Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese torpedo. Two men were killed and over fifty were wounded by fragments from the bomb. YP-26 destroyed by undetermined explosion in the Canal Zone, Panama, 19 November 1942. The ship rolled over and sank in under 2 minutes taking 202 crewmen down with her. Sunk after running aground in heavy weather. USSGilmer(DD-233) was operating off Okinawa on 26 March 1945 when the ship was hit by a kamikaze in her galley deckhouse which killed 1 man and wounded 3 more. The Japanese directed their fire onto Hopewell, hitting the destroyer at least four times and knocking out her battery control station and a five-inch turret. USSBanaag(YT-104) lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USS LCT(5)-305 sunk off northern France, 6 June 1944. The crew of Hadley lost twenty-eight men and another sixty-seven wounded, but had shot down twenty-three enemy planes, including the ones who crashed into her. The fires set off ammunition and the depth charges, which amazingly put most of the fires out. The first two planes struck the ship on her portside at the waterline causing flooding and fires, while an "Oscar" slammed into her starboard side causing a large fire and stopping the ship dead in the water. During the first three months of 1942, German U-boats sank more than 100 ships off the east coast of North America, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea. Indianapolis quickly took on a heavy list and settled by the bow. Astoria put her rudder over hard left and avoided a collision while her battered sister ship passed aft, to starboard. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. USSPontiac(AF-20) scrapped after foundering off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 30 January 1945. The dent made by the Zero in the Missouri's side remains to this day. Callaghan flooded and the fires which ignited anti aircraft ammunition prevented nearby ships from rendering aid. PT-22 scrapped after being badly damaged in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 11 June 1943. USSCooper(DD-695) was making a night-time sweep with two sister destroyers attempting to sink Japanese transports unloading supplies in Ormac Bay just after midnight on 3 December 1944. The damage was clearly severe enough to prompt the captain of Chevalier to ram Strong to give the crew of Strong an escape route from their sinking ship. USS YC-649 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The crew patched holes with mattresses and put in for repairs at Talcoban; and later Manus, she was back in action by January 45. USSBarry(DD-248) was on patrol off Okinawa on 25 May when she was attacked by two kamikazes off Okinawa. Colhoun was abandoned and sank taking the lives of 51 men. By 1 May 1945, the submarine and her crew of sixty men were considered lost. Throughout the battle, St. Today she lies where she sank just under the surface of the water. La Vallette was taken in tow by the tugboat Navajo to Espiritu Santo for temporary repairs, then traveled to Mare Island Navy Yard. U.S. Probably captured with fall of Corregidor. USSDorado(SS-248) was a newly commissioned submarine which had just completed sea trials and left Connecticut on 6 October 1943 en route to Panama to begin her service in the war. USSNorthampton(CA-26) was operating with a cruiser-destroyer force on 30 November 1942 to prevent the Japanese from reinforcing their garrison on Guadalcanal. Fires broke out which were quickly brought under control but the damage was extensive and required repairs. Officially, a total of 1,554 ships were sunk due to war conditions, including 733 ships of over 1,000 gross tons. The fire was extinguished quickly and the ship was able to make Kerama Retto for temporary repairs before arriving home on 23 June 1945. Only two YPs were lost due to enemy action. When damage control efforts failed, the ship was abandoned and was scuttled by Ralph Talbot (DD-390), with a loss of 61 men. Meredith was abandoned in a calm orderly fashion and her hull was towed to Baie de la Seine. Bagley came alongside Astoria's starboard bow and, by 0445, took all of the wounded off the heavy cruiser's forecastle. USS YC-672 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. The Japanese responded with a heavy counterfire from shore batteries which holed the Farenholt at the waterline. From August 1943 Minneapolis would go on to serve in every major American operation in the Pacific save Iwo Jima. 80 miles northeast of Laysan Island, southeast of Midway, Approximately 7.5 miles NNE of Wildwood, NJ. The enemy plane crashed into the ship's superstructure and a 40mm gun mount. 