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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Minesweeper of the United States Navy</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"AM-16" redirects here. For the failed July 1959 launch of a <a href="/wiki/Juno_II" title="Juno II">Juno II</a> rocket, see <a href="/wiki/S-1_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="S-1 (satellite)">S-1 (satellite)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/USS_Partridge" title="USS Partridge">USS Partridge</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Partridge_(AM-16)_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal,_circa_in_the_1920s_(NH_60282).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/USS_Partridge_%28AM-16%29_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal%2C_circa_in_the_1920s_%28NH_60282%29.jpg/300px-USS_Partridge_%28AM-16%29_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal%2C_circa_in_the_1920s_%28NH_60282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/USS_Partridge_%28AM-16%29_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal%2C_circa_in_the_1920s_%28NH_60282%29.jpg/450px-USS_Partridge_%28AM-16%29_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal%2C_circa_in_the_1920s_%28NH_60282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/USS_Partridge_%28AM-16%29_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal%2C_circa_in_the_1920s_%28NH_60282%29.jpg/600px-USS_Partridge_%28AM-16%29_transiting_the_Panamal_Canal%2C_circa_in_the_1920s_%28NH_60282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5416" data-file-height="4160" /></a></span><div>USS <i>Partridge</i></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>Partridge</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td>Chester Shipbuilding Co., <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>14 May 1918</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>15 October 1918</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>17 June 1919, as <b>Minesweeper No.16</b></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>AM-16</b>, 17 July 1920</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>AT-138</b>, 1 June 1942</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>ATO-138</b>, 15 May 1944</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>29 July 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk by torpedo, 11 June 1944</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>950 long tons (965 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>187 ft 10 in (57.25 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>14 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (16 mph; 26 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>72</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>2 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)/50 cal</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual_purpose_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual purpose gun">dual purpose guns</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Partridge</i> (AM-16)</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a> acquired by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. </p><p><i>Partridge</i> was named after the <a href="/wiki/Partridge" title="Partridge">partridge</a>, any of various <a href="/wiki/Gallinaceous" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallinaceous">gallinaceous</a> birds, such as the <a href="/wiki/Ruffed_grouse" title="Ruffed grouse">ruffed grouse</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bob-white_quail" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob-white quail">bob-white quail</a>, found in North America. </p><p><i>Partridge</i> was laid down on 14 May 1918 by the Chester Shipbuilding Co., <a href="/wiki/Chester,_Pennsylvania" title="Chester, Pennsylvania">Chester, Pennsylvania</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> launched on 15 October 1918; 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H. McCay; and commissioned on 17 June 1919. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-World_War_I_operations">Post-World War I operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Partridge_(AM-16)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Post-World War I operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Completed too late to participate in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, <i>Partridge</i> operated in the Pacific Ocean until returning to the Atlantic Ocean in June 1941. Converted to an ocean-going <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tug</a>, <i>Partridge</i> was reclassified <b>AT-138</b> on 1 June 1942. The tug participated in rescue and towing duties along the eastern seaboard and in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, making an important contribution to saving lives and ships, until early May 1944. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II_operations">World War II operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Partridge_(AM-16)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reclassified <b>ATO-138</b> on 15 May 1944, <i>Partridge</i> was ordered to England to assist in preparing for the coming <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Normandy</a>. 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title="Minesweeper">minesweepers</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lapwing_(AM-1)" title="USS Lapwing (AM-1)"><i>Lapwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Owl_(AM-2)" title="USS Owl (AM-2)"><i>Owl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Robin_(AM-3)" title="USS Robin (AM-3)"><i>Robin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swallow_(AM-4)" title="USS Swallow (AM-4)"><i>Swallow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tanager_(AM-5)" title="USS Tanager (AM-5)"><i>Tanager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cardinal_(AM-6)" title="USS Cardinal (AM-6)"><i>Cardinal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oriole_(AM-7)" title="USS Oriole (AM-7)"><i>Oriole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Curlew_(AM-8)" title="USS Curlew (AM-8)"><i>Curlew</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)"><i>Finch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Heron_(AM-10)" title="USS