List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy

This list of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy lists all vessels sunk by ships commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and by Japanese naval aircraft, listed alphabetically by ship name.

Australia

* HMAS "Armidale": Australian corvette sunk 1 December, 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
* HMAS "Canberra": Australian heavy cruiser heavily damaged 9 August 1942 by torpedoes and naval gun fire during Battle of Savo Island, and scuttled later in the day.
* AHS "Centaur": Australian hospital ship torpedoed on 14 May, 1943 by Japanese submarine "I-177" off the coast of Queensland.
* SS "Fingal" : Norwegian merchant ship on charter to the Australian Government on 5 May 1943 torpedoed by the Japanese submarine "I 180"
* HMAS "Kuttabul": Australian depot ship sunk 31 May, 1942 by a Japanese midget submarine during the Attack on Sydney Harbour
* HMAS "Mavie": Australian patrol boat sunk 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
* "Neptuna": Australian merchant ship sunk 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
* HMAS "Patricia Cam": Australian general purpose vessel sunk 22 January 1943 by an IJN floatplane near the Wessel Islands.
* HMAS "Perth": Australian light cruiser sunk 28 February, 1942 during Battle of Java Sea.
* HMAS "Vampire": Australian destroyer sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
* HMAS "Yarra": Australian sloop sunk 4 March, 1942 by three Japanese cruisers.

Britain

Warships

* HMS "Cornwall": British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April, 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
* HMS "Dorsetshire": British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April, 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
* HMS "Electra": British destroyer sunk 27 February, 1942 by naval gun fire during the Battle of the Java Sea.
* HMS "Encounter": British destroyer sunk 1942.
* HMS "Exeter": British heavy cruiser sunk 28 February, 1942 by Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi during the Battle of Java Sea.
* HMS "Hermes": British aircraft carrier sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
* HMS "Hollyhock": British corvette sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
* HMS "Jupiter": British destroyer sunk 27 February, 1942 by striking a mine during the Battle of the Java Sea.
* HMS "Pathfinder":. British Destroyer sunk 11 February, 1945 by aircraft off Ramree Island, Burma.
* HMS "Porpoise": British Submarine sunk 1945.
* HMS "Prince of Wales": British battleship sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
* HMS "Repulse": British battlecruiser sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
* HMS "Stonehenge": British submarine, overdue and assumed mined 1944.
* HMS "Stratagem": British submarine sunk 1944.
* HMS "Stronghold": British destroyer sunk 1942.
* HMS "Tenedos": British destroyer sunk 1942.
* HMS "Thanet": British destroyer sunk 1942.
* HMS "Thracian": British destroyer sunk 1941.
* HMS "Grasshopper"
* HMS "Dragonfly"
* HMS "Scorpion"
* HMS "Peterel" British gunboat sunk by naval gunfire
* HMS "Cicala"

Auxiliaries

* HMS "Mata Hari"
* HMS "Li Wo"
* HMS "St. Breok"

Netherlands

* HNLMS "De Ruyter": Dutch light cruiser sunk 27 February, 1942 by ship fired torpedo during Battle of the Java Sea.
* HNLMS "Java": Dutch light cruiser sunk 27 February, 1942 during Battle of Java Sea.
* HNLMS "Eversten"
* HNLMS "Kortenaer"
* HNLMS "Van Nes"
* HNLMS "Piet Hein"

New Zealand

* HMNZS Moa (T233): New Zealand minesweeper sunk on 7 April 1943 by aircraft at Tulagi Harbour in the Solomon Islands

United States of America

Aircraft Carriers

* USS "Hornet": American aircraft carrier sunk on 27 October 1942 by aircraft during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
* USS "Lexington": American aircraft carrier sunk on 8 May 1942 by carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
* USS "Princeton": American aircraft carrier sunk on 24 October, 1944 by carrier based aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
* USS "Wasp": American aircraft carrier sunk on 15 September 1942 by Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports to Guadalcanal.
* USS "Yorktown": American aircraft carrier sunk on 7 June 1942 by Japanese submarine I-168, following damage from carrier-based aircraft during the Battle of Midway.

