea AG 1
07/10/43 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
07/10/43 Benjamin Goodhue Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
07/10/43 Matthew Maury Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/10/43 O. Henry Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
07/11/43 Joseph Pulitzer Liberty Bombed Unknown Med-BlackSea None
07/11/43 Robert Rowan Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea None
07/12/43 Joseph G. Cannon Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea British Army?
07/13/43 George Rogers Clark Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/13/43 Zane Gray Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
07/13/43 Samuel Parker (GSA) Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/14/43 Pocahontas Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
07/14/43 Timothy Pickering Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 22; AG 9; British Army 100
07/16/43 John H. Eaton Liberty Explosions nearby bombed ships Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/16/43 Stephen C. Foster Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/19/43 Samuel Parker (GSA) Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/20/43 William T. Coleman Liberty Explosion of nearby Bombed Tanker Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/22/43 Samuel Parker (GSA) Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea AG 3
08/01/43 William Mulholland Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/01/43 William W. Gerhard Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/01/43 Andrew T. Huntington Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/03/43 Yankee Arrow Tanker Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 5; AG 2
08/04/43 William W. Gerhard Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/13/43 Solomon Juneau Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/13/43 William W. Gerhard Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/13/43 Tabitha Brown Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/13/43 James W. Marshall Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/13/43 David Stone Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/13/43 Anne Bradstreet Liberty Strafed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/13/43 Francis W. Pettygrove Liberty Aerial Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea None
08/13/43 Jonathan Elmer Liberty Strafed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/16/43 Benjamin Contee Liberty Aerial Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea Italian POW's 264
08/17/43 Joel Chandler Harris Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/17/43 Good Gulf Tanker (Panama) Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/17/43 William D. Moseley Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/17/43 Lawton B. Evans Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/17/43 Charles Goodyear Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/21/43 Cape Mohican Freighter Torpedo by escort Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/23/43 William H. Seward Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/23/43 Pierre Soule Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/24/43 Esso Providence Tanker Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/26/43 John Bell Liberty Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 1
08/26/43 Richard Henderson Liberty Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea None
08/_/43 Hugh Williamson Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/_/43 David G. Farragut Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
09/10/43 James Woodrow Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
09/12/43 William B. Travis Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea Army 1 [Book: Woody; Cisco; & Me by Jim Longhi]
09/13/43 James W. Marshall Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
09/14/43 Lewis Morris Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
09/14/43 Bushrod Washington Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 6; AG 4
09/15/43 James W. Marshall Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 13; AG 1; Army 50
09/15/43 William Bradford Liberty Bombed & strafed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
09/16/43 Hugh Williamson Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
09/16/43 Edward P. Costigan Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
09/21/43 William W. Gerhard Liberty Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea AG 2
09/22/43 Richard Olney Liberty Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 2
10/01/43 Metapan Refrigerator Ship Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
10/14/43 James Marshall Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Unknown
10/15/43 James Russell Lowell Liberty Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea None
10/21/43 Tivives Freighter Aerial Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 1
10/23/43 James Iredell Liberty Bombed & fire Damaged Med-BlackSea None
11/01/43 Salmon P. Chase Liberty Strafing Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 1
11/06/43 Santa Elena (USAT) Troopship Aerial Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
11/07/43 Santa Elena (USAT) Troopship Collision Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 4
12/02/43 Grace Abbott Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
12/02/43 John Bascom Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 4; AG10
12/02/43 John Harvey Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 42; AG 28; Army 10
12/02/43 John L. Motley Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 39; AG 24
12/02/43 John M. Schofield Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 2; AG 1; Passenger 1; but all suffered from Mustard gas burns from explosion of SS John Harvey
12/02/43 Joseph Wheeler Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 26; AG 16
12/02/43 Louis Hennepin Liberty Bombed Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
12/02/43 Lyman Abbott Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 2; AG 1; Army 1
12/02/43 Samuel J. Tilden Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 10; American Military 14; British Military 3

