u.s. Navy D.estroyers Lost or Damaged During World War II Introduction Tin Can Sailors The destroyers of the United States Navy played key roles Tin Can Sailors is the national association of destroyer throughout World War II, starting with pre-Pearl Harbor convoy veterans. Founded in 1976, we now have over 21 ,000 members. escort and patrol duty and continuing through the post-surren­ Our members receive a quarterly 40-page newsletter. der occupation of Japan. Time and time again destroyers proved Widely regarded as the finest of its type, the newsletter contains their worth as they carried out difficult and often dangerous as­ a mix of on naval history, individual ship histories, shipmate signments. As a result of going "in harm's way," many destroyers memories, reunion notices, and much more. were lost or damaged. Although the majority were of these ships Members of Tin Can Sailors may also attend the many were lost or damaged due to enemy action, some were involved events we sponsor each year. These include a national reunion in other situations - often equally deadly - such as storms, and more than a dozen one-day Bull Sessions covering many collisions, groundings, or friendly fire. regions of the country. Our Field Day program provides opportu­ Through this publication we honor those ships, the men nities to spend weekends living and working aboard a destroyer who were killed or wounded aboard them, and those men who that has become a museum/memorial ship. survived uninjured but who were also in places of great danger. The Tin Can Sailors' Grant Program provides financial Much was demanded of them and they came through. They left assistance to destroyers serving as museum/memorial ships. a legacy, a tradition of excellence and courage, for every Sailor These grants help to pay the costs of restoring and maintaining who has come afterward. these historic vessels. Entire contents copyright 1998-2000 Tin Can Sailors, Inc. To join call (800) 223-5535 or write to All rights reserved. All photos are USN official. Tin Can Sailors, PO Box 100, Somerset, MA 02726. The USS Aaron Ward (OM-34) at Kerama Retto on 5 May 1945, The USS Nelson (00-623) was towed to Boston for repairs after a two days after she was attacked by suicide planes . torpedo destroyed the after portion of the ship in June 1944. u.s. Navy Destroyers Lost or Damaged During World War II 1941 10117141 Kearny 00-432 North Atlantic Submarine Torpedo (1) Oamaged 10/31/41 Reuben James 00-245 Off Western Iceland Submarine Torpedo (1 or 2) Lost 12/07/41 Cassin 00-372 Pearl Harbor Bombs (3) See Notes 12/07/4 1 Oownes 00-375 Pearl Harbor Bomb (1) & damaged by bombs hitting USS Cassin See Notes 12/07/41 Helm 00-388 Pearl Harbor Bomb (1) See Notes 12107/4 1 Shaw 00-373 Pearl Harbor Bombs (3) See Notes 12/10/41 Peary 00-226 Cavite, Philippine Islands Bomb (1) Oamaged 12/28/41 Peary 00-226 Sula Sea Bomb Oamaged 1942 02/12/42 Wm B Preston AVO-7 Port Oarwin, Australia Bombs Oamaged 02/18/42 Truxtu n 00-229 New10undland Grounded Ouring Storm Lost 02/19/42 Peary 00-226 Port Oarwin, Australia Bombs (5) Lost 02/28/42 Jacob Jones 00-130 Off New Jersey coast Submarine Torpedo (2) Lost 03/01/42 Pillsbury 00-227 Java Sea Gunfire Lost 03/01/42 Pope 00-225 Java Sea Gunfire and Bombs Lost 03/01/42 Edsall 00-219 Java Sea Gunfire Lost 03/02/42 Stewart 00-224 Javalln Floating Orydock Gunfire (1) & Bomb See Notes 03/19/42 Oickerson 00-157 Cape Lookout Gunfire (1) from merchant ship SS Liberator Oamaged 04/26/42 Sturtevant 00-240 Florida US Mine (Probable) Lost 05/07/42 Sims 00-409 Coral Sea Bombs (3) Lost 05/25/42 Blakeley 00-150 Martinique Submarine Torpedo (1) Oamaged 061??