U.S. Merchant Ships, Sailing Vessels, and Fishing Craft Lost from all Causes during World War I
The incidents are listed in chronological order by cause.
We have no other information about the incidents.
Ships Sunk by German Raiders
Ships Sunk or Damaged by Enemy Torpedo, Gunfire, or Bombs
Ships Sunk or Seriously Damaged from Miscellaneous Causes
Ships Mined
Ships Sunk by German Raiders
January 27, 1915: Schooner William P. Frye, gross 3,374 tons; captured by German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich (commerce raider) in South Atlantic, southeast of Brazil. Sunk January 28, 1915; no casualties.
June 14, 1917: Schooner A. B. Johnson, gross 529 tons; captured by German raider Seeadler in the Pacific Ocean. June 15, 1917, set on fire, abandoned burning, and destroyed; no casualties.
June 16, 1917: Schooner Winslow, gross 566 tons; captured by German raider Wolf in the Pacific Ocean off Raoul, Sunday Island, Kermadec Group. June 22, 1917, set on fire by four bombs; 39 rounds fired to bring down her masts; burned and sunk; no casualties.
June 17, 1917: Schooner R. C. Slade, gross 673 tons; captured by German raider Seeadler in the Pacific Ocean. June 18, 1917, set on fire, abandoned, and sunk; no casualties.
July 5, 1917: Schooner Manila, gross 731 tons; captured by German raider Seeadler in the Pacific; blown up with dynamite; no casualties.
July 9, 1917: Bark Beluga, gross 507 tons; captured by German raider Wolf in Pacific Ocean. July 11, 1917, sunk with gunfire, 19 shots, burst into flames, burned, and sank. Crew, master, and 10 men; 2 women as passengers taken prisoners; casualties: 1 man, second mate, died aboard Wolf October 10, 1917.
July 13, 1917: Schooner Encore, gross 651 tons; captured by German raider Wolf in Pacific Ocean. July 15, 1916, oil was poured all over the ship and deck cargo, rigging cut away, and vessel set on fire, burned, and sunk; no casualties.
November 18, 1917: Bark John H. Kirby, gross 1,395 tons; captured and sunk with bombs by German raider Wolf in the Pacific Ocean, 320 miles southeast of Port Elizabeth, Africa; no casualties.
Ships Sunk or Damaged by Enemy Torpedo, Gunfire, or Bombs
May 1, 1915: Steamship Gulflight, tanker, gross 5,189 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-30, 20 miles west of Scilly Islands; towed in; 3 killed.
May 25, 1915: Steamship Nebraskan, gross 4,409 tons; torpedoed by German submarine 40 miles south by west of Southcliffe, off southwest; salvaged; no casualties.
July 25, 1915: Steamship Leelenaw, gross 1,923 tons fired on, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine off the north coast of Scotland about 60 miles northwest of the Orkney Islands; no casualties.
August 4, 1915: Pass of Balhamas, motor vessel, gross 1,571 tons, voluntarily surrendered by the master to a German submarine in the North Sea; converted into raider Seeadler; wrecked August 2, 1917; no casualties.
October 28, 1916: Steamship Lenao (Philippine steamship), gross 692 tons; bombed and sunk by a German submarine 30 miles off Cape Vincent, Portugal; no casualties.
November 7, 1916: Steamship Columbian, gross 8,673 tons; bombed and sunk by German submarine U-49, 50 miles northwest of Cape Ortegal, Spain, no casualties.
November 26, 1916: Steamship Chemung, gross 3,061 tons; torpedoed and sunk with gunfire by Austrian submarine in Mediterranean, 14 miles east of Cape de Gata, no casualties.
January 4, 1917: Steamship Norlina, gross 4,596 tons; damaged by torpedo fired by German submarine U-88 in Atlantic Ocean about 180 miles northwest of Inishtrahull Island off the north coast of Ireland, did not sink; no casualties.
