No US Navy warships were sunk; 1 US Destroyer was bombed by a NVAF MIG-17, but not sunk; 1 US Navy support ship was sunk by a VC sapper (commando) while docked in a harbor. The only US Navy vessels sunk during the war were "Brown Water Navy" (Riverine boats); approximately 10 Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast, all aluminum 50 footers, with 5 crewmen and 1 officer commanding) were destroyed in the war. Many others were sunk in action, but were raised, repaired, and put back into service. Other USN Riverine craft sunk were Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats, all steel contruction, used for mine sweeping the rivers); Monitors (River Battleships armed with 40mm cannons and/or 105mm howitzers); and PBR's (Patrol Boat River-all fiberglass 32 footers).
Approximately 600 M48 Patton medium gun tanks and 200 M551 Sheridans were deployed to South Vietnam. Thousands of jets and helicopters were used during the war (2,000 lost jets and nearly 8,000 destroyed helicopters). Thousands of M113 ACAV/APC's were sent to Vietnam, some sources state nearly 10,000 M113s.
Millions of small arms (machineguns, rifles, pistols, etc.); thousands of tanks, artillery, and hundreds of Swift Boats and PBRs. Thousands of jets and helicopters.
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The 2 British Capital Ships sunk were the Prince of Wales & Repulse. They were sunk by Japanese bombers. It was a major blow for the British in the Far East along with the loss of Singapore & Hong Kong.....
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4 IJN carriers, 1 cruiser; 1 USN carrier, 1 destroyer.
German U-Boats sank over twenty-four ships off of Florida's Atlantic and Gulf Coasts during World War 2.
Probably. With the number of ships in the invation, there must have been French ships. Therefore, French ships could have very possibly been sunk.
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US Navy: 5 battleships sunk, 3 damaged; 2 destroyers sunk, 1 damaged; 3 cruisers damaged; numerous support ships sunk & damaged.
Yes, a number of Vichy French ships were sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by the Allies.
Well over a dozen US Navy riverine boats were sunk in the Vietnam War; Swift Boats (PCF); PBRs (Patrol Boat River), Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats); unknown number of Monitors sunk, if any. The ex-USN Aircraft Carrier USS Card was sunk by communist sappers in harbor in South Vietnam.
The 2 British Capital Ships sunk were the Prince of Wales & Repulse. They were sunk by Japanese bombers. It was a major blow for the British in the Far East along with the loss of Singapore & Hong Kong.....
No US battleships were sunk during the Viet Nam war.
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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.).
103 merchant ships were sunk in world war one