/42 Williamson AVO-2 Aleutians Strafing Oamaged 06/06/42 Hammann 00-412 Midway Submarine Torpedo (1) Lost 06/30/42 Long OMS-12 Alaskan waters Collision with USS Monaghan (00-354) Oamaged 06/30/42 Monaghan 00-354 Alaskan waters Collision with USS Long (OMS-12) Oamaged 08/04/42 Tucker 00-374 Espiritu Santo US Mine Lost 08/07/42 Mugford 00-389 Solomon Islands Bomb (1) Oamaged 08/09/42 Patterson 00-392 Savo Island Gunfire (1) Oamaged 3 08/09/42 Ralph Talbot DD-390 Savo Island Gunfire (5) Damaged 08/0 9/42 Jarvis DD-393 Solomon Islands Aircraft Torpedo (1) 1 Disappeared Lost 08/22/42 Ingraham DD-444 Nova Scotia Collision with USS Chemung (AO-30) Lost 08/22/42 Blue DD-387 Solomon Islands Destroyer Torpedo (1) Lost 08/25/42 Williamson AVD-2 Aleutians Own Depth Charges in Storm Damaged 09/05/42 Colhoun APD-2 Guadalcanal Aircraft Lost 09/05/42 Gregory APD-3 Guadalcanal Gunfire (multiple) Lost 09/05/42 Little APD-4 Guadalcanal Gunfire (multiple) Lost 09/15/42 O'Brien DD-415 Solomon Islands Submarine Torpedo (1) Lost 10/11 /42 Farenholt DD-491 Cape Esperance Gunfire (4) Damaged 10/12/42 Duncan DD-485 Cape Esperance Gunfire (at least 14 hits) Lost 10/15/42 Meredith DD-434 Solomon Islands Bombs (2) & Aircraft Torpedo (2) Lost 10/16/42 McFarland AVD-14 Lunga Roads Bomb (1) Damaged 10/25/42 Zane DMS-14 Tulagi Gunfire (1) Damaged 10/26/42 Porter DD-356 Santa Cruz Submarine Torpedo (1) Lost 10/26/42 Smith DD-378 Santa Cruz Suicide Torpedo Plane (1) Damaged 10/27/42 Mahan DD-364 Santa Cruz Collision with USS South Dakota (BB-57) Damaged 11/08/42 Ludlow DD-438 North Africa Gunfire (1) Damaged 11/08/42 Murphy DD-603 North Africa Gunfire (1) Damaged 11/11 /42 Hambleton DD-455 North Africa Submarine Torpedo (1) Damaged 11/13/42 Aaron Ward DD-483 Guadalcanal Gunfire (9) Damaged 11 /13/42 Barton DD-599 Guadalcanal Destroyer Torpedo (2) Lost 11 /13/42 Cushing DD-376 Guadalcanal Gunfire (17) Lost 11/13/42 Laffey DD-459 Guadalcanal Gunfire (2 salvos) & Destroyer Torpedo (1) Lost 11 /13/42 Monssen DD-436 Guadalcanal Gunfire (37) Lost 11 /13/42 O'Bannon DD-450 Guadalcanal Gunfire (1) Damaged 11/13/42 Sterett DD-407 Guadalcanal Gunfire (11) Damaged 11/15/42 Benham DD-397 Guadalcanal Destroyer Torpedo (1) Lost 11/15/42 Gwin DD-433 Guadalcanal Gunfire (2) Damaged 11 /15/42 Preston DD-379 Guadalcanal Gunfire (5) Lost 11 /15/42 Walke DD-416 Guadalcanal Gunfire (cruiser salvo) & DD Torp(1) Lost 12/27/42 Wasmuth DMS-15 Alaskan waters Storm 1 Own Depth Charges Lost 1943 01/10/43 Shaw DD-373 New Caledonia Grounded Damaged 01 /12/43 Worden DD-352 Amchitka Island Grounded Lost 01 /30/43 LaVallette DD-448 Rennell Island Aircraft Torpedo (1) Damaged 02/01 /43 DeHaven DD-469 Guadalcanal Bombs (4) Lost 4 02/26/43 Stringham