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Clemson-class destroyer

USS Sicard, probably during the 1930s. History United States Name USS Sicard (DD-346) Namesake Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard (1836–1900) Builder Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Laid down 18 June 1919 Launched 20 April 1920 Sponsored by Mrs. M. H. Sicard Commissioned 9 June 1920 Reclassified Light minelayer (DM-21) 20 June 1937 Miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-100) 5 June 1945 Decommissioned 21 November 1945 Stricken 19 December 1945 Fate Sold 22 June 1946 Scrapped General characteristics Class & type Clemson-class destroyer Displacement 1,215 tons Length 314 feet 4+1⁄2 inches (95.822 m) Beam 30 feet 8 inches (9.35 m) Draft 9 feet 10 inches (3.00 m) Propulsion 26,500 shp (19,761 kW) geared turbines, 2 screws Speed 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) Range 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) Complement 122 officers and enlisted Armament 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

**USS *Sicard* (DD-346/DM-21/AG-100)** was a [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [*Clemson*-class](/source/Clemson-class_destroyer) [destroyer](/source/Destroyer) in commission from 1920 to 1945. She was service during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). She was named for [Rear Admiral](/source/Rear_admiral_(United_States)) [Montgomery Sicard](/source/Montgomery_Sicard).[1]

## Construction and commissioning

*Sicard* was [laid down](/source/Keel-laying) on 18 June 1919 by the [Bath Iron Works](/source/Bath_Iron_Works) at [Bath](/source/Bath%2C_Maine), [Maine](/source/Maine). She was [launched](/source/Ceremonial_ship_launching) on 20 April 1920, [sponsored](/source/Ship_sponsor) by Mrs. M. H. Sicard, daughter-in-law of Rear Admiral Sicard, and [commissioned](/source/Ship_commissioning) on 9 June 1920.[1]

## Service history

### 1920–1929

On 26 June 1920, *Sicard* joined Destroyer [Squadrons](/source/Squadron_(naval)), [United States Atlantic Fleet](/source/United_States_Atlantic_Fleet) at [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island), [Rhode Island](/source/Rhode_Island). She operated on the [United States East Coast](/source/United_States_East_Coast) and in the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) and [Panama Canal Zone](/source/Panama_Canal_Zone) areas, engaging in battle and [torpedo](/source/Torpedo) practice and fleet maneuvers and undergoing repairs at the [New York Navy Yard](/source/New_York_Navy_Yard) in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) until 1922. In an excursion from her routine duties, she transited the [Panama Canal](/source/Panama_Canal) on 20 January 1921, and participated in combined U.S. Atlantic Fleet and [United States Pacific Fleet](/source/United_States_Pacific_Fleet) war games and maneuvers in the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean), cruising to [Callao](/source/Callao), [Peru](/source/Peru), before returning to the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) on 24 February 1921.[1]

Arriving at the [Brooklyn Navy Yard](/source/Brooklyn_Navy_Yard) on 27 April 1922 from spring maneuvers in the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies), *Sicard* underwent repairs and [fitted out](/source/Fitting-out) for duty in the [United States Asiatic Fleet](/source/United_States_Asiatic_Fleet). On 15 June 1922, she proceeded to Newport, Rhode Island, where she received torpedo equipment. On 20 June 1922, she got underway with her squadron for her new station, steaming via the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) and the [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean) to [East Asia](/source/East_Asia). The squadron arrived at [Chefoo](/source/Chefoo), [China](/source/China), on 26 August 1922, and joined the Asiatic Fleet, with which she operated for seven years, based at Chefoo and [Tsingtao](/source/Qingdao), China, each summer and [Manila](/source/Manila) on [Luzon](/source/Luzon) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) each winter. She received periodic overhauls at the [Cavite Navy Yard](/source/Cavite_Navy_Yard) in [Cavite](/source/Cavite) on Luzon. She participated in fleet exercises and maneuvers, protected American interests in China, [Japan](/source/Japan), and the Philippines, and engaged in escort and patrol duty on the China coast and on the [Yangtze River](/source/Yangtze_River) during periods of unrest.[1]

