Chronological List of Ships Sunk or Damaged during January to June 1942

Ships sunk or damaged in 1942 -- 574


Ships Sunk or Damaged January 1942 (31 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
01/01/42 Malama Freighter Bombed Scuttled to prevent capture Pacific Japanese POW: 33 Crew and 5 Air Corps; Died Japese POW: 2 crew; 1 crew to mental hospital
01/01/42 Stanley Griffith Freighter Grounded Total Loss Alaska Unknown
01/01/42 Bering Freighter Grounded Total Loss Alaska Unknown
01/02/42 Anakan Unknown (Philippines) Scuttled Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
01/02/42 Bisayas Unknown (Philippines) Bombed Sunk taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
01/02/42 Latouche Unknown (Philippines) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
01/02/42 Luzon Unknown (Philippines) Scuttled Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
01/02/42 Paz Freighter (Philippines) Captured by Japanese Captured Philippines Unknown
01/08/42 General Richard Arnold (USAT) Mine planter Capsized Sunk Eastcoast Crew 10
01/11/42 Liberty (USAT) Freighter Torpedo Total loss Pacific None
01/11/42 Clevedon (USAT) Freighter Explosion Total loss Alaska Unknown
01/13/42 Friar Rock [former Italian Arsa] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 31
01/14/42 Brazos Freighter Collision Sunk Eastcoast None
01/14/42 Chepo Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 17
01/15/42 West Nohno Freighter Collision Damaged NAtlantic None
01/17/42 San Jose Freighter Torpedo and Collision Sunk Eastcoast None
01/17/42 Santa Elisa Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
01/18/42 Allan Jackson Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 22
01/18/42 Frances Salman Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 28
01/18/42 Malay Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Damaged Eastcoast Crew 4
01/19/42 City of Atlanta Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 43
01/22/42 Norvana Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 29
01/22/42 Olympic Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 31
01/23/42 Venore Collier Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17
01/25/42 Olney Tanker Shelled [7 torpedoes missed] Damaged Eastcoast None
01/26/42 West Ivis Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 36; AG 9
01/27/42 Francis E. Powell Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
01/27/42 Halo Tanker Shelled Damaged Eastcoast None
01/28/42 Royal T. Frank (USAT) Army Transport Torpedo Sunk Pacific Crew 7; Army 14
01/29/42 Florence Luckenbach Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
01/30/42 Rochester Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4

Ships Sunk or Damaged February 1942 (51 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
02/01/42 Surigao Unknown (Philippines) Stranded Unknown Pacific Unknown
02/02/42 W. L. Steed Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 34
02/03/42 San Gil Freighter (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
02/04/42 India Arrow Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 26
02/05/42 China Arrow Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
02/06/42 Major Wheeler Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 35
02/07/42 Mary Freighter Collision Damaged Caribbean Unknown
02/18/42 Thompson Lykes Freighter Collision Unknown Caribbean Unknown
02/08/42 West Jaffrey Freighter Grounded Total loss NAtlantic None
02/10/42 Mindanao Unknown (Philippines) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
02/12/42 Dixie Sword Freighter Foundered Sunk Eastcoast Unknown
02/13/42 President Taylor Troopship Grounded Destroyed by Japanese Aircraft Pacific None
02/15/42 Point Breeze Tanker Explosion and grounding Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1
02/15/42 Raritan Freighter Grounded Sunk Eastcoast None
02/16/42 Arkansas Tanker Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
02/16/42 E. H. Blum Tanker Mine Split & repaired Eastcoast None
02/16/42 Tulagi (USAT) Freighter (Hong Kong) Bombed Damaged Pacific Unknown
02/16/42 Mauna Loa Freighter Bombed Damaged Pacific Crew 1; Army 1 [Book: To Leave This Port]
02/16/42 Ramapo [former Italian Santarosa] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 38
02/17/42 Oswego Tanker Collision Unknown Eastcoast Unknown
02/18/42 Thompson Lykes Freighter Collision Unknown Caribbean Unknown
02/18/42 Mokihana Freighter Torpedo Damaged Caribbean None
02/19/42 Admiral Halstead Freighter Bombed Damaged Pacific None
02/19/42 Don Isidro Freighter (Philippines) Bombed Total loss Pacific Crew 13; US Army 1
02/19/42 Florence D. Freighter Bombed Sunk Pacific Crew 3; Navy Flyer 1
02/19/42 Mauna Loa Freighter Bombed Sunk Pacific None [Book: To Leave This Port by Francis James Enright]
02/19/42 Meigs (USAT) Freighter Bombed Sunk Pacific Crew 1
02/19/42 Pan Massachusetts Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 20
02/19/42 Portmar Freighter Bombed Salvaged Eastcoast Crew 1; Army 1
02/19/42 Lake Osweya Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 30 ; AG 9
02/20/42 Azalea City Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 38
02/20/42 Delplata Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
02/21/42 J. N. Pew Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 33
02/21/42 Republic Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 5
02/22/42 Cities Service Empire Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 11; AG 3
02/22/42 W. D. Anderson Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 35
02/22/42 West Zeda Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
02/23/42 Lihue Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
02/23/42 Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
02/23/42 Thalia Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
02/24/42 Norlavore Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 28
02/24/42 Snark [former Danish Olympia] Freighter (Panama) Mine Total loss Pacific Unknown
02/25/42 Esso Copenhagen Tanker (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
02/26/42 Cassimir Hog Islander Collision Sunk Eastcoast Crew 7
02/26/42 Lara Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
02/26/42 Marore Bulk Carrier Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
02/26/42 R. P. Resor Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 40; AG 8
02/28/42 Compagnia de Filipinas Unknown (Philippines) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
02/28/42 Oregon (Texaco) Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 6 - murdered by Germans machine gunning lifeboat
02/28/42 Bayou Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 25 [1 survivor]
02/28/42 William H. Berg Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Little damage Westcoast None

