List of All Sunken Battleships of USA & Japan during WWII Combat

FYI: This List includes only permanently sunken Battleships (not refloated ones). Thankyou

My Commanding Officer’s father was onboard the USS Sealion when the Kongō was sunk. As it was stated by my CO from his father’s recollection, “It sent four torpedoes into the Kongō that night. A spread of six was launched, and four of the six hit. Fires broke out instantaneously, and they ravaged the ship for hours. About four hours later, they saw through the periscope the blinding flash of the ship blowing up. One of the forward 14-inch turrets was thrown clean off and landed about 1000 feet elsewhere”. I will never forget that tale. So riveting.

The Japanese also lost a battleship to an internal explosion not associated with enemy action. The US also had more ships sunk than listed. Oklahoma was sunk and a total loss. Several others sank but were salvaged. Utah and the first Japanese battleship listed were no longer operating as battleships at the time of their loss. Utah had been disarmed and demilitarised under terms of naval treaties. The research in this video is not of a particularly high standard. Drachinifel is a superior source for information related to naval subjects.

They forgot the U.S.S. Oklahoma capsized and sank during the battle of Pearl Harbor. Although repaired enough to be scrapped, she never returned to active duty. On her way to San Fransisco to be scrapped, her welds broke open and she sank in the Pacific somewhere between Hawaii and San Fransisco. Since she was never returned to active service she was considered destroyed.

The Utah is still on the back side of Ford Island. At the time of the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor, USS Utah was not a functioning battleship, having been redesignated as a target and training ship in 1931. All of her main guns and secondaries had been removed and she had been outfitted with 5"/38 dual purpose mounts to train gunners in the anti-air role.

A full 3.5 seconds were spent doing fact checking and data research for this video.

Asahi was a heckin' repair ship at the time she was torpedoed.

The USS Utah was not a battleship when it was sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack. It's large guns had been removed and its torpedo bulges were removed. It was being used as an anti-aircraft training vessel. Japanese pilots had been ordered not to waste ordinance on it - but did anyway. On the other hand the USS Oklahoma was so seriously damaged it was never returned to combat and sank in a storm when being towed back to the mainland to be scrapped. Left out was Japan's Mutsu, which mysteriously blew up in port. Mutsu was the sister ship of Nagato, which were Japan's most powerful battleships after the Yamatos.

the Utah wasn't a battleship anymore, it was disarmed and was used as a training ship/target.

The USS Oklahoma capsizing counts as being sunk. Although it was salvaged and later sunk again under tow.As of 2020 9 remains from the capsizing remain unaccounted for.

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The USS West Virginia and USS Oklahoma were both sunk by torpedoes during the Pearl harbor attack. Both ships were raised. West Virginia was salvaged and rebuilt to appear in Battle of Surigao straits. USS Oklahoma was righted and refloated only to be scavanged and sold for scrap in 1946. BUT BOTH USS West Virginia and USS Oklahoma were sunk.

What about the Mutsu? It exploded in June 1943 while in harbor, her magazines exploded in Japan

The guns are 16" 45 caliber, not 16" or 45 caliber. The Iowa's were 16" 50 caliber whereas South Dakota's for instance were the mentioned 16" 45 caliber

Really informative video of each ship

Besides Arizona, the Oklahoma, West Virginia and California all sank and Nevada was beached in sinking condition at Pearl Harbor. They were all raised and three were returned to service after total rebuilds. Mutsu blew up and sank in 1943. Hyuga looked exactly like her sister Ise at the time of her loss. Both had been converted to battleship carrier hybrids. The Kongo was indeed torpedoed by Sealion. But her actual loss is a source of some controversy. Finally, Utah, Asahi, and Settsu were all former battleships but they were all in service in secondary duties at the time of their losses. All of that info is available with a little bit of research.

US Losses: USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, and USS Utah (even though she wasnt a battleship anymore, instead an AA training ship) all lost in Pearl Harbor. Japan losses: Pretty much everyone except for Nagato, whom we sank anyways in Operation Crossroads.

notice that only 2 US BBs show up on this list, though there should be 3 counting the Oklahoma, but by the end of the war her hull HAD been raised so maybe they didnt count her, as well as the other BBs sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack because of them being raised and refloated, and both are from the attack on Pearl Harbor, this is for 2 reasons, 1.) the US damage control for warships was far superior than that of Japan's at that time and 2.) the US went for CVs instead of BBs and we took out 4 of Japan's best CVs during Midway

Why for IJN Musashi, did you show an image of what looked like the IJN Kongō?

The USS Oklahoma was also "sunk" at Pearl Harbor.It was later raised and deemed unfit to repair.It's sad that she is never mention with the USS Arizona.