On 30 and 31 August 1923, when the violent [Great Kantō earthquake](/source/Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake) destroyed a large part of the cities of [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) and [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama), Japan, the commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Fleet, [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(United_States)) [Edwin Anderson, Jr.](/source/Edwin_Anderson%2C_Jr.), dispatched all available vessels to that area with emergency supplies to render assistance. *Sicard* arrived in Yokohama harbor on 11 September 1923 and acted as [dispatch boat](/source/Dispatch_boat) to Tokyo and transported refugees from the city. From 25 September to 3 October 1923, she was stationed in [Nagasaki](/source/Nagasaki) harbor as [radio](/source/Radio) relay ship, since all radio communications to Yokohama and Tokyo were out of commission. The prompt action of *Sicard* and other units of the Asiatic Fleet helped save thousands of lives and earned the thanks of the [Japanese government](/source/Government_of_Japan).[1]

Between 26 April and 30 June 1924, *Sicard* again saw special duty, in connection with the flight of four [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) airplanes around the world. The destroyer cruised from [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) to [Rangoon](/source/Rangoon), [Burma](/source/Burma), and [Calcutta](/source/Calcutta), [India](/source/India), guarding the flight and maintaining radio communications.

During the next few years, *Sicard's* patrols in Chinese waters became more frequent due to the fighting which accompanied [Chiang Kai-shek](/source/Chiang_Kai-shek)′s and the [Kuomintang](/source/Kuomintang)′s [Northern Expedition](/source/Northern_Expedition) against Chinese [warlords](/source/Warlord). Her service in the [Yangtze Patrol](/source/Yangtze_Patrol) included stints in October 1926, from March to May 1927, in June 1927, and from July to August 1927.[2]

On 22 July 1929, having been relieved by another squadron, *Sicard* and her squadron sailed from Yokohama, Japan, for the [United States](/source/United_States). The squadron arrived at [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), [California](/source/California), on 17 August 1929.[1]

### 1929–1941

In October 1929, *Sicard* joined Destroyer Squadrons, United States [Battle Fleet](/source/Battle_Fleet), and for several years operated principally on the [United States West Coast](/source/United_States_West_Coast), with periodic overhauls at the [Mare Island Navy Yard](/source/Mare_Island_Navy_Yard) on [Mare Island](/source/Mare_Island) at [Vallejo](/source/Vallejo%2C_California), California. She engaged in fleet concentration problems and battle and torpedo practice, [towed](/source/Towing) targets for [submarines](/source/Submarine) and [aviation squadrons](/source/Squadron_(aviation)), and performed [plane guard](/source/Plane_guard) duty and made [United States Naval Reserve](/source/United_States_Naval_Reserve) training cruises. From 15 February to 21 June 1930, she made a cruise to the Atlantic Ocean with the Battle Fleet, participating in the [United States Fleet](/source/United_States_Fleet) concentration and [Fleet Problem X](/source/Fleet_Problem_X) in [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean) waters and visiting [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and [Hampton Roads](/source/Hampton_Roads), [Virginia](/source/Virginia), for the [Presidential Review](/source/Presidential_Review) on 20 May 1930. She took part in [Fleet Problem XI](/source/Fleet_Problem_XI), conducted in the Panama Canal Zone and Caribbean area from 4 February to 15 April 1931, and in [Fleet Problem XII](/source/Fleet_Problem_XII) in [Hawaiian](/source/Hawaii) waters from 1 February to 22 March 1932. From 24 March to 1 October 1934, she was attached to Rotating Reserve Squadron 20 at San Diego. On 1 October 1934, she joined Destroyer Squadron 4 and continued operations with the Battle Force in the Pacific.[1]