Ships Sunk or Damaged March 1942 (71 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
03/01/42 Legazpi Unknown (Philippine U.S. Army charter) Shelled Scuttled Philippines Unknown
03/01/42 Lepus Unknown (Philippine U.S. Army charter) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
03/01/42 P. A. F. No. 11 Unknown Unknown Sunk Pacific Unknown
03/01/42 Regulus Unknown (Philippines U.S. Army charter) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
03/03/42 Anna R. Heidritter 4 mast Schooner Grounded Sunk Eastcoast None
03/03/42 Mary Hog Islander Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
03/05/42 Collamer Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7
03/05/42 Mariana Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 35
03/06/42 Steel Age Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 33; German POW: Crew 1
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
03/07/42 Independence Hall Hog Islander Split Sunk Eastcoast Crew 10
03/09/42 Hanseat Tanker (Panama) Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
03/10/42 Gulftrade Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 18
03/10/42 Candesa Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Fortuna Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Basilan Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Governor Wood Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Antonio Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Parcita Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Maayo Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Opon Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Tagbilaran Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/10/42 Dumaguete Freighter (Philippines) Shelled Unknown Philippines Unknown
03/11/42 Caribsea Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 21
03/11/42 Mount McKinley (USAT) Troopship Grounded Total loss Alaska None
03/11/42 Halo Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico 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 John D. Gill Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 19; AG 4
03/12/42 Olga Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
03/13/42 Albert F. Paul 4 Mast Schooner Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 8
03/13/42 Number Four Scow Enemy action Sunk Alaska Unknown
03/13/42 Number Two Scow Enemy action Sunk Alaska Unknown
03/14/42 Lemuel Burrows Collier Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 20
03/14/42 Olean Tanker Torpedo Total loss Eastcoast Crew 6
03/14/42 Penelope Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1; AG 1
03/15/42 Ario Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 8
03/16/42 Alkaliner Unknown Unknown Sunk Unknown Unknown
03/16/42 Australia Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
03/16/42 Princess of Negros Unknown (Philippines) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
03/17/42 Acme Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 11
03/17/42 Ceiba Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 44
03/18/42 E. M. Clark Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
03/18/42 Papoose Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
03/18/42 W. E. Hutton Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 13
03/19/42 Liberator Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 5
03/20/42 Oakmar Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 6
03/21/42 Atlantic Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
03/21/42 Esso Nashville Tanker Torpedo Split & new forward section Eastcoast None
03/22/42 Bayou Chico Freighter Shelled Little damage NAtlantic None
03/22/42 Muskogee Tanker Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 34
03/22/42 Naeco Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 24
03/23/42 Pan Amoco Tanker Submarine attack No damage Eastcoast None
03/26/42 Dixie Arrow Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 11
03/26/42 Equipoise [former Italian Pietro Campanella] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 40
03/28/42 Ballot [former Italian Alberta] Freighter Bombed Sunk Murmansk Crew 9; British Gunners 2; Survivors lost limbs
03/28/42 Raceland [former Italian Ircania] Freighter (Panama) Bombed Sunk Murmansk Crew 35; German POW: 12
03/29/42 Bateau [former Italian Euro] Freighter (Panama) Shelled Sunk Murmansk Crew 41; German POW: 5
03/29/42 Paulsboro Tanker Storm damage Damaged Eastcoast Unknown
03/29/42 City of New York Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17; AG 2; Passengers 7
03/30/42 Effingham Freighter Torpedo Sunk Murmansk Crew 12
03/31/42 Menominee Tug Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 16
03/31/42 Allegheny (barge) Barge Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
03/31/42 Barnegat (barge) Barge Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
03/31/42 Ontario (barge) Barge Shelled Damaged Eastcoast None
03/31/42 Tiger Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
03/31/42 T. C. McCobb Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
03/_/42 La Florecita Freighter Grounded Damaged Philippines Unknown
03/_/42 Anna R. Heidritter 4 mast Schooner Grounded Sunk Eastcoast Unknown


