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List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy

This list of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy lists all vessels sunk by ships commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and by Japanese naval aircraft, listed alphabetically by ship name.

Australia

HMAS Armidale: Australian corvette sunk 1 December, 1942 by Japanese aircraft.
HMAS Canberra: Australian heavy cruiser heavily damaged 9 August 1942 by torpedoes and naval gun fire during Battle of Savo Island, and scuttled later in the day.
AHS Centaur: Australian hospital ship torpedoed on 14 May, 1943 by Japanese submarine I-177 off the coast of Queensland.
SS Fingal : Norwegian merchant ship on charter to the Australian Government on 5 May 1943 torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I 180
HMAS Kuttabul: Australian depot ship sunk 31 May, 1942 by a Japanese midget submarine during the Attack on Sydney Harbour
HMAS Mavie: Australian patrol boat sunk 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
Neptuna: Australian merchant ship sunk 19 February 1942 by aircraft in Darwin Harbour.
HMAS Patricia Cam: Australian general purpose vessel sunk 22 January 1943 by an IJN floatplane near the Wessel Islands.
HMAS Perth: Australian light cruiser sunk 28 February, 1942 during Battle of Java Sea.
HMAS Vampire: Australian destroyer sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMAS Yarra: Australian sloop sunk 4 March, 1942 by three Japanese cruisers.

Britain

Warships

HMS Cornwall: British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April, 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Dorsetshire: British heavy cruiser sunk 5 April, 1942 by carrier based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Electra: British destroyer sunk 27 February, 1942 by naval gun fire during the Battle of the Java Sea.
HMS Encounter: British destroyer sunk 1942.
HMS Exeter: British heavy cruiser sunk 28 February, 1942 by Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi during the Battle of Java Sea.
HMS Hermes: British aircraft carrier sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Hollyhock: British corvette sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Jupiter: British destroyer sunk 27 February, 1942 by striking a mine during the Battle of the Java Sea.
HMS Pathfinder:. British Destroyer sunk 11 February, 1945 by aircraft off Ramree Island, Burma.
HMS Porpoise: British Submarine sunk 1945.
HMS Prince of Wales: British battleship sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
HMS Repulse: British battlecruiser sunk 10 December 1941 by land based aircraft near Malaya.
HMS Stonehenge: British submarine, overdue and assumed mined 1944.
HMS Stratagem: British submarine sunk 1944.
HMS Stronghold: British destroyer sunk 1942.
HMS Tenedos: British destroyer sunk 1942.
HMS Thanet: British destroyer sunk 1942.
HMS Thracian: British destroyer sunk 1941.
HMS Grasshopper
HMS Dragonfly
HMS Scorpion
HMS Peterel British gunboat sunk by naval gunfire
HMS Cicala

Auxiliaries

Netherlands

HNLMS De Ruyter: Dutch light cruiser sunk 27 February, 1942 by ship fired torpedo during Battle of the Java Sea.
HNLMS Java: Dutch light cruiser sunk 27 February, 1942 during Battle of Java Sea.
HNLMS Eversten
HNLMS Kortenaer
HNLMS Van Nes
HNLMS Piet Hein

New Zealand

HMNZS Moa (T233): New Zealand minesweeper sunk on 7 April 1943 by aircraft at Tulagi Harbour in the Solomon Islands

United States of America

Aircraft Carriers

USS Hornet: American aircraft carrier sunk on 27 October 1942 by aircraft during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
USS Lexington: American aircraft carrier sunk on 8 May 1942 by carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
USS Princeton: American aircraft carrier sunk on 24 October, 1944 by carrier based aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
USS Wasp: American aircraft carrier sunk on 15 September 1942 by Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports to Guadalcanal.
USS Yorktown: American aircraft carrier sunk on 7 June 1942 by Japanese submarine I-168, following damage from carrier-based aircraft during the Battle of Midway.

Escort Carriers

USS Bismarck Sea: American escort carrier sunk on 21 February, 1945 by aircraft during the invasion of Iwo Jima.
USS Gambier Bay: American escort carrier sunk on 25 October, 1944 by torpedoes and naval gun fire in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf.
USS Liscome Bay: American escort carrier sunk on 24 November, 1943 by the Japanese submarine I-175 of the island of Makin.
USS Ommaney Bay: American escort carrier sunk on 4 January, 1945 by kamikaze aircraft.
USS Saint Lo: American escort carrier sunk on 25 October, 1944 by aircraft while in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf.

Battleships

USS Arizona: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
USS California: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
USS Oklahoma: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised and sank while under tow to the scrappers.
USS West Virginia: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by carrier-based aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.