2 turret to shoot out the offending light. The torpedo struck behind the after engine room, and detonated the ship's bomb magazine, causing a devastating explosion that engulfed the ship and sent shrapnel flying as far as 5,000 yards (4,600m) away. The shockwave from the explosion caused even more damage to the ship's hull, most certainly breaking her keel. USSReno(CL-96) was sailing with TF 38 east of the San Bernardino Strait on the night of 3 November 1944 when she was targeted by Japanese submarine I-41. During the Okinawa campaign in 1945, she suffered her final wartime damage from an explosion that occurred while loading ammunition which killed three men. The German government's apology and admission of the attack as a mistake did little to assuage Americans' anger, which increased exponentially when German forces torpedoed and sank the British . One A6M Zero rolled into a dive, crashed into the port catwalk and fell into the sea. Another hit soon flooded forward compartments. After the battle, White Plains was repaired and returned to service to ferry fighters to Okinawa. The ship was declared neither seaworthy or habitable and was not repaired. Hake reported having dove down and making evasive maneuvers to avoid colliding with both Harder and the oncoming Japanese ships. The ship was knocked out of the war and although repaired, she did not see active service after World War II. Japanese records examined postwar revealed that Shark had most likely sunk the "hell ship" freighter she had been stalking Arisan Maru (which had been holding over 1,700 Allied POW) shortly after sending her last message. USSSculpin(SS-191) was on her ninth patrol of the war attempting to disrupt Japanese reinforcement of the Gilbert Islands before the Invasion of Tarawa when in the early morning of 19 November 1943, the submarine attacked a convoy of ships only to be fired on by an enemy destroyer. Attempts to salvage the old ship were abandoned and today her wreck lies in Pearl Harbor as a war memorial. The retreat by Kurita's surface force, however, did not end the ordeal for White Plains and her fellow warships. USSGudgeon(SS-211) set off for her twelfth patrol of the war on 4 April 1944, stopping for fuel at Johnston Island before proceeding to the northern Marianas Islands area. King, Ernest J., Fleet Admiral. USSLittle(DD-803) was patrolling at picket duty No.10 on 3 May 1945 in company five other ships when at 18:13 hours, incoming enemy aircraft were picked up on radar. USSPenguin(AM-33) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guam, Marianas Islands, 8 December 1941. YP-277 scuttled to avoid capture east of Hawaii, 23 May 1942. Talomo Bay, Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines. USS YC-869 lost off Imperial Beach, California 23 March 1943. Just ten minutes after the attack began, Meredith capsized and sank; taking 192 men down with her. USSStanly(DD-478) was performing radar picket duty off Okinawa on 12 April 1945 when she was targeted by two MXY-7 Ohka rocket-powered kamikaze gliders. Enterprise was the most decorated ship in the history of the US Navy. After the war West Virginia was placed in mothball and scrapped in 1959. In minutes the ship buckled amidships and began to sink stern first. The survivors were transported to Japan on board different vessels, one of which was sunk by another US submarine, taking the lives of another twenty more Sculpin crewmen. Note - USS Utah (AG-16) (ex BB-31) is not listed as a battleship as it had been converted to an anti-aircraft gunnery training ship by the time of her sinking; it is included in the sub-section "Other auxiliaries". At the end of her first circle, she fired on the battleship Hiei, with her forward turrets. Although Edsall brazenly fired her torpedoes and main battery at the enemy ships, she was soon struck by dive bombers and hit by large-caliber naval gunfire. USS LCT(6)-714 sunk off northern France, June 1944. The ship began to flood, but was quickly brought under control and the ship headed to Kerama Retto for repairs. Less than a minute after the impact of the second plane, Drexler slipped beneath the sea, taking the lives of one hundred fifty eight men down with her, most of them trapped below decks. Despite the hazard of exploding ammunition from the blazing Twiggs, escorting ships were able to rescue one hundred eighty-eight survivors from the oily waters. YP-336 destroyed by grounding in the Delaware River, 23 February 1943. DCH-1 (IX-44) (ex-Walker) scuttled by gunfire from oiler USSNeches(AO-5) while under tow from San Diego, California, to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 8 December 1941. The Japanese did not return fire for several minutes as the Americans stunning cannonade