In 1941, few Americans knew of the destroyers USS Niblack, USS Greer, USS Kearny, and USS Reuben James, but these and other American warships were fighting a grim naval war months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 58, displacement 77 tons; burned by a gasoline explosion at Charleston, S. C.; total loss; commanding officer slightly burned. cross out words "torpedoed and" and submarine. December 11, 1918: U. S. S. Lake Bloomington (N. O. T. S.), gross 2,342 tons; grounded and sunk east of Point de 1a Combre, France, at the mouth of the Gironde River, in approximately 45° N., 1° W.; no casualties. 4, 1863, Enlistment, Training, and Organization of Crews for Our New Ships, Establishment of the Department of the Navy, Expeditions, Diplomatic and Scientific Activity, and Operations Against Native Americans and Pirates, Exploring the Antarctic 1840 - The Wilkes Expedition, Eye-Witness Account of the Battle Between the U.S.S. February 26, 1918: U. S. S. Mariner (S. P. No. July 25, 1918: Steamship Tippecanoe, gross 6,187 tons: torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-91. 30 (1913) Movement of the Rudder, General Order No. The ship went down in April 1945, taking most of its crew with it, and was the last US Navy ship sunk by a German submarine. October 5, 1918: U. S. S. Mary Alice (S. P. No. The next morning her lookouts spotted three small lifeboats. 90 (1869) Uniform Changes, General Order No. 429), gross 207 tons; sunk 6 miles southeast of Armen Light, France; no casualties. 3 officers and 8 men. August 27, 1918:, U. S. subchaser No. 35 miles southwest of Diamond Shoals in 34° N., 75° W.; one life lost. July 21, 1918: Perth Amboy, tug, gross 435 tons; attacked with gunfire by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Mass. Germany. July 7, 1917: Steamship Massapequa, gross 3,193 tons: sunk with gunfire by enemy submarine (UC-type), in Bay of Biscay, 200 miles west of Belle Isle, in 46° N., 9° W.; no casualties. The freighter’s latitude and longitude placed her 441 nautical miles from Reykjavik, Iceland. The Lusitania was a cruise ship full of Americans that was accidentally sunk by the Germans in WW1, and was the main cause of American involvement in WW1. September 27, 1915: Vincent, schooner, gross 1,904 tons; sunk by mine in the North Sea, near Cape Orloff, Russia; four injured. Germany. March 21, 1918: Steamship Chincha, gross 6,371 tons; fired upon by German submarine U-154 in 36° N., 10° W.; escaped; four lives lost. Ships of World War Two Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, etc. 343, displacement 77 tons; sunk by an explosion setting the vessel afire, while moored inside the breakwater in His Majesty's dockyard at Ireland Island, Bermuda; one life lost, five injured. January 27, 1910: Schooner William P. Frye, gross 3,374 tons: captured by German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich (commerce raider) in South Atlantic, southeast of Brazil, in 29° S., 26° W.; sunk January 28, 1915; no casualties. 127 (1869) List of Types of Officers to Mess in Second Ward Room, General Order No. Rohna Memories: Eyewitness to Tragedy is a repository of their recollections, whenever possible in their own words. Also included are: Diagrams and photos Letters home Witness reports Tributes by relatives Lists of survivors and casualties October 28, 1917; Steamship Finland, gross 12,222 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-93, 150 miles off French coast in 46° N., 6° W.; made port; salvaged; nine lives lost. Cambridge, Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press, 1974 ; History of U.S. April 20, 1918: Steamship Westerly, gross 5,615 tons; collision with British steamship Lucidina in 48° N., 5° W.; sank; no casualties. 54 N., Long. The unescorted and unarmed ship sank within a minute of being torpedoed. U-571, World War II German Submarine U-595 Scuttled and Sunk Off Cape Khamis, Algeria 11-14-42 U-701 Sunk By US Army Attack Bomber No. May 25, 1918: Hauppauge, schooner, gross 1,446 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic in 37° N., 75° W.; salvaged; no casualties. April. May 31, 1918: U. S. S. President Lincoln (troop transport), gross 18,167 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-90, 600 miles off the French coast in 47° N., 15° W.; 26 lives lost, 3 officers and 23 men, 1 taken prisoner. August 19, 1918: Steamship Proteus, gross 4,836 tons; sank in collision with steamship Cushing. 