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There were possibly some US Navy Auxiliary Support ships sunk by Viet Cong Underwater teams in South Vietnam's main harbors; but NO US Navy Warships were sunk during the Vietnam War. The US Navy Destroyer, USS Higbee was bombed by a North Vietnamese MIG-17 Jet Fighter/Bomber in 1972. The explosion (one 250 pound bomb) destroyed the aft 5" gun mount; there were no casualties, as the turrets gun crew had just vacated the mount prior to the attack. The US Navy's Aircraft Carrier's USS Forestall and USS Oriskany suffered operational bomb, rocket, and fuel explosions on their flight decks in 1967/68. Those explosions and fires killed, together, approximately 200 US Sailors, and destroyed nearly 40 jet aircraft, and came very close to destroying/sinking one or both aircraft carriers. The US Navy's Brown Water Navy (Riverine Forces) lost 10 Swift Boats destroyed (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast), several PBR's (Patrol Boat River), several Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats), and many damaged Monitors (River Battleships). Most of the Riverine Boats were lost to mines; and the others to firefights in which RPG's (Rocket Propelled Grenades) or small arms fire reached ammunition magazines aboard the vessels, exploding them. Most of the sunk Riverine Boats were salvaged and sent to Japan or the Philippines for re-builds; those that were not salvagable were either dragged into deeper waters as they became "navigational hazards" or were scrounged by the Nationals for their scrap metal value, especially after the war.
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ReneThe last warship to sink was a ship by the name of Vandenburg, but it was sunk to create an artificial reef. The last one to sink in battle is hard to find, as not many have recently sunk. I would put the time somewhere around World War II. Further research will probably reveal the answer.
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What was the name of the first ship US civilian ship to be sunk by a German submarine?
There is no ship known, it is not the Lusitania, which was an English ship.
What ship was sunk by a luxury liner in World War 2?
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Number of ships sunk during the Vietnam War?
No US Navy warships were sunk; 1 US Destroyer was bombed by a NVAF MIG-17, but not sunk; 1 US Navy support ship was sunk by a VC sapper (commando) while docked in a harbor. The only US Navy vessels sunk during the war were "Brown Water Navy" (Riverine boats); approximately 10 Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast, all aluminum 50 footers, with 5 crewmen and 1 officer commanding) were destroyed in the war. Many others were sunk in action, but were raised, repaired, and put back into service. Other USN Riverine craft sunk were Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats, all steel contruction, used for mine sweeping the rivers); Monitors (River Battleships armed with 40mm cannons and/or 105mm howitzers); and PBR's (Patrol Boat River-all fiberglass 32 footers).
The US Naval ship sunk in Havana harbor in 1896 precipitating the spanish American war was what?
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Name of the ship that was sunk by the CSS Hunley?
USS Housatonic