Ships Sunk or Damaged April 1942 (54 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
04/01/42 Escalante R Unknown (Philippine) Scuttled on U.S. Army orders Scuttled Philippines Unknown
04/01/42 Kanlaon II Unknown (Philippine) Scuttled on U.S. Army orders Sunk Philippines Unknown
04/02/42 David H. Atwater Freighter Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 23
04/02/42 Liebre Tanker Shelled Damaged Eastcoast Crew 9
04/03/42 Exhibitor Freighter Bombed Damaged Indian-Red Sea None
04/03/42 Otho Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 23; AG 5; Passengers 3
04/03/42 West Irmo Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic African stevedores 10
04/04/42 Byron D. Benson Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 10
04/04/42 Comol Rico Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
04/05/42 Catahoula Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 10
04/06/42 Bidwell Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1
04/06/42 Bienville Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 24
04/06/42 Exmoor Freighter Shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
04/06/42 Selma City Freighter Bombed Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
04/07/42 Washingtonian Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea None
04/08/42 El Estero Freighter (Panama) Unknown Personnel death Murmansk Crew 1
04/08/42 Esso Baton Rouge Tanker Torpedo Salvaged Eastcoast Crew 3
04/08/42 Oklahoma Tanker Torpedo Salvaged Eastcoast Crew 19
04/09/42 Atlas Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
04/09/42 Esparta Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/09/42 Eugene V. R. Thayer Tanker Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 11
04/09/42 Henry Keswick (USAT) Tug Shelled Sunk Philippines None
04/09/42 Malchace Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/09/42 Yu Sang (USAT) Harborcraft Bombed Sunk Philippines Crew 1; Japanese POW: Crew 2; Died POW: Crew 2
04/10/42 Gulfamerica Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17; AG 2
04/10/42 Tamaulipas Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2; AG 1
04/11/42 Harry F. Sinclair Jr. Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 10
04/12/42 Delvalle Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
04/12/42 Esso Boston Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
04/12/42 Leslie Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 4
04/12/42 Ben Brush [former Danish Caroline Maersk] Freighter (Panama) Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1
04/12/42 Stanvac Melbourne Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 3
04/12/42 Stone Street [former Italian Clara] Freighter (Panama) Air & submarine Damaged Murmansk None
04/13/42 El Occidente Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Murmansk Crew 21
04/14/42 Margaret Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 29
04/15/42 Robin Hood Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 14
04/16/42 Alcoa Guide Freighter Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 6
04/16/42 Desert Light [former Finnish Pandia] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
04/16/42 Heinrich von Riedemann Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
04/18/42 Axtell J. Byles Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast None
04/19/42 Algic Freighter Collision Damaged Eastcoast None
04/19/42 Elcano (Philippines; U.S. Army charter) Shelled Sunk Philippines Unknown
04/19/42 Exminster Hog Islander Collision Total loss Eastcoast None
04/19/42 Steel Maker Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 2
04/20/42 Chenango [former Finnish Kurikka] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 37
04/20/42 West Imboden Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
04/21/42 Pipestone County Hog Islander Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
04/21/42 San Jacinto Passenger Ship Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Eastcoast Crew 5; Passengers 9
04/23/42 Connecticut Tanker Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 27; AG 11; German & Japanese POW:18 POW; Died Japanese POW 2
04/23/42 Lammot Dupont Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 18; AG 1
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
04/29/42 Mobiloil Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
04/30/42 Federal Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 5

 