Heron (AM-10)"><i>Heron</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Condor" title="USS Condor"><i>Condor</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Plover" title="USS Plover"><i>Plover</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Turkey_(AM-13)" title="USS Turkey (AM-13)"><i>Turkey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Woodcock" title="USS Woodcock"><i>Woodcock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Quail_(AM-15)" title="USS Quail (AM-15)"><i>Quail</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Partridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Eider" title="USS Eider"><i>Eider</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thrush_(AM-18)" title="USS Thrush (AM-18)"><i>Thrush</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Avocet_(AVP-4)" title="USS Avocet (AVP-4)"><i>Avocet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bobolink_(AM-20)" title="USS Bobolink (AM-20)"><i>Bobolink</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lark_(AM-21)" title="USS Lark (AM-21)"><i>Lark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Widgeon_(AM-22)" title="USS Widgeon (AM-22)"><i>Widgeon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Teal" title="USS Teal"><i>Teal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brant_(AM-24)" title="USS Brant (AM-24)"><i>Brant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kingfisher_(AM-25)" title="USS Kingfisher (AM-25)"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rail_(AM-26)" title="USS Rail (AM-26)"><i>Rail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pelican_(AM-27)" title="USS Pelican (AM-27)"><i>Pelican</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Falcon_(AM-28)" title="USS Falcon (AM-28)"><i>Falcon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osprey_(AM-29)" title="USS Osprey (AM-29)"><i>Osprey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Seagull_(AM-30)" title="USS Seagull (AM-30)"><i>Seagull</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tern_(AM-31)" title="USS Tern (AM-31)"><i>Tern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Viking_(ARS-1)" title="USS Viking (ARS-1)"><i>Flamingo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Penguin_(AM-33)" title="USS Penguin (AM-33)"><i>Penguin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swan_(AM-34)" title="USS Swan (AM-34)"><i>Swan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Whippoorwill_(AM-35)" title="USS Whippoorwill (AM-35)"><i>Whippoorwill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bittern_(AM-36)" title="USS Bittern (AM-36)"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sanderling_(AM-37)" title="USS Sanderling (AM-37)"><i>Sanderling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Auk_(AM-38)" title="USS Auk (AM-38)"><i>Auk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chewink_(AM-39)" title="USS Chewink (AM-39)"><i>Chewink</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cormorant_(AM-40)" title="USS Cormorant (AM-40)"><i>Cormorant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gannet_(AM-41)" title="USS Gannet (AM-41)"><i>Gannet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Grebe" title="USS Grebe"><i>Grebe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mallard_(AM-44)" title="USS Mallard (AM-44)"><i>Mallard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ortolan_(AM-45)" title="USS Ortolan (AM-45)"><i>Ortolan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Peacock_(AM-46)" title="USS Peacock (AM-46)"><i>Peacock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pigeon_(ASR-6)" title="USS Pigeon (ASR-6)"><i>Pigeon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Redwing_(AM-48)" title="USS Redwing (AM-48)"><i>Redwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sandpiper_(AM-51)" title="USS Sandpiper (AM-51)"><i>Sandpiper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vireo_(AM-52)" title="USS Vireo (AM-52)"><i>Vireo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Warbler_(AM-53)" title="USS Warbler (AM-53)"><i>Warbler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Willet" title="USS Willet"><i>Willet</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Rescue_and_salvage_ship" title="Rescue and salvage ship">rescue and salvage ships</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Viking_(ARS-1)" title="USS Viking (ARS-1)"><i>Viking</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey" title="United States Coast and Geodetic Survey">United States Coast and Geodetic Survey</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Survey_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Survey ship">survey ships</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Auk_(AM-38)" title="USS Auk (AM-38)"><i>Discoverer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Viking_(ARS-1)" title="USS Viking (ARS-1)"><i>Guide</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osprey_(AM-29)" title="USS Osprey (AM-29)"><i>Pioneer</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <i>None</i></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Raven-class_minesweeper" title="Raven-class minesweeper"><i>Raven</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy">List of minesweepers of the United States Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_June_1944" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Herring" title="USS Herring">USS <i>Herring</i></a></li> <li>3 Jun: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-477" title="German submarine U-477"><i>U-477</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_weather_ship_WBS_2_Coburg" title="German weather ship WBS 2 Coburg">WBS 2 <i>Coburg</i></a></li> <li>5 Jun: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_622_Almuth" title="German trawler V 622 Almuth">V 622 <i>Almuth</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Osprey_(AM-56)" title="USS Osprey (AM-56)">USS <i>Osprey</i></a></li> <li>6 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Corry_(DD-463)" title="USS Corry (DD-463)">USS <i>Corry</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LCI(L)-93" title="USS LCI(L)-93">USS <i>LCI(L)-93</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Minazuki_(1926)" title="Japanese destroyer Minazuki (1926)"><i>Minazuki</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_PC-1261" title="USS PC-1261">USS <i>PC-1261</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Svenner_(G03)" title="HNoMS Svenner (G03)">HNoMS <i>Svenner</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_421_Rauzan" title="German trawler V 421 Rauzan">V 421 <i>Rauzan</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Wrestler" title="HMS Wrestler">HMS <i>Wrestler</i></a></li> <li>7 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Centurion_(1911)" title="HMS Centurion (1911)">HMS <i>Centurion</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Iserlohn_(1909)" title="SS Iserlohn (1909)">Empire Defiance</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hayanami" title="Japanese destroyer Hayanami"><i>Hayanami</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Susan_B._Anthony" title="USS Susan B. Anthony">USS <i>Susan B. Anthony</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Tide_(AM-125)" title="USS Tide (AM-125)">USS <i>Tide</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-629" title="German submarine U-629"><i>U-629</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-955" title="German submarine U-955"><i>U-955</i></a></li> <li>8 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Audacious_(1913)" title="SS Audacious (1913)"><i>Audacious</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Harusame_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Harusame (1935)"><i>Harusame</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_James_Iredell" title="SS James Iredell"><i>James Iredell</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kazagumo" title="Japanese destroyer Kazagumo"><i>Kazagumo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lawford_(K514)" title="HMS Lawford (K514)">HMS <i>Lawford</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Rich_(DE-695)" title="USS Rich (DE-695)">USS <i>Rich</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-373" title="German submarine U-373"><i>U-373</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-441" title="German submarine U-441"><i>U-441</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-970" title="German submarine U-970"><i>U-970</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_West_Grama" title="MS West Grama"><i>West Grama</i></a></li> <li>9 Jun: <span class="wrap"> <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Courbet_(1911)" title="French battleship Courbet (1911)"><i>Courbet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Dover_Hill" title="SS Dover Hill"><i>Dover Hill</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Durban" title="HMS Durban">HMS <i>Durban</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Bunting" title="SS Empire Bunting"><i>Empire Bunting</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Jolee" title="SS Jolee">Empire Flamingo</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Matsukaze_(1923)" title="Japanese destroyer Matsukaze (1923)"><i>Matsukaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Meredith_(DD-726)" title="USS Meredith (DD-726)">USS <i>Meredith</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Sumatra_(1920)" title="HNLMS Sumatra (1920)">HNLMS <i>Sumatra</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Tanikaze_(1940)" title="Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)"><i>Tanikaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z32" title="German destroyer Z32"><i>Z32</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_ZH1" title="German destroyer ZH1"><i>ZH1</i></a> </span></li> <li>10 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Glennon_(DD-620)" title="USS Glennon (DD-620)">USS <i>Glennon</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Tavolara_(1910)" title="SS Tavolara (1910)">Innsbruck</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Mistral" title="French destroyer Mistral"><i>Mistral</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-111" title="Japanese submarine Ro-111"><i>Ro-111</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-821" title="German submarine U-821"><i>U-821</i></a></li> <li>11 Jun: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Partridge</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-42" title="Japanese submarine Ro-42"><i>Ro-42</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-980" title="German submarine U-980"><i>U-980</i></a></li> <li>12 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Makambo" title="SS Makambo"><i>Kainan Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sickle" title="HMS Sickle">HMS <i>Sickle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-490" title="German submarine U-490"><i>U-490</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_206_Otto_Br%C3%B6han" title="German trawler V 206 Otto Bröhan">V 206 <i>Otto Bröhan</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_212_Friedrich_Busse" title="German trawler V 212 Friedrich Busse">V 212 <i>Friedrich Busse</i></a></li> <li>13 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Boadicea_(H65)" title="HMS Boadicea (H65)">HMS <i>Boadicea</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-33" title="Japanese submarine I-33"><i>I-33</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-36" title="Japanese submarine Ro-36"><i>Ro-36</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-715" title="German submarine U-715"><i>U-715</i></a></li> <li>14 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Golet" title="USS Golet">USS <i>Golet</i></a></li> <li>15 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Blackwood_(K313)" title="HMS Blackwood (K313)">HMS <i>Blackwood</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_minesweeper_M_107" title="German minesweeper M 107">M 507</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_patrol_boat_PA_1" title="German patrol boat PA 1"><i>PA 1</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_patrol_boat_PA_2" title="German patrol boat PA 2"><i>PA 2</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shiratsuyu_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935)"><i>Shiratsuyu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-860" title="German