the hundred islands
The USS Hornet was sunk during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
Atolls are low-lying coral islands that are formed from coral reefs growing around the rim of an ancient volcanic island that has sunk below sea level. They are characterized by a central lagoon surrounded by a ring of coral reef and sandbars.
The only United States aircraft carrier ever sunk in the Atlantic (in combat) was during the Battle of the Atlantic. It was Escort Carrier CVE-21, USS Block Island, Commanded By Capt Logan C. Ramsey. Block Island was sunk on 29 May, 1944, off the coast of the Canary Islands.
Britain's Lusitania was sunk by Germany
a ship that was sunk during ww2
HMS Hood was sunk during the Battle of the Denmark strait on the 24th of May 1941.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, commanding the patrol boat PT-109 and leading his crew to rescue after the boat was sunk by the Japanese in the Solomon Islands.
There were no submarines sunk or damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor; all vessels either sunk or damaged were capital ships (battleships, cruisers, etc.) or support vessels (tenders, tugs, etc.).
The British warship that was sunk during the Vietnam War was HMS Coventry. It was a Royal Navy destroyer that was attacked and sunk by Argentine aircraft during the Falklands War in 1982, not the Vietnam War. However, the British did not lose any warships during the Vietnam War, as they were not directly involved in that conflict.
A grouping of coral islands is called an atoll. Atolls are formed from coral reefs that have grown on the remnants of volcanic islands that have sunk in the ocean. They usually form a ring shape with a lagoon in the center.
HMS Hood was sunk during the Battle of the Denmark strait. Her wreckage was found halfway between Iceland and Greenland.