Ships Sunk or Damaged May 1942 (75 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
05/01/42 Alcoa Leader Freighter Torpedo Damaged? Eastcoast None
05/01/42 James E. Newsom 4 mast Schooner Shelled Sunk Eastcoast None
05/04/42 Delisle Freighter Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 2
05/04/42 Eastern Sword Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 16
05/04/42 Joseph M. Cudahy Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 27
05/04/42 Florence M. Douglas Sailing vessel Shelled Sunk SAtlantic Unknown
05/04/42 Munger T. Ball Tanker Torpedo & machine gun Sunk GulfMexico Crew 30
05/04/42 Norlindo Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 5
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
05/05/42 Java Arrow Tanker Torpedo Damaged Eastcoast Crew 2
05/05/42 John Adams Liberty Torpedo Sunk Pacific AG 5
05/06/42 Alcoa Puritan Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk GulfMexico None
05/06/42 Green Island Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
05/06/42 Halsey Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast None
05/06/42 Laida Oil screw Enemy action Sunk Alaska Unknown
05/06/42 Ontario Freighter (Honduras or Panama) Shelled Sunk GulfMexico None
05/06/42 Sarangami Unknown (Philippines) Captured Taken over by Japanese Philippines Unknown
05/08/42 Ohioan Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 17
05/08/42 Greylock Freighter Torpedo Damaged NAtlantic None
05/09/42 Lubrafol Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 13
05/10/42 Aurora Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Damaged GulfMexico Crew 1
05/12/42 Cocle [former Jacob Ruppert] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4
05/12/42 Esso Houston Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean AG 1
05/12/42 Virginia Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 27
05/13/42 David McKelvey Tanker Torpedo Total loss GulfMexico Crew 16; AG 1
05/13/42 Gulfpenn Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 13
05/13/42 Gulfprince Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
05/13/42 Norlantic Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7
05/14/42 Amapala Freighter (Honduras) Shelled Sunk GulfMexico Crew 1
05/14/42 Comayagua Freighter (Honduras) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 7
05/14/42 Eastern Sun Tanker Torpedo attack No damage GulfMexico None
05/15/42 Nicarao Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 8
05/15/42 Yaka Freighter Bombed Damaged Murmansk None
05/16/42 Gulfoil Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 17; AG 4
05/16/42 Ruth Lykes Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
05/16/42 Sun Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico None
05/16/42 William C. McTarnahan Tanker Torpedo Damaged GulfMexico Crew 18
05/17/42 Challenger Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 5; AG 2; Passenger 1
05/17/42 Foam Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic Crew 1
05/18/42 Deer Lodge Freighter Bombed Damaged Murmansk None
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 Heredia Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 29; AG 5; Passenger 1
05/19/42 Isabela Freighter Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean Crew 3
05/19/42 Ogontz Freighter Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 17; AG 2
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 Halo Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 39
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
05/21/42 Plow City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 1
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
05/25/42 Persephone Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 9
05/26/42 Carlton Freighter Bombed Damaged Murmansk None
05/26/42 Atenas Freighter Shelled Damaged GulfMexico None
05/26/42 Carrabulle Tanker Shelled & Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 22
05/26/42 Carlton Freighter Bombed No additional damage Murmansk None
05/26/42 Syros Freighter Torpedo Sunk Murmansk Crew 11; AG 1
05/27/42 Alamar Freighter Bombed Sunk Murmansk None
05/27/42 Jack Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 29; AG 3; Army 7
05/27/42 Alcoa Banner Hog Islander Bombed Damaged Murmansk None
05/27/42 Deer Lodge Freighter Bombed Damaged Murmansk None
05/27/42 Mormacsul Freighter Bombed Sunk Murmansk Crew 3
05/28/42 Carlton Freighter Bombed Damaged Murmansk None;
05/28/42 City of Joliet Freighter Bombed & Aerial Torpedo Sunk Murmansk None
05/28/42 New Jersey Tanker Torpedo & Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
05/28/42 Alcoa Pilgrim Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 31
05/30/42 Alcoa Shipper Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7
05/31/42 Bushranger [former Finnish Marisa Thorden] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 17
05/31/42 Cacalilao Tanker Explosion Damaged GulfMexico Crew 4

Ships Sunk or Damaged June 1942 (83 ships)