On 12 May 1935, while engaging in [Fleet Problem XVI](/source/Fleet_Problem_XVI) off [Diamond Head](/source/Diamond_Head%2C_Hawaii), [Oahu](/source/Oahu), Hawaii, *Sicard* was rammed accidentally by the destroyer [USS *Lea* (DD-118)](/source/USS_Lea) and badly damaged. The [minesweeper](/source/Minesweeper) [USS *Rail* (AM-26)](/source/USS_Rail_(AM-26)) towed *Sicard* to the [Pearl Harbor Navy Yard](/source/Pearl_Harbor_Navy_Yard) at [Pearl Harbor](/source/Pearl_Harbor), Hawaii, where she received extensive repairs before resuming operations with her squadron in August 1935.[1]

In May 1937, *Sicard* entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for conversion to a light [minelayer](/source/Minelayer), and on 20 June 1937 she was reclassified **DM-21** in accordance with her new role. Except for a trip to the U.S. West Coast for repairs and training from 20 September to 20 December 1937, *Sicard* operated in the Hawaiian area through 1941, engaging in [division](/source/Division_(naval)) tactics and training exercises, fleet problems, and maneuvers, joint [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) and U.S. Navy exercises, battle, torpedo and mining practice, and reconnaissance missions around [Midway Atoll](/source/Midway_Atoll) in the [Northwestern Hawaiian Islands](/source/Northwestern_Hawaiian_Islands) and outlying islands. She entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 21 November 1941 for an overhaul.[1]

## World War II

*Sicard* was still under overhaul at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese [attack on Pearl Harbor](/source/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor) took place on 7 December 1941, bringing the United States into [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and beginning the war's [Pacific campaign](/source/Pacific_War). *Sicard* had ammunition only for her .30-caliber [machine guns](/source/Machine_gun) but aided in the defense of the base by sending men to help operate the guns of the [heavy cruiser](/source/Heavy_cruiser) [USS *New Orleans* (CA-32)](/source/USS_New_Orleans_(CA-32)) and the destroyer [USS *Cummings* (DD-365)](/source/USS_Cummings_(DD-365)).[1]

On completion of her overhaul on 28 January 1942, *Sicard* left Pearl Harbor for an [antisubmarine](/source/Antisubmarine_warfare) patrol station southwest of [Oahu](/source/Oahu), where she escorted ships within her area and searched for [Imperial Japanese Navy](/source/Imperial_Japanese_Navy) submarines. Between 1 and 9 April 1942, she helped lay a large defensive [minefield](/source/Naval_mine) at the [French Frigate Shoals](/source/French_Frigate_Shoals) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, some 500 [nautical miles](/source/Nautical_mile) (930 km; 580 mi) northwest of Oahu, and between 10 and 18 April 1942 she set up a [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) radio and surveillance station on Eastern Island at Midway Atoll.[1]

On 19 June 1942, *Sicard* departed Pearl Harbor with other light minelayers, picked up [naval mines](/source/Naval_mine) at [Seattle](/source/Seattle), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), and, in July 1942, laid a defensive minefield off [Kodiak](/source/Kodiak%2C_Alaska), [Alaska](/source/Alaska). On her return to Hawaii on 27 July 1942, she resumed her local patrol assignment. She departed Hawaii on 16 September 1942 for the [Aleutian Islands](/source/Aleutian_Islands) to lay another minefield and conduct more patrols. She then proceeded on 22 November 1942 to [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), California, for overhaul.[1]

*Sicard* after her collision with [USS *Macdonough* (DD-351)](/source/USS_Macdonough_(DD-351)), 19 May 1943.

