U.S. Ships sunk, damaged or detained in Caribbean Sea during World War II
(181 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
09/05/39 Santa Paula Passenger Ship Stopped by British Released 20 minutes Caribbean None

1939 (1 ship)

1941 (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
05/21/41 Robin Moor Hog Islander Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None

1942 (147 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/07/42 Mary Freighter Collision Damaged Caribbean Unknown
02/16/42 Arkansas Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
02/18/42 Thompson Lykes Freighter Collision Unknown Caribbean Unknown
02/18/42 Mokihana Freighter Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
02/20/42 Delplata Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
02/21/42 J. N. Pew Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 33
02/22/42 West Zeda Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
02/23/42 Lihue Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
02/23/42 Thalia Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
02/25/42 Esso Copenhagen Tanker (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
02/28/42 Oregon (Texaco) Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 6 - murdered by Germans machine gunning lifeboat
03/03/42 Mary Hog Islander Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
03/05/42 Mariana Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 35
03/07/42 Barbara Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 19; Passengers 8
03/07/42 Cardonia Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
03/07/42 Esso Bolivar Tanker (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Damaged Caribbean Crew 7; AG 1
03/09/42 Hanseat Tanker (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
03/11/42 Texan Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 10
03/12/42 Colabee Freighter Torpedo Damaged Caribbean Crew 25
03/12/42 Olga Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
03/14/42 Penelope Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1; AG 1
03/31/42 T. C. McCobb Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
04/04/42 Comol Rico Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
04/05/42 Catahoula Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 10
04/12/42 Delvalle Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
04/12/42 Esso Boston Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
04/16/42 Heinrich von Riedemann Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
04/26/42 Alcoa Partner Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 10
04/29/42 Harry G. Seidel Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
04/30/42 Federal Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 5
05/04/42 Eastern Sword Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 16
05/04/42 Mokihana Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Unknown
05/04/42 Tuscaloosa City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/05/42 Afoundria Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/06/42 Green Island Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/12/42 Esso Houston Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean AG 1
05/13/42 Norlantic Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7
05/14/42 Comayagua Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7
05/16/42 Ruth Lykes Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
05/17/42 Challenger Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; AG 2; Passenger 1
05/18/42 Mercury Sun Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
05/18/42 Quaker City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 11
05/18/42 William J. Salman Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
05/19/42 Isabela Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
05/20/42 Clare Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/20/42 Elizabeth Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
05/20/42 George Calvert (II) Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean AG 3
05/20/42 Sylvan Arrow Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean AG 1; 12 survivors torpedoed on Dutch SS Crijnssen; 5 of those torpedoed on SS Lebore
05/22/42 William Boyce Thompson Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
05/23/42 Samuel Q. Brown Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
05/24/42 Beatrice Freighter Torpedo & shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
05/25/42 Alcoa Carrier Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/27/42 Jack Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 29; AG 3; US Army 7
05/28/42 Alcoa Pilgrim Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 31
05/28/42 New Jersey Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
05/31/42 Bushranger [former Finnish Marisa Thorden] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 17
06/01/42 Illinois Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 31
06/01/42 Knoxville City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
06/02/42 City of Alma Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 26; Navy 3
06/03/42 M. F. Elliott Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 13; 2 crew taken POW aboard U-502 but released quickly
06/04/42 Velma Lykes Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 15
06/05/42 C. O. Stillman Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
06/05/42 Delfina Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
06/05/42 L. J. Drake Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 35; AG 6
06/06/42 Castilla Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 22; AG 2
06/06/42 Hermis [former Italian Ada O] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/07/42 Edith Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
06/07/42 Sicilien (USAT) [former Danish Sicilien] Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 28; Army 19
06/07/42 Suwied Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
06/08/42 Franklin K. Lane Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
06/08/42 Tela Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 11; Lost on Port Montreal: Crew 2
06/09/42 Merrimack (USAT) Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 35; AG 8
06/11/42 American Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
06/11/42 Hagan Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
06/12/42 Sixaola Cargo/Passenger Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 29
06/13/42 Solon Turman Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/14/42 Cold Harbor Hog Islander (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6; AG 3; Lost on SS Kahuku: 3
06/14/42 Lebore Bulk Carrier Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/14/42 Scottsburg Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; AG 1 [Lost on Kahuku: 6] [Book: U-Boat Prisoner by Archie Gibbs]
06/15/42 Arkansan Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
06/15/42 Kahuku Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 6; AG 4; Rescued seamen from Scottsburg and Cold Harbor: 9 [Book: U-Boat Prisoner]
06/15/42 Tillie Lykes Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 29; AG 4
06/15/42 West Hardaway Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
06/17/42 Millinocket Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 8; AG 3
06/18/42 Motorex Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1; Passengers 2
06/19/42 Cheerio Schooner Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
06/20/42 West Ira Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/22/42 E. J. Sadler Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
06/23/42 Arriaga Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/27/42 Polybius Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 10
06/27/42 Potlatch Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 8
06/28/42 Sam Houston Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 8; Master briefly held aboard U-boat
06/28/42 Sea Thrush Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
06/29/42 Ruth Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 31; AG 4
06/29/42 Thomas McKean Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 0; AG 3; lost on SS Onondaga: Crew 1 (Master returning to US)
07/01/42 Warrior Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3; AG 4
07/02/42 San Pablo Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Total loss Caribbean Crew 1; Stevedores 23
07/03/42 Gulfbelle Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean Crew 3
07/03/42 Norlandia Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 9
07/11/42 Stanvac Palembang Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2 AG 3; lost on Robert E. Lee: Crew 1
07/12/42 Tachira Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4; AG 1
07/13/42 Oneida (Ford Motor Co.) Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
07/16/42 Beaconlight Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
07/18/42 Baja California Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
07/18/42 Carmona Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
07/23/42 Onondaga Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 18; Passenger 1
07/30/42 Cranford Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 9; AG 2
08/13/42 California Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
08/13/42 Delmundo Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; Passengers 2
08/17/42 Louisiana Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 42; AG 8
08/18/42 John Hancock Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
08/19/42 West Celina Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Convoy Commodore killed
08/28/42 Esso Aruba Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
08/29/42 Topa Topa Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 18; AG 7
08/30/42 Sir Huon [former Danish Columbia] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
08/30/42 Star of Oregon Liberty Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Repatriated Seaman 1
08/30/42 West Lashaway Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 25; AG 9; Passengers 4 [Book: In Peril on the Sea: A Personal Remembrance by Bell & Lockerbie]
09/07/42 Puchero [former finnish Delaware] Freighter (Panama) Grounded Total loss Caribbean None
09/12/42 Patrick J. Hurley Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 13; AG 4
09/12/42 Stanvac Melbourne Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
09/13/42 Nimba Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 19
09/16/42 Commercial Trader Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7; AG 3
09/17/42 Mae Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
09/19/42 Wichita Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 40; AG 10
09/23/42 Antinous Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
09/24/42 West Chetac Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 22; AG 9
09/28/42 Alcoa Mariner Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
10/02/42 Alcoa Transport Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7
10/02/42 Aneroid [former Italian San Guiseppe] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; AG 1
10/04/42 Caribstar Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
10/05/42 William A. McKenney Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
10/08/42 John Carter Rose Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; AG 3
10/11/42 Steel Scientist Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
10/13/42 Pan Gulf Freighter Mine Damaged Caribbean Unknown
10/16/42 Winona Freighter Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
10/23/42 Reuben Tipton Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
10/25/42 Daniel Boone Liberty Mine Damaged Caribbean None
10/29/42 Macabi Freighter (Panama) Mine Sunk Caribbean None
10/29/42 West Kebar Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
11/03/42 Leda Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
11/05/42 Meton Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
11/07/42 Nathaniel Hawthorne Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 30; AG 7; Passenger 1
11/15/42 Lucy Evelyn Schooner Shelled Damage ? Caribbean None
11/28/42 Alaskan Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean 6 Crew; AG 1
12/09/42 Coamo (USAT) Troopship Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 133; AG 37; Army 16
12/14/42 Thomas B. Schall Schooner Unknown possibly mine Sunk Caribbean Unknown number all lost
00/00/42 Juaniata Freighter (Honduras) Grounded Damaged Caribbean None

