U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged in South Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Red Sea During World War II

South Atlantic (70 ships)

South Atlantic 1940 (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
12/21/40 Charles Pratt Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 2

South Atlantic 1941 (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
09/27/41 I. C. White Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 3

South Atlantic 1942 (34 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
03/06/42 Steel Age Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 33; German POW: Crew 1
04/03/42 West Irmo Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic African Stevedores 10
04/09/42 Eugene V. R. Thayer Tanker Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 11
04/12/42 Ben Brush [former Danish Caroline Maersk] Freighter (Panama) Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1
04/23/42 Connecticut Tanker Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 27; AG 11; Japanese POW:18 POW; 2 died POW
05/04/42 Florence M. Douglas Sailing vessel Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Unknown
06/02/42 Reine Marie Stewart Four Masted Schooner (Panama) Shelled & Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
06/05/42 Johnstown [former Danish Niel Maersk] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 2
06/06/42 Melvin H. Baker Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
06/06/42 Stanvac Calcutta (GSA) Tanker (Panama) Shelled & Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 14; Japanese POW: Crew 26; AG 9; German POW Crew 1
06/07/42 George Clymer Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1
06/15/42 Cardina Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
06/17/42 Columbian Freighter Shelled Damaged SAtlantic None
07/16/42 William F. Humphrey Tanker Shelled & Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 4; AG 3; German & Japanese POW: Crew 26; AG 2; Died Japanese POW: Crew 3; Crew 1 on Junyo Maru; Died German POW: AG 1
09/10/42 American Leader Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 10; AG 1; German and Japanese POW: Crew 39 AG 8; lost on Tomahaku Maru Crew 9 AG 4; lost on Junyo Maru Crew 3 AG 1; died on Sumatra Crew 2
09/26/42 Tambour [former Finnish Fidra] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 8
09/27/42 Stephen Hopkins (GSA) Liberty Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 32; AG 9
10/07/42 Chickasaw City Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 8; Passenger 1; AG 1; Lost on Zaandam: Crew 9; AG 5
10/08/42 Swiftsure Tanker Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None; lost on Zaandam: Crew 17
10/09/42 Coloradan Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 6; lost on Zaandam: 6
10/09/42 Examelia Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 8; AG 3; Lost on Zaandam: Crew 14; AG 5
10/26/42 Anne Hutchinson Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 3
11/01/42 George Thacher Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 5; AG 5; Army 8
11/02/42 Zaandam Freighter (Netherlands) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Total lost 134 [AG 15]; including survivors from: Coloradan 6; Chickasaw City 12; Examelia 14; Swiftsure 18; Firethorn Crew 2; AG 6
11/03/42 East Indian Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 33; AG 14; Passengers 10
11/08/42 Marcus Whitman Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk SAtlantic None
11/08/42 Plaudit [former Italian Guidonia] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 2; AG 1
11/08/42 West Humhaw Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk SAtlantic None
11/11/42 Thomas T. Tucker Liberty Grounded Total loss SAtlantic None
11/13/42 Star of Scotland Six Masted Schooner Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1
11/14/42 Scapa Flow [former Finnnish Anja] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 26 AG 7
11/27/42 Jeremiah Wadsworth Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
12/14/42 Alcoa Rambler Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1
12/25/42 Dona Aurora Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 2; AG 1;[total 7 killed] POW Crew 2

South Atlantic 1943 (29 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/23/43 Benjamin Smith Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
02/07/43 Roger B. Taney Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 3
02/17/43 Deer Lodge Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 2
03/01/43 Fitz-John Porter Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic AG 1
03/03/43 Staghound Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
03/09/43 George G. Meade Liberty Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
03/09/43 James K. Polk Liberty Torpedo Total loss SAtlantic AG 1
03/09/43 James Smith Liberty Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic Crew 6; AG 5
03/09/43 Mark Hanna Liberty Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
03/09/43 Thomas Ruffin Liberty Torpedo Total loss SAtlantic Crew 4; AG 2
05/02/43 Livingston Roe Tanker Fire Unknown SAtlantic Unknown
05/06/43 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
05/12/43 Cape Neddick Freighter Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
05/27/43 John Worthington Tanker Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
05/28/43 Agwimonte Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
05/28/43 Cardinal Gibbons Liberty Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
05/28/43 Florida Tanker Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
05/30/43 Flora MacDonald Liberty Torpedo Total loss SAtlantic Crew 7
06/20/43 Santa Maria Freighter Mine Damaged SAtlantic AG 1
06/25/43 Eagle Tanker Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
06/27/43 Charles Willson Peale Liberty Submarine attack No damage SAtlantic None
07/03/43 Elihu B. Washburne Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
07/07/43 James Robertson Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic AG 1
07/07/43 S. B. Hunt Tanker Torpedo Damaged SAtlantic None
07/07/43 Thomas Sinnickson Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic AG 1
07/07/43 William Boyce Thompson Tanker Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 5
07/12/43 African Star Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic AG 1
07/16/43 Richard Caswell Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 9
09/23/43 Julia Luckenbach Freighter Collision Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1

