This Day in US Navy Losses in World War II

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7 - 8 July

No reported losses.

 

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9 July

1944

USS Swerve (AM-121)
USS Swerve (AM-121) - Wikipedia
Swerve (AM 121)
WRECKSITE - SWERVE MINESWEEPER 1943-1944

1945

YMS-84
YMS-84
WRECKSITE - YMS-84 MINESWEEPER 1941-1945

 

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While I was waiting for my wife during a doctor's appointment I picked up a Smithsonian copy regarding the WW2 Pearl Harbor attack As usual the scientific based information source was big on numbers of planes and the time the (40 square mile) Japanese armada took to get to Hawaii but to my surprise the Smith's actually touched on the U.S.'s insane racist assumption at the time that the Japanese were incapable of building a ship that would float or piloting a plane. The Smith's hinted at but avoided direct criticism of COS George Marshall who had the evidence in his hands hours before the attack but failed to alert Hawaii.

 

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One of the best books about US errors concerning Pearl Harbor is Gordon Prange's "At Dawn We Slept."

https://www.amazon.com/At-Dawn-We-Slept-Untold/dp/0140157344&tag=ff0d01-20

 

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10 July

1943

USS Maddox (DD-622)
USS Maddox (DD-622) - Wikipedia
Destroyer Photo Index DD-622 USS MADDOX
WRECKSITE - MADDOX DESTROYER 1942-1943
USS Maddox (ii) (DD 622) of the US Navy - American Destroyer of the Bristol class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net

LST-313
Tank Landing Ship LST
WRECKSITE - LST-313 LST (LANDING SHIP TANK) 1942-1943

1945

SC-521
Submarine Chaser SC
WRECKSITE - SC-521 SUBMARINE CHASER 1941-1945

 

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11 July

1943

USS Sentinel (AM-113)
USS Sentinel (AM-113) - Wikipedia
Sentinel (AM 113)
WRECKSITE - SENTINEL MINESWEEPER 1942-1943

LST-158
Tank Landing Ship LST
WRECKSITE - LST-158 LST (LANDING SHIP TANK) 1942-1943

 

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12 July

No reported losses.

 

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13 July

1943

USS Gwin (DD-433)
USS Gwin (DD-433) - Wikipedia
Destroyer Photo Index DD-433 USS GWIN
WRECKSITE - GWIN DESTROYER 1941-1943

 

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14 July

No reported losses.

 

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15 July

1944

PT-133
PT-133
WRECKSITE - PT-133 TORPEDO BOAT 1942-1944

 

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16 - 17 July

No reported losses.

 

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18 July

1943

LST-342
USS LST-342 - Wikipedia
Tank Landing Ship LST
WRECKSITE - LST-342 LST (LANDING SHIP TANK) 1942-1943
WRECKSITE - LST-342 LST (LANDING SHIP TANK) 1942-1943

YF-487
Listed in one source as lost “In Caribbean,” but no other details found.

1944

PGM-7
USS PGM-7 - Wikipedia
PGM-7
WRECKSITE - PGM-7 GUNBOAT 1943-1944

 

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19 July

1942

USS Keshena
http://www.nc-wreckdiving.com/WRECKS/KESHENA/KESHENA.HTML
WRECKSITE - KESHENA TUG 1919-1942

 

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20 July

1943

PT-166
PT-166
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14098

 

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21 - 23 July

No reported losses.

 

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24 July

1945

USS Underhill (DE-682)
USS Underhill (DE-682) - Wikipedia
Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE- 682 USS UNDERHILL
WRECKSITE - UNDERHILL DESTROYER ESCORT 1943-1945

 

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25 July

No reported losses.

 

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26 July

1944

USS Robalo (SS-273)
USS Robalo - Wikipedia
Submarine Photo Index
On Eternal Patrol - Loss of USS Robalo (SS-273)
WRECKSITE - ROBALO SUBMARINE 1942-1944

 

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27 July

1945

LCT-1050
WRECKSITE - LCT-1050 LCT (LANDING CRAFT TANK) 1945

 

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28 July

No reported losses.