The War Damage Reports classification was cancelled by authority
of OPNAVINST S5513.16 enclosure (2) on 12 September 1994. This enabled the
reports to be available for public release from the Naval Historical Center
to the National Archives in 1994.
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| Report Number | PDF Title | File Size | Pictures |
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| 1 | U.S.S. Honolulu(CL-48) BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
177 KB |
(8 images) |
| 2 | U.S.S. OGLALA (ARG-1), TORPEDO AND BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
87 KB |
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| 3 | U.S.S. SARATOGA (CV-3), TORPEDO DAMAGE - January 11, 1942 |
386 KB |
(7 images) |
| 4 | U.S.S. HELENA (CL-50), TORPEDO AND BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
413 KB |
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| 5 | U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (CV-6), BOMB DAMAGE - Marshall Islands, February 1, 1942
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| 6 | U.S.S. HELM (DD-388), BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
245 KB |
(3 images) |
| 7 | U.S.S. SHAW (DD-373), BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
107 KB |
(11 images) |
| 8 | U.S.S. NECHES (AO-5), TORPEDO DAMAGE - January 23, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION) |
435 KB |
(2 images) |
| 9 | U.S.S. RALEIGH (CL-7), TORPEDO AND BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
408 KB |
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| 10 | U.S.S. CHESTER (CA-27), BOMB DAMAGE - Marshall Islands, February 1, 1942 |
235 KB |
(2 images) |
| 11 | U.S.S. CURTISS (AV-4), BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
257 KB |
(6 images) |
| 12 | U.S.S. VESTAL (AR-4), BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
278 KB |
(10 images) |
| 13 | U.S.S. CASSIN (DD-372) and U.S.S. DOWNES (DD-375), BOMB DAMAGE -
Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1942
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| 14 | U.S.S PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38), BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
324 KB |
(9 images) |
| 15 | U.S.S. KEARNY (DD-432), TORPEDO DAMAGE - North Atlantic, October 17, 1941
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| 16 | U.S.S. LEXINGTON (CV-2), BOMB AND TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Coral Sea, May 8, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION) |
400 KB |
(11 images) |
| 17 | U.S.S. NEVADA (BB-36), TORPEDO AND BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
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| 18 | U.S.S. SALINAS (AO-19), TORPEDO DAMAGE - North Atlantic, October 30, 1941
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| 19 | U.S.S. SARATOGA (CV-3), FINAL REPORT - TORPEDO DAMAGE - January 11, 1942 |
458 KB |
(11 images) |
| 20 | U.S.S. WAKEFIELD (AP-21), BOMB DAMAGE - Singapore, January 30, 1942 |
249 KB |
(10 images) |
| 21 | U.S.S. CALIFORNIA (BB-44), TORPEDO AND BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
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| 22 | U.S.S. TENNESSEE (BB-43), BOMB DAMAGE - Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
426 KB |
(10 images) |
| 23 | U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-5), BOMB AND TORPEDO DAMAGE - Coral Sea, May 8, 1942 |
1000 KB |
(31 images) |
| 24 | U.S.S. BOISE (CL-47), GUNFIRE DAMAGE - Savo Island, October 11 to 12, 1942
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| 25 | U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-5), BOMB AND TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Midway, June 4 to 7, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION) |
710 KB |
(11 images) |
| 26 | U.S.S. SAN FRANCISCO (CA-38), GUNFIRE DAMAGE - Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942 |
1430 KB |
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| 27 | U.S.S. CAPALLA (AK-13), TORPEDO DAMAGE - Narragansett Bay, R.I., April, 1942
U.S.S. ALHENA (AKA-9), TORPEDO DAMAGE - South Pacific, September 29, 1942
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| 28 | U.S.S. O'BRIEN (DD-415), TORPEDO DAMAGE AND LOSS
- South Pacific, September 15 to October 19, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION)