scored many hits and sinking one destroyer; Takanami. USS LCT(5)-352 sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 12 April 1945. The ship returned to the States under her own power and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. USSBarry(APD-29) damaged by kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 25 May 1945, and sunk as a decoy, 21 June 1945. USSWard(DD-139) was acting as a high speed transport conducting operations off Leyte when on 7 December 1944 (three years to the day after firing America's first shot in anger of WWII), Ward was attacked by a kamikaze which crashed amidships knocking out power and starting blazing fires. A bucket brigade battled the blaze on the gun deck and the starboard passage forward from that deck, and the wounded were moved to the captain's cabin, where doctors and corpsmen proceeded with their care. Commandeered Filipino tugboat. USSShark(SS-174) was on her second patrol of the war near the Philippines in February 1942. USSMississippi(BB-41) suffered an explosion in her number two turret during bombardment of Makin Island on 20 November 1943 which killed forty-three men. USSLeedstown(AP-73) sunk after being torpedoed by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria, 9 November 1942. Despite taking several hits, the flaming plane continued on to crash into the ship on the portside between the No.1 and No.2 five-inch guns. A Dutch launch was dispatched from nearby Makassar City to pick up the crew off S-36. A second kamikaze came screaming in but its wing was shot off sending the plane tumbling into the ocean, dousing the Hank with burning gasoline in the process. The ship was saved by skillful damage control work and was able to reach Tulagi where she was temporarily repaired by her own crew. The ship sank at 12:50 leaving her crew stranded in the fierce storm. One of the torpedoes stuck in the same spot Juneau had been hit earlier, setting off an enormous explosion that engulfed the entire ship, breaking her into two halves. The ship reached the downed crews raft an hour later who were under fire from Japanese shore batteries. The enemy planes were obscured by cloud cover and managed to score numerous hits along the length of the ship. USS SC-740 grounded on Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 17 June 1943. These fires were quickly brought under control and by 07:51 the ship was fully operational. The other aircraft continued on toward White Plains, but her antiaircraft guns finally brought it down yards astern, scattering debris all over the ship's deck and sides, but causing only 11 relatively minor casualties. USSMcLanahan(DD-615) was participating in a bombardment patrol off the Ligurian coast when on 11 February 1945 a near-miss by a large-caliber shell sprayed the ship with shrapnel and knocked out a gun turret. On 9 August 1945, Hank and Borie would find themselves in the midst of five circling kamikazes stalking the two destroyers from above. Grounded in a storm. USS YTM-467 lost in the Marshall or Gilbert Islands, March 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 9 June 1944. San Francisco followed suit and withdrew eastward along the north coast of Guadalcanal. The plane's bomb detonated upon striking the water, spraying the ship with shrapnel, killing three and wounding another sixteen of Daly's crew. The drydock was flooded to prevent the fires from spreading but Cassin fell off her keel blocks and rested against Downes. USSMontgomery(DM-17) scrapped after being damaged by a mine off Palau, Caroline Islands, 17 October 1944. Mugford was targeted by several dive bombers who managed to land a 250kg bomb on the stern of the destroyer causing minimal damage. The ship's back was broken by the explosion along with the loss of power, and a 12-degree list. Grunion was never heard from again, and never returned to port. USS LCI(L)-219 sunk off northern France, 11 June 1944. The two planes erupted upon contact as did nine other planes on her flight deck. USSZane(DD-337) was acting as a high speed transport ferrying supplies to Guadalcanal when on 25 October 1942; Zane and her fellow ship USSTrever were engaged by Japanese destroyers in Ironbottom Sound in a running battle as Zane and Trever attempted to flee. On January 21, a plane returning from a sortie made a normal landing, taxied forward abreast of the ship's island and disintegrated in a blinding explosion that killed 50 men and wounded 75. While fighting the fires the ship's depth charges detonated causing more destruction. USSLexington(CV-2) was hit by two armor-piercing bombs and two torpedoes on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. The USS England sank six Japanese