What is the name of the first naval vessel lost by the United States in world war 2?

Answer 1

this was the American war vessel called REUBEN JAMES , a destroyer, on the 31 th of october 1941 torpedoed by a Japanese sub before the war broke out between the usa and Japan in 1941 on the 7 th of December in pearl harbor(Hawaii) when war was officialy declared by the USA on the 8 th of December in the American congress by pres. roosevelt!

Answer 2

World War 2 started in September 1939. Therefore the first Ship lost by the US Navy was DD-245 USS Reuben James sunk on 31/10/1941 by U562 300 miles south of Iceland escorting convoy HX156 to Britain. 115 US sailors were killed.

Revenge was obtained on 19/02/1943 when the U562 was itself sunk with all hands by the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Isis and HMS Hursley.

Answer 3

The very first enemy warship sunk by America during World War 2 didn't have a name; it was a Japanese Mini-Sub which had been launched from a larger mother submarine during the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) midget submarines normally had a complement of 2 crewmen and fired one to two torpedoes. They were used for getting in close; like attacking within harbors.

Answer 4

To name a few, USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS Utah, USS California.

Answer 5

The battleship USS Arizona, sunk at 0806 on December 7th 1941 - less than 20 minutes after the fighting began - in the battle of Pearl Harbour.

Answer 6

There were over 155 US warships sunk in WWII. But you're probably thinking about the battleship USS Arizona.

Answer 7

Battleship USS Arizona.