The USS Reuben James, an obsolete WWI flush deck destroyer (aka four piper) of the Clemson/Wickes class. The same class of vessels given to Britain under the Lend Lease Act.
Reuben James
It was sunk by German u-boats (submarines).
It sunk in 1942
Reuban James.
Lusitania wasn't a German submarine, it was an American merchant ship that was sunk by German submarines.
The Lusitania.
The US destroyer Reuben James was sunk on October 31 , 1941, but it was by a German U-boat near Iceland. It was the first US warship sunk in World war II, this coming some five weeks before Pearl Harbor and a declaration of war against Japan and Germany.
The SS Emidio was sunk off California in 1941. The SS Montebello was sunk in 1941. SS Coast Trader (Freighter) sunk in '42. SS Larry Doheny sunk in '42. All believed sunk by Japanese Submarines on the US West Coast.
Submarines do get sunk in the sea.
Perhaps you're thinking of the liner Lusitania which was sunk by German submarines during World War One.
These merchantmen are KNOWN to be sunk by Japanese submarines during WWII off the US West Coast (there are several others sunk by explosions, but cannot be verified as sunk by submarines):1941 - Emidio, tanker, torpedoed1941 - Montebello, tanker, torpedoed1942 - Coast Trader, freighter, torpedoed1942 - Larry Doheny, tanker, torpedoed
Amigir
Probably the old WWI Clemson/Wickes class flush deck destroyer USS Reuben James.