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There are several good candidates but the consensus goes to Captain Frederic John Walker, RN, CB, DSO and Three Bars. ", Copy of talk given by Captain B.E. 62, USS Quincy CA39, Astoria CA34 & Vincennes CA44 War Damage Report No. ), Documents, Official and Unofficial, Relating to the Capture and Destruction of the Frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli - 1850, Documents Related to the Resignation of the German Commander in Chief, Navy, Grand Admiral Raeder and to the Decommissioning of the German High Seas Fleet, DoD Rules for Military Commissions - 2006, Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, Emancipation Proclamation, Navy general Order No. 430), gross 361 tons; struck a rock, blew up and sank, while rounding Armen Light, France; 16 lives lost, 2 officers and 14 men. May 25, 1917: Magnus Manson, schooner, gross 1,751 tons; burned and sunk with gunfire by German submarine UC-73, 50 miles west by south of Cape Vincent, Portugal; no casualties. US in WW2. August 10, 1918: William H. Starbuck, gas screw, gross 53 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic in 41° N., 07° W.; no casualties. By then, the destroyer had begun to wheel and was steaming toward the spot where the lookouts observed the impulse bubble. 7: American merchant ships sunk or damaged by enemy torpedo, gunfire, or bombs: 8 July 7, 1917: U. S. S. Saxis (S. P. No. 458, gross 272 tons; foundered and sunk 12 1/2 miles off Fenwick Island Light Vessel; 28 lives lost, 5 officers and 23 men; 2 injured. I (part I), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. July 12, 1919: U. S. S. Richard Buckley (trawler, British owned), displacement 550 tons; sunk by a mine in 59° N., 00° E.; seven lives lost, one officer and six men; two men injured. Change enemy to read German Submarine UC-58. Naval Attaché in Berlin reports that Grossadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander in Chief of the German Navy, has informed him of a plot wherein U.S. passenger liner Iroquois, that had sailed from Cobh, Ireland, with 566 American passengers on 3 October, would be sunk (ostensibly … Branding Germany an “outlaw nation,” he told the U.S. Congress on June 20: “I am … bringing to the attention of the Congress the ruthless sinking … of an American ship, the Robin Moor, in the … Atlantic Ocean…”, Roosevelt climaxed his report with: “We are not yielding and we do not propose to yield.”. Admiral William B. Caperton of the 1918 Influenza on Armored Cruiser No. " This important book serves as a valuable reference work, an account of the often heroic efforts of U.S. Navy submarines in World War II, and a memorial tribute to the submariners who gave their lives for their country. 1946; reprinted ... USS LANGLEY (CV-1) - Sunk on February 22, 1942. Found inside" Rich with unforgettable cinematic detail and larger-than-life characters, A Game of Birds and Wolves is a heart-wrenching tale of ingenuity, dedication, perseverance, and love, bringing to life the imagination and sacrifice required to ... April 27, 1917: Margaret B. Rouss, schooner, gross 701 tons; burned and sunk by German submarine U-33 about 42 miles due south of Monaco, France; no casualties. October 15, 1917; Steamship St. Helens, tanker, gross 1,497 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-22, about 100 miles WNW from Cape Viliano, Spain, in 45° N., 11° W.; 24 lives lost. 5 E. Salvaged. May 18, 1917; Francis M., schooner, gross 1,228 tons; bombed and burned by German submarine UC-73 off Spain, in 35° N., 11° W.; no casualties. Which submarine fleet sank the most tonnage? The List of ships of World War II is an alphabetical list of major military ships of World War II. 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Hunley, Sinking of USS Indianapolis - Press Releases & Related Sources, Memorandum to Press on Scheduled Testimony, Chapter II. May 18, 1918: U. S. S. William Rockefeller (N. O. T. S. tank ship), gross 7,175 tons; torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine in North Sea in 57° N., 1° W.; three lives lost, one officer and two men. December 28, 1918: U. S. S. Lake Weston (N. O. T. S.), gross 1,948 tons; stranded on the rocks about 1 mile west of Nash Point in the Bristol Channel; salvaged; no casualties. September 17. 