U.S. Ships Sunk, Damaged or Detained in North Atlantic During World War II

North Atlantic (171 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
09/09/39 President Harding Passenger Ship Detained by French Released; Cargo removed NAtlantic None
09/09/39 Wacosta Freighter Stopped by German U-boat Released 3 hours NAtlantic None

1939 North Atlantic (7 ships)
09/10/39 Hybert Freighter Stopped by German U-boat Released 2 hours NAtlantic None
09/11/39 R. G. Stewart Tanker Stopped by German U-boat None NAtlantic None
09/18/39 Eglantine Freighter Stopped by German U-boat None NAtlantic None
10/04/39 Iroquois Passenger Ship Threatened sinking by Germans Coast Guard and Navy escort NAtlantic None
10/09/39 City of Flint Freighter Captured Released NAtlantic None

Ships Sunk, Damaged or Detained 1940 (1 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
06/11/40 Washington Passenger Ship Stopped by German U-boat Released NAtlantic None

1941 North Atlantic (11 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
08/17/41 Longtaker [former Danish Sessa] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 24
09/11/41 Montana [former Danish Paula] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 26
09/19/41 Pink Star [former Danish Landby] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 13
10/16/41 Bold Venture [former Danish Alssund] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 17
11/05/41 Montrose Freighter Collision Unknown NAtlantic Unknown
11/11/41 Meridian [former Italian Dino] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew approx. 38
11/14/41 Crusader [former Danish Brosund] Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 33; German POW 1
11/16/41 Turecamo Boys Tug Unknown Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9
12/01/41 Astral Tanker Torpedo attack None NAtlantic None
12/02/41 Astral Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 37
12/29/41 Stone Street [former Italian Clara] Freighter (Panama) Engine room explosion Damaged NAtlantic Crew 1


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1942 North Atlantic (65 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/13/42 Friar Rock [former Italian Arsa] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 31
01/14/42 Chepo Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Unknown Crew 17
01/15/42 West Nohno Freighter Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
01/18/42 Frances Salman Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 28
02/08/42 West Jaffrey Freighter Grounded Total loss NAtlantic None
02/16/42 Ramapo [former Italian Santarosa] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 38
02/19/42 Lake Osweya Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 30 ; AG 9
02/20/42 Azalea City Freighter Torpedo SunkNAtlantic Crew 38
02/24/42 Norlavore Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 28
02/28/42 Bayou Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 25 [1 survivor]
03/05/42 Collamer Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7
03/20/42 Oakmar Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 6
03/22/42 Bayou Chico Freighter Shelled Little damage NAtlantic None
03/22/42 Muskogee Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 34
04/23/42 Lammot Dupont Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 18; AG 1
04/29/42 Mobiloil Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
05/08/42 Greylock Freighter Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
05/12/42 Cocle [former Jacob Ruppert] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4
05/17/42 Foam Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 1
05/25/42 Persephone Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9
05/30/42 Alcoa Shipper Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7
06/01/42 West Notus Freighter Shelled Damaged NAtlantic Crew 4
06/02/42 West Notus Freighter Explosive charge Sunk NAtlantic None
06/03/42 Aeolus Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
06/03/42 Ben & Josephine Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
06/05/43 Reigh Count [former Italian San Leonardo] Freighter (Panama) Collision Sunk NAtlantic None
06/18/42 Seattle Spirit Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4
06/28/42 Raphael Semmes Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 19
06/30/42 City of Birmingham Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7; Passengers 2
07/03/42 Alexander Macomb Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4; AG 6
07/06/42

Montrose [former Danish Herta Maersk]

