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date of when losses start

This list currently states that it includes all losses beginning on December 7th, 1941. However I seem to have found at least one exception. The USS Reuben James (DD-245) is on this list and it was sunk 31 October 1941, while on a convoy mission in the north Atlantic. While I can see as to why it was included on this list, I'm wondering if we should either asterisk this particular instance as a pre-war loss, or whether we should extend the date range for ship losses. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 18:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also it seems that the USS PC-815 was sunk on 11 November 1945, and the list states until 1 October. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 19:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

More battleships

Ehmm....Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah were sunk at Pearl Harbor, as were California, West Virginia and Nevada, although the latter were raised and repaired. Wouldn't these be counted as losses too? MoRsE 23:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Those ships WERE sunk at Pearl Harbor, but several were salvaged and a couple of them returned to service (Oklahoma was scrapped). I can see the logic for not including them, but they should at least be mentioned with an asterisk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.130.100 (talk) 07:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

USS Utah was a complete loss after being sunk it was raised but something went wrong and capsised again, the ship remained in dock with most of the dead inside. It was a Musseum Ship in 1972. Iam considering it a loss, since a) It was not latter used in combat, there where no more eforts to refloat her b)Battle Damage made it a non military value ship c) It was converted into a memorial ship Mr.User200 (talk) 19:51, 6 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Langley

The article lists the Langley (CV-1) as a seaplane tender when it was listed as an aircraft carrier. This seems to be incorrect.Papercrab (talk) 04:03, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Langley was a seaplane tender at the start of WWII - it had been converted in the 1930s. 211.114.62.129 (talk) 00:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Utah

I suggest Utah should not be listed as a Battleship, since (with all due respect to the ship and her crew), she had long been converted to be a target and training ship (I believe including the removal of her main guns). This is reflected in her new hull number of AG-16, this AG signifying a Miscellaneous Auxiliary ship type. Dave w74 (talk) 19:50, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

USS Panay

Panay is listed as a WWII loss, even though it sunk in 1937. I think it is obvious that the Panay incident and the United States' eventual involvement in WWII are related, but I disagree that this should be included in this "List of United States Navy losses in World War II." I propose the USS Panay be removed from the list. — Bwe1862 (talk) 19:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Totals by ship type and total ships lost

Add a column to list a line number for each ship. For example, there are 52 submarines.

There are 27 ship types for total ship losses 713. Larry E. Groves (talk) 13:30, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Scrapped ships

Should this include ships that were later raised and scrapped or never sank and were simply scrapped after taking damage? TrooperLucky (talk) 13:01, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake on page, needs research & correction

The entry for “Hovey” indicates the ship was sunk by German aircraft. However, the article on Hovey indicates the ship was operating in the Pacific Ocean near Philippine Islands and was sunk by Japanese forces. 2601:600:9680:F840:8D13:C5AE:6E43:9D27 (talk) 05:08, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. - wolf 21:05, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]