APO-6 Russell Islands Grounded Oamaged 03/26/43 Bailey 00-492 Bering Sea Gunfire (5) Oamaged 03/26/43 Coghlan 00-606 Bering Sea Gunfire (numerous) Oamaged 04/07/43 Aaron Ward 00-483 Guadalcanal Bombs (5) Lost 04/24/43 Macdonough 00-351 Aleutians Collision with USS Sicard (OM-21) Oamaged 04/24/43 Sicard OM-21 Aleutians Collision with USS Macdonough (00-351) Oamaged 06/25/43 Hutchins 00-476 Hawaiian Waters Own Gunfire Oamaged 06/30/43 Gwin 00-433 Rendova Strait, Solomons Gunfire (1) Oamaged 06/30/43 Zane OMS-14 Guadalcanal Grounded Oamaged 07/05/43 Strong 00-468 Kula Gulf, Solomons Is. Midget Sub Torpedo (1) & Gunfire (1) Lost 07/10/43 Maddox 00-622 Sicily Bombs (3 - 4) Lost 07/13/43 Gwin 00-433 Kula Gulf, Solomons Is. Oestroyer Torpedo (1) Lost 07/26/43 Mayrant 00-402 Palermo, Sicily Bomb (1) Oamaged 07/26/43 Rhind 00-404 Palermo, Sicily Bombs (2) Oamaged 08/04/43 Shubrick 00-639 Palermo, Sicily Bomb (1) Oamaged 08/18/43 Abner Read 00-526 Kiska Island Mine (1) Oamaged 08/24/43 Montgomery OM-17 Guadalcanal Collision with USS Preble (OM-20) Oamaged 08/77/43 Jeffers 00-621 Oran, Algeria Collision with concrete dock wall Oamaged 09/02/43 Kendrick 00-612 Northwest African waters Aircraft Torpedo (1) Oamaged 09/04/43 Conyngham 00-371 Huon Gulf, New Guinea Bombs (3) Oamaged 09/11/43 Rowan 00-405 Salerno, Italy E Boat Torpedo (1) Lost 10/01/43 Saufly 00-465 Kula Gulf, Solomons Bombs (3) Oamaged 10103/43 Henley 00-391 New Guinea Submarine Torpedo (1) Lost 10/06/43 Chevalier 00-451 Vella La Vella Oestroyer Torpedo (1) & Rammed By US 00 Lost 10/06/43 Selfridge 00-357 Vella La Vella PT or Oestroyer Torpedo (2) Oamaged 10/09/43 Buck 00-420 Salerno, Italy Submarine Torpedo (1) Lost 10/13/43 Bristol 00-453 Northwest African waters Submarine Torpedo (1) Lost 10/20/43 Perkins 00-377 Finschhafen, New Guinea Bomb (1) Oamaged 10/21/43 Murphy 00-603 Off New York Collision with tanker Bulkoil Oamaged 10/27/43 Cony 00-508 Treasury Islands Bombs (2) Oamaged 10/29/43 Perkins 00-377 New Guinea Collision with troopship HMAS Ountroon Lost 11 /01 /43 Oyson 00-572 Shortland Island Gunfire (1) Oamaged 11 /01/43 Wadsworth 00-516 Bougainville Island Bomb (1) Oamaged 11/01/43 Borie 00-215 North of Azores, Atlantic Rammed & Sank Submarine U-405 Lost 11/02/43 Foote 00-511 Bougainville Island Oestroyer Torpedo (1) Oamaged 11/02/43 Spence 00-512 Bougainville Island Gunfire (1) Oamaged 11106/43 Beatty 00-640 Northwest African waters Aircraft Torpedo (1) Lost 11 /17/43 McKean APO-5 Bougainville Aircraft Torpedo (1) Lost 11 /20/43 Ringgold 00-500 Tarawa Island Gunfire (2) Oamaged 12103/43 Converse 00-509 Bougainville Island Bomb (1) Oamaged 5 12108/43 Boyd 00-544 Nauru Island Gunfire (several} Damaged 12/22/43 Dent APO-9 Cape Sudest Grounded Damaged 12/24/43 Leary 00-158 North Atlantic Submarine Torpedo (3) Lost 12/26/43 Brownson 00-518 Cape Glouster, New Britain Bombs (3) Lost 12/26/43 Lamson 00-367 Cape Glouster Bomb (1) Damaged 12126/43 Mugford 00-389 Cape Glouster Bombs (2) Damaged 12/26/43 Shaw 00-373 Cape Glouster Bombs (3) Damaged 12/31/43 Lea 00-118 Atlantic Collision with freighter Damaged 1944 01 /03/44 Turner 00-648 Off Ambrose Light, NY Explosion while anchored Lost 01/24/44