Escort Carriers

* USS "Bismarck Sea": American escort carrier sunk on 21 February, 1945 by aircraft during the invasion of Iwo Jima.
* USS "Gambier Bay": American escort carrier sunk on 25 October, 1944 by torpedoes and naval gun fire in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf.
* USS "Liscome Bay": American escort carrier sunk on 24 November, 1943 by the Japanese submarine I-175 of the island of Makin.
* USS "Ommaney Bay": American escort carrier sunk on 4 January, 1945 by kamikaze aircraft.
* USS "Saint Lo": American escort carrier sunk on 25 October, 1944 by aircraft while in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf.

Battleships

* USS "Arizona": American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* USS "California": American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
* USS "Oklahoma": American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised and sank while under tow to the scrappers.
* USS "West Virginia": American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.

Cruisers

* USS "Atlanta": American light cruiser sunk on 13 November 1942 by Japanese naval gunfire at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
* USS "Houston": American heavy cruiser sunk 28 February, 1942 by naval gunfire during the Battle of the Java Sea.
* USS "Juneau": American light cruiser sunk on 13 November 1942 by Japanese submarine I-26 after being damaged by naval gunfire at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
* USS "Vincennes": American heavy cruiser sunk on 9 August 1942 by Japanese naval gunfire at the Battle of Savo Island.
* USS "Astoria": American heavy cruiser sunk on 9 August 1942 by Japanese naval gunfire at the Battle of Savo Island.
* USS "Quincy": American heavy cruiser sunk on 9 August 1942 by Japanese naval gunfire at the Battle of Savo Island.
* USS "Chicago": American heavy cruiser sunk on 30 January 1943 by Japanese aircraft torpedoes during the Battle of Rennell Island.
* USS "Indianapolis": American heavy cruiser sunk on 30 July 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58 between Guam and the Philippines.
* USS "Helena": American light cruiser sunk on 6 July 1943 by Japanese naval torpedoes during the Battle of Kula Gulf.
* USS "Northampton": American heavy cruiser sunk on 30 November 1942 by Japanese naval torpedoes during the Battle of Tassafaronga.

Destroyers

* USS "Edsall" Sunk by Japanese battleships and heavy cruisers in early 1942 in Indonesian waters
* USS "Stewart" A Clemson-class destroyer, heavily damaged and captured at Soerabaya. Commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy as Patrol boat no 102.
* USS "Pope"
* USS "Peary": American destroyer sunk on 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
* USS "Pillsbury"
* USS "Porter" Sunk by air attack during the Battle of Santa Cruz 1942.
* USS "Mahan": Sank after three kamikaze hits off Leyte on 7 December 1944.
* USS "Reid": Sank after two kamikaze hits off Leyte on 11 December 1944.
* USS "Cassin": Sunk in dry dock alongside USS "Downes" on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Later salvaged and rebuilt.
* USS "Downes": Sunk in dry dock alongside USS "Cassin" on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Later salvaged and rebuilt.
* USS "Cushing"
* USS "Preston"
* USS "Blue"
* USS "Henley"
* USS "Jarvis" Sunk in aerial attacks during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942.
* USS "Benham"
* USS "Sims": Sunk on 7 May 1942 by carrier aircraft during Battle of Coral Sea.
* USS "Hammann": Sunk on 6 June, 1942 by Japanese submarine I-168 during the Battle of Midway.
* USS "O'Brien" Broke up under tow to Pearl harbor for repairs a month after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19.
* USS "Walke"
* USS "Gwin"
* "'USS "Meredith"
* USS "Monssen"
* USS "Chevalier"
* USS "Laffey"
* USS "Strong"
* USS "De Haven"
* USS "Pringle"
* USS "Aaron Ward"
* USS "Duncan": American destroyer sunk on 12 October 1942 by Japanese naval gunfire at the Battle of Cape Esperance.
* USS "Brownson"
* USS "Luce"
* USS "Abner Read"
* USS "Bush"
* USS "Hoel"
* USS "Johnston"
* USS "Morrison": Sank after four hits by kamikaze aircraft on 4 May 1945 while on picket duty off Okinawa.
* USS "William D. Porter"
* USS "Halligan"
* USS "Twiggs"
* USS "Barton"
* USS "Cooper"
* USS "Mannert L. Abele"
* USS "Drexler"
* USS "Callaghan"
* USS "Colhoun"
* USS "Little"