January 13, 1917: Steamship Nyanza, damaged by gunfire from German submarine; 1 wounded.*
February 3, 1917: Steamship Housatonic, gross 3,143 tons; bombed and sunk by German submarine U-53, 20 miles south of Bishops Light off Scilly Islands, Great Britain, no casualties.
February 12, 1917: Lyman M. Law, schooner, gross 1,300 tons; captured and sunk by German submarine U-35 in the Mediterranean about 25 miles from land near Cagliari, Sardinia, no casualties.
March 12, 1917: Steamship Algonquin, gross 2,832 tons; sunk with gunfire and bombs by German submarine U-62, 65 miles west of Bishops, off Scilly Islands, Great Britain, no casualties.
March 16, 1917: Steamship Vigilancia, gross 4.115 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-70, 145 miles west of Bishops, off Scilly Islands, Great Britain; 15 killed.
March 17, 1917: Steamship City of Memphis, gross 5,252 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine (UC type), 33 miles south of Fastnet, Ireland; no casualties.
March 18. 1917: Steamship Illinois, tanker, gross 5,225 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine (UC type) in the English Channel, 20 miles north of Alderney, Channel Islands; no casualties.
March 21, 1917: Steamship Healdton, tanker, gross 4,489 tons; torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine 25 miles north of Terschelling, Holland, 20 killed.
April 1, 1917: Steamship Aztec, gross 3,727 tons; torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine (UC type), off Ushant Light, Quessant Island, northwest coast of France; 28 killed.
April 4, 1917: Marguerite, schooner, gross 1,553 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-35 in the Mediterranean, 35 miles southwest of Sardinia; no casualties.
April 4, 1917: Steamship Missourian, gross 7,924 tons; shelled with gunfire and sunk by German submarine U-52 in the Mediterranean, near Porto Maurizio, Italy, no casualties.
April 7, 1917: Steamship Seward, gross 3,390 tons; bombed and sunk by German submarine U-52 in the Gulf of Lyons, Mediterranean Sea, about 25 miles east of Port Vendres, France, or 22 miles northeast of Cape Bagur, Spain; no casualties.
April 7, 1917: Edwin R. Hunt, schooner, gross 1,132 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine UC-25 in the Mediterranean 40 miles off Cape de Gata, Spain; no casualties.
April 22, 1917: Woodward Abrahams, schooner, gross 744 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-43, 407 miles west of Fastnet, no casualties.
April 22, 1917: Percy Birdsall, schooner, gross 1,127 tons; sunk with gunfire by an enemy submarine (UC-type) in the Bay of Biscay, about 251 miles south true from Cordouan Light, France; no casualties.
April 27, 1917: Margaret B. Rouss, schooner, gross 701 tons; burned and sunk by German submarine U-33 about 42 miles due south of Monaco, France; no casualties.
April 28, 1917: Steamship Vacuum, tanker, gross 2,551 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-21 about 120 miles westward of Barra Island, Hebrides Islands, Scotland, 24 killed.
May 1, 1917: Steamship Rockingham, gross 4,555 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-45, about 150 miles west-northwest of Ireland; 2 killed.
May 16, 1917: Steamship Hilonian, gross 2,959 tons; torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine (UC-type) 3 miles off Albenga, Italy, 30 miles from Genoa; 4 men drowned, 3 slightly wounded.
May 18, 1917: Francis M., schooner, gross 1,228 tons; bombed and burned by German submarine UC-73 off Spain, no casualties.
May 23, 1917: Harwood Palmer, schooner, gross 2,885 tons; shelled and sunk by an enemy submarine (UC-type) in the Bay of Biscay, 6 miles southwest of La Blanche Island, near Basse-Loire, France; no casualties.
May 24, 1917: Barbara, schooner, gross 838 tons; burned and sunk by German submarine UC-73, 90 miles west of Gibraltar, no casualties.
May 25, 1917: Magnus Manson, schooner, gross 1,751 tons; burned and sunk with gunfire by German submarine UC-73, 50 miles west by south of Cape Vincent, Portugal; no casualties.