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1944 (55 ships)
01/06/44 Robert Erskine Liberty Split Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 1
01/06/44 William S. Rosecrans Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
01/10/44 Daniel Webster Liberty Aerial Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea None
01/25/44 F. A. C. Muhlenberg Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 6; AG 1
01/26/44 Hilary A. Herbert Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
01/26/44 Jonathan Elmer Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
01/26/44 John Banvard Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
01/29/44 Alexander Martin Liberty Strafed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
01/29/44 Samuel Huntington Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 5
02/01/44 Edward Bates Liberty Aerial Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 1
02/01/44 Richmond P. Hobson Liberty Aerial Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
02/15/44 Elihu Yale Liberty Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 3; AG 2
02/17/44 John Walker Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea [AG wounded]
02/20/44 John Walker Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea [AG wounded]
02/22/44 George Cleeve Liberty Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 1
02/22/44 Peter Skene Ogden Liberty Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea None
02/29/44 F. Marion Crawford Liberty Shelled Damaged Med-BlackSea None
03/06/44 Daniel Chester French Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 9; AG 4; Army 24
03/06/44 Virginia Dare (GSA) Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
03/08/44 Samuel Johnston Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 1; AG 1
03/09/44 Clark Mills Liberty Aerial Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea None
03/10/44 William B. Woods Liberty Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea AG 1; Army 51
03/15/44 China Mail Freighter Bombed Damage Med-BlackSea None
03/16/44 Eldridge Gerry Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea AG 1
03/17/44 James Guthrie Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
03/17/44 Maiden Creek II Freighter Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 6; AG 5
03/30/44 Richard Stockton Liberty Fire Damaged Med-BlackSea Unknown
03/_/44 James Iredell Liberty Weather damage and fractures Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/01/44 Jared Ingersoll Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/11/44 Charles Piez Liberty Bombed & strafed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/12/44 Horace H. Lurton Liberty Shelled by Allied ship Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/16/44 Meyer London Liberty Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea None
04/16/44 Thomas G. Masaryk Liberty Torpedo Total loss Med-BlackSea None
04/17/44 Alexander Graham Bell Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/17/44 James Guthrie Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
04/20/44 Paul Hamilton Liberty Aerial Torpedo Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 47; AG 29; Army Air Force 504
04/20/44 Fitzhugh Lee Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
04/20/44 John Sedgwick Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
04/20/44 Stephen F. Austin Liberty Torpedo Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/21/44 John Armstrong Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea AG 1
05/11/44 John Banvard Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/10/44 William A. Graham Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
06/10/44 Tarleton Brown Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/06/44 Stephen H. Long Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea? None [AG wounded]
07/20/44 Harper's Ferry Tanker Fire Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/15/44 Alexander A. Dallas Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/15/44 Kemp P. Battle Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/15/44 William Floyd Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
08/15/44 Tarleton Brown Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
08/18/44 Albert A. Michelson Liberty Bombed Damaged Med-BlackSea None
09/01/44 Daniel Huger Liberty Unknown Unknown Med-BlackSea None [AG wounded]
10/02/44 Johns Hopkins Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
10/04/44 Cotton Valley Tanker Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea ?
10/06/44 Elinor Wylie Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
10/15/44 LT-221 (USAT) Harborcraft Mine Unknown Med-BlackSea Crew 9; Navy 2; Civilians 2

Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1945 (18 ships)
01/06/45 Isaac Shelby Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
01/15/45 Calvin Coolidge Liberty None None Med-BlackSea Crew 2 while ashore
04/09/45 Charles Henderson Liberty Explosion Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 39; AG 13
04/09/45 Sun Tanker Shrapnel Damaged Med-BlackSea None
06/04/45 New Bern Victory Victory Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
06/14/45 Attleboro Victory Victory Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
06/22/45 Pierre Gibault Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 2; AG 2
07/07/45 John H. Hammond Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 3
08/04/45 William J. Palmer Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
08/15/45 William D. Byron Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
10/02/45 Streator Seam Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea ?
10/27/45 Benjamin F. Coston Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
11/10/45 Abbott L. Mills Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
11/12/45 William Hume Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
11/19/45 Cedar Mills Tanker Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 1
11/19/45 Jesse Billingsley Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 1
12/10/45 Kenmar Freighter Grounded Unknown Med-BlackSea Unknown
12/19/45 Nathaniel Bacon Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 2


Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1946 (6 ships)
02/05/46 Nathan Hale Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
04/30/46 Park Victory Victory Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
07/03/46 Fitzhugh Lee Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
09/14/46 Niels Poulson Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
10/08/46 Signal Hills Tanker Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
10/16/46 Cassius Hudson Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None


Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea 1947 (2 ships)
03/13/47 Exanthia Freighter Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 3
03/25/47 St. Lawrence Victory Victory Sunk (Salvaged?) Med-BlackSea Crew 1

Chronological list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

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Okinawa

Eastcoast

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Approach Med

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