Date Ship Type Cause Result Location Deaths
06/01/42 Hampton Roads Freighter Shelled & Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 5
06/01/42 Illinois Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 31
06/01/42 Knoxville City Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
06/01/42 West Notus Freighter Shelled Damaged NAtlantic Crew 4
06/02/42 West Notus Freighter Explosive charge Sunk NAtlantic None
06/02/42 City of Alma Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 26; Navy 3
06/02/42 Domino Freighter Shelled No damage GulfMexico None
06/02/42 Reine Marie Stewart Four Masted Schooner (Panama) Shelled & Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
06/03/42 Aeolus Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
06/03/42 Ben & Josephine Fishing Trawler Shelled Sunk NAtlantic None
06/03/42 M. F. Elliott Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 13; 2 crew taken POW aboard U-502 but released quickly
06/03/42 Steel Worker Freighter Mine Sunk Murmansk None [Book: There Go The Ships]
06/04/42 President Fillmore (USAT) Troopship Bombed No damage Alaska None [AG wounded]
06/04/42 Northwestern Freighter Unknown Sunk Alaska Unknown
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 Johnstown [former Danish Niel Maersk] Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 2
06/05/42 Atlantic Gulf Freighter (Panama) Torpedo and shelled Sunk Indian-Red Sea Unknown
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
06/06/42 Melvin H. Baker Freighter Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
06/06/42 Stanvac Calcutta (GSA) Tanker (Panama) Torpedo and shelled Sunk SAtlantic Crew 14; Japanese POW: Crew 26; AG 9; German POW Crew 1
06/07/42 Coast Trader Freighter Torpedo Sunk Westcoast Crew 1
06/07/42 Edith Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 2
06/07/42 George Clymer Liberty Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic Crew 1
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 F. W. Abrams Tanker Mine Sunk Eastcoast None
06/11/42 Hagan Tanker Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6
06/11/42 Sheherazade [former French] Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 1
06/12/42 Cities Service Toledo Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 11; AG 4
06/12/42 Sixaola Cargo/Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 29
06/13/42 Solon Turman Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/13/42 Yaka Freighter Bombed Damaged Murmansk None
06/14/42 Tanimbar Freighter Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 30
06/14/42 Cold Harbor Hog Islander (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 6; AG 3; 3 lost on SS Kahuku
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]
06/15/42 Arkansan Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 4
06/15/42 Cardina Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk SAtlantic None
06/15/42 Chant [former Danish Hulda Maersk Freighter (Panama) Bombed Sunk Med-BlackSea Crew 3; AG 1
06/15/42 Cherokee Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 65; AG 2; Passengers 20
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 by Archie Gibbs]
06/15/42 Esso Augusta Tanker Mine Damaged Eastcoast None
06/15/42 Robert C. Tuttle Tanker Mine Damaged Eastcoast Crew 1
06/15/42 Tillie Lykes Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 29; AG 4
06/15/42 West Hardaway Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean None
06/16/42 Managua Freighter (GulfMexico) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico None
06/16/42 San Blas Freighter (Panama) Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 27; AG 3
06/16/42 Coldbrook Hog Islander Grounded Total loss Alaska None
06/17/42 Columbian Freighter Shelled Damaged SAtlantic None
06/17/42 Millinocket Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 8; AG 3
06/17/42 Santore Collier Mine Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
06/18/42 Seattle Spirit Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 4
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
06/21/42 Alcoa Cadet Freighter Mine Sunk Murmansk Crew 1
06/22/42 E. J. Sadler Tanker Shelled Sunk Caribbean None
06/22/42 Rawleigh Warner Tanker Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico Crew 33
06/23/42 Arriaga Tanker (Panama) Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 1
06/23/42 Major General Henry Gibbins (USAT) US Army Transport Torpedo Sunk GulfMexico None
06/24/42 John R. Williams Tug Mine Sunk Eastcoast Crew 14
06/24/42 Manuela Freighter Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast Crew 3
06/27/42 Matagalpa (USAT) Freighter Fire Total loss Pacific None
06/27/42 Polybius Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 10
06/27/42 Potlatch Freighter Torpedo Sunk Caribbean Crew 8
06/28/42 Raphael Semmes Freighter Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 19
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
06/28/42 Stephen R. Jones Collier Grounded Total loss Eastcoast None
06/28/42 William Rockefeller Tanker Torpedo Sunk Eastcoast 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 Onondaga: Crew 1 (Master returning to US)
06/30/42 City of Birmingham Passenger Ship Torpedo Sunk NAtlantic Crew 7; Passengers 2
06/30/42 Esther Johnson Lumber schooner Collision Unknown Westcoast Unknown
06/30/42 Express Freighter Torpedo Sunk Indian-Red Sea Crew 11; AG 2

Chronological list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged
1939-1941 1942 Jan-June
1942 July-Dec		 1943 1944 1945 1946-1950

Geographical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged

Alaska

Westcoast

Pacific

Philippines

Okinawa

Eastcoast

Gulf Mexico

Caribbean

Approach Med

Med-Black Sea

Murmansk Run

Normandy
 

 

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