Alphabetical list of U.S. ships sunk or damaged. www.USMM.org ©1998 - 2006. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American Merchant Marine at War, …

Clancey: “U.S. tanker Cherokee, in convoy XB 25, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-87 approximately 50 miles east of Boston, Massachusetts, 42°11’N, 69°25’W; 65 of the 103 …

At 04.21 hours, a spread of two torpedoes was fired which both hit Cherokee. The Cherokee (Master Twiggs E. Brown) was struck by one torpedo on the port side under the bridge. The …

At 23.37 hours on 30 July 1942 the Robert E. Lee (Master William C. Heath) was hit by one torpedo from U-166, steaming at 16 knots about 50 miles southeast of the entrance to the …

HMS Cressy, HMS Aboukir & HMS Hogue – In the action of 22 September 1914, three British ships were sunk by SM U-9. After Aboukir was torpedoed it was mistakenly thought that the …

After unrestricted submarine warfare began in February 1915, any ship could be sunk unexpectedly from the heavy underwater hull damage inflicted by torpedoes. Many large ships …

This list contains the approximately 100 ships over 10,000 tons that were either damaged or sunk by U-boats by torpedoes, submarine-laid mines, gunfire, or other means.

Includes a map showing positions of all ships hit during each month. The frigate HMS Mounsey (K 569), hit by U-295 (Günter Wieboldt) on 2 Nov 1944. This database in always in very heavy …

2017年9月17日 · By early December 1941, Americans were acutely aware of the almost daily sinking of ships by Nazi U-boats. The war, however, was in Europe, and Americans could read …

2009年11月16日 · By the end of March, Germany had sunk several more passenger ships with Americans aboard and Wilson went before Congress to ask for a declaration of war on April 2, …