Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1945

Ships sunk or damaged during 1945 -- 182 ships

January 1945 (33 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/01/45 John M. Clayton Liberty Bombed Damaged Philippines Crew 2; AG 4
01/02/45 Sunoco Tanker Explosion Sunk & salvaged Eastcoast Crew 10
01/03/45 Henry Miller Liberty Torpedo Total loss NAtlantic None
01/04/45 Kyle V. Johnson Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines None
01/04/45 Lewis L. Dyche Liberty Kamikaze Sunk Philippines Crew 41; AG 30
01/05/45 William D. Byron Liberty Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
01/05/45 J. L. Luckenbach Liberty Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
01/06/45 Isaac Shelby Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
01/08/45 Blenheim Freighter Bombed Damaged NEAtlantic Army Several; Civilian 18
01/09/45 Thorstein Veblen Liberty Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
01/09/45 Jonas Lie Liberty Torpedo Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 2
01/10/45 Saginaw II Scow Foundered Sunk Alaska Unknown
01/11/45 Pontus H. Ross Liberty Kaiten manned torpedo Damaged Pacific None
01/11/45 Roanoke (USAT) Refrigerator Ship Torpedo Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 2; AG 2
01/12/45 David Dudley Field Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines None
01/12/45 Edward N. Westcott Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines None
01/12/45 Elmira Victory Victory Kamikaze and shelled by U.S. ship Damaged Philippines None
01/12/45 Kyle V. Johnson Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines Crew 1; Army 128
01/12/45 Otis Skinner Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Philippines None
01/14/45 Martin Van Buren Liberty Torpedo Total loss NAtlantic AG 3
01/14/45 Michael Dekovats Liberty Rocket Damaged NEAtlantic None
01/15/45 Calvin Coolidge Liberty None None Med-BlackSea Crew 2 while ashore
01/16/45 James Harrod Liberty Collision/fire Total loss NEAtlantic AG 4
01/16/45 Marina Freighter Mine Damaged Normandy None
01/16/45 Raymond B. Stevens Liberty Collision Damaged NEAtlantic None
01/16/45 ST-10 (USAT) Harborcraft Foundered Sunk Unknown Crew 5
01/21/45 George Hawley Liberty Torpedo Total loss NEAtlantic Crew 2
01/22/45 Alcoa Banner Hog Islander Bombed Sunk-salvaged-scuttled NEAtlantic Crew 2
01/26/45 Cape Victory Freighter Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
01/27/45 Ruben Dario Liberty Torpedo Damaged NEAtlantic None
01/27/45 Katherine L. Bates Liberty Unknown Unknown Philippines None [AG wounded]
01/28/45 Will Rogers Liberty None None NEAtlantic Crew 2 in V-2 Rocket attack ashore
01/_/45 Samuel Lancaster Liberty Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/01/45 Nishmaha Freighter Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
02/02/45 Aleutian Freighter Grounded Damaged Alaska Unknown

February 1945 (9 ships)
02/04/45 Orville Harden Tanker (Panama) Collision Sunk/Salvaged Eastcoast AG 1
02/05/45 Clio Tanker (Panama) Collision/Fire Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
02/05/45 Spring Hill Tanker Collision/Fire Damaged Eastcoast Crew 9; AG 11
02/06/45 Henry B. Plant Liberty Torpedo Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 9; AG 7
02/06/45 James Otis Liberty Grounded Total loss NEAtlantic None
02/06/45 Peter Silvester Liberty Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 1; AG 7; Army 24
02/13/45 Albert P. Ryder Liberty Collision Unknown SAtlantic None
02/14/45 Horace Gray Liberty Torpedo Total loss Murmansk None
02/17/45 Michael J. Stone Liberty Torpedo Damaged ApproachMed None
02/17/45 Thomas Scott Liberty Torpedo Sunk Murmansk None
02/21/45 Narbo Freighter Grounded Total loss Caribbean None
02/23/45 Henry Bacon Liberty Aerial Torpedo Sunk Murmansk Crew 16; AG 12
02/23/45 Jane G. Swisshelm Liberty Rocket Damaged NEAtlantic None
02/25/45 Bjarne A. Lia Liberty Unknown Unknown Unknown AG 1
02/26/45 Nashaba Freighter Torpedo or Mine Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 1; Pilot 1
02/28/45 Alcedo [former Danish Tanja] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Murmansk Crew 3
02/28/45 Soreldoc (USAT) Freighter Torpedo Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 15