29, USS San Francisco CA38 War Damage Report No. 1 E, made port and salvaged. The last Navy ship to be officially recorded as being sunk by enemy action in WW2 was the USS Bullhead (SS-332), on 6 August 1945, the day Hiroshima was attacked. Change: Scout patrol No. LANGLEY had originally been a collier but was converted to a carrier in March of 1922. July 21, 1918: Lansford, barge, gross 830 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-156, in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Mass. After this, the destroyer lost contact with the submarine but continued searching. November 15, 1918: U. S. S. Elizabeth (S. P. No. March 19, 1918: U. S. S. Manley (destroyer), displacement 1,187 tons; in collision with H. M. S. Montagua while escorting convoy in 49° N., 9° W.; taken in tow and moored in Queenstown Harbor; 34 lives lost—1 officer and 33 men—19 injured. The drama, tragedy, and triumph of their experiences are a central part of the story. But of course the book is also about war and politics. Indeed, this is actually where the Second World War began. August 3. 313), Mine Sweeper, sprang leak from heavy seas, sank in Lat. 117, displacement, 77 tons; burned off Fortress Monroe Lighthouse; no casualties. The USS Greer was the first American warship to be attacked in the undeclared naval war. Answer (1 of 4): After his capture in March 1941, the most successful German U-boat commander of the Second World War Otto Kretschmer "Silent Otto" spent almost seven years as a prisoner of war in the hands of the British and then the Canadians. On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. October 18, 1918: Steamship West Oil, gross 2,172 tons; burned at Genoa, Italy; salvaged; no casualties. But by 1942, U-boats had become bigger, faster, and more deadly. 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July 25, 1915: Steamship Leelanaw, gross 1,923 tons; fired on, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine off the north coast of Scotland about 60 miles northwest of the Orkney Islands in 59° N. 4° W.; no casualties. August 4, 1918: Steamship O. 02/07/07. 56 (1901) Puget Sound, Naval Station to Navy Yard, General Order No. July 19, 19.18: U. S. S. San Diego (armored cruiser), displacement 13,680 tons; sunk by mine, probably laid by German submarine U-156, 10 miles from Fire Island lightship, in 40° N., 73° W.; six lives lost, six injured. The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 by Carla R. Morrisey, RN, BSN, Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy, Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918. On 26 December 1943 one of the great sea battles of World War II took place. July 29, 1919, S.S. ENGLEWOOD 5,138 tons gross, struck mine off the east coast of England in Lat. Ask Question. October 4, 1918: Steamship San Saba, gross 2,458 tons; sunk by mine laid by German Submarine U-117, 15 miles southeast of Barnegat Light, N. J., in 39° N., 73° W.; 30 lives lost. July 21, 1917: Augustus Welt, schooner, gross 1,221 tons; shelled, burned, and sunk by submarine (UC type) in Bay of Biscay in 47° N. 7° W.; no casualties. 1915: Pass of Balhamas, motor vessel, gross 1,571 tons; voluntarily surrendered by the master to a German submarine in the North Sea; converted into raider Seeadler; wrecked August 2, 1917; no casualties. 569), open seams, broken up; no casualties. World War II at Sea represents his crowning achievement: a complete narrative of the naval war and all of its belligerents, on all of the world's oceans and seas, between 1939 and 1945. June 21, 1917: Childe Harold, schooner, gross 781 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine (UC-type), off Ushant, France, in 47° N. 7° W.; no casualties. See Answer. gross 703 tons; sunk while in tow of U. S. S. Heron, 15 miles southeast from Boston Light Vessel; no casualties. September 4, 1918: Steamship Dora, gross 7,037 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-57 off French coast in 49° N., 12° W.; no lives lost, one man injured. DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. August 3, 1918: Rob Roy, gas screw, gross 112 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic 35 miles east of Seal Island, Nova Scotia; no casualties. December 20, 1917: Steamship Suruga, gross 4,371 tons; torpedoed by enemy submarine (U or UB type), in Mediterranean, off Santa Stefnno, Italy, near San Remo, 1 mile from shore; beached and salvaged; no casualties. September 10, 1919: U. S. S. Mary Pope (S. P. No. August 17, 1918: Steamship Joseph Cudahy, gross 3,302 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-90 about 700 miles from Verdon, France, in 46° N., 17° W.; one life lost, four injured. 