After completion of repairs on 22 December 1942, *Sicard* participated in [amphibious landing](/source/Amphibious_warfare) exercises off San Diego. She then departed San Francisco on 24 April 1943 with a [convoy](/source/Convoy) of [troop transports](/source/Troopship) for [the assault](/source/Battle_of_Attu) on [Attu](/source/Attu_Island) in the Aleutian Islands, scheduled for 11 May 1943. *Sicard* was to have acted as a [landing craft](/source/Landing_craft) control vessel for the operation, but on 10 May 1943, on the night before the landing, she collided with the destroyer [USS *Macdonough* (DD-351)](/source/USS_Macdonough_(DD-351)) in a dense [fog](/source/Fog). *Sicard* towed *Macdonough* into [Adak](/source/Adak%2C_Alaska) on [Adak Island](/source/Adak_Island), and then proceeded to San Francisco for repairs, which lasted until 29 July 1943. She was more fortunate during [Operation Cottage](/source/Operation_Cottage), the landings on [Kiska](/source/Kiska) in the Aleutians, and successfully guided the waves of assault boats to the beach there between 15 and 18 August 1943. She performed local patrol and escort duties in the Aleutians, and then escorted a convoy to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on 15 September 1943.[1]

*Sicard* in 1944.

*Sicard* left Pearl Harbor on 24 September 1943 for a new area of operations, the [Southwest Pacific](/source/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II). She escorted ships to [Nouméa](/source/Noum%C3%A9a) on [Grande Terre](/source/Grande_Terre_(New_Caledonia)) in [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia) and to [Espiritu Santo](/source/Espiritu_Santo), and then continued to [Purvis Bay](/source/Purvis_Bay) on [Florida Island](/source/Florida_Island) in the [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands_(archipelago)), where she and her [sister ships](/source/Sister_ship) [USS *Gamble* (DM-15)](/source/USS_Gamble) and [USS *Breese* (DM-18)](/source/USS_Breese), formed a fast [minelaying](/source/Minelaying) group. The group sortied on 31 October 1943 to plant an offensive minefield off [Bougainville Island](/source/Bougainville_Island) in the Solomon Islands, where the U.S. [I Marine Amphibious Corps](/source/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force) landed on 1 November 1943, beginning the [Battle of Bougainville](/source/Battle_of_Bougainville). Just as the fast minelayer group completed its mission and began to retire early on the morning of 2 November 1943, it was illuminated by [parachute flares](/source/Parachute_flare) from Japanese aircraft. Soon a U.S. [cruiser](/source/Cruiser) force steamed by at high speed in the opposite direction and opened fire on Japanese ships invisible to the minelayers. *Sicard'*s group had unknowingly helped bring the opposing forces together for the [Battle of Empress Augusta Bay](/source/Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay).[1]

*Sicard*, with four other destroyer-minelayers, laid another minefield off Bougainville on 8 November 1943 and, after brief convoy duty, *Sicard* laid a third minefield off the [Shortland Islands](/source/Shortland_Islands) on 24 November 1943. Between December 1943 and April 1944, she escorted convoys between Espiritu Santo, [Guadalcanal](/source/Guadalcanal), Purvis Bay, Nouméa, [Fiji](/source/Fiji), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), and [Kwajalein](/source/Kwajalein). On 1 May 1944, she resumed her minelaying role and laid a minefield off [Buka Island](/source/Buka_Island) in two trips on 2 and 10 May 1944. After additional convoy duty, she arrived at [Alameda](/source/Alameda%2C_California), California, on 11 July 1944 for overhaul.[1]

*Sicard* completed repairs on 20 September 1944 and, after refresher training, departed for Pearl Harbor on 4 October 1944. Following another period of upkeep from 10 October to 16 November 1944, she commenced duty training submarines. She conducted daily exercises with submarines off Oahu until 9 January 1945, and then performed similar duties at Midway Atoll. While operating from Midway, she was reclassified a "[miscellaneous auxiliary](/source/Miscellaneous_auxiliary)," **AG-100**, on 5 June 1945. *Sicard* completed her training duties at Midway on 2 September 1945,[1] the day [Japan surrendered](/source/Surrender_of_Japan), bringing World War II to an end.