Freighter (Panama) Grounded Total loss NAtlantic Unknown
07/09/42 Santa Rita Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 3; German POW: 1 (Master)
07/16/42 Fairport Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
07/27/42 Stella Lykes Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 1; German POW: 2 (Master & Chief Engineer)
07/28/42 Ebb Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 5
08/06/42 Wawaloam Three Masted Schooner Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
08/08/42 Kaimoku Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 2
08/13/42 Everelza Freighter (Latvia) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 22 [Received Mariner Medal]; AG 1
08/15/42 Balladier Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 12; AG 2
08/27/42 Arlyn Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 12
08/27/42 Chatham Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7; Passengers 7 (USAT Charter)
08/30/42 Jack Carnes Tanker Torpedo (U-705) Damaged NAtlantic Unknown
08/31/42 Jack Carnes Tanker Shelled & Torpedo (U-516) Sunk NAtlantic Crew 17; AG 8
08/31/42 Capira Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4; AG 1
09/12/42 Philip Schuyler   Collision Unknown NAtlantic? Unknown
09/13/42 Stone Street [former Italian Clara] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 11 AG 2; German POW: 1(Master)
09/15/42 Pan York Freighter Torpedo attack No damage NAtlantic None
09/22/42 Esso Williamsburg Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 42; AG 18
09/23/42 Pennmar Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 2
09/24/42 John Winthrop Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 39; AG 13
10/04/42 Robert H. Colley Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 20; AG 8
10/11/42 El Lago Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 37; AG 14; Passengers 6; German POW 2
10/12/42 Susana Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 27; AG 10
10/17/42 Angelina Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 34; AG 13
10/19/42 Steel Navigator Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 26; AG 10
10/25/42 Norluna Freighter Grounded Total loss NAtlantic None
10/27/42 Gurney E. Newlin Tanker Torpedo (U-436) Damaged NAtlantic None
10/28/42 Gurney E. Newlin Tanker Torpedo (U-606) Sunk NAtlantic Crew 3; lost on British SS Bic Island 10/28/42: Crew 31; AG 14
11/03/42 Hahira Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 2; AG 1; lost on SS Parismina: Crew 3
11/12/42 Buchanan [former Danish Lexa Maersk] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
11/18/42 Brilliant Tanker Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
11/18/42 Parismina Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 15 AG 2; plus survivors of Hahira: 3
11/18/42 Yaka Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
11/23/42 Caddo Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 37; AG 13; German POW 2 - 1 died POW
12/08/42 James McKay Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 47; AG 15


1943 North Atlantic (63 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/10/43 C. J. Barkdull Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 38; AG 20
01/20/43 Brilliant Tanker Split Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7; AG 3; Pilot 1
02/02/43 Jeremiah Van Rennselaer Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 35; AG 11
02/03/43 Dorchester Troopship Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 102; AG 11; Troops 562
02/05/43 West Portal Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 40; AG 25
02/07/43 Henry R. Mallory Troopship Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 49; AG 15; troops 208
02/07/43 Robert E. Hopkins Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 14; AG 1
02/09/43 George Davis Liberty Collision Damaged NAtlantic Unknown
02/09/43 Pan Royal Freighter Collision Sunk NAtlantic Crew 8
02/15/43 Atlantic Sun Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 46; AG 20, German POW 1
02/21/43 H. H. Rogers Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
02/22/43 Chattanooga City Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
02/22/43 Expositor Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 6; AG 3
02/23/43 Hastings Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9
02/23/43 Jonathan Sturges Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 29; AG 22; German POW: Crew 4; AG 2
02/23/43 Winkler Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 14; AG 5
02/28/43 Wade Hampton Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4; AG 5
03/02/43 Meriwether Lewis Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 44; AG 32
03/06/43 Thomas Hooker Liberty Split Sunk NAtlantic None
03/09/43 Joseph Rodman Drake Liberty Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic Unknown
03/10/43 Lawton B. Evans Liberty Torpedo No Damage NAtlantic None
03/10/43 Andrea F. Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9; AG 11
03/10/43 William C. Gorgas Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 34; AG 18
03/11/43 Henry Wynkoop Liberty Collision with U-boat? Damaged NAtlantic Crew 2; AG 1
03/12/43 Granville [former Finnish Wipunen] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 11; AG 2
03/13/43 Exterminator [former Italian Mongioia] Freighter Collision Unknown NAtlantic Unknown
03/16/43 James Oglethorpe Liberty Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
03/17/43 James Oglethorpe Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 31; AG 11; Passengers 2
03/17/43 Harry Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 54; AG 26
03/17/43 Irenee Dupont Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7; AG 6; Passenger 1
03/17/43 William Eustis Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
03/19/43 Walter Q. Gresham Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 22; AG 5
03/19/43 Matthew Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
03/20/43 Matthew Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
03/29/43 William Pierce Frye Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 35; AG 22
04/04/43 Sunoil Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 43; AG 25
04/11/43 Edward B. Dudley Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 42; AG 25
04/20/43 James Fenimore Cooper Liberty Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
04/20/43 Lena Luckenbach Freighter Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
04/23/43 Robert Gray Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 39; AG 18
04/24/43 Santa Catalina Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
04/29/43 McKeesport Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 1
05/04/43 West Maximus Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 5; AG 1
05/05/43 West Madaket Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
06/05/43 Reigh Count [former Italian San Leonardo] Freighter (Panama) Collision Sunk NAtlantic None
07/22/43 Cherry Valley Tanker Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
07/28/43 John A. Poor Liberty Mine or Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
08/19/43 J. H. Senior Tanker (Panama) Collision/fire Damaged NAtlantic Crew 41; AG 28
08/19/43 J. Pinckney Henderson Liberty Collision/fire Total loss NAtlantic Crew 38; AG 25
08/19/43 Theodore Dwight Weld Liberty Collision Unknown NAtlantic None
09/18/43 William Pepperell Liberty Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
09/20/43 Frederick Douglas Liberty Torpedo [U238] Damaged NAtlantic None
09/20/43 Frederick Douglas Liberty Torpedo [U645] Sunk NAtlantic None
09/20/43 Theodore Dwight Weld Liberty Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 20; AG 13
09/20/43 William Pepperell Liberty Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
09/23/43 Steel Voyager Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic None
09/23/43 James Gordon Bennett Liberty Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
10/21/43 Bulkoil Tanker Collision Unknown NAtlantic Unknown
10/19/43 Delisle Freighter Mine Sunk NAtlantic None
10/21/43 Bulkoil Tanker Collision Unknown NAtlantic Unknown
12/16/43 Blue Jacket Freighter Shelled by Allied ships Damaged NAtlantic None
12/16/43 Nevada (USAT) Freighter Foundered Sunk NAtlantic Crew 24; AG 7; Army 4
12/25/43 Unknown Liberty collided with Charles Carroll Liberty Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
12/25/43 Charles Carroll Liberty Collision Damaged NAtlantic None