210, motor boat); caught fire and burned to water line at entrance at Narragansett Bay; four men slightly, burned. Back in print A longtime favorite of several generations of Tar Heels, Taffy of Torpedo Junction is the thrilling adventure story of thirteen-year-old Taffy Willis, who, with the help of her pony and dog, exposes a ring of Nazi spies ... AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIPS SUNK OR SERIOUSLY DAMAGED IN COLLISION. Home. Historian Richard R. Lingeman points out: “The country was overwhelmingly in favor of aiding England in late 1941. October 35, 3918: U. S. S. America (ex-German Amerika), (troop transport), gross 22,622 tons; sank at dock in New York; salvaged; six lives lost. 727, motor boat); condemned to be burned. They often struggled through brutal sub-zero temperatures and rapid, violent weather changes. 3429; sunk by German shore batteries near Nieuport, Belgium ; one man lost. The convoy carrying the Marines anchored in Reykjavik harbor on July 7. July 7. Before attempting to pick up survivors, the Niblack circled the lifeboats while conducting a sound search for German submarines. 58, Summary of War Damage to U. S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers and Destroyers 17 October, 1941 to 7 December, 1942, USS Birmingham CL62 War Damage Report No. November 19, 1917: U. S. S. Chauncey (destroyer), displacement 592 tons; sank in collision with British steamship Rose off Gibraltar, in latitude 35° N., longitude 8° W.; 21 lives lost—3 officers and 18 men. 615), stranded at West Point, Va.; no casualties. June 16, 1917: Schooner Winslow. You may not use more than a few lines without permission. National Archives. August 6, 1918: Diamond Shoals Light Vessel No. 1 officer and 20 men. November 16, 1917: Schooner Margaret L. Roberts, gross 535 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-151, off Madeira in 33° N., 19° W.; no casualties. 1917: Steamship Aztec, gross 3,727 tons; torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine (UC type), off Ushant Light, Quessant Island, northwest coast of France: 28 lives lost. No casualties. 540) ; struck in collision by American schooner Russell while moored astern to the Coast Guard Station 25, Boston Harbor; sank; no casualties. B. Johnson, gross 529 tons; captured by German raider Seeadler in the Pacific Ocean in 1° S., 151° W. June 15, 1917, set on fire, abandoned burning, and destroyed; no casualties. 124), gross 159 tons; in collision with Dutch steamship Frisia and sank in 40° N., 73° W., about 8 miles southwest one-half south (Mag.) Change: U-53 to UB-91; change casualties to read: 131 lives lost, 10 officers, 4 warrant officers, 101 men, 1 British officer, 10 British ratings, and 5 civilians. 71, gross 590 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-140 in western Atlantic in 35° N., 75° W.; no casualties. 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Sprague, schooner, gross 789 tons; grounded and lost near Carbouerns, Spain; previously reported torpedoed; no casualties. The submarines of the US Navy sank 5.3 million of tons in WW2, while German U-Boote sank 14.5 million of tons. She was sunk 75 miles off of Tjilapjap, Java. April 2, 1915: Steamship Greenbrier, gross 3,322 tons; sunk by mine in the North Sea, near Amrura, North Frisian Islands; no casualties. I (part II), Building the Navy's Bases, vol. The Robin Moor was the first American merchant ship sunk by German submarines prior to U.S. entry into World War II. 210 to No. By the end of the war, German U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic had sent over 2,900 ships and 14 million tons of Allied shipping to the bottom of the sea. September 15, 1917: Steamship Platuria, tanker, gross 3,445 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-63, west from Gibraltar, off Tangier, Morocco, in 35° N., 9° W.; 10 lives lost. By late afternoon, Greerlost contact with the submarine after a three-hour search, and then continued to Iceland. This cowardly attack triggered the American involvement in World War II. Found insideIn The Burning Shore, acclaimed military reporter Ed Offley presents a thrilling account of the bloody U-boat offensive along America's east coast during the first half of 1942, using the story of Degen's three war patrols as a lens through ... July 1, 1918: U. S. S. Covington (troop transport), gross 