submarines in just 12 days in May 1944. Fate unknown: probably sunk by naval mine. Her rudder jammed, Marblehead continuing to steam at full speed, circled to port. Although the crew of Meredith fought bravely and fiercely, the ship was hit by possibly fourteen bombs and seven torpedoes. During the chaos of battle, it had not been known that Helena was hit and sinking by the other ships in her task force. USSSelfridge(DD-357) was attempting to intercept Japanese destroyer transports that were evacuating troops from Vella Lavella. The destroyer responded with effective fire onto the German battery that hit her, who did not fire again for the rest of the bombardment. USS YC-646 lost due to enemy action in the Philippine Islands and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. USSBelknap(APD-34) scrapped after being damaged beyond repair by kamikaze attack at Lingayen, Philippine Islands, 11 January 1945. Steam lines were ruptured, several compartments at the waterline were floated, power and steering were lost, and a number of fires broke out across the ship. Neither the submarine or her crew were heard from again for the rest of the war. USS YT-247 sunk, 5 April 1944, and stricken from the Navy List, 21 April 1944. Monssen was quickly reduced to a burning hulk. Portland was eventually able to correct the steering problem and withdraw on her own. After lengthy repairs, she returned to service in March 1943. Shaw would be repaired, her bow rebuilt and amazingly would return to service by August 1942 to an illustrious career. USS LSM-318 sunk by kamikaze attack off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 December 1944. The kamikaze's bomb penetrated the aft engine room and exploded, jamming the rudder. In addition, several fires were kindled, total steering control was lost, and the ship acquired a 3 list to the port. USSBuck(DD-420) was on patrol off Salerno on the night of 9 October 1943 when just after midnight; German submarine U-616 ambushed the destroyer with possibly two torpedo strikes on her forward starboard side. USSHunt(DD-674) was on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 14 April 1945 when at 13:48 during a raid by multiple kamikazes, a D4Y "Judy" broke away from its group and dove at the firing destroyer. While attempting to make open sea; William B Preston was struck by a bomb aft near the deckhouse near the living area disabling steering. The bomb punched through the steel plating and exploded inside causing extensive damage, killing thirteen men. The Japanese destroyers began laying a smokescreen and launched more than 45 "Long Lance" torpedoes towards the American column. The fourth kamikaze smashed into Braine amidships causing extensive damage. The explosions caused massive damage. On 12 April 1945, Tennessee was hit by a low-flying kamikaze on the starboard bow, crashing into the signal bridge. On 17 February 1945 Pensacola was bombarding Iwo Jima when she was hit by enemy gun batteries on shore which killed 19 men and wounded 119. USSMoonstone(PYc-9) sunk after collision with the USSGreer(DD-145) off the Delaware Capes, Delaware, 16 October 1943. Although the fires were extinguished, seven men had been killed, thirty-three wounded and there were serious concerns for the integrity of the ship's hull. USS YC-666 lost due to enemy action at Guam, Marianas Islands, and stricken from the Navy List, 24 July 1942. Suddenly the kamikaze rolled in a half loop and plunged perfectly straight down onto the Stormes at torpedo mount. The ship's burning hulk stayed afloat until 1700 that afternoon before it finally sank. As Japanese shells from shore began to come in, Strong was left to sink, breaking in half before going down. USSPecos(AO-6) sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Christmas Island, 1 March 1942. US Navy. The ship was repaired and continued operating the next day. Denis Warner, Peggy Warner, and Sadao Seno. The submarine's wreck was broken up by naval bombing practice and still sits where she ran aground in 1944, albeit in decaying ruins. PT-73 grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture, Baliquias Bay, Mindoro, Philippine Islands, 15 January 1945. Grounded by Typhoon Louise. On 6 July 1943 Helena was operating as part of TF 68 which was engaging ten Japanese destroyers that were attempting to resupply garrison troops at Kula Gulf. USSHornbill(AMc-13) sunk after collision with the lumber schooner Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay, California, 30 June 1942. One of the attackers flew low to the water and between the American ships, negating the effectiveness of their anti-aircraft fire. A few hours later, a second, larger explosion shook the