May 31, 1917: Steamship Dirigo, bark, gross 3,004 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine UC-1, 6 miles southwest of Eddystone Lighthouse, England; 1 killed.
June 10, 1917: Steamship Petrolite, tanker, gross 3,710 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-35 off the coast of Morocco, 185 miles west one-half south of Cape Spartel; no casualties.
June 12, 1917: Steamship Moreni, tanker, gross 4,045 tons; sunk with gun-fire by an enemy submarine (U-type), in Mediterranean, 17 miles southwest of Tabarca Island, Spain; 4 killed.
June 16, 1917: Steamship John D. Archbold, tanker, gross 8,374 tons; torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine (UC-type), off Ushant, France, 85 miles southwest of Penmarche; 3 killed.
June 21, 1917: Childe Harold, schooner, gross 781 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine (UC-type), off Ushant, France, no casualties.
June 25, 1917: Galena, schooner, gross 1,073 tons; bombed and sunk by German submarine (UC-type), 70 miles west by south of Ushant Light, Quessant Island, France no casualties.
June 26, 1917: A. B. Sherman, schooner, gross 611 tons; attacked with gunfire by enemy submarine off Scilly islands, towed in; no casualties. (Submarine probably German U-62)
July 3, 1917: Steamship Orleans, gross 2,993 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC-61, 165 miles west-southwest from Belle Isle, France; 4 killed; 1 man wounded.
July 4, 1917: Steamship Navajo, tanker, gross 2,605 tons; shelled by German submarine in English Channel, minor damage. Navajo shelled and sunk the German submarine.*
July 7, 1917: Steamship Massapequa, gross 3,193 tons sunk with gunfire by enemy submarine (UC-type), in Bay of Biscay, 200 miles west of Belle Isle; no casualties.
July 7, 1917: Mary W. Bowen, schooner, gross 2,153 tons; bombed and sunk by enemy submarine (UC type) in Bay of Biscay, no casualties.
July 10, 1917: Steamship Hildegard, bark, gross 622 tons; bombed and sunk by enemy submarine (UB or UC type) 10 miles southeast of Start Point, England; no casualties.
July 10, 1917: Steamship Kansan, gross 7,913 tons torpedoed and sunk without warning by an enemy submarine or mine 2 miles east of Kardonis Point (Belle Isle), France; 4 killed.
July 12, 1917: Steamship Grace, gross 1,861 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-23 in Mediterranean, 5.5 miles north of Cape Phesso, Andres Island, Greece, 3 killed, 6 wounded.
July 15, 1917: Florence Creadick, schooner, gross 732 tons; torpedoed by enemy submarine (UC type) in Bay of Biscay, 20 miles north of Isle de Bas, France; salvaged; no casualties.
July 21, 1917: John Twohy, schooner, gross 1,019 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-155 off the Azores, 120 miles south of Ponta; no casualties.
July 21, 1917: Augustus Welt, schooner, gross 1,221 tons; shelled, burned, and sunk by submarine (UC type) in Bay of Biscay, no casualties.
July 27, 1917: Carmelia (gas, screw), gross 1,379 tons; captured and sunk by submarine (UC type) in English Channel, 25 miles southwest of Lizard, England; no casualties.
July 27, 1917: John Hays Hammond, schooner, gross 132 tons; captured and sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-44, 350 miles northwest of Ireland, no casualties.
July 31, 1917: Steamship Motano, tanker, gross 2,730 tons; torpedoed by enemy submarine (UC type) and sank about 20 miles southeast of Start Point, England; 24 killed.
August 6, 1917: Steamship Campana, gross 3,675 tons; captured and sunk with bombs by German submarine U-61 in the Bay of Biscay, 143 miles west of Ile del Re, France, 6 men taken prisoners.
August 7, 1917: Bark Christiane, gross 964 tons; bombed and sunk by German submarine U-155 (ex-Deutschland) about 200 miles east of St. Michaels, Azores, in approximately, no casualties.