16,339 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-86 off Brest, France, in 47° N., 7° W.; sank July 2; six men lost. October 19, 1918: U. S. S. Simplicity (S. P. No. August - 1917, S.S. MAVERICK gross 1,561 tons, last heard of when sailed from Manila August 15, 1917, believed to have foundered in typhoon, 24 lives lost. November 11, 1918: U. S. S. Ophir (N. O. T. S., Army cargo), gross 4,728 tons; caught fire from internal explosion and burned in Gibraltar Harbor; salvaged ; two lives lost. The wreck is located in about 300 feet of water in a region off North Carolina U sing the pictures from a 1943 U.S. UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS SUNK OR SERIOUSLY DAMAGED FROM MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES. Found insideWhen the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children's Ship. Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes. This is their story. This title has Common Core connections. 226, displacement, 77 tons; depth charge exploded and both engines were wrecked while operating with Unit 2 off Land’s End, from Plymouth, England; vessel was towed to base at Plymouth; no casualties. 1906. 766, gross 527 tons: sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-156, in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans. May 5, 1919: U. S. subchaser No. The Niblack, ordered to her assistance, sailed all night. November 9, 1918: U. S. S. Saetia (N. O. T. S. cargo vessel), gross 2,873 tons; sunk by mine, probably laid by German submarine U-117, 10 miles southeast from Fenwick Island lightship; no lives lost 13 injured. 26, USS Saratoga CV3 War Damage Report No. 96), gross 21 tons; sank in collision with barge No. 7-7-42 July 10, 1918: U. S. S. Oosterdijk (N. O. T. S.), gross 8,251 tons; in collision with steamship San Jacinto in latitude 39° N., longitude 47° W.; sank in latitude 40° N., longitude 47° W.; no casualties. August 9, 1919; U. S. subchaser No. February 23, 1919: U. S. S. Sixaola (N. O. T. S.), gross 5,017 tons; took fire and partially sank at pier at Hoboken, N. J.; towed to shipyard; two lives lost. June 13, 1917: U. S. S. McCulloch (Coast Guard vessel), displacement 1,432 tons; sunk in collision with steamship Governor off San Francisco, Calif., near Point Conception; no casualties. June 2, 1918: Steamship Winneconne, gross 1,869 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic in 39° N., 72° W.; no casualties. On the same day Roosevelt was reporting on the Robin Moor, the battleship USS Texas, the last coal-fired American battleship, which was launched May 18, 1912, and which served in World War I, was stalked by the German submarine U-203, a state-of-the art Type VIIc submarine almost 29 years younger than the battleship she was chasing. 550 miles from Brest in 47° 1’ N., 15° W.; one life lost. January 20, 1919: U. S. S. Piave (N. O. T. S.), gross 6,868 tons; grounded and sunk off the English coast near Eastleigh, about 200 yards east of Gull lightship in the Dover Straits in 51° N., 1° E.; no casualties. April 29, 1918: City of Pensacola, gas screw; gross 705 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine UB-105, in Mediterranean, near Garrucha, Almeria, in 38° N., 4° E.; no casualties. 129 (1903) Surplus Provisions, General Order No. German submarines, or U-boats, aimed their torpedoes at tankers and freighters along the eastern coast of the United States to disrupt delivery of supplies as well as to lower morale; sinking ships burned within sight of American civilians. March 16, 1917: Steamship Vigilancia, gross 4,115 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-70, 145 miles west of Bishops; 15 lives lost. The SOS reported the Saleier was torpedoed and sinking rapidly. December 28, 1918. March 14, 1919: Steamship Yselhaven, gross 3,557 tons; sunk by mine off coast of Scotland, 20 miles off Coquet Island, in approximately 55° N., 00° W.; 10 lives lost. June 2, 1918; Edward H. Cole, schooner, gross 1,791 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic, 50 miles southeast of Barnegat ; no casualties. October 21, 3918: U. S. S. Lake Borgne (N. O. T. S.), gross 2,100 tons; struck a rock and sank near Mathieu Point, France, in 48° N., 4° W.; no casualties. 38, USS North Carolina BB55 War Damage Report No. 48 N., Long. March 24. May 25, 1918: Edna, schooner, gross 325 tons; attacked with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic in 37° N., 74° W.; salvaged ; no casualties. Drawing on interviews with survivors, as well as the letters and diaries of those who perished, award-wining author Cathryn Prince reconstructs this forgotten moment in history. 