South Atlantic 1944 (2 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
07/24/44 William Gaston Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
07/25/44 Robin Goodfellow Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 41; AG 28

South Atlantic 1945 (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/13/45 Albert P. Ryder Liberty Collision Unknown SAtlantic None

South Atlantic 1946 (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
06/18/46 Hugh Williamson Liberty Grounded Damaged SAtlantic Unknown

South Atlantic Date Unknown (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
Unknown Henry Ward Beecher Liberty Collision Unknown SAtlantic Unknown

Indian Ocean - Red Sea (50 ships)

Indian Ocean - Red Sea 1941 (3 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
08/11/41 Iberville Freighter Aerial mine Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
09/05/41 Steel Seafarer Freighter Bombed Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
09/11/41 Arkansan Freighter Shelled Damaged Indian-Red Sea None

Indian Ocean - Red Sea 1942 (17 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/29/42 Florence Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
04/03/42 Exhibitor Freighter Bombed Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
04/06/42 Bienville Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 24
04/06/42 Exmoor Freighter Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
04/06/42 Selma City Freighter Bombed Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
04/07/42 Washingtonian Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
06/05/42 Atlantic Gulf Freighter (Panama) Torpedo and shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea Unknown
06/30/42 Express Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 11; AG 2
07/07/42 Oklahoman Freighter Grounded Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
09/22/42 Paul Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
09/24/42 Losmar Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 24; AG 2
10/07/42 Firethorn [former Danish Norden] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 10; AG 2; lost on Zaandam: 8
11/07/42 La Salle Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 39; AG 17
11/13/42 Excello Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 1; AG 1
11/21/42 Alcoa Pathfinder Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 5
11/21/42 Pierce Butler Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
11/29/42 Sawokla Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 16; AG 4; German & Japanese POW: Crew 30; AG 9; POW on the River Kwai Railroad

Indian Ocean - Red Sea 1943 (21 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
03/03/43 Harvey W. Scott Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
03/08/43 James B. Stephens Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea AG 1
03/10/43 Richard D. Spaight Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 1
04/21/43 John Drayton Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 21; AG 6
06/03/43 Montanan Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 5; AG 2
06/06/43 William King Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 6; Japanese POW: Crew 1 (Master) died on Junyo Maru
06/19/43 Henry Knox Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 13; AG 13
06/27/43 Sebastian Cermeno Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 5
07/01/43 William B. Ogden Liberty Grounded Damaged Indian-Red Sea Unknown
07/05/43 Alcoa Prospector Freighter Torpedo Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
07/09/43 Samuel Heintzelman Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 42; AG 27; Passenger 6
07/10/43 Alice F. Palmer Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
07/13/43 Robert Bacon Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 3; AG 2
07/30/43 William Ellery Liberty Torpedo Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
08/28/43 Albert Gallatin Liberty Torpedo Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
09/07/43 Lyman Stewart Liberty Torpedo Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
09/21/43 Cornelia P. Spencer Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 2
09/24/43 Elias Howe Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 2
12/05/43 William Whipple Liberty Bombed Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
12/26/43 Jose Navarro Liberty Torpedo Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
12/27/43 Jose Navarro Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
12/28/43 Robert F. Hoke Liberty Torpedo Total loss Indian-Red Sea None


Indian Ocean - Red Sea 1944 (9 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/02/44 Albert Gallatin Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
01/25/44 Walter Camp Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
02/23/44 E. G. Seubert Tanker Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 3; AG 3
03/13/44 H. D. Collier Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 33; AG 12
03/19/44 John A. Poor Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 25; AG 9
03/29/44 Richard Hovey Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 3; AG 1; Japanese POW: Master and 3 crew
07/02/44 Jean Nicolet Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 30; AG 19; Passengers 26 (taken on deck of submarine and murdered by Japanese); Japanese POW 2 crew 1 passenger
08/28/44 John Barry Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 2
11/02/44 Fort Lee Tanker Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 16; AG 9

Indian Ocean - Red Sea 1945 (1 ship)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/06/45 Peter Silvester Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 1; AG 7; Army 24

 

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