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
03/01/45 Shooting Star Freighter Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]

March 1945 (24 ships)
03/01/45 Robert L. Vann Liberty Mine Sunk NEAtlantic None
03/02/45 Lone Jack Tanker Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
03/02/45 Frontenac Victory Victory Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
03/08/45 Francisco Morazan Liberty Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
03/08/45 Benjamin R. Milam Liberty Explosion Sunk-salvaged East Coast Unknown
03/13/45 J. W. McAndrew (USAT) Troopship Collision French aircraft carrier Bearn Damaged NAtlantic AG 1; Army 68
03/13/45 Russell H. Chittenden Liberty Split Total loss Pacific None
03/14/45 Esso Washington Tanker Grounded Total loss Pacific None
03/17/45 Oliver Kelley Liberty Torpedo Damaged Philippines None
03/20/45 Hadley F. Brown Liberty Mine Damaged NEAtlantic None
03/20/45 Horace Bushnell Liberty Torpedo Total loss Murmansk Crew 5
03/20/45 Thomas Donaldson Liberty Torpedo Sunk Murmansk Crew 4
03/21/45 James Eagan Layne Liberty Torpedo Total loss NEAtlantic None
03/21/45 John R. Park Liberty Torpedo Sunk NEAtlantic None
03/22/45 Eleftheria Freighter Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
03/22/45 Ransom A. Moore Liberty Shelled by Allied ships Damaged Philippines None
03/23/45 Charles D. McIver Liberty Mine or midget submarine Sunk NEAtlantic None
03/28/45 Oklahoma Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 36; AG 14
03/29/45 O. B. Martin Liberty Depth charges from escorts Damaged ApproachMed None
03/30/45 Cristobal (USAT) Troopship Collision Damaged NAtlantic Unknown
03/30/45 Crow Wing Tanker Collision Damaged NAtlantic Crew 2
03/31/45 Matagorda Freighter Collision Unknown Pacific None
03/31/45 John C. Fremont Liberty Mine Total loss Philippines None

April 1945 (27 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
04/05/45 Atlantic States Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
04/05/45 Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer Fishing boat Depth charge Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
04/06/45 Hobbs Victory Victory Kamikaze Sunk Okinawa Crew 11; AG 1
04/06/45 Logan Victory Victory Kamikaze Sunk Okinawa Crew 12; AG 3
04/07/45 James W. Nesmith Liberty Torpedo Total loss NEAtlantic None
04/08/45 Y-17 (USAT) Harborcraft Midget submarine Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 16; AG 1; Army 2
04/09/45 Charles Henderson Liberty Explosion Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 39; AG 13
04/09/45 Nashbulk Tanker Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
04/09/45 Saint Mihiel Tanker Collision/fire Total loss NAtlantic Crew 27; AG 10
04/09/45 Solomon Juneau Liberty Torpedo Damaged NEAtlantic AG 2
04/09/45 Sun Tanker Shrapnel Damaged Med-BlackSea None
04/11/45 Morgantown Victory Victory Mine Damaged Normandy None
04/12/45 Minot Victory Victory Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa None
04/12/45 Will Rogers Liberty Torpedo Damaged NEAtlantic None
04/13/45 Harrington Emerson Liberty Bombed-strafed by U.S. plane Damaged Philippines None
04/16/45 United Victory Victory Unknown Unknown Okinawa None [AG wounded]
04/18/45 Cyrus H. McCormick Liberty Torpedo Sunk NEAtlantic Crew 4; AG 2
04/18/45 Swiftscout Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/21/45 Sarenzen Freighter Grounded Unknown Pacific Unknown
04/22/45 Benjamin H. Bristow Liberty Mine Damaged NEAtlantic None
04/23/45 John Carver Liberty Explosion during repairs Total loss Eastcoast Unknown
04/23/45 Sverre Helmerson Liberty Torpedo or Mine Damaged Normandy Unknown
04/27/45 Canada Victory Victory Kamikaze Sunk Okinawa Crew 1; AG 2
04/28/45 Sioux Falls Victory Victory Unknown Unknown Okinawa None [AG wounded]
04/28/45 Bozeman Victory Victory Depth charge or Kaiten or Midget submarine Damaged Okinawa None
04/30/45 S. Hall Young Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa None
04/_/45 Juan de Fuca Liberty Bombed Damaged Philippines Unknown