August 23, 1917: Carl F. Cressy, schooner, gross 898 tons; captured and sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-93, 180 miles northwest of Cape Finisterra, Spain, no casualties.
August 29, 1917: Laura C. Anderson, schooner, gross 960 tons; captured and sunk by enemy submarine (UB-type), in English Channel, 15 miles east of Barffeur, no casualties.
September 8, 1917: William H. Clifford, schooner, gross 1.593 tons; bombed and sunk by German submarine U-88, no casualties.
September 12, 1917: Steamship Wilmore, gross 5,395 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-64 in Mediterranean Sea, about 4 miles north-east of Hormigas Light, Cape Palos, Spain, no casualties.
September 15, 1917: Steamship Platuria, tanker, gross 3,445 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-63, west from Gibraltar, off Tangier, Morocco, 10 killed.
September 16, 1917: Ann J. Trainer, schooner, gross 426 tons; captured and sunk by enemy submarine (UC type), 30 miles off Ushant, France, no casualties.
September 23, 1917; Henry Lippitt, schooner, gross 595 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-60, near Brest, France, no casualties.
September 25, 1917: Bark Paolina, gross 1,337 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-43 off Ushant, France, no casualties.
October 3, 1917: Annie F. Conlon, schooner, gross 591 tons; bombed by German submarine UC-65, 15 miles southeast of St. Mary's, off Scilly Islands, Great Britain; salvaged; no casualties.
October 11, 1917: Steamship Lewis Luckenbach, gross 3,906; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-53, about 10 miles west of La Vierge Lighthouse on the northwest coast of France, 10 killed.
October 15, 1917: Steamship St. Helens, tanker, gross 1,497 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-22, about 100 miles WNW from Cape Villano, Spain, 24 killed.
October 16, 1917: Jennie E. Righter, schooner, gross 647 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-22, off northwest Spain, no casualties.
October 17, 1917: Steamship Antilles, gross 6,878 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-62, in Atlantic, 67 killed.
October 19, 1917: Steamship J. L. Luckenbach, gross 4,920 tons; shelled by German submarine U-86, badly damaged; made port; 9 wounded.
October 25, 1917: Fannie Prescott, schooner, gross 404 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-35 off West Africa, 50 miles south of Cape Cantin, no casualties.
October 27, 1917: Steamship D. N. Luckenbach, gross 2,929 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-93 in the Bay of Biscay, 5 killed.
October 28, 1917: Steamship Finland, gross 12,222 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-93, 150 miles off French coast, made port; salvaged; 9 killed.
November 2, 1917: Steamship Rochester, gross 2,551 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-95, off the coast of Ireland, about 800 miles west of Terry Island; 23 killed.
November 7, 1917: Villemer, Philippine steamship, gross 3,627 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UC-38 in Mediterranean; 2 killed.
November 9, 1917: Rizal, Philippine steamship, gross 2,744 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-39 in Mediterranean, 9 miles from Cape Cavallo in 360 53' N., 50 30' E.; no casualties.
November 16, 1917: Schooner Margaret L. Roberts, gross 535 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-151, off Madeira; no casualties.
November 21, 1917: Steamship Schuylkill, gross 2,720 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-39 in the Mediterranean, about 15 miles east of Tenes Light, Cape Tenes, Algeria; no casualties.
November 24, 1917: Steamship Actaeon, gross 4,999 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-58 about 150 miles north-northwest off Cape Finisterre, in 450 18' N., 100 30' W.; 4 killed.
December 5, 1917: Steamship Armenia, gross 5,463 tons; torpedoed by German submarine UB-80 in English Channel; beached and salvaged; no casualties.
December 10, 1917: Steamship Owasco, gross 4,630 tons; torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine (UB type) in Mediterranean; 2 killed.
December 20, 1917: Steamship Suruga, gross 4,374 tons; torpedoed by enemy submarine (U or UB type), in Mediterranean, off Santa Stefano, Italy, near San Remo, 1 mile from shore; beached and salvaged; no casualties.
