Pacific ships

USN · SS

Growler

Photos and info
Sunk

Submarine. Lost on 8 November 1944 after attacking a convoy. Shigure was one of the escorts in the counterattack. The sinking is not pinned to one ship.

TypeSubmarine (SS)
HullSS-215
FateSunk. Lost 8 November 1944 off Mindoro.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

USS Growler (SS-215) underway on 5 May 1943 (80-G-394372).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Aleutian Islands

1942-06-03 · sank Arare in Kiska harbor and torpedoed Kasumi, 5 July 1942

Sunk
Abner ReadDD · DD-526 · USN
Photos and infoAleutian Islands
Sunk
AkebonoDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsLoss of SazanamiBattle of Surigao Strait
Sunk
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship
ArareDD · IJN · class drawing
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborAleutian Islands
Sunk
InazumaDD · IJN
Photos and infoAleutian IslandsNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action
Afloat
JunyoCV · IJN
Photos and infoAleutian IslandsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of the Philippine Sea
Sunk
KasumiDD · IJN
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborAleutian IslandsBattle of Surigao StraitOkinawaOperation Ten-Go
Sunk
NenohiDD · IJN
Photos and infoAleutian Islands
Sunk
ReidDD · DD-369 · USN
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborAleutian Islands
Sunk
RyujoCVL · IJN
Photos and infoAleutian IslandsBattle of the Eastern Solomons
Afloat
Salt Lake CityCA · CA-25 · USN
Photos and infoAleutian IslandsBattle of Cape EsperanceIwo Jima
Sunk
SazanamiDD · IJN
Photos and infoBombardment of MidwayBattle of the Java SeaThe loss of PerchBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsBattle off HoraniuLoss of Sazanami
Sunk
ShigureDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsLoss of PT-109Battle of Vella GulfBattle off HoraniuBattle of Vella LavellaBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao StraitLoss of GrowlerThe loss of Shigure
Afloat
St. LouisCL · CL-49 · USN
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborAleutian IslandsBattle of Kula GulfOkinawa
Afloat
UshioDD · IJN
Photos and infoBombardment of MidwayBattle of the Java SeaThe loss of PerchBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsBattle of Surigao Strait
Sunk
WordenDD · DD-352 · USN
Photos and infoAttack on Pearl HarborBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsBattle of Midway

Loss of Growler

1944-11-08 · sunk

Sunk
ShigureDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsLoss of PT-109Battle of Vella GulfBattle off HoraniuBattle of Vella LavellaBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao StraitLoss of GrowlerThe loss of Shigure

Shot and shell

sunk · torpedoIJN Arare
Growler sank Arare in Kiska harbor on 5 July 1942.
damaged · torpedoIJN Kasumi
Growler torpedoed Kasumi outside Kiska the same day. She was repaired.
Taken · sunkfrom IJN Shigure
Shigure was among the escorts that attacked a submarine later identified as Growler. The loss is not pinned to her depth charges alone.