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
05/01/45 Stony Point Tanker Strafed & fire Damaged Pacific None [Crew and AG wounded]
05/01/45 Silverbow Victory Liberty Unknown Unknown Okinawa None [AG wounded]

May 1945 (18 ships)
05/02/45 Edmund F. Dickens Liberty Mine Total loss Philippines None
05/02/45 Henry L. Abbott Liberty Mine Total loss Philippines Crew 2
05/03/45 Sea Flasher Troopship Shelled by U.S. ship Damaged Okinawa Army 7
05/05/45 Black Point Collier Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 11; AG 1
05/08/45 Horace Binney Liberty Mine Sunk NEAtlantic None
05/09/45 Bucknell Victory Victory Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa Unknown
05/10/45 to 05/22/45 Donald MacLeay Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa None
05/12/45 Cuba Victory Victory Collision Damaged Pacific None
05/12/45 Saginaw Victory Victory Collision Damaged Pacific None
05/18/45 Cornelius Vanderbilt Liberty Bombed Damaged Okinawa Crew 1
05/24/45 Jubal A. Early Liberty Unknown Unknown Okinawa None [AG wounded]
05/24/45 William B. Allison Liberty Torpedo Total loss Okinawa Crew 6
05/27/45 Brown Victory Victory Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa Crew 1; AG 3
05/27/45 John Woolman Liberty Mine Damaged NEAtlantic None
05/27/45 Josiah Snelling Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa None
05/27/45 Mary A. Livermore Liberty Kamikaze Damaged Okinawa Crew 7; AG 4

June 1945 (10 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
06/01/45 Samuel L. Jeffery Liberty Collision Total loss Caribbean Crew 4
06/04/45 Colin P. Kelly, Jr. Liberty Mine Total loss NEAtlantic None
06/04/45 New Bern Victory Victory Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
06/11/45 Michael Pupin Liberty Unknown Unknown Okinawa None [AG wounded]
06/11/45 Walter Colton Liberty Kamikaze & shelled by Allied ships Damaged Okinawa None
06/14/45 Attleboro Victory Victory Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
06/16/45 Cape John Freighter Unknown Unknown Unknown None [AG wounded]
06/19/45 Calvin Coolidge Liberty Mine Damaged NEAtlantic None
06/22/45 Pierre Gibault Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 2; AG 2
06/29/45 Abner Doubleday Liberty Collision Unknown damage Okinawa Unknown

July 1945 (4 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
07/07/45 John H. Hammond Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 3
07/15/45 Francis Preston Blair Liberty Grounded Total loss Pacific None
07/27/45 John A. Rawlins Liberty Aerial Torpedo Damaged Okinawa None
07/27/45 Pratt Victory Victory Torpedo Damaged Okinawa None

