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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