Princeton, possibly caused by an explosion of one or more bombs in the magazine. At that time seven float biplanes made their way to the area and homed in on the burning Morrison who had difficulties shooting down the wooden biplanes which did not detonate VT fuses. USSStrong(DD-467) was operating with TF 18 on 5 July 1943 supporting landings on New Georgia in the Kula Gulf by bombarding Japanese positions near Bairoko Harbor. USS YMS-39 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 26 June 1945. By 18:20, signal had been completely lost with the sub. The fires engulfed the ship's depth charges were cooked off and detonated at 18:16, causing extensive damage to the aft of the ship. The Lagarto was never seen or heard from again. Five-inch shells obliterated the plane just a few dozen yards from short of the ship, but its 250lb bomb penetrated the deck house. Another member of her crew would perish as a P.O.W. During the action Fanshaw Bay suffered four killed and four wounded, but the damage was not threatening to the hull of the ship. 147 of her crew (and two Germans) were rescued from the water. At that moment a torpedo struck the Blue on her stern nearly blowing it off completely. Princeton sank at approximately 17:50 with a loss of 108 men; however, 233 men were killed and 426 wounded on the USS Birmingham. At 08:50 a D3A "Val" chose Bennett as its victim, and despite heavy fire plowed into the ship's starboard side. USS LCT(5)-147 sunk off northern France, June 1944. The submarine was ordered to change her patrol area north of Iwo Jima on 9 November which she acknowledged. Another thirty-four were seriously wounded. Lansdale was nearly split in two and started listing to port. Fires were extinguished and the Hazelwood was towed away from the area for repairs. USSPillsbury(DD-227) was attempting to rendezvous with friendly forces near Java on 2 Mar 1942 when at she was engaged in a night action with the Japanese heavy cruisers Takao and Atago. Although some of her survivors were picked up by the Japanese, not a single man from Edsall would survive the war. USSPeary(DD-226) was moored at Cavite, Philippines, when she was struck on her superstructure by a high-level bomber which killed 8 men on 10 December 1941. USSGolet(SS-361) left Midway Island on 28 May 1944 heading out for waters off Northern Honshu on her third patrol of the war. USSBeatty(DD-640) was performing convoy escort duty in the Mediterranean off the coast of Algeria during the evening of 6 November 1943 when her group of ships came under air attack from Luftwaffe aircraft. The attack killed 46 and wounded 116. As the ship went down, her depth charges exploded, killing several men trying to escape the sinking ship. USSEscolar(SS-294) set out on 18 September 1944 from Midway Island for her first patrol of the war. USSKendrick(DD-612) was en route to Oran on 2 September 1943 when she was surprised by a German He-111 flying 50 feet over the water which dropped two torpedoes at the Kendrick. USSMercedes(YT-108) destroyed to prevent capture at Cavite, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 2 January 1942. Steel plates were welded over the torpedo hole and on 31 December, Helena was refloated. A mushroom cloud erupted, rising thousands of feet above the wreck of Liscome Bay. The ship was able to make Kerama Retto for temporary patch-ups and eventually back to the states for permanent repairs, arriving 26 Aug 45. All steam and electric power was temporarily lost when the forward fire room was flooded. USSRodman(DD-456) was escorting a minesweeper unit off Okinawa on 6 April 1945 when at 1515 a large flight of 50 to 75 enemy planes flew overhead. San Francisco's gunfire caused extensive damage to Atlanta, killing Admiral Scott and most of Atlanta's bridge crew. The ship left Guam headed for Leyte on 28 July 1945. USSGwin(DD-433) was operating with battleships Washington and South Dakota on course to intercept a Japanese naval task force on 14 November 1942. Off Leyte Gulf on 1 November 1944, Claxton was coming to the aid of stricken destroyer USS Abner Read, which was sinking after several kamikaze strikes. Luckily the ship suffered no casualties during the battle. USS PC-584 sunk by typhoon at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 9 October 1945. The plane plowed in under the first 40mm gun (aft), crashing through the hangar deck and striking the ship's magazines. The ship was able to use its engines to steer itself away from the destruction that wrecked Darwin. Although both planes were downed, the second plane hit water a mere twenty-five yards from the destroyer and exploded; showering the ship with shrapnel. USS YMS-84 sunk by a mine off