This list of military 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.
HMSExeter: British heavy cruiser crippled by shell from heavy cruiser Haguro, later finished off by Haguro and three sisterships, Battle of Java Sea, 27 February – 1 March.
HMS Grasshopper: British gunboat sunk in the Banka Strait by land-based aircraft, 14 February 1942.
HMS Hermes: British aircraft carrier sunk 9 April 1942 by bombers from aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Hollyhock: British corvette sunk 9 April 1942 by bombers from aircraft carrier Sōryū during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Pathfinder: British destroyer heavily damaged on 11 February 1945 by aircraft off Ramree Island, Burma. Not repaired and scrapped.
HMS Peterel: British gunboat sunk by naval gunfire at Shanghai 8 December 1941.
HMS Porpoise: British submarine sunk 1945 by aircraft possibly assisted by naval escorts.[1]
HMS Tenedos: British destroyer sunk by aircraft from carrier Zuikaku 5 April 1942 during the Indian Ocean raid.
HMS Thanet: British destroyer sunk on 27 January 1942 by light cruiser Sendai and destroyers Fubuki, Hatsuyuki, Amagiri, and Asagiri.
HMS Thracian: British destroyer badly damaged by bombing 16 December 1941 and scuttled. Later raised by the Japanese and put into service as PB-101.[5]
Auxiliaries
HMS Li Wo: British gunboat sunk 13 February 1942 by naval gunfire from light cruiser Yura and destroyers Fubuki and Asagiri.[2]
HMS St. Breock: British rescue tug bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Sumatra on 14 February 1942.
HNLMS Van Nes: Dutch destroyer sunk 17 February 1942 by planes from light carrier Ryūjō.
New Zealand
HMNZS Moa (T233): New Zealand minesweeper sunk on 7 April 1943 by aircraft at Tulagi Harbour in the Solomon Islands
(Honorable mention)HMNZS Leander: New Zealand light cruiser damaged by torpedo from destroyer Yukikaze so badly she could not be repaired in time to take further part in WW2 and never served as a New Zealand warship again, battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943.
USSYorktown: American aircraft carrier sunk from 5-7 June 1942, crippled by aircraft carrier Hiryū, later finished off by submarine I-168 during Battle of Midway.
USS St. Lo: American escort carrier sunk on 25 October 1944 by kamikaze aircraft while in the Battle off Samar in Leyte Gulf. She was the first major warship to be sunk by kamikaze attacks.
USS California: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Kaga and Sōryū during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
USS West Virginia: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by aircraft from carriers Akagi and Kaga during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised, modernized, and sent back into combat.
USS Oklahoma: American battleship sunk 7 December 1941 by aircraft from carriers Akagi and Kaga during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later raised and sank while under tow to the scrappers.
USS Quincy: American heavy cruiser sunk on 9 August 1942 by torpedoes and naval gunfire by heavy cruisers Aoba and Furutaka and light cruiser Tenryū at the Battle of Savo Island.
USS Vincennes: American heavy cruiser sunk by gunfire from heavy cruisers Kako and Kinugasa and torpedoes from heavy cruiser Chōkai and light cruiser Yūbari at Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942.
Destroyers
USS Aaron Ward: Sunk by aircraft from carrier Jun'yō off Guadalcanal, 7 April 1943.
USS Stewart: Scuttled in harbor on account of gunfire damage from the destroyers Asashio and Ōshio during the battle of the Badung Strait, 19 February 1942. Wreck later raised by Imperial Japanese Navy and recommissioned as Patrol boat no 102.
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