1944 North Atlantic (17 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/11/44 Joseph Smith Liberty Split Sunk NAtlantic None
01/16/44 Sumner I. Kimball Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 40; AG 30
01/21/44 Samuel Dexter Liberty Split Sunk NAtlantic None
02/02/44 William H. Prescott Liberty Severe cracks Damaged NAtlantic None
02/25/44 El Coston Freighter (Panama) Collision Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9; AG 8
02/26/44 Murfreesboro Tanker Collision/fire Damaged NAtlantic Crew 26; AG 17
03/04/44 Joel R. Poinsett Liberty Split Sunk NAtlantic None
04/01/44 Marion McKinley Bovard Liberty Unknown Unknown NAtlantic None [AG wounded]
04/16/44 Pan Pennsylvania Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 15; AG 10
04/26/44 Colin [former Italian Villarperosa] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 1
06/13/44 Lark Fishing Boat Shelled Damaged NAtlantic None
09/15/44 ST-672 (USAT) Harborcraft Foundered Sunk NAtlantic Crew 5
09/26/44 ST-719 (USAT) Harborcraft Foundered Sunk NAtlantic Crew 2
10/18/44 ST-511 (USAT) Harborcraft Foundered Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9
10/18/44 ST-720 (USAT) Harborcraft Foundered Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7
10/31/44 John Banvard Liberty Grounded Total loss NAtlantic Unknown
_/_/44 Atlantic Water Unknown Grounded Damaged NAtlantic Unknown

1945 North Atlantic (10 ships)
Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/03/45 Henry Miller Liberty Torpedo Total loss NAtlantic None
01/14/45 Martin Van Buren Liberty Torpedo Total loss NAtlantic AG 3
03/02/45 Lone Jack Tanker Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
03/02/45 Frontenac Victory Victory Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
03/13/45 J. W. McAndrew (USAT) Troopship Collision French aircraft carrier Bearn Damaged NAtlantic AG 1; Army 68
03/28/45 Oklahoma Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 36; AG 14
03/30/45 Cristobal (USAT) Troopship Collision Damaged NAtlantic Unknown
03/30/45 Crow Wing Tanker Collision Damaged NAtlantic Crew 2
04/09/45 Nashbulk Tanker Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
04/09/45 Saint Mihiel Tanker Collision/fire Total loss NAtlantic Crew 27; AG 10
11/29/45 Hollywood Freighter Grounded Total loss NAtlantic Unknown

 

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