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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrap 18 November 1947</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/Mahan-class_destroyer" title="Mahan-class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>1,500 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>341 ft 4 in (104.04 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35 ft (11 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>37 knots (69 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>158 officers and crew</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>As Built:</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × Gun Director above bridge</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5"(127mm)/38cal DP</a> (5x1),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × <a href="/wiki/American_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> T Tubes (3x4),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">.50cal (12.7mm)</a> MG AA (4x1),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_Charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Depth Charge">Depth Charge</a> stern racks,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>c1944:</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5" (127mm)/38cal DP</a> (4x1),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × <a href="/wiki/American_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> T Tubes (3x4),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Mk51 Gun Directors,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm AA</a> (2x2),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm AA</a> (6x1),</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Depth Charge roll-off stern racks,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × K-gun depth charge projectors</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Downes</i> (DD-375)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Mahan-class_destroyer" title="Mahan-class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> before and during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was the second ship named for <a href="/wiki/John_Downes_(naval_officer)" title="John Downes (naval officer)">John Downes</a>, a US Navy officer. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-war_service">Pre-war service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Downes_(DD-375)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Pre-war service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Downes</i> was launched 22 April 1936 by <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Naval_Shipyard" title="Norfolk Naval Shipyard">Norfolk Naval Shipyard</a>; sponsored by Miss S. F. Downes, descendant of Captain Downes; and commissioned 15 January 1937. </p><p><i>Downes</i> reached <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a> from <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> 24 November 1937, and based there for exercises along the west coast, in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands" title="Hawaiian Islands">Hawaiian Islands</a> until April 1940, when <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> became her home port. In March and April 1941 she joined in a cruise to <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, and visited the west coast later in the year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II_service">World War II service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Downes_(DD-375)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attack_damage">Attack damage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Downes_(DD-375)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Attack damage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Downes_(DD-375),_USS_Cassin_(DD-372)_and_USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38)_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard,_7_December_1941_(306533).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Downes_%28DD-375%29%2C_USS_Cassin_%28DD-372%29_and_USS_Pennsylvania_%28BB-38%29_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard%2C_7_December_1941_%28306533%29.jpg/220px-USS_Downes_%28DD-375%29%2C_USS_Cassin_%28DD-372%29_and_USS_Pennsylvania_%28BB-38%29_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard%2C_7_December_1941_%28306533%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Downes_%28DD-375%29%2C_USS_Cassin_%28DD-372%29_and_USS_Pennsylvania_%28BB-38%29_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard%2C_7_December_1941_%28306533%29.jpg/330px-USS_Downes_%28DD-375%29%2C_USS_Cassin_%28DD-372%29_and_USS_Pennsylvania_%28BB-38%29_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard%2C_7_December_1941_%28306533%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/USS_Downes_%28DD-375%29%2C_USS_Cassin_%28DD-372%29_and_USS_Pennsylvania_%28BB-38%29_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard%2C_7_December_1941_%28306533%29.jpg/440px-USS_Downes_%28DD-375%29%2C_USS_Cassin_%28DD-372%29_and_USS_Pennsylvania_%28BB-38%29_in_Dry_Dock_No._1_at_the_Pearl_Harbor_Naval_Shipyard%2C_7_December_1941_%28306533%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="2653" /></a><figcaption><i>Cassin</i> lists and rests on a damaged <i>Downes</i> in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, along with the damaged <i>Pennsylvania</i></figcaption></figure></div></div><p> When the <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attacked Pearl Harbor</a> 7 December 1941, <i>Downes</i> was in drydock with <a