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| 29 | U.S.S. HORNET (CV-8), BOMB AND TORPEDO - Santa Cruz, October 26, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION)
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| 30 | U.S.S. QUINCY (CA-39), U.S.S. ASTORIA (CA-34) and U.S.S. VINCENNES (CA-44),
GUNFIRE AND TORPEDO DAMAGE Battle of Savo Island, August 9, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION) |
1416 KB |
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| 31 | U.S.S. ERIE (PG-50), TORPEDO DAMAGE AND LOSS -
Willemstad, Curacao, N.W.I., November 12 to December 5, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION)
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| 32 | U.S.S. JOSEPH HEWES (APA-22), EDWARD RUTLEDGE (APA-24), HUGH L. SCOTT (AP-43),
TASKER H. BLISS (AP-42) and ELECTRA (AKA-4) -
TRANSPORTS - TORPEDO DAMAGE - Off Fedala, November 11 to 15, 1942
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| 33 | U.S.S. STERETT (DD-407), GUNFIRE DAMAGE - Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942 |
1416 KB |
(9 images) |
| 34 | U.S.S. MARBLEHEAD (CL-2), BOMB DAMAGE - Java Sea, February 4, 1942 |
394 KB |
(14 images) |
| 35 | U.S.S. PORTLAND (CA-33), GUNFIRE AND TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942
U.S.S. PENSACOLA (CA-24),
TORPEDO DAMAGE - Battle of Lunga Point, November 30, 1942
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| 36 | U.S.S. CHESTER (CA-27), TORPEDO DAMAGE -Solomon Islands, October 20, 1942
U.S.S. MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36), TORPEDO DAMAGE - Battle of Lunga Point, November 30, 1942 |
1480 KB |
(18 images) |
| 37 | U.S.S. CHICAGO (CA-29), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Guadalcanal Island, January 29 to 30, 1943 (LOST IN ACTION) |
711 KB |
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| 38 | U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS (CA-32), TORPEDO DAMAGE -Lunga Point, November 30, 1942 |
468 KB |
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| 39 | U.S.S. WASP (CV-7), TORPEDO DAMAGE - South Pacific,
September 15, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION) |
1001 KB |
(5 images) |
| 40 | U.S.S. ALCHIBA (AKA-6), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Solomon Islands, November 28 and December 7, 1942 |
697 KB |
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| 41 | U.S.S. NORTHAMPTON (CA-26), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Battle of Lunga Point, November 30, 1942 (LOST IN ACTION)
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| 42 | U.S.S. SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25), GUNFIRE DAMAGE - Bering Sea, March 26, 1942 |
794 KB |
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| 43 | U.S.S. HELENA (CL-50), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Kula Gulf, Solomon Islands, July 6, 1943 (LOST IN ACTION) |
1260 KB |
(9 images) |
| 44 | U.S.S. SAVANNAH (CL-42), BOMB DAMAGE - Gulf of Salerno, Italy, September 11, 1943 |
1310 KB |
(22 images) |
| 45 | U.S.S. LISCOME BAY (CVE-56), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Gilbert Islands, Central Pacific, November 24, 1943 (LOST IN ACTION) |
859 KB |
(3 images) |
| 46 | LST REPORT OF TORPEDO, PROJECTILE, BOMB, AND FIRE DAMAGE
INCLUDING LOSS IN ACTION TO- December 7, 1943
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| 47 | U.S.S. CHINCOTEAGUE (AVP-24), BOMB DAMAGE - Saboe Bay, Santa Cruz Islands, July 17, 1943
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| 48 | U.S.S. BIRMINGHAM (CL-62), TORPEDO AND BOMB DAMAGE - Solomon Islands, November 8, 1943
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| 49 | U.S.S. BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
South Atlantic Ocean, May 29, 1944 (LOST IN ACTION) |
835 KB |
(3 images) |
| 50 | DESTROYER REPORT - TORPEDO AND MINE DAMAGE AND LOSS IN ACTION -
October 17, 1941 to December 7, 1944
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| 51 | DESTROYER REPORT - GUNFIRE, BOMB AND KAMIKAZE
DAMAGE INCLUDING LOSS IN ACTION -
October 17, 1942 to August 15, 1945 |
87500 KB |
(37 images) |
| 52 | U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22), TORPEDO DAMAGE -
Tarawa, November 20, 1943 and U.S.S. DENVER (CL-58),
TORPEDO DAMAGE - Treasury Islands, November 13, 1943
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| 53 | U.S.S. HOUSTON (CL-81), TORPEDO DAMAGE - Off Formosa, October 14 and 16, 1944
