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Q: How many major warships were sunk in WWII?
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What are the names of the military ships sunk un world war 2?

Listing only those battleships (not battlecruisers) that were sunk and never put back into service: USN: 1. USS Arizona 2. USS Utah 3. USS Oklahoma 4. USS Pennsylavania sunk after WWII for target practice. 5. USS New York sunk after WWII for target practice. 6. USS Arkansas sunk after WWII for target practice (with an A-Bomb). 7. USS Nevada sunk after WWII for target practice. IJN: 1. IJN Yamato 2. IJN Musashi 3. IJN Kiroshima 4. IJN Nagato sunk after WWII for target practice (with an A-Bomb). DKM: 1. DKM Tirpitz 2. DKM Bismarck HMS: 1. HMS Prince of Wales 2. HMS Royal Oak


What is the last to be sunk?

The aircraft carrier USS Bismarck Sea was the last US aircraft carrier sunk in WWII (during the battle for Iwo Jima).


How many cruisers fought in the Battle of Midway?

Fleet Admiral Yamamoto was trailing his carriers by several hundred miles from his flagship, the battleship "Yamato", along with five battleships and other warships. We know that one IJN cruiser, the Mogami was sunk at Midway. We know that Admiral Fletcher transferred his flag to a cruiser when Yorktown was abandoned, and later sunk by an I-Boat.


What ship was sunk in the attack on pearl harbor?

USS Arizona plus 4 other battleships, 13 other warships, 200 aircraft,3400 men killed and much equipment lost.


If someone was to discover a sunken world war 2 German U boat can you keep it?

Unless sunk for target practice (meaning there's no bodies in them); all sunken warships are WAR GRAVES! Diving in a sunken "warship" (battle sunk) is walking the grey line between "pleasure diving" and "grave robbing."

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What American ships were sunk in Korean war?

No warships were sunk; some support vessels were sunk by mines.


How many ships were sunk by US submarines in world war 2?

Counting warships & merchantman, US subs sunk about 1,000 vessels.


How many allied warships were sunk by the Italian submarines in the battle of the Atlantic?

109 ships of 593,864 tons in Atlantic


What are the names of the military ships sunk un world war 2?

Listing only those battleships (not battlecruisers) that were sunk and never put back into service: USN: 1. USS Arizona 2. USS Utah 3. USS Oklahoma 4. USS Pennsylavania sunk after WWII for target practice. 5. USS New York sunk after WWII for target practice. 6. USS Arkansas sunk after WWII for target practice (with an A-Bomb). 7. USS Nevada sunk after WWII for target practice. IJN: 1. IJN Yamato 2. IJN Musashi 3. IJN Kiroshima 4. IJN Nagato sunk after WWII for target practice (with an A-Bomb). DKM: 1. DKM Tirpitz 2. DKM Bismarck HMS: 1. HMS Prince of Wales 2. HMS Royal Oak


How many us ships sunk during word war 2?

Counting the wooden PT boats, about 155 warships.


Ships that sunk in the ocean that were ajor ships?

War time or peace time? In peace time, the major warships sunk in the ocean have been: 1. Battleship USS Oklahoma, sunk while under tow to California after WWII. 2. Battleship USS Arkansas, sunk by an Atomic Bomb, during testing in the Pacific in 1946. 3. Battleship USS Nevada, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 4. Battleship USS Pennsylvania, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 5. Battleship USS New York, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. Wartime, in the ocean: British Battleship HMS Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese airplanes in the Pacific (South China Sea-part of the Pacific). Japanese Battleship IJN Yamato, sunk by US airplanes in the Pacific. German Battleship DKM Bismarck, sunk itself in the Atlantic.


How many british submarines sunk World War 2?

The British lost 76 submarines during WWII.


How many Americans battleships were sunk?

The only US battleships that were sunk and lost were the Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah during WWII. After the war the Pennsylvania, New York, Arkansas, and Nevada joined their sister battleships on the bottom of the Pacific after being sunk for target practice.


Missing World War 2 ships in japan?

Warships "missing and presumed lost" are normally meant to mean sunk. Under this catch all phrase, WW2 warships are accounted for.


What is the nickname of the us navy branch that sunk the most Japanese warships in World War 2?

Silent Service.


What is the largerst aircraft carrier?

Largest carrier sunk by a submarine was the IJN Shinano. Largest USN carrier sunk in WWII was the USS Lexington.


What is the last to be sunk?

The aircraft carrier USS Bismarck Sea was the last US aircraft carrier sunk in WWII (during the battle for Iwo Jima).