January 6, 1918: Steamship Harry Luckenbach, gross 2,798 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-84, in the Bay of Biscay about 6 miles from Ar-Men, 2 miles north-northwest of Penmarche; 8 killed.
January 27, 1918: Julia Frances, schooner, gross 183 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-152, 100 miles from Lisbon; no casualties.
February 5, 1918: Steamship Alamance, gross 4,455 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-73 off coast of Ireland, 4 miles east of Maiden's; 6 killed.
February 9, 1918: Steamship Armenia, gross 5,463 tons; torpedoed, second time, by enemy submarine (UB type), in English Channel off St. Catherine's Light; beached and salvaged; no casualties.
February 25, 1918: Steamship Santa Maria, gross 5,383 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-19 off northeast coast of Ireland; 1 mile from land near Loch Swilly; no casualties.
March 13, 1918: A. E. Whyland, schooner, gross 130 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-152, 55 miles off Tenerife, Canary Islands; no casualties.
March 14, 1918: A. A. Raven, steamship, gross 2,459 tons; torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine (UB type), 16 miles south-southwest of Wolf Rock Light, Scilly Islands, England; 7 killed, 6 wounded.
March 18, 1918: Steamship Atlantic Sun, gross 2,333 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-46, 19 miles off Orsay Island, Scotland; 2 killed.
March 21, 1918: Steamship Chincha, gross 6,371 tons; fired upon by German submarine U-154 off Gibraltar; escaped; 4 killed.
March 23, 1918: Steamship Chattahoochee, gross 8,007 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-55 in English Channel, 28 miles south of Penzance, England; no casualties.
April 29, 1918: City of Pensacola, gas screw; gross 705 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine UB-105, in Mediterranean, near Garrucha, Almeria; no casualties.
May 2, 1918: Steamship Tyler, gross 3,928 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-48 in Mediterranean; 11 killed.
May 18, 1918: Steamship John G. McCullough, gross 1,985 tons; torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine (UB or UC type), about 8 miles south of Ile d'Yeu, Bay of Biscay, France; 1 killed; 1 wounded.
May 25, 1918: Schooner Hattie Dunn, gross 435 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
May 25, 1918: Hauppauge, schooner, gross 1,446 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; salvaged; no casualties.
May 25, 1918: Edna, schooner, gross 325 tons; attacked with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; salvaged; no casualties.
June 2, 1918: Isabel B. Wiley schooner, gross 776 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
June 2, 1918: Steamship Winneconne, gross 1,869 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
June 2, 1918: Jacob M. Haskell, schooner, gross 1,778 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic, 50 miles east by south of Barnegat, New Jersey; no casualties.
June 2, 1918: Edward H. Cole, schooner, gross 1,791 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic, 50 miles southeast of Barnegat; no casualties.
June 2, 1918: Steamship Texel, gross 3,210 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in the western Atlantic; no casualties.
June 2, 1918: Steamship Carolina, gross 5,093 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; 13 killed.
June 3, 1918: Sam. C. Mengel, schooner, gross 915 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
June 4, 1918: Edward R. Baird, Jr., schooner, gross 279 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; towed to part; no casualties.
June 5, 1918: Steamship Argonaut, gross 4,826 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-82 in the English Channel; no casualties.
June 8, 1918: Steamship Pinar Del Rio, gross 2,504 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-151 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
July 21, 1918: Perth Amboy, tug, gross 435 tons; attacked with gunfire by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Mass.; salvaged; no casualties.
July 21, 1918: Lansford, barge, gross 830 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-156, in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Mass., 3 wounded.July 21, 1918: Barge No. 403, gross 422 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Mass.; no casualties.
July 21, 1918: Barge No. 740, gross 680 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Mass.; no casualties.
July 21, 1918: Barge No. 766, gross 527 tons, sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-156, in western Atlantic, 3 miles off Orleans, Massachusetts; no casualties.
