[Stonewall Jackson]

The last major warship lost to enemy action was the submarine Bullhead, which was caught on the surface by a Japanese bomber on August 6, 1945. The last surface ship to be sunk by enemy action was the heavy cruiser Indianapolis, which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945.

Since World War Two, only six major US warships have been heavily damaged by enemy action (there were others that only suffered light damage). Three were damaged by mines (frigate Samuel B. Roberts during the Tanker Wars, and cruiser Princeton and amphibious assault ship Tripoli during Operation Desert Storm), two were hit by air attack (destroyer Higbee off Vietnam and frigate Stark during the Tanker Wars), and one by suicide boat (destroyer Cole in the Port of Aden). Not included in this list are the intelligence ships Pueblo (captured by North Korea) and Liberty, which was attacked and nearly sunk by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats during the Six Days War.

[skinkinthegrass]

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