Destroyer Escorts

* USS "Oberrender"
* USS "Eversole"
* USS "Shelton"
* USS "Samuel B. Roberts"
* USS "Underhill" By a Kaiten manned torpedo attack.

ubmarines

* USS "S-44"
* USS "Argonaut"
* USS "Shark"
* USS "Perch"
* USS "Sculpin"
* USS "Swordfish"
* USS "Sealion": Sunk by bombing on 10 December 1941 at Cavite, Luzon.
* USS "Triton"
* USS "Trout"
* USS "Grampus"
* USS "Grayback"
* USS "Grayling"
* USS "Grenadier"
* USS "Gudgeon"
* USS "Growler"
* USS "Grunion"
* USS "Albacore"
* USS "Amberjack"
* USS "Bonefish"
* USS "Corvina" The only known instance of a US submarine being sunk by a Japanese submarine.
* USS "Darter" Ran aground and abandoned while attacking Japanese battle group.
* USS "Herring"
* USS "Trigger"
* USS "Wahoo"
* USS "Flier"
* USS "Harder" Sunk by Patrol boat 102 (formerly USS Stewart (DD-224).
* USS "Runner"
* USS "Scamp"
* USS "Scorpion"
* USS "Snook"
* USS "Capelin"
* USS "Cisco"
* USS "Escolar"
* USS "Shark"
* USS "Barbel"
* USS "Bullhead"
* USS "Golet"
* USS "Kete"
* USS "Lagarto"

Mine Warfare Craft

* USS "Oglala": Sunk 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor after damage from a near miss. Later raised and converted to engine repair ship.
* USS "Gamble"
* USS "Montgomery"
* USS "Palmer"
* USS "Hovey"
* USS "Long"
* USS "Perry"
* USS "Emmons"
* USS "Tanager"
* USS "Finch"
* USS "Quail
* USS "Penguin": Scuttled after strafing damage at Guam on 8 December 1941.
* USS "Bittern": Sunk by bombing at Cavite, Luzon on 10 December 1941.
* USS "Skylark"
* USS "Swallow"
* USS "Salute"

Transports

* USS "Little": Sunk in action off Guadalcanal in 1942.
* USS "George F. Elliott"
* USS "Aludra"
* USS "Deimos"
* USS "Gregory": Sunik in action off Guadalcanal in 1942.

Motor Torpedo Boats

* USS "PT-34"
* USS "PT-35"
* USS "PT-37"
* USS "PT-41"
* USS "PT-43"
* USS "PT-44"
* USS "PT-109" Rammed by IJN destroyer Amagiri in Guadalcanal waters. Future US president John F. Kennedy survived the sinking.
* USS "PT-111"
* USS "PT-112"
* USS "PT-117"
* USS "PT-133"
* USS "PT-164"
* USS "PT-247"
* USS "PT-251"
* USS "PT-300"
* USS "PT-320"
* USS "PT-323"
* USS "PT-363"
* USS "PT-493"

Other

* USS "Asheville": Gunboat sunk in action 3 March 1942
* USS "Wake": Gunboat captured 8 December 1941
* USS "Panay": Gunboat sunk in action 12 December 1937
* USS "Oahu": Gunboat sunk in action 5 May 1942
* USS "Luzon": Gunboat scuttled 5 May 1942 raised by Japanesse-sunk while in Japanese service
* USS "Mindanao" Gunboat scuttled to avoid capture 2 May, 1942
* USS "Kanawha": Oiler, sunk on 8 April 1943 by Japanese aircraft off Tulagi, Solomon Islands.
* USS "Neches"
* USS "Pecos"
* USS "Neosho": Oiler, sunk on 7 May 1942 by carrier aircraft during Battle of Coral Sea.
* USS "Mississinewa"
* USS "Utah": Former battleship, sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* USAT "Liberty Glo": Army transport sunk on 11 January 1942 by Japanese submarine I-166 near Lombok Strait.
* USAT "Meigs": Army transport sunk on 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
* USS "Langley": Seaplane tender sunk on 27 February 1942 by land-based aircraft after departing Tjilatjap in the Dutch East Indies
* USS John Burke: ammunition ship sunk on Dec. 28, 1944 by kamikaze.

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