August 1945 (13 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
08/04/45 William J. Palmer Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
08/06/45 Lucien B. Maxwell Liberty Grounded Sunk NEAtlantic Unknown
08/08/45 Casimir Pulaski Liberty Mine or bomb Damaged Philippines None
08/08/45 ST-338 (USAT) Harborcraft Mine Unknown Unknown Crew 1
08/10/45 Jack Singer Liberty Torpedo Total loss Okinawa None
08/15/45 William D. Byron Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
08/23/45 Alice H. Rice Liberty Grounded Total loss Philippines Unknown
08/24/45 Marguerite Le Hand Freighter Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
08/25/45 Jonathan Harrington Liberty Ice floes Damaged Alaska None
08/25/45 Enos A. Mills Liberty Ice floes Damaged Alaska None
08/25/45 Peter White Liberty Mine Total loss Philippines None
08/31/45 Charles C. Randleman Liberty Grounded Total loss Philippines Unknown
08/31/45 Joseph Carrigan Liberty Mine Total loss Pacific Australian Army 1

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
09/16/45 Richard V. Oulahan Liberty Typhoon Total Loss Okinawa Unknown
09/17/45 John A. Rawlins Liberty Grounded & collision (Typhoon) Total loss Okinawa None

September 1945 (3 ships)
09/19/45 Colbert (USAT) Transport Mine Damaged Okinawa 1 person

October 1945 (11 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
10/02/45 Streator Seam Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea Unknown
10/06/45 Charles M. Hall Liberty Submerged object Damaged NEAtlantic Unknown
10/09/45 Vandalia Tanker Grounded (Typhoon) Total loss Okinawa Unknown
10/09/45 Brockholst Livingston Liberty Grounded (Typhoon) Total Loss Okinawa None
10/17/45 Joshua W. Alexander Liberty Grounded Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
10/21/45 Medford Fishing trawler Collision Sunk Eastcoast Crew 7
10/21/45 Thomas H. Barry (USAT) Troopship Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
10/24/45 Charles C. Glover Liberty Grounded Damaged NEAtlantic Unknown
10/25/45 Ralph Waldo Emerson Liberty Grounded Unknown Philippines Unknown
10/27/45 Benjamin F. Coston Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea None
10/28/45 Pierre Victory Victory Grounded Unknown Pacific Unknown

November 1945 (7 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
11/10/45 Abbott L. Mills Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea None
11/12/45 William Hume Liberty Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea None
11/19/45 Cedar Mills Tanker Mine Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 1
11/20/45 Charles C. Glover Liberty Mine Sunk NEAtlantic Unknown
11/19/45 Jesse Billingsley Liberty Mine Damaged Med-BlackSea Crew 1
11/29/45 Hollywood Freighter Grounded Total loss NAtlantic Unknown
11/_/45 Leland Stanford Liberty Grounded Unknown NEAtlantic Unknown

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
12/05/45 H. H. Raymond Liberty Collision Unknown Westcoast Unknown
12/10/45 Kenmar Freighter Grounded Unknown Med-BlackSea Unknown

December 1945 (8 ships)
12/16/45 Hilton Freighter Mine Damaged NEAtlantic None
12/19/45 Nathaniel Bacon Liberty Mine Total loss Med-BlackSea Crew 2
12/23/45 Duncan L. Clinch Liberty Mine Sunk Normandy None
12/31/45 R. F. Peckham Liberty Collision Total loss ApproachMed Unknown
12/31/45 R. S. Wilson Liberty Grounded Total loss Eastcoast Unknown
12/31/45 Jesse Cottrell Liberty Collision Total loss ApproachMed Unknown

Date unknown (9 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
_/_/45 David F. Barry Liberty Explosion/Fire Damaged Philippines None
_/_/45 Gutzon Borglum Liberty Typhoon and collision Total Loss Pacific Unknown
_/_/45 Ignace Paderewski Liberty Typhoon Total Loss Pacific Unknown
_/_/45 W. P. Few Liberty Grounded Total loss Unknown Unknown
_/_/45 Young America Freighter Strafed Damaged Pacific None
Unknown Kewanee Tanker Fire Unknown Unknown Unknown
Unknown Panuco Unknown Fire Unknown Unknown Unknown
Unknown Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Liberty Unknown Total Loss Pacific Unknown
Unknown Paul M. Gregg Tanker Fire Damaged Unknown Unknown

 

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