Balikpapan, Borneo, 8 July 1945. The first plane hit at the base of the island superstructure, its bomb penetrating the deck and exploding in the hangar. A Japanese plane dove down out of the cloud cover and hit the water close aboard to the Claxton, its bomb detonating in the water. As the warship turned, Kinugasa's searchlight illuminated her, and men on deck passed the order to No. A bomb struck the ship's aft magazines which detonated in a tremendous explosion. "Taffy 3" was pitifully weak in comparison, boasting only six escort carriers, four destroyers, and four destroyer escorts. Sunk by naval gunfire and carrier-based aircraft bombs. The ship had taken 45 hits. The plane smashed into the ship's main radio transmitter room spreading a large fire over the ship's superstructure, fortunately the plane had lost its bomb as it violently maneuvered to hit the ship, certainly sparing the ship more damage. PT-28 damaged beyond repair in a storm at Dora Harbor, Alaska, 12 January 1943. The ship suffered 14 dead and 23 wounded from the attack. Three men were killed and 10 were wounded in the accident. One of her depth charges would explode underwater causing injury to most of her men in the water. Then in an attempt to locate other targets, San Francisco accidentally targeted Atlanta. Disintegrated by internal explosion of undetermined cause. Newly available records show Hann was aboard the HMT Rohna, a transport ship sunk by a German bomber in a devastating attack off the coast of Algeria on Nov. 26, 1943. During raids on Luzon on 25 November 1944, Intrepid was hit by two kamikaze aircraft which left 66 men dead, sending the ship home for repairs. Four hundred twenty-nine crewmen died when Oklahoma capsized but thirty-two men were rescued from the overturned ship. USS YC-898 lost off Key West, Florida, 29 September 1942. The shell hit the Combat Information Center on board; killing six and wounding 14 others. At 03:50 the plane's torpedo hit the ship's starboard side, detonating the aft magazine and rupturing fuel oil tanks. All eighty-two crewmen of the Golet were lost with the sub. After hitting Borie the remaining planes turned their attention to Hank. The tremendous explosion buckled the stricken Abele , breaking her in two. The bomb load penetrated the hull and below the flight deck before exploding violently, killing 27 men. 3 men were killed and 11 were wounded. The instant the plane hit, the plane's torpedo struck the ship on the starboard side knocking out all power. However, firefighting continued by nearby rescue tug ATR-31 and eventually all fires were extinguished. USSNiagara(AGP-1) sunk by Japanese aircraft bombing near San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands, 23 May 1943. USSThomas Stone(AP-59) torpedoed by German aircraft off Cape Palos, Spain, 7 November 1942, and abandoned after going aground in Algiers Harbor, 25 November 1942. November 8, 2017 - 4,444 likes, 70 comments - WW2 Photos/Videos (@fuehrer_of_photography) on Instagram: "A major turning point in the Second World War was the . YP-95 destroyed by grounding at Adak, Aleutian Islands, 1 May 1944. Sixty-seven men had been lost in the attacks, and one hundred and two were wounded. At 01:55 she struck a second mine in the vicinity of the after engine room. The destroyer then dueled with heavy cruiser Chikuma taking several hits from eight-inch shells that flooded the forward section of the ship and knocked out a five-inch gun. USSTide(AM-125) sunk by a mine off Normandy, France, 7 June 1944. USSPortland(CA-33) was among a force of five cruisers and eight destroyers under Daniel J. Callaghan on the night of 12 November 1942 which steamed to counter an approaching Japanese force. John D. Alden, Flush Decks & Four Pipes. She was scrapped in 1959. She arrived there still aflame. USSPerry(DD-340) was conducting minesweeping operations off near Anguar on 13 September when the ship struck a second mine in the last 30 hours. 5 August 1864. The submarine was then ordered to provide rescue services for downed B-29 bomber crews on their return trip back to the Marianas Islands, however Scamp never responded to any transmissions again, and never returned to port. Sunk by Japanese aircraft; last US submarine loss of the war. The submarine was supposed to pause every 100 meters . Again, Columbia's damage control teams jumped into action and kept the ship in action, able to resume her fire support despite the damage. USSShark(SS-314) was on her third patrol of the war hunting Japanese shipping near the Luzon Strait when on 24 October 1944, the Shark reported to nearby American they were preparing to attack an enemy freighter.
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