"U.S.N. LOSSES OFF CORREGIDOR"
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USN VESSELS DAMAGED/LOST IN VICINITY OF CORREGIDOR |
Vessel |
Class |
Date of Action |
Casualties |
Details of Damage |
USS LA VALLETTE (DD-448) |
Destroyer | 14 February 1945 | 6 KIA, 23 wounded | disabled by mines at 14° 25'N, 120° 30'E(off Mariveles Harbor, Luzon) |
USS RADFORD (DD-446) |
Destroyer | 14 February 1945 | 3 KIA | disabled by mines at 14° 25', 120° 30E (off Mariveles Harbor, Luzon) Refer: Deck Log |
USS HOPEWELL |
Destroyer |
14 February 1945 |
17 KIA |
hit four times by Japanese shore battery at 14° 25'N, 120° 30'E (off Corregidor) |
USS FLETCHER (DD-445) |
Destroyer | 14 February 1945 | 7 KIA | damaged by a coastal defense gun at 14° 25'N, 120° 30'E (off Corregidor) |
USS YMS-48 | Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper | 14 February 1945 | 1 KIA | damaged by a coastal defense gun at 14° 25'N, 120° 30'E (off Corregidor)(sunk by FLETCHER) |
USS YMS-46 | Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper | 15 February 1945 |
3 KIA |
damaged by a coastal defense gun at 14° 23'N, 120° 36'E (off Corregidor) |
LSM-169 | 15 February 1945 | disabled by mine off Mariveles Harbor, Luzon | ||
USS PC-1119 | Submarine Chaser | 16 February 1945 | damaged by a coastal defense gun at 14° 23'N, 120° 35'E (between Corregidor and Caballo) | |
LCI( R) | 16 February 1945 | 3 | ||
USS HIDATSA (ATF-102) |
Ocean Tug | 17 February 1945 |
8 KIA, 12 wounded |
damaged by mine at 14° 25'N, 120° 30'E (off Mariveles Harbor,
Luzon) |
The USS
La Vallette at
Corregidor hit by land based controlled mine Radford and La Vallette relieved the damaged Hopewell and Fletcher on 14 February. The following day, D-1, "LaVadilly" was operating in support of minesweepers there, and fouled a mine herself, sustaining major damage and losing six dead and 23 wounded. While maneuvering to take her in tow, USS Radford also struck a mine. Both ships were able to retire under their own power. Photo courtesy of Dave McComb, of USS Nicholas Association Website |
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USS YMS-46
ENTERING
YMS-46 was of the YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers and was damaged between Corregidor and Caballo Is. by Japanese gunfire. Laid down 24 June 1941 by the Wheeler Ship Building Corp., Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 30 April 1942; Completed, 20 June 1942, Commissioned USS YMS-46. Didplacement 320t; Length 136'; Beam 24'6"; Speed 13 kts; Complement 33; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dctt, two dcp; Propulsion two GM diesel engines, two shafts. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives, courtesy of Navsource.org, source Robert Abelson. |
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