U.S. Navy Ship Losses during WWII according to Navy Department, October 5, 1945

Battleships 2
Aircraft carriers 11
Heavy cruisers 7
Light cruisers 3
Destroyers 71
Destroyer escorts 11
Submarines 52
Minelayers 3
Minesweepers 24
Submarine chasers 18
Gunboats 12
Coast Guard vessels 15
Seaplane tenders 3
Motor torpedo boats 69
Tank landing ships 40
Medium landing ships 9
Tank landing craft 67
Infantry landing craft 22
Support landing craft 6
Tugs 10
Tankers 6
Troop transports 21
District patrol craft 36
Misc. district craft 152
Cargo vessels 4
Misc. auxiliaries 22

Source:
The Sea and the States - A Maritime History of the American People, Samuel W. Bryant, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1947, p. 569

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