submarine U-860"><i>U-860</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-987" title="German submarine U-987"><i>U-987</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_202_Franz_Westermann" title="German trawler V 202 Franz Westermann">V 202 <i>Franz Westermann</i></a></li> <li>16 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-6" title="Japanese submarine I-6"><i>I-6</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-44" title="Japanese submarine Ro-44"><i>Ro-44</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-998" title="German submarine U-998"><i>U-998</i></a></li> <li>17 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-114" title="Japanese submarine Ro-114"><i>Ro-114</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-117" title="Japanese submarine Ro-117"><i>Ro-117</i></a></li> <li>18 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Albert_C._Field" title="SS Albert C. Field"><i>Albert C. Field</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-767" title="German submarine U-767"><i>U-767</i></a></li> <li>19 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-184" title="Japanese submarine I-184"><i>I-184</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dkaku" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku"><i>Shōkaku</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Taih%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Taihō"><i>Taihō</i></a></li> <li>20 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiy%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyō"><i>Hiyō</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Matafele" title="HMAS Matafele">HMAS <i>Matafele</i></a></li> <li>21 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Bolzano" title="Italian cruiser Bolzano"><i>Bolzano</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Fury_(H76)" title="HMS Fury (H76)">HMS <i>Fury</i></a></li> <li>22 Jun: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Eurydice_(Q130)" title="French submarine Eurydice (Q130)"><i>Eurydice</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-185" title="Japanese submarine I-185"><i>I-185</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Sir%C3%A8ne_(Q123)" title="French submarine Sirène (Q123)"><i>Sirène</i></a></li> <li>24 Jun: <a href="/wiki/MV_Derrycunihy_(1943)" title="MV Derrycunihy (1943)"><i>Derrycunihy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-52_(1942)" title="Japanese submarine I-52 (1942)"><i>I-52</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-971" title="German submarine U-971"><i>U-971</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1225" title="German submarine U-1225"><i>U-1225</i></a></li> <li>25 Jun: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-269" title="German submarine U-269"><i>U-269</i></a></li> <li>26 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Aquileia" title="SS Aquileia"><i>Aquileia</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-317" title="German submarine U-317"><i>U-317</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-719" title="German submarine U-719"><i>U-719</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Van_Waerwijck" title="SS Van Waerwijck">Harugiku Maru</a></i></li> <li>27 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/Kizugawa_Maru" title="Kizugawa Maru">Kizugawa Maru</a></i></li> <li>28 Jun: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_213_Claus_Bolten" title="German trawler V 213 Claus Bolten">V 213 <i>Claus Bolten</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_torpedo_boat_Kondor" title="German torpedo boat Kondor"><i>Kondor</i></a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Nerissa_(1936)" title="SS Nerissa (1936)"><i>Nerissa</i></a></li> <li>29 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/Toyama_Maru" title="Toyama Maru">Toyama Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Tsugaru" title="Japanese minelayer Tsugaru"><i>Tsugaru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-988" title="German submarine U-988"><i>U-988</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Valor_(AMc-108)" title="USS Valor (AMc-108)">USS <i>Valor</i></a></li> <li>30 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Nikkin_Maru" title="SS Nikkin Maru">SS <i>Nikkin Maru</i></a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-478" title="German submarine U-478"><i>U-478</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_422_Kergroise" title="German trawler V 422 Kergroise">V 422 <i>Kergroise</i></a></li> <li>Unknown date: <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_K%C3%B6r%C3%B6s" title="SMS Körös">Bosna</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LCT-209" title="USS LCT-209">USS <i>LCT-209</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-740" title="German submarine U-740"><i>U-740</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>7 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Meredith_(DD-726)" title="USS Meredith (DD-726)">USS <i>Meredith</i></a></li> <li>11 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Halsted_(K556)" title="HMS Halsted (K556)">HMS <i>Halsted</i></a></li> <li>16 Jun: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-998" title="German submarine U-998"><i>U-998</i></a></li> <li>18 Jun: <a href="/wiki/USS_Hawkbill_(SS-366)" title="USS Hawkbill (SS-366)">USS <i>Hawkbill</i></a></li> <li>23 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Scylla_(98)" title="HMS Scylla (98)">HMS <i>Scylla</i></a></li> <li>25 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glasgow_(C21)" title="HMS Glasgow (C21)">HMS <i>Glasgow</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodson" title="HMS Goodson">HMS <i>Goodson</i></a></li> <li>26 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Gorizia" title="Italian cruiser Gorizia"><i>Gorizia</i></a></li> <li>Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sickle" title="HMS Sickle">HMS <i>Sickle</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Potsdam_(1899)" title="SS Potsdam (1899)">Sonderburg</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in 1943">1943</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in 1943"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" 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