What ship sank the most submarines?

For almost 73 years, the USS England has set a record for most subs sunk by a single ship. That record remains unbroken. Destroyer escorts were the econo-warships of the U.S. Navy in World War II.
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Which US submarine sank the most ships in ww2?

Tang was credited with sinking 33 enemy ships, totaling 116,454 tons, making it the most successful US submarine in history both in number of ships sunk and total tonnage. It received four battle stars, two Presidential Unit Citations, and its commanding officer received the Medal of Honor.
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How many U-boats did Greyhound sink?

They began to take heavy losses. Approximately 41 U-boats were sunk in May 1943 alone, and as a result, Germany decided to withdraw the U-boats. A German U-boat is besieged in the Tom Hanks Greyhound movie. Is Tom Hanks' character, Ernest Krause, based on a real commander?
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Who lost the most submarines in ww2?

During World War II. During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners.
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Has a submarine ever sunk a battleship?

1915, May 25/27 – In the morning of May 27 German submarine U-21 sinks the British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Majestic off the Gallipoli peninsula. Two days after the same U-boat sunk the pre-dreadnought HMS Triumph near Gaba Nepe.
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What is the biggest ship that sank?

The sinking of RMS Titanic in April 1912 remains the worst, and the most infamous, cruise ship disaster in history. The sinking of the biggest passenger ship ever built at the time resulted in the death of more than 1,500 of the 2,208 people onboard.
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Did the Bismarck sink any ships?

On May 24, 1941, Germany's largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood.
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How many of the lost 52 have been found?

A total of 52 U.S. Submarines were lost in WWII with 374 officers and 3131 sailors aboard. To date, eight of the “Lost 52” have been found. Three of them were discovered by our team, and we continue to engage in unique, specialized expeditions to search for more.
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How many ww2 subs are still missing?

Taylor's team has found a total of seven Navy submarines — five of which disappeared during World War II — bringing a measure of closure to hundreds of family members like Helen Baldwin. Taylor was honored this week with the Navy's highest civilian award, the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.
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How many US submarines were lost in Pearl Harbor?

The attack also consisted of two heavy cruisers, 35 submarines, two light cruisers, nine oilers, two battleships, and 11 destroyers. The attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 U.S. Navy ships, including 8 battleships.
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How many German subs were sunk ww2?

U-869, the submarine profiled in the NOVA program "Hitler's Lost Sub," was just one of the more than 1,100 Unterseeboote, or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.
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Was Greyhound a real destroyer?

Greyhound was filmed on the USS Kidd, which did fight in the Second World War, albeit in 1943, several months after the events of the film. It is the only surviving Second World War destroyer still in her wartime configuration, and is docked in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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How many German ships were sunk in ww2?

By war's end in mid 1945, German U-Boats had sunk ≈3000 Allied ships, less than 5% of the ships built during the war, only one of them a loaded troop transport. 783 of 1170 U-Boats launched had been sunk, mostly by American, British & Canadian forces.
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What submarine had the most kills?

During World War II, a Russian Submarine Killed over 9,000 People with Three Torpedoes. It's estimated a staggering 9,400 persons died from the sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in history.
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How many sunken submarines are in the ocean?

Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or scuttling. The Soviet Navy has lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two.
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Has the US ever lost a nuclear submarine?

Scorpion was lost with all hands on 22 May 1968. She is one of two nuclear submarines the U.S. Navy has lost, the other being USS Thresher.
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How many US submarines are in the ocean?

The Submarine Force is Comprised of More Than 70 Submarines.

In today's Naval Submarine Force, there are 53 fast attack submarines, 14 ballistic missile submarines – which currently carry more than 54% of the U.S.' nuclear deterrent arsenal – and four guided-missile submarines. Capt.
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Was the USS Wahoo ever found?

Please note -- the wreck of USS Wahoo (SS-238) was found on July 28, 2006, in the La Perouse Strait by a team of Russian divers led by Vladimir Kartashev. The vessel is at a depth of 213 feet.
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Does the US Navy still use diesel submarines?

After the Navy's three Barbel class diesel submarines were decommissioned in the late 1980s — a decision solidified by the tragic fire aboard the USS Bonefish (SS-582) in the spring of 1988 — that was it; no more U.S. diesels.
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What sank the USS Grayback?

The USS Grayback sank in February 1944 after Japanese forces attacked it as the sub was on a mission in the East China Sea. The sub had sunk 21,594 tons of shipping on its final mission alone, and overall, the submarine is credited with sinking 14 ships at 63,835 tons, according to the Navy.
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Was HMS Hood bigger than the Bismarck?

The Bismarck had a crew of 2,200. In comparison, HMS Hood (built 20 years before Bismarck) was 44,600 tons, had a crew of 1,419 and was faster than the Bismarck with a maximum speed of 32 knots.
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Was Tirpitz bigger than Bismarck?

Like her sister ship, Bismarck, Tirpitz was armed with a main battery of eight 38-centimetre (15 in) guns in four twin turrets. After a series of wartime modifications she was 2000 tonnes heavier than Bismarck, making her the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy.
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What was bigger Yamato vs Bismarck?

The Bismarcks carried about nineteen thousand tons of armor, albeit in an archaic configuration by World War II standards. The Yamatos, on the other hand, displaced about seventy-two thousand tons, armed with nine 18.1” guns in three triple turrets and capable of twenty-seven knots.
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