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| 54 | U.S.S. CANBERRA (CA-70), TORPEDO DAMAGE -Formosa, October 13, 1944
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| 55 | U.S.S. RENO (CL-96), TORPEDO DAMAGE - Off Luzon, November 3, 1944 |
1080 KB |
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| 56 | U.S.S. FRANKLIN (CV-13), SUICIDE PLANE CRASH DAMAGE -
Formosa, October 13, 1944 - BOMB DAMAGE, October 30, 1944 - SUICIDE PLANE CRASH -
Samar, October 30, 1944 - BOMB DAMAGE, Honshu, March 19, 1945
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| 57 | U.S.S. SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57), GUNFIRE DAMAGE - Battle of Guadalcanal, November 14-15, 1942 |
945 KB |
(28 images) |
| 58 | SUBMARINE REPORT - DEPTH CHARGE, BOMB,
MINE, TORPEDO AND GUNFIRE DAMAGE, INCLUDING LOSSES IN ACTION -
December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1956 |
709 KB |
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| 59 | U.S.S. ENTERPRISE (CV-6), WAR HISTORY - December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945
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(37 images) |
| 60 | ESCORT CARRIERS GUNFIRE, BOMB AND KAMIKAZE DAMAGE AND LOSS During World War II |
1030 KB |
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| 61 | U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55), TORPEDO DAMAGE - Solomon Islands, September 15, 1942
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| 62 | U.S.S. PRINCETON (CVL-23), BOMB DAMAGE -
Battle for Leyte Gulf, October 24, 1944 (LOST IN ACTION) |
1360 KB |
(20 images) |
| -- | U.S.S. Randolph (CV-15) - March 31, 1945 , War Damage Report |
622 KB |
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| -- | USS Randolph (CV-15) Casualty Report for Kamikaze Hit of 11 March 45 |
834KB |
(2 images) |
| A(374) | SUMMARY OF WAR DAMAGE - U.S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers and Destroyers,
October 17, 1941 to December 7, 1942 |
119 KB |
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| -- | SUMMARY OF WAR DAMAGE December 8, 1942 to December 7, 1943 |
462 KB |
(25 images) |
| A-3(420) | SUMMARY OF WAR DAMAGE - U.S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyer and Destroyer Escorts,
December 8, 1943 to December 7, 1944 |
630 KB |
(54 images) |
| A-4(424) | SUMMARY OF WAR DAMAGE - U.S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyer and Destroyer Escorts,
December 6, 1944 to October 9, 1945 |
2315 KB |
(97 images) |
| -- | STRUCTURAL REPAIRS IN FORWARD AREAS DURING WORLD WAR II
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(1 images) |
| -- | WAR DAMAGE TO BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS -
Summary of Damage by Bombs to September 2, 1941 |
1550 KB |
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| 1948-2 | SIMILITUDE - A Study of Scaling Relationships in Underwater Explosion
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| 1948-3 | UNDERWATER DAMAGE TO STIFFENED HULLS
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| 1949-1 | Part 1 - Description of General Summary of the Results of Underbottom Explosion
Tests Against the Hulls CL-108 and CV-35.
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| -- | Principles of Warship Construction and Damage Control |
1250 KB |
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| -- | Ship Nomenclature |
3180 KB |
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| -- | Suggestions on Fire Fighting and Fire Extinguishers USN 1943 Fighting Oil Fires |
1250 KB |
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| -- | World War II Damage Report List |
119 KB |
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| -- | WWII US Naval Abbreviations, OPNAV-29-P1000 revised April 1949 |
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| -- | Allied Losses of Merchant Shipping Losses |
107 KB |
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| -- | Battle of Midway ONI Review |
110KB |
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| -- | Japanese WWII Merchant Losses |
152 KB |
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| -- | US WWII Destroyer Commendations |
152 KB |
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| -- | US WWII Submarine Stats |
87 KB |
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