July 22, 1918: Robert & Richard, schooner, gross 141 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156, in western Atlantic, 60 miles southeast of Cape Porpoise; no casualties.
July 25, 1918: Steamship Tippecanoe, gross 6,187 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-91, 550 miles from Brest; 1 killed.
August 3, 1918: Muriel, schooner, gross 120 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156, 45 miles west by north of Seal Island, Nova Scotia.; no casualties.
August 3, 1918: Sydney B. Atwood, schooner, gross 100 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156, 30 miles east of Seal Island, Nova Scotia; no killed.
August 3, 1918: Annie Perry, schooner, gross 116 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156, 30 miles east of Seal Island, Nova Scotia; no casualties.
August 3, 1918: Rob Roy, gas screw, gross 112 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic 35 miles east of Seal Island, Nova Scotia; no casualties.
August 3, 1918: Steamship Lake Portage, gross 1,998 tons; torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine (UB type) 4.5 miles south of Audierne, France; 3 killed, 6 burned.
August 3, 1918: Steamship Berwind, gross 2,589 tons; torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarine (UB type) entrance to English Channel; 6 killed.
August 4, 1918: Steamship O. B. Jennings, tanker, gross 10,289 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-140 in western; 2 killed, 1 man taken prisoner.
August 5, 1918: Stanley M. Seaman, schooner, gross 1,060 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-140 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 6, 1918: Steamship Merak, gross 3,024 tons: sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-140 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 6, 1918: Diamond Shoals Light Vessel No. 71, gross 590 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-140 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 8, 1918: Steamship Westward Ho, gross 5,814 tons; torpedoed by German submarine U-62 in Bay of Biscay; salvaged; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Aleda May, gas screw, gross 31 tons; sung with bombs by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: William H. Starbuck, gas screw, gross 53 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic.; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Progress, gas screw, gross 34 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Reliance, gas screw, gross 19 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Earl and Nellie, gas screw, gross 24 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117 In western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Cruiser, gas screw, gross 25 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Old Time, gas screw, gross 18 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Mary E. Sennett, gas screw, gross 27 tons; sunk with gun-fire by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 10, 1918: Katie L. Palmer, gas screw, gross 31 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 13, 1918: Steamship Frederick B. Kellogg, tanker, gross 7,127 tons; torpedoed and partially sunk by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic, 12 miles north of Barnegat Light; salvaged; 7 killed, 1 wounded.
August 14, 1918: Dorothy B. Barrett, schooner, gross 2,088 tons; sunk with gunfire by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 15, 1918: Madrugada, gas screw, gross 1,613 tons; sunk with gun-fire by German submarine U-117 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 15, 1918: Steamship Montanan, gross 6,659 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-90 in Atlantic Ocean; 5 killed.
August 15, 1918: Steamship Cubore, gross 7,117 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-107 in Bay of Biscay, 250 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre; 9 killed.
August 17, 1918: Steamship Joseph Cudahy gross 3,302 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-90 about 700 miles from Verdon, France; 1 killed, 4 wounded.
August 20, 1918: A. Platt Andrew, schooner, gross 141 tons; sunk with bombs by raider Triumph (Triumph had prize crew from U-156) in western Atlantic, 52 miles southeast of Cape Canso, Nova Scotia; no casualties.
August 20, 1918: Francis J. O'Hara, schooner, gross 117 tons; sunk with bombs by raider Triumph, manned by U-156, in western Atlantic 52 miles southeast of Cape Canso; no casualties.
August 21, 1918: Steamship Lake Edon, gross 2,371 tons; torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine (UB type), in Bristol Channel about 6 miles southeast of Trevose Head and about 4 miles north by east of Newtquay; 16 killed.
August 21, 1918: Sylvania, schooner, gross 136 tons; sunk with bombs by raider Triumph, manned by U-156, in western Atlantic, 90 miles southeast of Cape Canso; no casualties.
August 25, 1918: J. J. Flaherty, schooner, gross 162 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-156 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
August 26, 1918: Rush, steam trawler, gross 162 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-117, 135 miles southeast of Cape Canso; no casualties.