href="/wiki/USS_Cassin_(DD-372)" title="USS Cassin (DD-372)"><i>Cassin</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Pennsylvania_(BB-38)" title="USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)"><i>Pennsylvania</i></a>. The three came under heavy attack and a 250 Kg. bomb landed between the two destroyers, starting raging fires fed by oil from a ruptured fuel tank. Despite heavy strafing, the crews of the two destroyers got their batteries into action, driving off further attacks by Japanese planes. The drydock was flooded in an effort to quench the fires, but the burning oil rose with the water level and when the ammunition and torpedo warheads on board the destroyers began to explode, the two ships were abandoned. Later <i>Cassin</i> slipped from her keel blocks and rested against <i>Downes</i>. Both ship's hulls were damaged beyond repair but machinery and equipment were salvaged and sent to <a href="/wiki/Mare_Island_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Mare Island Navy Yard">Mare Island Navy Yard</a> where entirely new ships were built around the salvaged material and given the wrecked ship's names and hull numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBartholomewMilwee200959_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBartholomewMilwee200959-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Downes</i> was officially decommissioned 20 June 1942.</p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Pat_Kemp,_Pearl_Harbor_Casualty_Receives_Treatment_at_Oak_Knoll%22_article_on_%22Page_4%22_of_issue_%228_February_1947%22_detail,_from-_The_Oak_Leaf_Vol._6_(January_11_-_June_28,_1947)_(IA_TheOakLeaf1947January11June28)_(page_20_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/%22Pat_Kemp%2C_Pearl_Harbor_Casualty_Receives_Treatment_at_Oak_Knoll%22_article_on_%22Page_4%22_of_issue_%228_February_1947%22_detail%2C_from-_The_Oak_Leaf_Vol._6_%28January_11_-_June_28%2C_1947%29_%28IA_TheOakLeaf1947January11June28%29_%28page_20_crop%29.jpg/118px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/%22Pat_Kemp%2C_Pearl_Harbor_Casualty_Receives_Treatment_at_Oak_Knoll%22_article_on_%22Page_4%22_of_issue_%228_February_1947%22_detail%2C_from-_The_Oak_Leaf_Vol._6_%28January_11_-_June_28%2C_1947%29_%28IA_TheOakLeaf1947January11June28%29_%28page_20_crop%29.jpg/178px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/%22Pat_Kemp%2C_Pearl_Harbor_Casualty_Receives_Treatment_at_Oak_Knoll%22_article_on_%22Page_4%22_of_issue_%228_February_1947%22_detail%2C_from-_The_Oak_Leaf_Vol._6_%28January_11_-_June_28%2C_1947%29_%28IA_TheOakLeaf1947January11June28%29_%28page_20_crop%29.jpg/237px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2034" data-file-height="5051" /></a><figcaption>USS Downes survivor article: "Pat Kemp, Pearl Harbor Casualty Receives Treatment at Oak Knoll" on page 4 of issue "8 February 1947" of <b>The Oak Leaf</b></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_service">Return to service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Downes_(DD-375)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return to service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recommissioned at Mare Island on 15 November 1943, <i>Downes</i> sailed from <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a> 8 March 1944 to escort <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoys</a> to Pearl Harbor and on to <a href="/wiki/Majuro" title="Majuro">Majuro</a>, arriving 26 March. She was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">blockade</a> the bypassed Japanese stronghold, <a href="/wiki/Wotje_Atoll" title="Wotje Atoll">Wotje Atoll</a>, until 5 April, then after replenishing at Pearl Harbor, arrived at <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a> 6 May for service as harbor entrance control vessel and task unit commander for the offshore patrol. During this duty she rescued a pilot in the lagoon at Eniwetok and four crewmen off <a href="/wiki/Pohnpei" title="Pohnpei">Ponape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Islands" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a>. In July <i>Downes</i> began convoy duty from Eniwetok to <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a> in support of the <a href="/wiki/Marianas_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Marianas Islands">Marianas Islands</a> operation, then patrolled off <a href="/wiki/Tinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Tinian">Tinian</a> during its <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tinian" title="Battle of Tinian">invasion</a>. She gave fire support at Marpi Point, Tinian, and bombarded <a href="/wiki/Aguiguan" title="Aguiguan">Aguijan Island</a>. On 9 October she took part in the bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Island">Marcus Island</a> as a diversion for carrier air strikes on the <a href="/wiki/Nansei_Shoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Nansei Shoto">Nansei Shoto</a>. </p><p><i>Downes</i> sailed from Saipan 14 October to join TG 38.1 2 days later in a search for Japanese ships which <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/William_F._Halsey" class="mw-redirect" title="William F. Halsey">William F. Halsey</a> hoped to lure into the open with damaged cruisers <a href="/wiki/USS_Canberra_(CA-70)" title="USS Canberra (CA-70)"><i>Canberra</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Houston_(CL-81)" title="USS Houston (CL-81)"><i>Houston</i></a>. The task group returned to <a href="/wiki/Leyte_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Leyte Island">Leyte</a> to