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List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy

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This list of military ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy lists all vessels sunk by ships commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and by Japanese naval aircraft, listed alphabetically by ship name.

Australia

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Britain

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Warships

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  • HMS Cicala: British gunboat sunk 21 December 1941 during an air raid on Hong Kong Harbor.
  • HMS Cornwall: British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Dorsetshire: British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Dragonfly: British gunboat sunk in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
  • HMS Electra: British destroyer sunk 27 February 1942 by gunfire from destroyer Asagumo during the Battle of the Java Sea.
  • HMS Encounter: British destroyer sunk 1 March 1942 by gunfire from heavy cruisers Myōkō and Ashigara.
  • HMS Exeter: British heavy cruiser crippled by shell from heavy cruiser Haguro, later finished off Haguro and three sisterships, Battle of Java Sea, February 27-March 1.
  • HMS Grasshopper: British gunboat sunk in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
  • HMS Hermes: British aircraft carrier sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Hollyhock: British corvette sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Pathfinder: British destroyer heavily damaged on 11 February 1945 by aircraft off Ramree Island, Burma. Not repaired and scrapped.
  • HMS Peterel: British gunboat sunk by naval gunfire at Shanghai 8 December 1941.
  • HMS Porpoise: British submarine sunk 1945 by aircraft possibly assisted by naval escorts.[1]
  • HMS Prince of Wales: British battleship sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
  • HMS Repulse: British battlecruiser sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
  • HMS Scorpion: British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri.[2]
  • HMS Stonehenge: British submarine, overdue and assumed mined 1944.
  • HMS Stratagem: British submarine sunk 22 November 1944 by sub-chaser CH-35.[3]
  • HMS Stronghold: British destroyer, sunk 1942.[4]
  • HMS Tenedos: British destroyer sunk by aircraft from carrier Zuikaku 5 April 1942 during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Thanet: British destroyer sunk on 27 January 1942 by light cruiser Sendai and five destroyers.
  • HMS Thracian: British destroyer badly damaged by bombing 16 December 1941 and scuttled. Later raised by the Japanese and put into service as PB-101.[5]

Auxiliaries

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  • HMS Li Wo: British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri.[2]
  • HMS St. Breock: British rescue tug bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Sumatra on 14 February 1942.

Netherlands

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New Zealand

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  • HMNZS Moa (T233): New Zealand minesweeper sunk on 7 April 1943 by aircraft at Tulagi Harbour in the Solomon Islands
  • (Honorable mention) HMNZS Leander: New Zealand light cruiser damaged by torpedo from destroyer Yukikaze so badly she could not be repaired in time to take further part in WW2 and never served as a New Zealand warship again, battle of Kolombangara, July 13 1943.

United States

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Aircraft Carriers

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Escort Carriers

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Battleships

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  • USS Arizona: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by dive bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • USS California: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
  • USS West Virginia: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by aircraft from carriers Akagi and Kaga during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
  • USS Oklahoma: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by aircraft from carriers Akagi and Kaga during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised and sank while under tow to the scrappers.

Cruisers

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Destroyers

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Destroyer Escorts

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Submarines

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Amphibious Warfare Ships

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  • USS LCI(G)-82 4 April 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LCI(G)-365 10 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LCI(M)-974 10 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LCS(L)-7 16 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LCS(L)-15 22 April 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LCS(L)-26 14 February 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu
  • USS LCS(L)-33 12 April 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LCS(L)(3)-49 16 February 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LSM-12 4 April 45 foundered after being damaged by a Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM-20 5 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands
  • USS LSM-59 21 June 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM-135 25 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM(R)-190 4 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM(R)-194 4 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM(R)-195 3 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM-318 7 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-460 21 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-447 7 April 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LST-472 15 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-738 15 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-749 21 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands

Mine Warfare Craft

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Oilers

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Transports

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Motor Torpedo Boats

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Other

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Imperial Russia

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Auxiliary cruisers

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  • Angara, 30 October 1904
  • Ural, 27 May 1905

Battleships

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Coastal defense ships

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Cruisers

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Gunboats

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  • Bobr, 26 December 1904
  • Gremyashchi, 18 August 1904
  • Koietz, 9 February 1904
  • Otvajni, 2 January 1905
  • Sivuch, 2 August 1904
  • Zabiyaka, 25 October 1904

Minelayers

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  • Amur, 18 December 1904
  • Yenisei, 11 February 1904

Repair ships

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  • Kamchatka, 27 May 1905

Sloops

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  • Djigit, 2 January 1905
  • Razboinik, 2 January 1905

Torpedo Boat Destroyers

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  • Bditelni, 2 January 1905
  • Bezuprechni, 28 May 1905
  • Blestyashtchi, 28 May 1905
  • Boevoi, 2 January 1905
  • Buinyi, 28 May 1905
  • Buistri, 28 May 1905
  • Burni, 11 August 1904
  • Gromki, 28 May 1905
  • Leitenant Burakov, 24 July 1904
  • Rastoropni, 16 November 1904
  • Razyashchi, 2 January 1905
  • Ryeshitelni, 11 August 1904
  • Silni, 2 January 1905
  • Strashni, 13 April 1904
  • Steregushchi, 19 March 1904
  • Stroini, 13 November 1904
  • Storozhevoi, 2 January 1905
  • Vnimatelni, 26 May 1904
  • Vuinoslivi, 24 August 1904
  • Vnushitelni, 25 February 1904

Torpedo boats

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  • Tantchikhe, 21 August 1904
  • #202, 1 October 1904
  • Ussuri, 30 June 1904
  • #208, 13 July 1904

Torpedo gunboats

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  • Guidamak, 2 January 1905
  • Vsadnik, 15 December 1904

References

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  1. ^ "Listing of British Submarines of WW2". Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) (Dead link)
  2. ^ a b c d e Japanese cruisers of the Pacific War; Lacroix & Wells
  3. ^ "Japanese Subchasers".
  4. ^ Thomas, David Arthur (1978). Japan's War at Sea: Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea. London: A. Deutsch. p. 80. ISBN 978-023397-011-0.
  5. ^ "Japanese Patrol Boats".
  6. ^ "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K VII".
  7. ^ "Dutch Submarines: The submarine K XVI".
  8. ^ "Japanese Subchasers". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 20".
  10. ^ "Japanese Patrol Boats".
  11. ^ "Long Lancers". www.combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Laffey I (DD-459)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "U.S. Submarines Lost through Enemy Action and through Accidents". Archived from the original on 11 May 2000.
  14. ^ Nevitt, Allyn D (27 February 2012). "IJN Amatsukaze: Tabular Record of Movement". Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Submarine Report - Vol. 1, War Damage Report No. 58". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  16. ^ Chihaya\Abe (1972) p 10

Readings

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  • Masataka Chiyaka; Yasuo Abe (1972). Warship Profile 22; IJN Yukikaze/Destroyer/1939-1970. Profile Publications Ltd.