1943 (24 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/01/43 Charles Carroll Liberty Mine Damaged Caribbean Unknown
01/02/43 Collingsworth Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 8; AG 4
01/09/43 Birmingham City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; AG 5
01/09/43 Broad Arrow Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 16; AG 7
01/09/43 Minotaur Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
01/27/43 Cape Decision Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None [Book: Peter; the Odyssey of a Merchant Mariner by Peter Chelemedos]
02/08/43 Fisher Ames Liberty Collision Damaged? Caribbean Unknown
02/08/43 Northern Sword Freighter Collision Sunk Caribbean Unknown
03/10/43 James Sprunt Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 43; AG 25
03/10/43 Virginia Sinclair Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7
03/13/43 Cities Service Missouri Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
04/06/43 John Sevier Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/13/43 Mambi Tanker (Cuba) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 19; AG 4
05/13/43 Nickeliner Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
06/07/43 Gaspar De Portola Liberty Grounded Total loss Caribbean None
07/05/43 Maltran Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
07/08/43 Eldena Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
11/12/43 Pompoon (former Finish Atlas II) Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 22; AG 1
11/23/43 Elizabeth Kellogg Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 8; AG 2
11/24/43 Melville E. Stone Liberty Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 12; AG 3; Passenger 1
12/16/43 McDowell Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
12/26/43 Chapultepec Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
12/26/43 Esso Buffalo Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None

1944 (7 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
03/07/44 Valera Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Unknown
06/05/44 Pillory [former Danish Jonna] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 21; AG 4
06/14/44 Gulfcrest Tanker Collision Damaged Caribbean None
07/04/44 Kittanning Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
07/06/44 Esso Harrisburg Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4; AG 4
09/09/44 Hindoo [former Danish Broholm] Freighter (Panama) Collision Sunk Caribbean None
09/18/44 John Sherman Liberty Collision Unknown Caribbean Unknown


1945 (2 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/21/45 Narbo Freighter Grounded Damaged Caribbean None
06/01/45 Samuel L. Jeffery Liberty Collision Total loss Caribbean Crew 4


1946 (1 ship)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
05/14/46 James Rumsey Liberty Grounded Damaged Caribbean Unknown

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Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

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Eastcoast

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Approach Med

Med-Black Sea

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