I was doing some research into the US sub loses for the war and came up with the following:
Of the 52 subs that were lost:
10 were lost from unknown causes with some from possible mines
2 were lost from friendly fire (one bombed and one depth charged)
2 were lost from operational errors during training excercises
1 was rammed by a friendly escort
2 were sunk by their own circular-run torpedoes
4 ended up grounding and were scuttled
31 were lost from enemy action
Of the 31 that were lost due to enemy action:
17 were depth charged by escorts
5 were bombed by aircraft
2 were shelled by escorts
1 was shelled by shore batteries
1 was sunk by enemy submarine
1 was rammed by enemy merchant
3 were lost by mines
1 was shelled by shore batteries, bombed by aircraft, and depth charged by escorts.
The following was taken from the book "The Last Patrol" by Harry Holmes.
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