370 (1889) Copies of Books to the Navy Department Library, General Order No. From the Gnevny class of the pre-war period to the specialist destroyer leaders of the Leningrad class and the unique Tashkent, Soviet Destroyers of World War II is a detailed guide to the often forgotten destroyers of the Soviet Navy . Within a minute, Greer lookouts sighted the bubbling wake of the first of two torpedoes; it was about 100 yards astern. September 20, 1918: Kingfisher, steam trawler, gross 353 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-155 in western Atlantic in 43° N., 61° W.; no casualties. July 10, 1917: Steamship Kansan, gross 7,913 tons; torpedoed and sunk without warning by an enemy submarine or mine 2 2/3 miles cast of Kerdouis Point (Belle Isle), France; four lives lost. The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in WW2 appear to have been identified on the Atlantic seabed. US battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor during the sneak attack by Japanese naval planes. Mediterranean Sea, about 25 miles east of Port Vendres, France, or 22 miles northeast of Cape Bogur, Spain; no casualties. This compelling tale of courage, heroism, and terror is told in the words of ninety-one sailors and officers interviewed by the author about their World War II service aboard fifty-six destroyer escorts. 1953], Pt. 5 - Decorations Awarded By Foreign Governments, Pt. Every month of Operation Drumbeat, German subs destroyed 3.5 percent of the tanker fleet for a total of 22 percent. 95, displacement 77 tons; struck mine; salvaged; no casualties. December 22, 1917: U. S. submarine chaser No. April 22, 1917: Woodward Abrahams, schooner, gross 744 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-53. December 1, 1919: Steamship Kerwood, gross 3,651 tons; sunk by mine in 53° N., 4° E.; no casualties. Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I. June 5, 1918: Steamship Argonaut, gross 4,826 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-82 in the English Channel in 49° N., 6° W.; no casualties. Appendix C: Allied Participation and Contributions, Appendix F: Aircraft and Personnel Losses, US Navy instruction for the destruction of signal books, 1863, US Navy Interviewer's Classification Guide, US Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Operational Losses, US Navy Nurse Corps General Uniform Instructions, 1917, US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002, US Navy Personnel in World War II: Service and Casualty Statistics, US Navy Personnel Strength, 1775 to Present, US Navy Sailors Operating Ashore as Artillerymen Roth, US Navy Ships Lost in Selected Storm/Weather Related Incidents, US Navy Special Operations in the Korean War, US Navy Submarines Losses, Selected Accidents, and Selected Incidents of Damage Resulting from Enemy Action, Chronological, US Occupation Assistance: Iraq, Germany and Japan Compared, US Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts, US Prisoners of War and Civilian American Citizens Captured, US Radar: Operational Characteristics of Radar Classified by Tactical Application, US Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress, USS Constitution, Capture of Cyane and Levant, USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Memorial Ceremony, USS Kearsarge Rescues Soviet Soldiers, 1960, USS Monitor Versus CSS Virginia and the Battle for Hampton Roads, USS Pirate; Selected documents on the Salvage of USS Pirate and USS Pledge, USS West Virgina, Report of Salvage, Pearl Harbor, The U.S. Navy Enlistment, Instruction, Pay and Advancement, Vessels Lost and Salvaged, Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1916, Vieques, Puerto Rico Naval Training Range: Background and Issues for Congress, Viet-Nam Free-World Challenge in Southeast Asia, Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy, Destroyer Report - Gunfire, Bomb and Kamikaze Damage, Destroyer Report - Torpedo and Mine Damage and Loss in Action, Submarine Report - Vol. 1916: Rebecca R. Douglas, schooner, gross 6,187 tons: sunk gunfire. Plane dropped four depth charges, dropping 11 Bunch traces the destructive History of.. The Coral Sea, 8 May 1942 miles ( 3.2 km ) from shore, at 44°36′15″N.! 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