USS Hobson (DMS 26) broke in half and sank after collision with USS Wasp (CV 18) in mid Atlantic collision.
2 March 1952.ĭuring gun fire operations off North Korea, 30 killed in a powder blast in forward turret of cruiser USS St. LCPL of LST 561 foundered off Yongpyong-do, west coast of Korea with loss of all hands: two US Navy officers including Commander LST Division 12, two US Army officers, one Republic of Korea Navy officer, five US Navy enlisted personnel and two Royal Marines. Five killed.Īfter an F2H Banshee crashed through the safety barrier of USS Essex (CV-9), the resulting fire and explosion killed seven sailors. While at Yokosuka, aircraft carrier USS Bairoko (CVE-115) suffered an explosion and flash fire in flight hanger. Liberty launch capsized off Newport, Rhode Island, 19 sailors drown.Ĭollier Thomas Tracy collided with seaplane tender USS Valcour (AVP-55) off Cape Henry, Virginia, starting a severe aviation gasoline fire. Hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH 13) rammed and sunk by freighter Mary Luckenbach near San Francisco Bay. Gasoline tanker USS Chehalis (AOG 48) sunk by fire and explosion at Tutuila, Samoa. USS Tusk (SS 426) crew members washed overboard while rescuing crew of fire damaged USS Cochino (SS 345) in the Norwegian Sea. Navy launch approaching an aircraft carrier sank off Norfolk, Virginia. Liberty boat capsized in Mediterranean off Les Salins d’Hyeres, drowning eight sailors. PBM-5 crash in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. Reagan died as a result of methyl alcohol poisoning during Operation Crossroads. William was killed in an aircraft crash on Roi-Namur Island in Kwajalein Atoll during Operation Crossroads. Moran died from accidental electrocution on seaplane tender USS Albermarle (AV-5) during Operation Crossroads. USS Solar (DE 221) destroyed in ordnance accident at Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, New Jersey.
Mangum drowned during Operation Crossroads. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list, rather it is intended to identify well known incidents including those involving the sinking of a commissioned ship, and specific accidents involving numerous personnel, though undoubtedly we have missed some of these type of incidents.īarracks fire at Naval Training Station Barracks B in Newport, Virginia. This is a selected list of incidents not directly the result of enemy action which resulted in US naval personnel casualties, typically while these personnel were on official duty.
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