support the landings there 20 October. <i>Downes</i> sailed the same day for <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> but was recalled to screen the carriers during the air strikes on the Japanese Fleet in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a>. She was detached again 27 October and sailed to Ulithi for replenishment. </p><p>Continuing to Pearl Harbor for overhaul, <i>Downes</i> returned to Ulithi 29 March 1945 escorting a convoy, then sailed for <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>. From 5 April to 5 June she operated in the Marianas on patrol, air-sea rescue, submarine training, and escort duty. She served at <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a> on similar duty from 9 June. With the end of the war, <i>Downes</i> was ordered to return to the United States and sailed from Iwo Jima 19 September with homeward-bound servicemen on board. She touched at <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, California">San Pedro, California</a>, called at <a href="/wiki/Beaumont,_Texas" title="Beaumont, Texas">Beaumont, Texas</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Navy_Day" title="Navy Day">Navy Day</a> celebrations and arrived at Norfolk 5 November. </p><p><i>Downes</i> was decommissioned 17 December 1945, and sold for scrap 18 November 1947. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition">Recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Downes_(DD-375)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Downes</i> received four <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a> for World War II service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span 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Jr. (2009). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/MudMuscleAndMiracles"><i>Mud, Muscle, And Miracles—Marine Salvage in the United States Navy</i></a></span>. Washington, D.C.: Naval History & Heritage Command/Naval Sea Systems Command. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-945274-60-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-945274-60-5"><bdi>978-0-945274-60-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2009014668">2009014668</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mud%2C+Muscle%2C+And+Miracles%E2%80%94Marine+Salvage+in+the+United+States+Navy&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pub=Naval+History+%26+Heritage+Command%2FNaval+Sea+Systems+Command&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2009014668&rft.isbn=978-0-945274-60-5&rft.aulast=Bartholomew&rft.aufirst=Charles+A.&rft.au=Milwee%2C+William+I.+Jr.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FMudMuscleAndMiracles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Downes+%28DD-375%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. The entry can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/downes-ii.html">here</a>.</i></li> <li>Daniel Madsen's <i>Resurrection-Salvaging the Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor</i>. U. S. 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Olson"><i>Cynthia Olson</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Downes</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/HA._19_(Japanese_midget_submarine)" class="mw-redirect" title="HA. 19 (Japanese midget submarine)">Ha-19</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">M-16</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">M-18</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">M-20</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">M-22</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36)" title="USS Nevada (BB-36)">USS <i>Nevada</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Oglala" title="USS Oglala">USS <i>Oglala</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Oklahoma_(BB-37)" title="USS Oklahoma (BB-37)">USS <i>Oklahoma</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Sauternes" title="SS Sauternes"><i>Sauternes</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Shaw_(DD-373)" title="USS Shaw (DD-373)">USS <i>Shaw</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-208" title="German submarine U-208">U-208</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Utah_(BB-31)" title="USS Utah (BB-31)">USS <i>Utah</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)" title="USS West Virginia (BB-48)">USS <i>West Virginia</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Windflower" title="HMCS Windflower">HMCS <i>Windflower</i></a> </span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Capillo" title="SS Capillo">SS <i>Capillo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Suremico" title="SS Suremico"><i>Nisqually</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Penguin_(AM-33)" title="USS Penguin (AM-33)">USS <i>Penguin</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Peterel_(1927)" title="HMS Peterel (1927)">HMS <i>Peterel</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Ravnaas_(1930)" title="MS Ravnaas (1930)"><i>Ravnaas</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Banka" title="HMS Banka">HMS <i>Banka</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Bittern_(AM-36)" title="USS Bittern (AM-36)">USS <i>Bittern</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-70" title="Japanese submarine I-70"><i>I-70</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)" title="HMS Prince of Wales (53)">HMS <i>Prince of Wales</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)" title="HMS Repulse (1916)">HMS <i>Repulse</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Takao_Maru_(1927)" title="SS