August 30, 1918: Steamship Onega, gross 3,636 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-123 in Bristol Channel; 26 killed.
September 3, 1918: Steamship Lake Owens, gross 2,308 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine (UB type) in Bristol Channel 3 miles off Trevose Head; 5 killed, 8 wounded.
September 4, 1918: Steamship Dora, gross 7,037 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-57 off French coast; no killed, one man wounded.
September 20, 1918: Kingfisher, steam trawler, gross 353 tons; sunk with bombs by German submarine U-155 in western Atlantic; no casualties.
October 16, 1918: Steamship Caloria, gross 4,095 tons, torpedoed by enemy submarine, number unknown, off northern Scotland, 3 miles north-northeast from Strathie Point; salvaged; no casualties.
October 17, 1918: Steamship Lucia, gross 6,744 tons; torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-155 in western Atlantic; 4 killed.
Ships Sunk or Seriously Damaged in Collision
July 30, 1917: Steamship Saratoga, gross 6,391 tons; collision with steamship Panama off Tompkinsville, Staten Island; salvaged; 1 killed.
April 26, 1918: Steamship Westerly, gross 5,615 tons; collision with British steamship Lucidina; sank; no casualties.
May 1, 1918: Steamship City of Athens, gross 3,648 tens; collision with French cruiser La Gloire off Atlantic City; sank; 66 killed.
May 15, 1918: Steamship Neches, gross 5,426 tons; sank in collision with unknown British patrol vessel 10 miles from Start Point Light and 30 miles east of Plymouth, England; 3 killed.
July 31, 1918: Steamship Poseidon, gross 1,908 tons; sank in collision with steamship Somerset, 5 miles north-northeast of Five Fathom Bank Light Vessel; 6 killed.
August 19, 1918: Steamship Proteus, gross 4,836 tons; sank in collision with steamship Cushing, 35 miles southwest of Diamond Shoals; 1 killed.
September 6, 1918: Steamship Almirante, gross 5,010 tons; sank in collision with U. S. S. Hisko, south of Brigantine Shoal Bar; 7 killed.
October 3, 1918: Steamship Lake City, gross 2,455 tons; sank in collision with steamship James McGee, 3 miles east of American Shoal Light near Key West, Florida; 29 killed.
October 23. 1918: J. H. Rutter, barge, gross 1,224 tons; sank in collision with U. S. S. Texan in North River, New York; no casualties.
June 11, 1919: Steamship Yankee, gross 2,418 tons; sank in collision with Italian steamship Argentina off Fire Island, N. Y.; no casualties.
Ships Sunk or Seriously Damaged from Miscellaneous Causes
March 15, 1915: Pass of Balhamas, motor vessel, gross 1,571 tons; stranded at Westerland, Germany; salvaged; no casualties.
December 2, 1916: Rebecca B. Douglas, schooner, gross 475 tons; stranded at Crabtree Point, Frenchmans Bay, Maine; absence of lights; no casualties.
March 20, 1917: Phineas W. Sprague, schooner, gross 789 tons; grounded and lost near Carboneras, Spain; previously reported torpedoed; no casualties.
August 1, 1917: Steamship Navajo, tanker, gross 2,605 tons; caught fire and sank 800 miles west of Ireland; no casualties.
April 13, 1918: Steamship City of Wilmington, gross 3,432 tons, caught fire and burned 250 miles east of Halifax, Nova Scotia; no casualties.
April 17, 1918: Steamship Florence H, gross 3,819 tons; destroyed by internal explosion while at anchor in Quiberon Bay, France; 45 killed, 12 wounded.
June 22, 1918: Steamship George L. Eaton, gross 2,120 tons; caught fire and sank between United States and France; no casualties.
June 28, 1918: Steamship Onondaga, gross 2,696 tons; struck reef and sank off Watch Hill Reef, R. I.; no casualties.
