US Ships Sunk after V-E and V-J Day

U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II US Ships Sunk after V-E and V-J Day

see U.S. Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged by Mines in World War II
Date Vessel Location Result Killed Wounded

05/27/45 John Woolman off Dunkirk Damaged - -

06/04/45 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Ostend, Belgium Sunk - -

06/04/45 New Bern Victory Odessa, Ukraine Damaged - -

06/14/45 Attleboro Victory Black Sea Damaged - -

06/22/45 Pierre Gibault Kythera, Greece Sunk 4 5

07/07/45 John H. Hammond off Elba Sunk 3 4

08/04/45 William J. Palmer Trieste, Yugoslavia Sunk - -

08/15/45 William D. Byron Savona, Italy Sunk - 1

08/25/45 Peter White Leyte, Philippines Sunk - 3

08/31/45 Joseph Carrigan Brunei Bay, Borneo Damaged - 1

10/19/45 Colbert off Okinawa Damaged 1 2

10/27/45 Benjamin F. Coston Leghorn, Italy Damaged - -

11/10/45 Abbott L. Mills Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Sunk - -

11/12/45 William Hume Istria (Adriatic Sea) Sunk - -

11/19/45 Jesse Billingsley Trieste, Yugoslavia Damaged 1 -

11/19/45 Cedar Mills Ancona, Italy Sunk 1 16

12/19/45 Nathaniel Bacon Civitavecchia, Italy Sunk 2 -

12/23/45 Duncan L. Clinch Le Havre, France Sunk - 4

01/30/46 Antietam Blaye, France Sunk 1 4

02/05/46 Nathan Hale Gorgona, Italy Sunk - -

02/22/46 Sea Satyr Makassar, Celebes Damaged - 4

02/26/46 Cyrus Adler Belgium Damaged - -

03/02/46 Oshkosh Victory Yangtze River, China Damaged - -

03/03/46 Minor C. Keith Bremerhaven, Germany Damaged - -

03/09/46 Lord Delaware Fehmarn Island, Germany Damaged - -

03/23/46 Jean Lykes Copenhagen, Denmark Damaged - -

04/30/46 Park Victory Patras, Greece Damaged - -

07/03/46 Fitzhugh Lee off Italy Damaged - -

09/14/46 Neils Poulson Gorgona, Italy Sunk
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10/08/46 Signal Hills Corsica Damaged - -

10/16/46 Cassius Hudson Gulf of Trieste Sunk - -

10/30/46 Sinnet Kobe, Japan Damaged - -

03/13/47 Exanthia Leghorn, Italy Damaged
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03/25/47 St. Lawrence Victory Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia Salvaged 1 -

U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II US Ships Sunk after V-E and V-J Day

see U.S. Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged by Mines in World War II
Date	Vessel	Location	Result	Killed	Wounded
05/27/45	John Woolman	off Dunkirk	Damaged	-	-
06/04/45	Colin P. Kelly Jr.	Ostend, Belgium	Sunk	-	-
06/04/45	New Bern Victory	Odessa, Ukraine	Damaged	-	-
06/14/45	Attleboro Victory	Black Sea	Damaged	-	-
06/22/45	Pierre Gibault	Kythera, Greece	Sunk	4	5
07/07/45	John H. Hammond	off Elba	Sunk	3	4
08/04/45	William J. Palmer	Trieste, Yugoslavia	Sunk	-	-
08/15/45	William D. Byron	Savona, Italy	Sunk	-	1
08/25/45	Peter White	Leyte, Philippines	Sunk	-	3
08/31/45	Joseph Carrigan	Brunei Bay, Borneo	Damaged	-	1
10/19/45	Colbert	off Okinawa	Damaged	1	2
10/27/45	Benjamin F. Coston	Leghorn, Italy	Damaged	-	-
11/10/45	Abbott L. Mills	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Sunk	-	-
11/12/45	William Hume	Istria (Adriatic Sea)	Sunk	-	-
11/19/45	Jesse Billingsley	Trieste, Yugoslavia	Damaged	1	-
11/19/45	Cedar Mills	Ancona, Italy	Sunk	1	16
12/19/45	Nathaniel Bacon	Civitavecchia, Italy	Sunk	2	-
12/23/45	Duncan L. Clinch	Le Havre, France	Sunk	-	4
01/30/46	Antietam	Blaye, France	Sunk	1	4
02/05/46	Nathan Hale	Gorgona, Italy	Sunk	-	-
02/22/46	Sea Satyr	Makassar, Celebes	Damaged	-	4
02/26/46	Cyrus Adler	Belgium	Damaged	-	-
03/02/46	Oshkosh Victory	Yangtze River, China	Damaged	-	-
03/03/46	Minor C. Keith	Bremerhaven, Germany	Damaged	-	-
03/09/46	Lord Delaware	Fehmarn Island, Germany	Damaged	-	-
03/23/46	Jean Lykes	Copenhagen, Denmark	Damaged	-	-
04/30/46	Park Victory	Patras, Greece	Damaged	-	-
07/03/46	Fitzhugh Lee	off Italy	Damaged	-	-
09/14/46	Neils Poulson	Gorgona, Italy	Sunk	-	1
10/08/46	Signal Hills	Corsica	Damaged	-	-
10/16/46	Cassius Hudson	Gulf of Trieste	Sunk	-	-
10/30/46	Sinnet	Kobe, Japan	Damaged	-	-
03/13/47	Exanthia	Leghorn, Italy	Damaged	3	-
03/25/47	St. Lawrence Victory	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	Salvaged	1	-

*Data from:

A Careless Word - A Needless Sinking. . ., by Captain Arthur R. Moore.
U.S. Merchant Vessel War Casualties of World War II, by Robert M. Browning
New York Times, May 1945 to March 1947. Dates listed are date reported, not date of occurrence.

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