Takao Maru (1927)"><i>Takao Maru</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minesweeper_No._10_(1938)" title="Japanese minesweeper No. 10 (1938)">No. 10</a></i>, USS <i><a href="/wiki/USS_YP-16" title="USS YP-16">YP-16</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hayate_(1925)" title="Japanese destroyer Hayate (1925)">Hayate</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kisaragi_(1925)" title="Japanese destroyer Kisaragi (1925)">Kisaragi</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lady_Shirley" title="HMS Lady Shirley">HMS <i>Lady Shirley</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Dec: <a href="/wiki/MS_Awazisan_Maru" title="MS Awazisan Maru"><i>Awazisan Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Moth_(1915)" title="HMS Moth (1915)">HMS <i>Moth</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(1863)" title="HMS Tamar (1863)">HMS <i>Tamar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Alberico_da_Barbiano" title="Italian cruiser Alberico da Barbiano"><i>Alberico da Barbiano</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Alberto_di_Giussano" title="Italian cruiser Alberto di Giussano"><i>Alberto di Giussano</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Galatea_(71)" title="HMS Galatea (71)">HMS <i>Galatea</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Barracuda" title="SS Empire Barracuda"><i>Empire Barracuda</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_O_16" title="HNLMS O 16">HNLMS <i>O 16</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-127_(1941)" title="German submarine U-127 (1941)">U-127</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-557" title="German submarine U-557">U-557</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/HMS_Engadine_(1911)" title="HMS Engadine (1911)">Corregidor</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-66" title="Japanese submarine Ro-66"><i>Ro-66</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Shinonome_(1927)" title="Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927)">Shinonome</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-131_(1941)" title="German submarine U-131 (1941)">U-131</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-434" title="German submarine U-434">U-434</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Neptune_(20)" title="HMS Neptune (20)">HMS <i>Neptune</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_O_20" title="HNLMS O 20">HNLMS <i>O 20</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_McCalla_(DD-253)" title="USS McCalla (DD-253)">HMS <i>Stanley</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-574" title="German submarine U-574">U-574</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Emidio" title="SS Emidio"><i>Emidio</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kandahar" title="HMS Kandahar">HMS <i>Kandahar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity">HMS <i>Audacity</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cicala" title="HMS Cicala">HMS <i>Cicala</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_K_XVII" title="HNLMS K XVII">HNLMS <i>K XVII</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-451" title="German submarine U-451">U-451</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-567" title="German submarine U-567">U-567</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_transport_ship_Hayataka_Maru" title="Japanese transport ship Hayataka Maru"><i>Hayataka Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Montebello" title="SS Montebello"><i>Montebello</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Aoi_(1920)" title="Japanese destroyer Aoi (1920)">Patrol Boat No. 32</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hagi_(1920)" title="Japanese destroyer Hagi (1920)">Patrol Boat No. 33</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Shuntien_(1934)" title="SS Shuntien (1934)"><i>Shuntien</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-79_(1941)" title="German submarine U-79 (1941)">U-79</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Absaroka_(ID-2518)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Absaroka (ID-2518)">Absaroka</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_K_XVI" title="HNLMS K XVI">HNLMS <i>K XVI</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_New_York_(ACR-2)" title="USS New York (ACR-2)">USS <i>Rochester</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Sagiri" title="Japanese destroyer Sagiri">Sagiri</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Salvia_(K97)" title="HMS Salvia (K97)">HMS <i>Salvia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Dec: 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Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Sealion_(SS-195)" title="USS Sealion (SS-195)">USS <i>Sealion</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jackal_(F22)" title="HMS Jackal (F22)">HMS <i>Jackal</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)">HMS <i>Thracian</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-62" title="Japanese submarine Ro-62"><i>Ro-62</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Dec: <a href="/wiki/USS_Pompano_(SS-181)" title="USS Pompano (SS-181)">USS <i>Pompano</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Absaroka" title="SS Absaroka"><i>Absaroka</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Sierra_Cordoba" title="SS Sierra Cordoba"><i>Ruth Alexander</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a 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