## Decommissioning and disposal

*Sicard* arrived at the [Philadelphia Navy Yard](/source/Philadelphia_Navy_Yard) at [League Island](/source/League_Island) in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), on 21 October 1945 for inactivation. She was [decommissioned](/source/Ship_decommissioning) on 21 November 1945 and struck from the [Navy list](/source/Naval_Vessel_Register) on 19 December 1945. She was sold for scrap on 22 June 1946 to Hugo Neu of New York City.[1]

## Honors and awards

- [Yangtze Service Medal](/source/Yangtze_Service_Medal)[2]

- [Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal](/source/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal) with two [battle stars](/source/Service_star#Other_stars)[2]

- [World War II Victory Medal](/source/World_War_II_Victory_Medal)

*Sicard* received the Yangtze Service Medal for operations on the Yangtze Patrol from 20 to 26 October 1926, from 2 March to 2 May 1927, from 9 to 10 June 1927, and from 4 July to 22 August 1927.[2]

*Sicard* received two battle stars during World War II[1] for the [attack on Pearl Harbor](/source/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor) on 7 December 1941 and for the [landings](/source/Landings_at_Cape_Torokina) and subsequent defense of the landing zone at [Cape Torokina](/source/Cape_Torokina) from 1 to 2 and from 7 to 8 November 1943 during the [Battle of Bougainville](/source/Battle_of_Bougainville).[2][3]

## References

- *This article incorporates text from the [public domain](/source/Public_domain)*[Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships](/source/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships)*. The entry can be found [here](http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/sicard.html).*

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-14) [***p***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-15) [***q***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-16) [***r***](#cite_ref-danfs_1-17) DANFS.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nhhccampaignmedals_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nhhccampaignmedals_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nhhccampaignmedals_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-nhhccampaignmedals_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-nhhccampaignmedals_2-4) ["Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual \[Rev. 1953\] » Pt. 4 - Campaign and Service Medals"](https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/navy-mc-awards-manual-rev1953/pt4-campaign-service-medals.html#sec2-12). *history.navy.mil*. Naval History and Heritage Command. 1953. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, Department of the Navy, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), (16) Area Campaign Medals and Operation and Engagement Stars, World War II"](https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/BattleStars.html). *ibiblio.org*. Hyperwar. 1953. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

## External links

- [Photo gallery](http://www.navsource.net/archives/05/346.htm) of USS *Sicard* at NavSource Naval History