August 1-3, 1918: Steamship Seguranca, gross 4,033 tons; had leak, grounded, and sunk on southeast coast of Sardinia; no casualties.
August 2, 1918: Reliance, tug, gross 272 tons; foundered 34 miles northeast of Colon, Panama; 5 killed.
September 17, 1918: Steamship Blackford, gross 2,950 tons; foundered off Mazatlan, Mexico, total loss; no casualties.October 18, 1918: Steamship West Oil, gross 2,172 tons; burned at Genoa, Italy; salvaged; no casualties.
Ships Mined
February 19, 1915: Steamship Evelyn, gross 1,963 tons; sunk by mines in North Sea near Isle of Borkum, 10 miles west of Norderney; 1 killed.
February 22, 1915: Steamship Carib, gross 2,087 tons; sunk by mine in the North Sea; 3 killed.
April 2, 1915: Steamship Greenbrier, gross 3,322 tons; sunk by mine in the North Sea, near Amrum, North Frisian Islands; no casualties.
September 27, 1915: Vincent, schooner, gross 1,904 tons; sunk by mine in the North Sea, near Cape Orloff, Russia; 4 wounded.
November 18, 1915: Helen Martin, schooner, gross 2,265 tons; sunk by mine In North Set!, 3 miles west-northwest of Cape Orloff, Russia; salvaged; 4 wounded.
June 18, 1916: Steamship Seaconnet, gross 2,294 tons; sunk by mine in the North Sea, off Great Yarmouth, England; no casualties.
July 10, 1916: Steamship Goldshell, gross 5,614 tons; struck mine in the Bay of Biscay; salvaged; no casualties.
December 18, 1916: Steamship Kansan, gross 7,913 tons; struck mine in the Bay of Biscay; salvaged; 6 wounded.
April 9, 1917: Steamship New York, gross 10,080 tons; struck mine 4 miles off Bar Lightship, Liverpool, England; salvaged; no casualties.
November 28, 1917: Steamship Albert Watts, tanker, gross 3,302 tons; struck mine or torpedoed by submarine UC type, causing leak of gasoline 50 miles west of Genoa. November 29, 1917, caught fire and burned at Genoa; sank; one killed.
June 3, 1918: Steamship Herbert L. Pratt, tanker, gross 7,145 tons; struck mine laid by German submarine U-151 off Cape Henlopen, Delaware 2.5 miles southeast of Overfalls Lightship; salvaged; no casualties.
October 4, 1918: Steamship San Saba, gross 2,458 tons; sunk by mine laid by German Submarine U-117, 15 miles southeast of Barnegat Light, New Jersey; 30 killed.
March 14, 1919: Steamship Yselhaven, gross 3,557 tons; sunk by mine off coast of Scotland, 20 miles off Coquet Island; 10 killed.
May 20, 1919: Steamship Lake Placid, gross 2,535 tons; sunk by mine 20 miles off Vinga Light, near Gothenburgh, Sweden; no casualties.
September 16, 1919: Steamship West Arvada, gross 6,044 tons; sunk by mine 16 miles north of Terschelling Light, Holland; 1 killed.
November 13, 1919: Steamship Council Bluffs, gross 2,450 tons; sunk by mine in Irish Sea; no casualties
December 1, 1919: Steamship Kerwood gross 3,651 tons; by mine in Irish Sea; no casualties.
December 5, 1919: Steamship Liberty Glo, gross 5,763 tons; struck by mine, 10 miles west by north of Terschelling, Holland; salvaged; no casualties.
July 1, 1921: Steamship Mopang, gross 3,545 tons; sunk by mine in the Black Sea at entrance to Gulf of Bougas; no casualties.
Sources:
American Ship Casualties of the World War, Including Naval Vessels, Merchant Ships, Sailing Vessels, and Fishing Craft, Corrected to April 1, 1923, Compiled by Historical Section Navy Department, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1923
*The U.S. Merchant Marine at War, 1775-1945, Edited by Bruce L. Felknor. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 19986/5/00
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