INDEX TO
U.S. MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES
DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
(BY MONTH)
December 7, 1941 - August 14, 1945
(1,000 Gross Tons or Over)
Edited by Scott T. Price, Historian, U.S. Coast Guard
This list was originally compiled by the U.S. Coast Guard after the end of World War II and is therefore subject to error. For an updated and complete listing of all U.S. owned merchant ship losses during the Second World War please consult the following reference:
Robert M. Browning, Jr. U.S. Merchant Vessel War Casualties of World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996.
Please note that the linked files are in pdf format.
TOTAL NUMBER OF U.S. MERCHANT VESSELS
LOST
December, 1941-July, 1945:
674
TOTAL OF THESE U.S. MERCHANT VESSELS LOST
DUE TO
ENEMY ACTION:
535
TOTAL U.S. GROSS MERCHANT TONNAGE LOST
December, 1941-July, 1945:
4,156,849
TOTAL GROSS TONNAGE LOST DUE TO ENEMY
ACTION
(Same dates):
3,328,497
LOSSES BY MONTH/YEAR
1941
December
1942
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1943
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1944
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1945
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
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