v t e Clemson-class destroyers United States Navy Clemson Dahlgren Goldsborough Semmes Satterlee Mason Graham Abel P. Upshur Hunt Welborn C. Wood George E. Badger Branch Herndon Dallas (later Alexander Dallas) Chandler Southard Hovey Long Broome Alden Smith Thompson Barker Tracy Borie John D. Edwards Whipple Parrott Edsall MacLeish Simpson Bulmer McCormick Stewart Pope Peary Pillsbury John D. Ford (ex-Ford) Truxtun Paul Jones Hatfield Brooks Gilmer Fox Kane Humphreys McFarland James K. Paulding Overton Sturtevant Childs King Sands Williamson Reuben James Bainbridge Goff Barry Hopkins Lawrence Belknap McCook McCalla Rodgers (ex-Kalk) Osmond Ingram Bancroft Welles Aulick Turner Gillis Delphy McDermut Laub McLanahan Edwards Greene Ballard Shubrick Bailey Thornton Morris Tingey Swasey Meade Sinclair McCawley Moody Henshaw Meyer Doyen Sharkey Toucey Breck Isherwood Case Lardner Putnam Worden Flusser Dale Converse Reid Billingsley Charles Ausburn Osborne Chauncey Fuller Percival John Francis Burnes (ex-Swasey) Farragut Somers Stoddert Reno Farquhar Thompson Kennedy Paul Hamilton William Jones Woodbury S. P. Lee Nicholas Young Zeilin Yarborough La Vallette Sloat Wood Shirk Kidder Selfridge Marcus Mervine Chase Robert Smith Mullany Coghlan Preston Lamson Bruce Hull Macdonough Farenholt Sumner Corry Melvin Litchfield Zane Wasmuth Trever Perry Decatur Hulbert Noa William B. Preston Preble Sicard Pruitt United States Coast Guard Badger (ex-George E. Badger) Upshur (ex-Abel P. Upshur) Herndon Hunt Semmes Wood (ex-Welborn C. Wood) World War II operators Royal Navy Part of Town class Belmont (ex-Satterlee) Beverley (ex-Branch) Bradford (ex-McLanahan) Broadwater (ex-Mason) Broadway (ex-Hunt) Burnham (ex-Aulick) Burwell (ex-Laub) Buxton (ex-Edwards) Cameron (ex-Welles) Chesterfield (ex-Welborn C. Wood) Churchill (ex-Herndon) Clare (ex-Abel P. Upshur) Ramsey (ex-Meade) Reading (ex-Bailey) Ripley (ex-Shubrick) Rockingham (ex-Swasey) Sherwood (ex-Rodgers) Stanley (ex-McCalla) Royal Canadian Navy Part of Town class Buxton St. Croix (ex-McCook) St. Francis (ex-Bancroft) Soviet Navy Part of Town class Deyatelny (ex-Churchill) Imperial Japanese Navy Patrol Boat No. 102 (ex-Stewart) Preceded by: Wickes class Followed by: Farragut class List of destroyers of the United States Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1935 Shipwrecks 2 Jan: Lexington 24 Jan: Mohawk 25 Jan: Rondo 20 Feb: Vila 24 Apr: HMAS Geranium, HMAS Mallow 25 Jun: USS Marcus 26 Jun: USS Sloat 9 Jul: Maheno 31 Jul: Verdi 1 Aug: HMAS Marguerite 3 Aug: Princess Ena 17 Sep: HMS L52 31 Oct: Viator Unknown date: Chikuma, Ro-20, Ro-21, Ro-28 Other incidents 6 Jan: Havana 25 Jan: Dumana 27 Jan: Hesione January (unknown date): Ruth Kellogg 6 Feb: Branksea 2 Mar: Pommern 10 Apr: Aquitania 11 Apr: Letitia 12 May: USS Sicard 21 May: Naïade 25 May: I-24 May (unknown date): Ruth Kellogg 12 Jun: HMS Hastings 13 Jul: L'Espoir 1 Aug: Akatsuki, I-6 16 Aug: Letitia 4 Sep Prince Rupert 5 Sep: Doric 29 Sep: Rotterdam 17 Oct: Noemijulia 5 Dec: Branksea Unknown date: Giulio Cesare 1934 1936

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1943 Shipwrecks 1 May: Erinpura 2 May: Gneisenau, Turunmaa, U-465 4 May: U-109, U-439, U-659 5 May: Bristol City, Fingal, Hartwelson, U-638, Wentworth, USS West Madaket, West Maximus 6 May: FR 117, U-125, U-192, U-438, U-531, U-630 7 May: Adele, Hermes, U-447, U-663, L'Audacieux 8 May: Kagerō, Kuroshio, Oyashio 9 May: Aso Maru 11 May: Nailsea Meadow, U-528 12 May: I-31, U-89, U-186, U-456 13 May: U-753 14 May: AHS Centaur, U-235, U-236, U-237, U-640 15 May: Irish Oak, U-176, U-266 16 May: Enrico Tazzoli, U-182, U-463 17 May: U-128, U-646, U-657 18 May: Empire Eve 19 May: Général Bonaparte, U-273, U-953 20 May: U-258 21 May: U-303 22 May: U-569 23 May: Leonardo da Vinci, USS Niagara, U-752 25 May: U-414, U-467 26 May: U-436 27 May: Léopard 28 May: Angelo Bassini, U-304, U-755 30 May: HMS Untamed 31 May: U-440, U-563 Unknown date: Calypso, Piemonte, Ro-102, U-209, U-381 Other incidents 2 May: USS Harder 10 May: USS Macdonough, USS Sicard 14 May: I-177 17 May: USS S-33 19 May: La Vestale, HMS Wishart 22 May: USS Grayling 31 May: USS S-34 1942 1943 1944 April 1943 June 1943

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