List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy

This list of military 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

Britain

Warships

  • HMS Cicala: British gunboat sunk 21 December 1941 during an air raid on Hong Kong Harbor.
  • 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 Dragonfly: British gunboat sunk in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
  • HMS Electra: British destroyer sunk 27 February 1942 by naval gun fire during the Battle of the Java Sea.
  • HMS Encounter: British destroyer sunk 1 March 1942 by naval gunfire.
  • HMS Exeter: British heavy cruiser sunk 1 March 1942 by naval gunfire and a torpedo from Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi during the Battle of Java Sea.
  • HMS Grasshopper: British gunboat sunk in the Banka Strait, 14 February 1942.
  • 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 Pathfinder: British Destroyer sunk 11 February 1945 by aircraft off Ramree Island, Burma.
  • HMS Peterel: British gunboat sunk by naval gunfire at Shanghai 8 December 1941.
  • HMS Porpoise: British Submarine sunk 1945 by aircraft possibly assisted by naval escorts.[1]
  • 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 Scorpion: British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri.[2]
  • HMS Stonehenge: British submarine, overdue and assumed mined 1944.
  • HMS Stratagem: British submarine sunk 22 November 1944 by sub-chaser CH-35.[3]
  • HMS Stronghold: British destroyer sunk 1942.
  • HMS Tenedos: British destroyer sunk 5 April 1942 during the Indian Ocean raid.
  • HMS Thanet: British destroyer sunk on 27 January 1942 by light cruiser Sendai and five destroyers.
  • HMS Thracian: British destroyer badly damaged by bombing 16 December 1941 and scuttled. Later raised by the Japanese and put into service as PB-101.[4]

Auxiliaries

  • HMS Li Wo: British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri.[2]
  • HMS St. Breock: British rescue tug bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Sumatra on 14 February 1942.

Netherlands

  • HNLMS De Ruyter: Dutch light cruiser sunk 27 February 1942 by torpedo from heavy cruiser Haguro during Battle of the Java Sea.[2]
  • HNLMS Evertsen Dutch destroyer forced aground by destroyers Murakumo and Shirakumo.
  • HNLMS Java: Dutch light cruiser sunk 27 February 1942 by torpedo from heavy cruiser Nachi during Battle of Java Sea.[2]
  • HNLMS K VII Dutch submarine sunk 18 February 1942 by land-based naval bombers while in Surabaya harbor.[5]
  • HNLMS K XVI Dutch submarine sunk 25 December 1941 by submarine I-66 (later I-166).[6]
  • HNLMS K XVIII Dutch submarine damaged 24 January 1942 by depth charges from destroyers, which later force her scuttling.[7]
  • HNLMS Kortenaer Dutch destroyer sunk by torpedo fired by heavy cruiser Haguro during Battle of the Java Sea.[2]
  • HNLMS O 20 Dutch submarine sunk 19 December 1941 by destroyers Uranami, Ayanami and Yugiri.[8]
  • HNLMS Piet Hein Dutch destroyer sunk by torpedoes and gunfire from destroyers Arashio and Ushio during the battle of Badoeng Strait.
  • HNLMS Prins van Oranje Dutch minelayer sunk 11 January 1942 by destroyer Yamakaze and patrol boat P38.[9]
  • HNLMS Van Nes Dutch destroyer sunk 17 February 1942 by carrier based planes from light carrier Ryujo.

New Zealand

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

United States

Aircraft Carriers

Escort Carriers

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 Nevada: 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.

Cruisers

Destroyers

Destroyer Escorts

Submarines

Amphibious Warfare Ships

  • USS LCI(G)-82 4 April 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LCI(G)-365 10 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LCI(M)-974 10 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LCS(L)-7 16 January 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LCS(L)-15 22 April 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LCS(L)-26 14 February 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu
  • USS LCS(L)-33 12 April 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LCS(L)(3)-49 16 February 45 Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands
  • USS LSM-12 4 April 45 foundered after being damaged by a Shinyo (suicide motorboat) off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM-20 5 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands
  • USS LSM-59 21 June 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM-135 25 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM(R)-190 4 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM(R)-194 4 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM(R)-195 3 May 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LSM-318 7 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-460 21 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-447 7 April 45 Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
  • USS LST-472 15 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-738 15 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands
  • USS LST-749 21 December 44 Kamikaze aircraft off Mindoro, Philippine Islands

Mine Warfare Craft

Oilers

Transports

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

References

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